Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Letters to the Editor 9/18/25

From Violence to Hope: How Education and Storytelling Can Transform Española New Mexico is in crisis. A state of emergency has been declared in Rio Arriba County,...

Crime Is a Choice: Politics Should Never Come Before Public Safety

By Amy Barela In New Mexico, crime has become more than a statistic — it has become a daily reality for families, businesses, and entire...

Guest Opinion: Welfare, Politicians and Money

According to the Census Bureau, 20% of New Mexicans are on welfare, the highest percentage of any state in the nation. This is measured...

Letters to the Editor 9/11/25

We need ICE I was glad to hear our governor allocated $750K to assist with the high crime rate accruing. I read the recent article...

Do Your Best to be the Light in Someone’s World

What does failure look like? It’s a question I ask myself all the time. Often the answer stares right back at me in the mirror. At...

Guest Opinion: Safe Haven Should Mean Safe for Babies and Mothers

In April of this year the third baby in less than two years was surrendered in Hobbs using their local Safe Haven Baby Box.  Firefighters...

Remembering Katrina and New Orleans

Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in New Orleans. One of the country’s deadliest and costly disasters, Katrina submerged 80%...

Lawmakers Try to Understand Detention Centers

New Mexico has three ICE detention centers in Otero, Torrance and Cibola counties. The governor is considering a bill to ban immigration detention facilities...

It’s Not Enough to Sit on the Sidelines

I came across a young man from Española. I was shopping in a different city and as we started talking, he asked where I...

Sanitizing History is a Dangerous Exercise

The history police are at it again. Taos officials want to rename Kit Carson Park, and the president aims to scrub “propaganda” from the...

Guest Opinion: EV Sales Were Plummeting Before Trump Overturned California Mandate

Under the plan imposed by Gov. Lujan Grisham and her handpicked Environmental Improvement Board, 43% of all vehicles sold in New Mexico were supposed...

Guest Opinion: Did Trump Get Rolled in Alaska?

Promising severe consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine and then apparently reversing himself is what sends a...

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