Opinion

Opinion: Something Doesn’t Sound Right and the Public is Talking

It was one month on Tuesday since Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead in his patrol unit at his Abiquiú home. As...

We Have to Mold the World Into a Better Place

What would I do with another 45 years? If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Life is short. But I’m...

Governor’s Jet Hasn’t Changed in 20 Years

In August 2011 Gov. Susana Martinez stood before her predecessor’s jet, festooned with a big “SOLD” sign. “Last year when I was running for governor,...

Letter to the Editor 5/15/25

A recent video about Española has been circulating online, showing only the abandoned buildings, poverty, and addiction that exist in our town. While these...

Opinion: We’re Aware of Our Issues, We Don’t Need Someone to Point Them Out

Españolans are a lot of things. Hard working, ambitious and proud of where we come from, are a few things that come to mind...

Perspective on Working as a Journalist in the U.S.

Southern sheriffs have threatened to arrest me and I’ve landed on more than one governor’s blacklist. So aggravating has been my persistence that, on...

State Leaders Will Determine the Fate of N.M.

It’s pretty simple, if the radical progressive politicians running our state continue to intentionally defy the enforcement of federal law and disregard executive orders...

The City of Española Needs Beethoven

Española needs more Beethoven. Sometimes, to get things right, we have to try and try again. Never be willing to think that the first...

Guest opinion: Faith and Government

Last week, President Trump announced the establishment of a White House Faith Office. Its purpose, as described in a White House announcement, is to...

Please God, Make the Next Pope Like the Last One

 By the grace of God, Pope Francis’s successor will avoid a page out of American politics. Hopefully, the new pope will not be the...

Letters to the Editor 5/8/25

I wanted to write a letter so the fine people of Española could read. My wife was at the Santuario of Chimayó on Holy Thursday...

Guest opinion: Prohibiting Housing Market Technology Won’t Resolve Housing Shortage

New Mexico’s Legislature adjourned last month, and not a moment too soon. That’s because the party that controls our state government spent most of...

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