Opinion

Where I Stand on Paid Family Medical Leave

Columnists
As I seek reelection as your state representative for House District 40, which encompasses Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, and Taos counties, I...

We Must Take Care of Our Rural New Mexico Hospitals

Columnists
Last year three small New Mexico hospitals had only enough cash on hand to last a few days. That situation has improved a bit,...

Help the State’s Public Colleges and Universities by Supporting GO Bond 3

Columnists
According to the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, typical earnings for bachelor’s degree holders are 86% higher than those whose highest educational attainment...

Guest opinion: Proposed Constitution Amendments Would Increase Property Taxes for Homeowners

Editorials
Two of the four constitutional amendments voters will see on the ballot this fall are property tax exemptions for veterans. Currently all 100% disabled...

How Do We Attract doctors and Healthcare Workers to N.M.?

Columnists
How long does it take you to get an appointment with your doctor? If your answer is weeks or months, or “What doctor?” Think...

City Should Probably Reconsider Its List of Priorities

Columnists
I was disappointed I didn’t bring my fly fishing rod. The pristine waters of the Snake and Yellowstone Rivers were calling my name. It...

Reading Banned Books Helped Me Think for Myself

Columnists
I recently learned that in the months before his 1968 assassination Robert “Bobby” Kennedy Sr. changed his position on the death penalty after reading...

A Word of Thanks

Columnists
Across our beautiful state, fishermen, hunters, and outdoorsmen of all kinds, ranchers and farmers, and miners and oil and gas producers interact with public...

Letters to the Editor 10/3/24

Letters To Editor
Find someone else In a full page editorial subtitled “Be an Informed Voter,” your columnist Tom Wright writes that Donald Trump survived “assaults from the...

Letters to the editor 9/26/24

Letters To Editor
Editor, I am writing in response to the commentary by Javier Sanchez in the September 11, 2024 issue of the Rio Grande Sun. The commentary...

Buy a piece of history

Columnists
If you love historic hotels, and I do, it was a punch in the gut to read that the St. James Hotel in Cimarron...

What Does Beauty Mean to You?

Columnists
Beauty means feeling the pain of loss, ambiguity and the unknown, not just the ecstasy of love. Love, as real and as elusive as it...
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