Opinion

Service is An Act of Love

Each Valentine’s Day we celebrate those we cherish most, showering friends, family, spouses, partners and others with acts of love. I believe that service...

Letter: ‘We Look Forward to a Healthy Relationship with the SUN’

Dear, Editor: I just want to take the opportunity to thank the Rio Grande Sun newspaper for the many years of good incisive coverage...

Depending too much on technology

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — At the risk of sounding like a numbskull who doesn’t believe in climate change, the moon landing or the roundness...

SUN Editorial: County Returns to Dark Past With Manager’s Firing

It’s popular these days for filmmakers to make prequels and sequels, movies that feature characters and events from previous box-office hits. Rio Arriba County and...

SUN Editorial: Legislature Must Fund Uranium Treatment in Santa Cruz

Have you ever had to go without water in your home for a few days? It’s excruciating, and its absence makes a person realize how...

Dysfunction Edges NM Closer to ‘Banana Republic’ Territory

Facing difficulties at basic levels of government performance, the legislature during the past couple of sessions seemed at times to be excitedly, sometimes angrily,...

Legislature Must Expand School Choice Options

Well, school choice week came and went for the governor and all she did was recognize the national week. During the current legislative session,...

Post World War II Life Taught Lessons in Compassion

Anna never liked to show her knees in public.  She said they were ugly.  Many decades after it happened, she still grew uncomfortable talking...

Small Water Utilities Need Help As Water Systems Age

Looking for a good job that allows you to escape the city or stay in the small community you call home? Consider the field...

Livestock Theft Troubles New Mexico Producers

Crossroads Cattle Company’s ranch foreman noticed that the calf crop in one pasture was about half that of other pastures. A few weeks later,...

How to Help the City’s Homeless

As many are aware, Española has for decades had a relatively large population of unhoused people. The mental and physical health needs of those...

Legislature Must Act to Protect Law Abiding Citizens, Not Criminals

At least four bills filed in the state legislature seek to begin the process of reversing the state’s misguided pretrial detention reforms. In 2016, New...

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