Opinion

Was Protocol Followed for Rehap Site?

Editor:     I recently found out that Rio Arriba County plans to re-purpose the Hacienda de Salud Nursing Home as a 100-bed drug treatment facility.   ...

Permanently Remove Oñate

    I write this letter as a public health professional living in Alcalde, urging the Río Arriba County Commission to ensure that the Oñate...

Consider Inclusion in Prayer

Editor:     What if a Rio Arriba County commissioner, instead of praying in the name of Jesus Christ, started the commission meeting with a Native...

Martinez Should Represent All Constituents

Editor:     The case for Christian prayer at these meetings by James Martinez and his pastor is based on two erroneous assumptions, one implicit and...

Keep Religion to Yourself

Editor:     I agree with Shel Neymark’s letter regarding Rio Arriba County Commissioner James Martinez praying before the County Commission meetings. It’s in our Constitution,...

Public Needs Answers to Statue’s Removal

    It’s finally over. The bronze of Don Juan de Oñate astride his horse is gone. Native Americans, antifa, Black Lives Matter and everyone...

Racial Injustice Must Be Iradicated

    We all stood as witness to the brutal murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. People are speaking out about...

Healthcare Worker Memorialized

Our dear friend and colleague, Edward Dunaway, 42, of Alcalde, passed away on June 8.     Often, when people think about health care, the focus...

What about the Rest of the County?

    It is getting out of hand. It was very irresponsible, on the part of Rio Arriba County officials, to remove the Oñate monument...

Commissioner Will Keep Praying

This letter is in response to the June 3 editorial entitled, “Praying Offends Some; Stick to County’s Work” and an editorial published March 5...

Bigots, Please Shut up

    Will the real bigots please shut up. You are so offended by Rio Arriba County Commissioner James Martinez’s prayer before the Commissioners’ meetings...

Protests Won’t Correct Centuries of Racism

    A reasonable person must ask what does stealing appliances from a store have to do with wanting change in police actions to protect...

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