Opinion

Save Poorly Saving Citizens from Themselves

    In a Sunday Albuquerque Journal guest column, Think New Mexico Executive Director Fred Nathan painted a bleak picture of New Mexicans’ saving habits...

Mayor, Seize This Teachable Moment

    Readers may recall we were leery in summer 2019 of Española Mayor Javier Sanchez’s appointment of Roger Jimenez to be the city police...

Politicians Must Stop Guessing Intent of ‘The Framers’

Those brave souls who followed the U.S. Senate impeachment hearings subjected themselves to hours of pontification from the right and left and received a...

Compost, Don’t Incinerate

Editor:     I would like to know why the North Central Solid Waste Authority is burning perfectly good organic matter (Rio Grande SUN, Trash Authority...

Account for Education Spending Before Lavishing More Blanket Raises

    You can predict it like a Valley shower following a thunderstorm forming over the Jemez Mountains. When there’s a state budget surplus, teacher...

Co-op Board Cowers in Closed Session

    Human beings do things in secret when they’re ashamed or fearful. Such was the Jan. 10 vote taken by the Jemez Mountains Electric...

Parents Need to Know Truth about Vaping

    As the superintendent of the Espanola School District I am gravely concerned about the misinformation e-cigarette companies have targeted at children and teens...

Students Now Have an Advocate on Lottery Board

    The New Mexico Lottery Board now has a champion for the students. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham at the end of December appointed Othiamba...

EPA Must Come Clean in Every Way

    Having a Superfund site under you city is a pretty big deal. The Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment Department have...

Absent Students Equals Absent Parents

    It’s agreed that over half of Española Valley High School students being absent 18 days before the fall semester ends is outrageous and...

Address Climate Change Locally

   Climate Change is getting worse every day. We need to stop burning fossil fuels, stop polluting the air and stop putting plastic into...

Crime Pays in Rio Arriba County

    Just finished reading my Rio Grande SUN, dated Dec. 12.     If it is ever alleged that I committed  a crime, I hope it...

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