I recently came across a concept called The Curley effect. It has nothing to do with Larry and Moe. After some research I learned that The Curley effect, coined by economists Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer, is a real concept in political economy. It describes how politicians use wasteful redistributive policies and divisive rhetoric to drive opposing voters out of a city (or in our case a state), thus securing their electoral base.

Texas has always wanted more of New Mexico.

Iran has been at war with the United States and Israel for 47 years. At the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis in November 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini referred to the United States as the “Great Satan,” and Israel as the “Little Satan.” “Death to America,” usually followed the epithet. The Iranian Revolution displaced the Shah and established the Sharia Theocracy.

Española Valley’s multi-sport senior athlete Averi Shultz etched her name in the Sundevils track and field record book on Saturday.

Just a year after resurrecting what had become a moribund program, Mesa Vista High School baseball has significantly expanded its goals.

With a new coach comes a new attitude for the Pojoaque Valley High School baseball team.

Antonio “Tone” Martinez is finally coming home to box.

When it comes to District 5-2A baseball, McCurdy has ruled the diamond since 2015.

It took less than 10 minutes for the City of Española to get voted off of the North Central Solid Waste Board on March 19.

A North Carolina-based wireless infrastructure company is suing Rio Arriba County and the Board of County Commissioners for denying a Special Use Permit to build a communications tower in Ojo Caliente.

A Mexican national whose prosecution was taken over by federal prosecutors pleaded guilty to a immigration charge.

A Medanales man who allegedly burned down his father’s house, stole a firefighter’s truck after he responded to the fire, and then subsequently slashed a Tierra Amarilla jail guard with a pair of scissors, is not competent to stand trial.