The last Española City Council meeting of Mayor John Ramon Vigil’s administration included the generic praise and speeches that are expected at those occasions. The remarks were punctuated by tears and candid comments by some of the councilors as they shared their feelings about each other and the last four years.
The Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area would like to publicly thank Representative Joseph Sanchez for his continued leadership and support of cultural programs that strengthen our communities and drive economic development across Northern New Mexico.
Deluvina Geneva Martinez, a lifelong resident of Canjilon, NM, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2026, surrounded by her family. She was born September 9, 1962, in Leadville, Colorado, to Aquilino and Dolores Baca.
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.
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.
