When I was a kid I used to spend time with my dad and my abuelo in Plaza Blanca, N.M., a change of pace from the dryland farming that occurred in my hometown of Cebolla, N.M. My dad would take me down to the acquaintance at dawn.
There’s a knock at the door. Your heart races and beads of sweat start to run down your temple. The phone rings and you feel a sense of dread because you know who is calling.
New Mexico has always been a state that builds. From the energy resources that power our nation to the infrastructure that connects our communities across vast distances, our economic strength depends on our ability to get projects done. Manufacturing alone supports tens of thousands of jobs and contributes billions to the state’s economy each year. Yet too many of these projects are stalled—not because of a lack of investment, but because of America’s broken permitting system.
Abiquiú resident and Los Alamos High School senior, Stetson Trujillo, has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the New Mexico State University rodeo team this fall. Family, friends and coaches recently gathered to celebrate his achievement.
Two men pleaded guilty to charges in a beating case where they broke a man’s teeth and jaw, leaving him with injuries so severe, he was taken to a hospital in Albuquerque for his trauma.
What began three years ago as the Parkinson’s Glove Project at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and Española Valley High School’s (EVHS) has transformed into Española GloveWorks, a newly formed 501(c)(3) focused on developing youth creativity, technical competence and leadership while bringing the hope of a promising technology to people suffering from Parkinson’s disease.