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By George Sharpe | Jun 10, 2022
If I were to ask you how close a well could be drilled to your home without sacrificing the health and safety of your family, what would you say?
By Pete Dinelli | Jun 8, 2022
Research shows that housing is the most effective approach to end homelessness with a much larger return on investment than offering government sanctioned encampments and “tent cities”.
By Judy Young and Valere McFarland | Jun 3, 2022
As members of Women Taking Back Our Neighborhoods and the Albuquerque community, we are voicing our strong opposition to the Amendments to the city’s zoning ordinances which sanction homeless encampments across our city.
By Tom Vaillancourt | May 27, 2022
We live in some very interesting, or maybe a better adjective would be confusing, times.
By Myles Culbertson | May 27, 2022
I’ve always considered voting to be a privilege of the highest degree.
By William James | May 13, 2022
I am truly shocked that New Mexico does not allow access to the voter rolls.
By Tom Vaillancourt | May 11, 2022
For those of us who are sports fans, it doesn’t matter what sport, we have all heard the phrase by coaches who have taken over losing teams, “we have to return to the basics.”
By George Sharpe | May 5, 2022
After many years of debate, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is officially seeking comments on a proposed 10-mile buffer zone to protect the Chaco Culture National Park from oil and gas development.
By Stephan Helgesen | Apr 22, 2022
Many of us (including yours truly) have walked through our lives in an occasional state of denial.
By Myles Culbertson | Apr 18, 2022
This is a story about my father – W.O. Culbertson, Jr. A few of you reading this will still remember him.
By Tom Vaillancourt | Apr 4, 2022
“Truth is the first casualty of war” is a statement that has been used in various forms for a long time.
By Stephan Helgesen | Mar 18, 2022
The greatest generation will remember, "Is your trip really necessary?" and the call by the FDR Administration to conserve energy for the war effort.
By Sarah Smith | Mar 16, 2022
This is a pivotal time for the current generation, but it is also much bigger than that.
By David Tofsted and Juan Garcia | Mar 15, 2022
An oft quoted story purports that when Marie Antoinette, queen of France, was told that peasants were starving because of lack of bread, she replied, 'Let them eat cake.' That story is legendary, but it is true that the king and queen lived completely different lifestyles than the peasants of France.
By Caren Cowan | Mar 10, 2022
If you ever thought the Old West was harsh, those outlaws and renegades had nothing on today’s US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Wildlife Services.
By Tom Vaillancourt | Mar 4, 2022
We are living in interesting, dangerous, scary, overwhelming times.
By Dale Janway | Feb 25, 2022
We continually hear from people who are against fossil fuels and are wanting to shut down the industry. Do these people not understand the industry and everything it does for every one of us?
By Rick Reynaud | Feb 23, 2022
The Las Cruces economy, and in particular restaurants and small business, are facing an extremely uphill battle.
By Stephan Helgesen | Feb 9, 2022
At some point, even the most devoted among us have doubts, and that goes for those of us transplants to New Mexico who are wondering if it's really worth staying in the "Land of Enchantment."
