Starting next week, Joe Biden has to start making headway on campaign promises. One of many urgent decisions facing the new administration will be what to do about the…

These are difficult days, to be sure, whether dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic or political unrest in Washington, D.C. The combination of the two has people in the U…

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Newly appointed City Clerk Kristine Bustos-Mihelcic has a big job ahead of her, transforming the office under an intense spotlight.

Planting another half-trillion trees, according to the authors, could reduce atmospheric carbon by about 25 percent.

The state of Georgia has delivered the United States from divided government — saving the nation from a GOP-led Senate that almost certainly would have brought effecti…

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The country would be safer if Trump were out of office, away from the nuclear codes and unable to use the bully pulpit of the presidency to push conspiracies and incite violence.

A presidency that began with a bleak speech about American carnage overtaking the land has ended with insurrectionists in the U.S. Capitol, interrupting the business o…

Special elections can be tricky — as those of us who live in the 3rd Congressional District remember.

U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell didn’t wait to be sworn in as a member of Congress before taking an anti-democratic stance that insults the people who put her in office.

To file a lawsuit that denies reality is an insult to the more than 340,000-plus people who have died in the United States, including more than 2,500 deaths in New Mexico.

An administration that never could get ahead of the curve when it came to fighting the pandemic is proving once more that competence matters, this time when it comes t…

Without lavish parties or carousing at bars, more people likely are waking up this New Year’s Day without a hangover.

Watching the repeated shocking of someone, lying on the ground, is infuriating.

Not all worship has to be inside and in person, especially when the threat of COVID-19 is greater than ever.

The globe is united — people around the world want to see the end of 2020.

Because of the pandemic and the struggling economy,  tough times will continue after Christmas is over.

Perhaps the biggest initiative in the first years of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s term was the push to improve education. Described as our “moonshot,” the effort resu…

He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.

Disagree about what to call them. Whatever the name, little is as beautiful as the glow of a candle through paper on Christmas Eve. 

Tucked into the massive congressional legislation passed Monday night is this bright spot — museums honoring women and Latinos are going to happen sooner rather than later.

It’s clear Mayor Alan Webber’s administration did not move quickly enough to resolve tensions over the Plaza obelisk sparked last spring and summer. 

Shopping locally will help our friends and neighbors stay afloat during this difficult pandemic year.

So much is happening right now — global pandemic, spurious election fraud claims, Russian hacking of U.S. computer systems, presidential transition appointments and mo…

Deb Haaland isn’t through making history.

The choice of former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg as secretary of the Department of Transportation offers big possibilities for New Mexico.

Here’s a message to Congress from the people of the United States.

The pandemic is not over, but the beginning of the end is here.

Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, apparently hasn’t been introduced to the 21st century.

The nine-month halt in life as we knew it continues to expose systems that aren’t working for people.

Some 200 dams in New Mexico are rated to be in poor condition, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They are a disaster waiting to happen.

Finding enough places for people to live in Santa Fe has been challenging for decades, especially when the word “affordable” is added to the mix.

State hospitals are facing the real possibility that “crisis care” standards will be put in place, and soon.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham evidently is staying in New Mexico, which finally puts to rest the speculation that had her headed to Washington, D.C., to work for Preside…

The Santa Fe National Forest is selling permits, good through Dec. 31, and there’s no need to go to the forest office — it’s all online.

Not all of New Mexico is in the coronavirus red zone. Close, but before we recount the grim pandemic news both at home and across the nation, let’s at least pause to c…

Light piercing the darkness relieves the bleakness of winter — and Santa Fe’s favorite example of luminosity through an inky night is the annual Farolito Walk on the e…

Unlike most GOP senators or governors or members of Congress, Sterling went before the cameras and lights Tuesday and told the world that claims of fraud, incitements to violence and other craziness from the Grand Old Party need to stop.

So many losses during 2020, with each a reminder to live to the fullest and to be grateful to those who enrich our lives.

Many nonprofits and charities will have matching funds available; each donation packs a larger punch that way.

Not only should we be kind to each other, we need to work on being kind to ourselves.

So many policy differences will separate the Joe Biden administration from the Donald Trump era — and we can think of few where the chasm will be as wide as in the are…

One of the modern traditions of the holiday season — Black Friday — will be on break this year, at least in person in many cities and towns across the nation.

Every fourth Thursday of November, Americans gather with family and friends to celebrate. Thanksgiving is the best of holidays, one dedicated to food and fellowship, t…

Instead of just reacting to reported cases, a new agreement gives both businesses and the state the opportunity to get in front of infections.

With out-of-control community spread, the economy is hurting, businesses are teetering on bankruptcy, and people without jobs can’t pay rent or buy groceries.

The buildings might be closed, but public libraries continue to offer essential services.

The era of alternative facts, alternative math and alternative reality is over, and it’s past time for President Donald Trump and his many enablers to move on.

The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University are putting games ahead of not just of health concerns, but of important connections with students, alumni and fans.

The return of bighorn sheep in New Mexico is being assisted by selling hunts for them. While that seems somewhat upside down, it’s true.