To all bicyclists, thank you to those of you who have bells or other ways of warning pedestrians you are coming from behind them. I’d also like to say some of us walki…
I was heartened by the article (“Endangered gray wolf population on the rise in the Southwest,” March 22) about how the endangered Mexican gray wolf population is reco…
There is a concern expressed by some that adding $600 to unemployment benefits will encourage people not to seek paid work because they will be getting more money than…
One of our own is gone before his time, New Mexico’s first victim of a virus that knows no boundaries. The federal government is failing America at every level. Heartl…
My concerns regarding the future construction extending Richards Avenue across the Arroyo de los Chamisos, Plan B, are as follows:
I just got a postcard from the White House, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a website called coronavirus.gov. It has large bold type on the front t…
We need to think more about our City of Holy Faith discouraging us from giving financial help directly to homeless and needy people asking for assistance at intersecti…
As a former five-year resident of Washington state, I enjoyed the security of the mail-in election ballot that Washington has had in place for I don’t know how many ye…
We love our Santa Fe restaurants. Let us keep them healthy while we keep ourselves healthy. Buy a gift card from your favorite restaurant. They need our support, as ma…
Our family is grateful that New Mexico has a governor that is taking a decisive, information-based approach to controlling the spread of coronavirus. Crises management…
Put a couple of rubber bands in your pocket. Get a cart and wipe down the handle with wipes, if provided. Go immediately to the produce section. For Gen Z, that’s the …
After watching national news on our federal response to coronavirus, I want to say how much better it feels to have Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and solid legislative a…
Hiking is one way to experience “normalcy” in today’s COVID-19 world. For some, hiking is a regular part of life. Others are finding new ways to mitigate the challenge…
I am suggesting that it would be a healthy idea for individuals, as well as demonstrating concern for their families, their friends and their communities, to trim long…
Dr. Stephen Joseph’s proposal (“We want to help,” Letters to the Editor, March 19) to have city and county authorities bring together Santa Fe’s community of retired m…
At this writing, it is midafternoon and the Railyard is eerily silent. No trains. REI and the Violet Crown Cinema are both closed. About the only people around are dog…
The Public Regulation Commission has been in the PERA Building since it started operating in January 1999, which was also when I began working there (“Embattled PRC to…
Last Sunday’s letters included Mary Burton Risely’s letter (“Do we really want LANL in Santa Fe?” Letters to the Editor, March 15). We are already here.
We are isolating so that we do not infect others. We are helping those we can help. We are sharing what we have. All around the world we are seeing expressions of kind…
I am seeking leadership from our state elected officials to set up a conversation on the pending loss of the nearly 40-year-old multicultural mural by Gilberto Guzman …
Whoever you are, stop hoarding food! Think of those within our community, such as the elderly and the disabled, or parents trying to feed their children, who can’t be …
I have voted in all 16 presidential elections since 1956, but none so crucial as the one coming up in November.
Max Boot, in his Washington Post editorial (“Sadly, it’s a popularity contest,” Santa Fe New Mexican, March 12) attacks Joe Biden as “old, inarticulate, uninspiring, a…
What comes to mind for most people when they hear “Santa Fe” are art, music; the beautiful natural setting with access for hiking, skiing, backpacking; cultural and ar…
COVID-19 has arrived in our state. With that in mind, I am deeply concerned about the local businesses that are the backbone of our community and our tourism industry.
In response to the recent New Mexican editorial (“Dogs deserve humane treatment,” Our View, March 10), I would like to remind people that our ancestors made a binding …
We don’t have a real U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, we have the judicial arm of the Republicans, an arm that allowed the political process to be flooded with money, perm…
I am dismayed that the city of Santa Fe — the City of Holy Faith — has, without community involvement, chosen to post signs at intersections to discourage the small ha…
To maintain his momentum and seal his advantage, former Vice President Joe Biden needs to do three things quickly. First, offer Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the vic…
What an excellent editorial (“Washing hands can be a lifesaver,” Our View, March 2) that made a point that is always timely — particularly with regard to the coronavir…
When are we going to learn that “more people” is not the answer to economic growth? In a New Mexican editorial from the Washington Post (“Truth is, America needs immig…
In response to Veronica García’s op-ed to implement school board member Kate Noble’s plan to spend $250,000 on a study on inequity in the Santa Fe Public Schools: I am…
I read recently that Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber and staff came face to face with the homeless right there in City Hall (“A reminder of homelessness at mayor’s door as …
Thank you to all the sponsors, supporters and activists who helped pass the critically needed Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act (“Gov. signs ‘red-flag’ legisla…
While New Mexico currently has no cases of COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus disease), employers and businesses should be as prepared as possible to implement po…
As reported in the Santa Fe New Mexican (“Santa Fe
A recent article on the homeless was very well done (“A reminder of homelessness at mayor’s door as he tackles issue,” Feb. 23).
With the city’s current attempt to bring its animal services ordinance up to date, it was with great sadness I read your article (“Ban on chaining dogs is rejected by …
Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber has no idea which Democratic nominee is best suited to beat President Donald Trump in November (“Santa Fe mayor backs Bloomberg,” Feb. 20). …
No doubt President Donald Trump will attempt to pardon himself just as he has those criminals deemed to be “his people” (Trump’s pardons: A corruption of mercy,” Anoth…
Two fatalities and multiple injuries on St. Francis Drive are truly tragic (“1 dead, 4 hurt in morning crash on St. Francis Drive,” Feb. 21; Santa Fe man, 87, identifi…
Trump’s new kind of nationalism: There’s nothing wrong with engaging foreign governments against one’s own citizens on one’s own behalf, even if it endangers the whole…
Elena Ortiz’s My View (“This is Native land; remember that,” Feb. 9) contains dangerous inaccuracies. I will focus on two. First, defamatory images of Jewish soldiers …
Congratulations, Mr. Mayor (“Santa Fe mayor backs Bloomberg,” Feb. 20). You just endorsed for president a sexist, racist, arrogant, out-of-touch individual who has ref…
Sen. Tom Udall’s My View (“Look to my father’s vision to confront climate crises,” Feb. 16) filled me with hope because he has a plan to save the environment. I applau…
If Georgia O’Keeffe, Agnes Martin and other “world-famous” artists were the ones who painted the mural on the former Halpin State Archives Building, state, city and mu…
The rampant teacher shortage in New Mexico and elsewhere comes as no surprise given how little respect has been shown the profession the past two decades (“Dire search…
After reading this morning of the very sad death of an elderly gentleman in an accident that put his 92-year-old wife in the hospital, I am wondering what it will take…
Industry pollution, spills and violations have skyrocketed during the oil industry’s boom, while enforcement has all but disappeared. In its first year, Gov. Michelle …
Steve Pearce, in his recent My View (“President Trump is forever acquitted, bound for reelection,” Feb. 9) pointed out that just under 63 million Americans voted for t…
New Mexico has an important opportunity to improve the health of New Mexicans by addressing the latest threats from tobacco. Kudos to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for p…
Under Milan Simonich’s proposition, domestic abusers get a pass (“It’s time for the civil courts to shut down,” Ringside Seat, March 23). Afte…
We are now arrived at La Semana Santa, or Holy Week, and the beginning of the three-day Paschal Triduum, or the three days of the Christ’s pas…
Let’s break down why we are uncertain during this time of pandemic and what we can do to take back control.
As the numbers of coronavirus/COVID-19 cases in the United States rose, we had several weeks, if not two months, to plan and prepare for our r…
Isolation is quiet yet captivating
I love the tastes, aromas and memories of the Passover holiday. This first night of the Seder speaks of spring cleaning, the story of freedom,…
I am a medical provider in Albuquerque and recently signed a letter with 60 other local medical providers directed at county and state officia…
While New Mexicans are being asked to take extraordinary precautions to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration …
Small businesses are in COVID-19 quicksand. Owners and employees face an impossible adaptation of their business model as directed closures fo…
“We are crew, not passengers, strengthened by acts of consequential service to others.” — Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), founder of Outward Bound and …
Let us be frank: New York was always a city held together by staples and duct tape; the markets crash too frequently to be fully trusted; the …
As I sit self-isolated, waiting to return to work as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit of a New Mexico hospital, I am terrified.
It’s been 150 years since the U.S. fought a war on its soil, but today we are on the brink of one, and we all need to do our part. It is now c…
During this stay-at-home order, focus on hyperlocal activities in your backyard or walks around the block rather than trekking in the mountains.
My friend, Amy Hoban, always said, “Only boring people get bored.” It made me realize I should take responsibility for boredom instead of succ…
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