The Santa Fe Council on International Relations is holding its annual gala from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 21. The event will be held via Zoom, a platform used to great…

The recently executed American Rescue Plan, signed into law by the Biden-Harris administration, means reduced health insurance costs for many New Mexicans.

What if you called 911 and no one answered? That could start to happen very soon in rural New Mexico.

We all know the political system is broken. Our leaders are not producing solutions to the issues we care about. No one is listening, just talking past each other.

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in an occasional series about dealing with hunger in Northern New Mexico.

New Mexico is one of only 10 or so states in the nation with closed primaries. It also has one of the highest ratios of unopposed races in its general elections. That’…

I am alarmed that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is pushing for an exemption from the Biden administration’s pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. An exempti…

Joseph requested from the Israelites that although I die in exile, God will bring you back to the Land and when

The second law of thermodynamics assures us that entropy always increases over time. At its core, entropy simply means “things fall apart.” Sometimes, in the physical …

There are times when in a small community struggling to maintain its rural way of living has something take place that makes residents wonder how it could have happened.

If you’ve got some new out-of-state neighbors, they’re likely from California. The Land of Enchantment, of course, has always been a welcoming state.

Every so often, an idea rolls around. Sometimes the idea starts locally (in Minneapolis) and then grows to other places, and it’s such a good, unassailable idea that y…

It’s spring in New Mexico, and all the small streams across the state are starting to flow. These same streams are under threat from new federal rules and need more ro…

Thinking about some other Western states’ version of so-called “leadership,” I am grateful for what we have here in New Mexico.

I just want to share my experience of trucking here in the United States over the past year.

Ronald Reagan, our 40th president and a highly influential voice of modern conservatism, urged that if America were to progress, it must challenge the presumption that…

What took place in our governing bodies to arrive at a greater metropolitan transit plan with the addition of the Rail Runner in 2008 was a democratic and public process.

I had posted this on my Facebook page and had so many people request that I share it. Thank you to all who have reached out to us this week to check in on us because o…

We were troubled to read Sean Thomas’ report that Santa Fe could lose metropolitan status to a new “micropolitan.”

Columnist Milan Simonich (“Fun with Sam and Jane, and how to run a city,” Ringside Seat, March 31) had the audacity to tell readers that the mayor of Santa Fe, in a st…

The recently executed American Rescue Plan, signed into law by the Biden-Harris administration, means reduced health insurance costs for many New Mexicans.

What if you called 911 and no one answered? That could start to happen very soon in rural New Mexico.

We all know the political system is broken. Our leaders are not producing solutions to the issues we care about. No one is listening, just talking past each other.

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in an occasional series about dealing with hunger in Northern New Mexico.

New Mexico is one of only 10 or so states in the nation with closed primaries. It also has one of the highest ratios of unopposed races in its general elections. That’…

I am alarmed that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is pushing for an exemption from the Biden administration’s pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. An exempti…

Joseph requested from the Israelites that although I die in exile, God will bring you back to the Land and when

The second law of thermodynamics assures us that entropy always increases over time. At its core, entropy simply means “things fall apart.” Sometimes, in the physical …

There are times when in a small community struggling to maintain its rural way of living has something take place that makes residents wonder how it could have happened.

If you’ve got some new out-of-state neighbors, they’re likely from California. The Land of Enchantment, of course, has always been a welcoming state.

Every so often, an idea rolls around. Sometimes the idea starts locally (in Minneapolis) and then grows to other places, and it’s such a good, unassailable idea that y…

It’s spring in New Mexico, and all the small streams across the state are starting to flow. These same streams are under threat from new federal rules and need more ro…

Thinking about some other Western states’ version of so-called “leadership,” I am grateful for what we have here in New Mexico.

I just want to share my experience of trucking here in the United States over the past year.

Ronald Reagan, our 40th president and a highly influential voice of modern conservatism, urged that if America were to progress, it must challenge the presumption that…

What took place in our governing bodies to arrive at a greater metropolitan transit plan with the addition of the Rail Runner in 2008 was a democratic and public process.

I had posted this on my Facebook page and had so many people request that I share it. Thank you to all who have reached out to us this week to check in on us because o…

We were troubled to read Sean Thomas’ report that Santa Fe could lose metropolitan status to a new “micropolitan.”

Columnist Milan Simonich (“Fun with Sam and Jane, and how to run a city,” Ringside Seat, March 31) had the audacity to tell readers that the mayor of Santa Fe, in a st…

It is with a happy heart that I announce the return to school Tuesday for every family wishing for a child to return. The journey to this day has been bumpy, with U-tu…

Every decade, state legislatures are required to redraw both legislative and congressional districts. This is necessary after the U.S. census is complete to adjust the…

 The Community Solar Act has traveled a long road. Coalitions have been working together to craft a bill that follows best practices from around the country for many y…

Our state’s path voting Democrat in federal elections to send two U.S. senators, at least two of three congressional representatives and five presidential electors to …

One of the less-publicized highlights of the 2021 New Mexico legislative session was the passage of the landmark Sustainable Economy Task Force, Senate Bill 112. This …

As a Democratic Party, we often pat ourselves on the back for our historic gains in representation and our respect and recognition of the need for diverse voices in le…

House Speaker Brian Egolf has drawn fire for comments on redistricting and for initial objections to the creation of an independent commission for the upcoming round o…

The agencies tasked with protecting health, air quality and our climate are hampered by outdated state laws that don’t allow them to adopt regulations that are stronger than federal standards.

Educational reformer John Dewey spoke of the public schools as “laboratories of democracy.” They all but stopped serving this role for most of the past 50 years, as sc…

As a scientist advocating for evidence-based decision-making, I’m doing everything I can to promote Roxy’s Law, Senate Bill 32, to ban public lands trapping, snaring a…

In mid-March of 2020, my life, like so many others, was suddenly turned upside down. After 27 years, my livelihood as a self-employed singing teacher came to an abrupt…

Over the last several weeks, I have had several conversations with community leaders about the upcoming mayoral and City Council races. While these conversations have …

COVID-19 is not the first global pandemic, and it certainly won’t be the last. As the light at the end of the tunnel of this pandemic is in sight, now is the time to t…

The Biden Administration has enacted several climate orders that will protect public lands, water, wildlife and people. With the confirmation of Deb Haaland as the new…

On a March day in 1947, the esteemed French writer, Simone de Beauvoir, arrived in Santa Fe and began to explore the town. She published her comments in her book, Amer…

This approach would allow entire classrooms to take self-swab COVID-19 tests, collect swabs into one sample, and have that sample tested.

Former U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico has made history as the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary, responsible for overseeing more than 480 mill…

I am a resident of New Mexico for many reasons. Access to our incredible public lands is at the top of that list. I live a quick and winding drive down the road from t…

Even prior to the pandemic, our early care and education system was seriously flawed.

Seems to me the current political fuss over so-called cancel culture is simply distracting Americans from more important issues.

In August 1863, Gen. James Henry Carleton ordered Col. Christopher “Kit” Carson to file weekly reports on his Navajo campaign, including “all about the crops destroyed.”

A recent Santa Fe Public Schools virtual Board of Education meeting was refreshingly uplifting — from joyful student music performances and science project presentatio…

Conditions within the Vaihingen Nazi Concentration Camp were horrific, especially during that dreadful winter of 1944-45.

We Navajos and rural New Mexicans are a forgotten people, and nowhere is that truer than with energy. From the lenses of a full-blooded Navajo, a business owner, a mom…

New Mexico is blessed with a strong and diverse agriculture industry, both culturally and in what we produce. I love to share how our producers grow everything to fill…

One of the top priorities of the current legislative session is helping New Mexicans recover from the unprecedented economic and public health emergency they have face…

After years of organizing, for the very first time, the state Senate Finance Committee in a 7-4 vote passed House Joint Resolution 1, which allows for a constitutional…

The New Mexico Senate has voted to pass House Bill 255, a bill titled “Alcohol Delivery,” after sweeping changes were made to it in the House and Senate. The bill will…

In New Mexico, it is OK for oil field operators to spill oil and liquid waste into the environment.

As AARP New Mexico’s state director, I feel compelled to respond to the piece by Amber Wallin of New Mexico Voices for Children (“Social Security benefits are mostly u…