Get Your H.A.T.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say— but not everything is beneficial.

State of Affairs

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday and Cibola County reflects on 45 years of its own identity, I find myself thinking about what it means to belong to a place like this.Cibola County is more than a line on a map.Long before it carried its current name, this land was part of older...

From the High Plains

Rosanne Boyett Title: The Ultimate Protest Author: Ray E. Boomhower Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, unmpress.com Published: 2024 Hardcover, 318 pages, 29 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-0-8263-6570-5“The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library,”...

Letters to the Editor . . .

To the Editor The Democrat Party’s juvenile behavior at the last State of the Union address achieved a new low in expressing their disdain for not only the institution (Congress), but also for us, the American people.

State of Affairs

Within the last week, the United States and Israel have entered into open conflict with Iran. Six American service members are now confirmed dead.That is not abstract.Somewhere in this country, families received phone calls that changed everything.It is okay to feel unsettled right now.

The Postscript

I’ve always known I was lucky when it came to family.I saw classmates who had impossible siblings, and I knew my curlyheaded younger sister was a catch.

Op-Ed

The Supreme Court of New Mexico launched a program in 2021 to help young people learn about our system of justice and the role of courts in resolving legal disputes.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear editor, I was driving this weekend coming back from Gallup and I drove past an NMSP officer who had a woman pulled over.

School Accountability Report Cards

Editor’s Note: The Grants Cibola County School’s results can be found on Page B4 and B5 Dear New Mexico Families and Community Members,Each year, the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) shares district and state charter school report cards.

State of Affairs

The core principles of representative government is simple: the people who make decisions for a community must legitimately live in the district they run to service.The phrase “no taxation without representation” helped spark the American Revolution.