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.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Fix Our ForestDear Editor,I am writing to express my deep concern about the climate situation in New Mexico. We are currently experiencing the effects of climate change, including rising temperatures, soil degradation, drier conditions, and most alarmingly, increasingly destructive wildfires.

Why Cibola County Opposed HB 9 — and Why Our Community Will Pay the Price

House Bill 9 was not an abstract policy debate for Cibola County. It was, and remains, a direct threat to the economic stability of our families, our workforce, and our small rural communities.

OP-ED

One of the Pioneers of In-Situ Recovery Uranium Extraction Across the World OP-EDJanet Lee-Sheriff, President & Director of the Clean Energy Association of New Mexico (CLEAN) and Chief Executive Officer & Director of Verdera Energy Corp.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear editor, Good news for anyone endlessly waiting for a doctor's appointment! If we cannot get scheduled within a short time at Cibola Family Health, there is now a computerized call list for people to replace those who have canceled.

Get Your H.A.T.

The Faith of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, born February 12,1809, often stands at the center of American history as the leader who navigated the nation through the Civil War.

OP-ED

Is this possible? Pro-nuclear and pro-environmentalist at the same time? It might be like saying, can you be a Cowboys fan and live in Houston? Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive.For decades, environmentalism and nuclear energy have been cast as enemies.

From the High Plains

Title: Something Out There in the Distance Authors: Grant Faullkner and Gail Butensky Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, unmpress.com Published: 2026 Hardcover with numerous color photographs, 87 pages ISBN: 978-0-8263-6858-4“That’s the thing about books.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear Editor, Recent weather extremes in the south and east are examples of what global warming can cause--a warmer arctic that disrupts the polar vortex and pushes cold weather and snow farther south.