The Postscript

The corn was planted late. We knew that at the time.Because their house is located so deep in the woods, my mother has had no luck getting vegetables to grow. When my parents heard there were garden plots available in town, they signed up for one, and have had a garden in town for several years.

Proposed drug patent reforms would do more harm than good

Congress is considering a bill that could exacerbate government waste and give American companies' most valuable trade secrets to China.That's obviously not lawmakers' goal.

Get Your H.A.T.

Columbus and Indigenous DayIn hopes of finding another trade route to the east, Christopher Columbus and 86 others began their voyage on 3 August 1492, taking three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Did Goldtooth Strike the Motherlode?

In the early 1900s, when the promise of gold brought dreamers and drifters to Cibola County, a prospector by the name of Thomas 'Gold Tooth' McCabe was the most ambitious of them all.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear Editor, City of Grants, Cibola & McKinely County All the Native Americans that we have served, After four decades of serving this wonderful community, we will be closing, September 30,2024. It is with a mixture of sadness and gratitude that we announce the closure of J & J Lock, Key & Safe.

State of Affairs

Seventy years ago, President Eisenhower spoke of a future where the incredible power of the atom could be harnessed not for destruction but for the collective good of humanity.

Crimes Against Children: The Difficult Work

October 15 – 17 my office will be hosting the 2nd Annual Southwest Crimes Against Children Conference at the Santa Ana Star and Hotel in Bernalillo, NM. This free statewide conference brings together representatives from law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, child and victim advocates.

The Postscript

My husband, Peter, had never had a cat before we adopted Felix, and Felix is taking full advantage of this.Peter didn’t know, for instance, that cats require tuna, right out of the can, every night at precisely 8:30 p.m.—until Felix informed him.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear Fellow Citizens and CDEC Owners, As most of you know, the lifeblood of our community in Cibola and McKinley County – Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC) - is owned by the very people it serves, which includes many of us.

Always Living and Learning

It was a typical newspaper deadline morning. I was a sports reporter for the Alexandria Gazette. I had gotten to my work office pre-dawn and gone about drafting my stories. Several hours later, a co-worker quickly visited and asked if I had heard the news.