Opinion

3:22: Ink Drops and Paper Scraps

3:22: Ink Drops and Paper Scraps

3:22: Ink Drops and Paper Scraps

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
When I started teaching in Grants in the middle of the school year last year, I immediately realized how much there was to learn.As a very excited newbie, who always doubts herself, I attended three teacher training courses: Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), Region IX Statewide...
Get Your H.A.T.

Get Your H.A.T.

Get Your H.A.T.

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The Civil War ended in the spring of 1865, claiming more lives than any other conflict in U.S. history.Due to the amount of lives lost, the country’s first national cemeteries needed to be established.
Guy H. Mills, a longtime resident of Bluewater Village, proudly served in World War II as a combat engineer, breaking through the beaches on D-Day, and later helping to build some of Cibola County’s most enduring landmarks. Known for his humility, hard work, and quiet strength, Mills was remembered as a veteran, a builder, a neighbor, and a man who always led by example. Courtesy Photo

Guy H. Mills, a longtime resident of Bluewater Village, proudly served in World War II as a combat engineer, breaking through the beaches on D-Day, and later helping to build some of Cibola County’s most enduring landmarks. Known for his humility, hard work, and quiet strength, Mills was remembered as a veteran, a builder, a neighbor, and a man who always led by example. Courtesy Photo

Honoring Guy H. Mills

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. — Guy H. Mills stood just over five feet tall, but his impact on Cibola County—and the country he served—was anything but small.Born in Weed, New Mexico, in 1922, Mills left school after the seventh grade to support his single mother and younger twin brothers during the Great...
Richard Sanders

Richard Sanders

Always Living and Learning

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
High school memories! Ah, yes, `The Good, The Bad, and the ...Funny?' Mr. Cacciapaglia, known as Mr. `C' to students, was my English teacher my senior year in 1981 at Madison High School in Vienna, Va.

A Ty Detmer Story

Mila Allen
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Many people are avid fans of Taylor Swift and her music. The charitable and politically active sides of her life and business are also incredibly impressive.
Carrie Classon

Carrie Classon

The Postscript

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
It’s hard to know what I’m waiting for, but I’m waiting for something.Spring is late. I would have known this even if I wasn’t getting daily reminders in my email of the beautiful pictures I took exactly a year ago. One year ago, all the trees were in full bloom. The tulips were hitting their prime.
Get Your H.A.T.

Get Your H.A.T.

Get Your H.A.T.

Amerika Rougemont
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” - James E. Faust Anna Jarvis created Mother’s Day in the early 1900s. Her mother, who died in 1905 and during her lifetime had organized groups of women to promote friendship and health, was the inspiration of the...

Letters to the Editor . . .

Read The Constitution
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Dear Editor, In these uncertain times, rights and responsibilities we share are under threat. Our rights are written in the US Constitution, but to stay in effect they depend on every one of us to know and exercise them.
Raising the Bar: Mock Trials In Session

Raising the Bar: Mock Trials In Session

Raising the Bar: Mock Trials In Session

13th Judicial Da Barbara Romo
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
For the last 25+ years I’ve volunteered annually for the Gene Franchini New Mexico High School Mock Trial Competition administrated and hosted by the Center for Civic Values as both a Judge and a scoring juror. In recent years numerous members of my staff have also begun to volunteer regularly.