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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.Columbus was under the sponsorships of Ferdinand II and Isabelle I, catholic monarchs...

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.

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.Oddly enough, the organizational dynamics at play here do not...

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.

Your Voice Matters

It’s hard to keep up, isn’t it?The political world has been nothing short of chaotic this election cycle, and if you feel like you’ve been caught in a whirlwind, you’re not alone.

OP-ED... Our Reading Crisis Deserves an Urgent Response: Smaller K-3 classes

In 2022, 79 percent of New Mexico fourth graders could not read proficiently according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).