Southwest Crimes Against Children Inaugural Conference

Child maltreatment rates in New Mexico are among the highest in the nation. (Approximately 15 in every 1000 children under the age of 18 have been victims of abuse) With these numbers in mind, my office is initiating the first Annual Southwest Crimes Against Children Conference in New Mexico.

Ask Nancy Q+A: Ask Nancy Feeling Abandoned June 2023

Dear Nancy, My husband and I desperately wanted a baby, and we tried for many years. I felt we were running out of options, so we reached the decision to adopt.

The Postscript

My new friend, Betty Lou, started a book club, and she asked me to join. I was delighted. I hadn’t been in a book club for a long time.

The Postscript

Yesterday wasn’t the best day. I don’t like to complain and, the truth is, I have very little to complain about. Still, yesterday was not the best day. I woke with a stomachache. I’d gone to bed with a stomachache, and this is not terribly unusual.

Letters to the Editor

Memorial Day 2023 Dear editor, New Mexico - and the Northwest part of the state in particular - holds a long and proud military history. Gallup is known as the most patriotic small town in America, and we are blessed to be home to a large population of military veterans.

State of Affairs

It’s about to be June. Can you believe it? I can’t. Where did this month go? My eldest niece just celebrated her first prom, my youngest niece just graduated from prekindergarten. Where did the time go? May has 31 days. So, if one day is 24 hours. One hour is sixty minutes.

Letters to the Editor

AJJ Dear editor, Thank you to all the high school students who contributed to “Angry Jack”. Your insights and language skills show your integrity, empathy, and intelligence; what a pleasure it is to read! The language of your heart might not be English, yet it is important too.

Get Your H.A.T.

Beauty Standards “No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.” - Eleanor Roosevelt Throughout history, beauty standards were much different from todays. There was a time when the women were proud of their modesty.

State of Affairs

I don’t know how to feel. I know so many people that died as a result of COVID-19, friends, family. There was so much hate at the beginning of the COVID era and I just don’t know how to feel now that we are at the end of the health emergency. I guess, congratulations to us for surviving.

Congratulations Graduates!

Graduating high school is a significant milestone in one's life. It marks the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new journey, and it holds even more significance in a rural community, like Cibola.