Denish: Start Your Own ‘Say Hi’ Campaign
By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
Recently in talking with a friend, I mentioned I was mulling over topics for my regular column. I always have ideas about current events, and there is always lots to write about – children’s issues, women’s struggles, voter issues, for starters. And it’s easy to get mired in the heartbreak of two vicious wars, climate crisis, gun violence and more.
My friend had a better idea – more suited to the holiday season. He suggested I write about how people are being nicer to each other. I was intrigued and asked him to tell me more.
I listened as Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Dec. 21, 2023
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
There have been many reports by anglers of dead trout in the quality water of the San Juan River below Navajo Dam. Most of the trout have been bigger-than-average in size.
The San Juan is quite possibly the best-known fishing location in the state. It attracts anglers from across the country. If there are problems developing on the San Juan they need to be addressed. Streamflows here have been well-below normal all year. The water has recently been heavily-stocked with fingerling rainbow trout.
There was little stocking activity last week, Read More
Skolnik: Reducing Alcohol-related Deaths In New Mexico – Part 2
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
One essential part of reducing alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico will be raising taxes on alcohol. The evidence shows that every 10% increase in alcohol taxes leads to a 7% decrease in consumption. My article of Dec. 15 (link) focused on this issue, especially in light of recent information about the apparent “sell out” of our state officials to some lobbyists on alcohol taxes.
The article also referred to using alcohol taxes to fund other measures to reduce alcohol consumption. Indeed, as a number of people kindly and correctly highlighted in response to my Read More
Robinson: Asha Can’t Be A Regular Wolf – She Has A Role In Lobo Recovery
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
Asha, the Mexican grey wolf, took us on a journey this year.
The region’s most famous escapee, she made her break from a federal wolf reintroduction program in Arizona and migrated through New Mexico before her recapture Dec. 9.
Coincidentally, the feds will soon transplant gray wolves from an Oregon program into southern Colorado’s prime wolf habitat, where Asha was headed. However, our nomadic Asha would not have been allowed to breed with the newcomers because she is a subspecies, Canis lupus baileyi, or “lobo,” the most genetically Read More
Travel: Slow-Paced Voyage Of Discovery Through Burgundy
Ancy-le-Franc. Photo by Debbie Stone
La Belle Epoque. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
When most people think of a barge, they envision a flat-bottomed boat that hauls goods down a waterway – a working vessel. So, when I told family and friends that I was going on a barge cruise in France, I received quizzical and confused looks. They didn’t understand why I was choosing to travel by what they perceived to be an uncomfortable mode of transportation.
“Au contraire!” I responded, and then proceeded to enlighten them, explaining that this was not a cargo boat, Read More
Skolnik: Alcohol-Related Deaths – Are New Mexican Lives Really Worth Only $115?
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
New Mexico’s government urgently needs to take the steps required to reduce alcohol-related deaths. In 2021, more than 2,200 New Mexicans died of alcohol-related causes. Such deaths occurred at the highest rate of any state in the US, at 34.3 per 100,000 people. These deaths come with enormous social and economic impacts on families and communities throughout New Mexico. About 1,500 of those deaths could have been avoided if New Mexico would have lowered its rate of alcohol-related deaths to the national average.
The most effective way to achieve this is well-known Read More
Posts From The Road: Buc-ee’s Mega Stores On Steroids
Buc-ee’s Traffic: Visitors to Buc-ee’s Convenience Stores may be surprised at the traffic created by the mega stores especially close to the building and around the 100 plus gas pumps. It’s not just a pit stop, it’s an experience! Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Brisket & More: Fresh brisket, pulled pork and other varieties of hot sandwiches are served up in every Buc-ee’s mega store. Other cold sandwiches and fresh food are also available. The Buc-ee’s Stores make it a priority to serve fresh food. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Read More
