All Shall Be Well: For Those Who Celebrate
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill
I think one of the biggest surprises I’ve had, in my 25 years of ordained ministry, is how many people who don’t realize that there is no such thing as a perfect family. Every family has struggles, and relationships can be especially hard. Some problems are bigger than others, but I’ve rarely encountered an issue that was unique to one family. I don’t betray confidences, but I do tell people that they aren’t alone Read More
Dannemann: New Mexico Makes It Tough To Be An Independent Candidate
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
If you are reading this article on or before June 25, and you might like to make this year’s governor’s race a little more interesting, there’s something you can do.
Go to the Secretary of State website and sign the nominating petition for Ken Miyagishima for Governor. Then sign the separate nominating petition for his running mate, JC Lopez, for lieutenant governor. It just takes a couple of minutes. The forms are at www.electronicpetitions.elections.sos.nm.gov.
He’s running as an independent and you can sign the petition even if you are registered in a major or minor party. Read More
McQuiston: When The Monsoon Rolls In … Tips For Getting Your Home Ready Before The First Big Storm
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
The sky is clear all morning. Then around 3 p.m. the clouds start stacking up dark over the mountains, the wind kicks up, and 10 minutes later it’s coming down sideways. Hail is ticking off the windows and the street out front is already running like a creek.
If you’ve spent a summer in northern New Mexico, you know the drill. The storms are loud and dramatic, and they can do real damage in about the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee.
Monsoon season officially started in mid-June and runs through September. The good news is that Read More
Rickman: The Immortal Mr. Hinojosa
By JAMES RICKMAN
Los Alamos
I read with great sadness the passing of Hector C. Hinojosa (link). He was my sixth-grade teacher at Mountain Elementary back when our nation was watching President Richard M. Nixon resigning from office, and heavyweight boxers George Forman and Muhammed Ali were preparing for “The Rumble in the Jungle,” arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th Century.
More earthshaking to my kid brain than those two events, Mr. Hinojosa was my first male teacher. As I sat at my desk in my itchy new school clothes that first day before the bell rang, I didn’t know whether to feel Read More
Hurford: What Other States Can Learn From New Mexico’s Bet On Literacy
By DAVID P. HURFORD Ph.D.
Executive Director
Center for READing, Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas
For too long, New Mexico’s students – especially Native American, Hispanic and low-income kids – were denied foundational literacy skills that open doors to lifelong opportunity.
A sustained, science-based investment is starting to change that.
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Mexico education leaders have made literacy a statewide priority since her term began in 2019. Over the past six years, New Mexico has invested more than $250 million in literacy initiatives, Read More
Denish: New Mexico’s Free Childcare In The Spotlight
By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner
diane@dianedenish.com
There is so much good news about Universal Free Child Care in New Mexico that I’m puzzled by the handful of people who seem determined to focus on why we can’t do it—whether through lawsuits or social media criticism.
Take Duke Rodriguez, unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor in the 2026 primary. Rodriguez recently filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s implementation of Universal Free Child Care, arguing it was rolled out before being fully codified by the Legislature. It seemed like an odd political strategy, particularly Read More
Robinson: Thanks To UNM’s Garnett Stokes For Eight Years Of Stability
By Sherry Robinson
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services
In 2006 I got an email from a savvy member of the business community. “Write an article about the UNM mess,” he wrote. “It is an ongoing story. After all, it’s our flagship research university.”
UNM had just gotten rid of Luis Caldera, a shouter, table pounder and top-down commander foisted on us by former Gov. Bill Richardson. I wrote: “Little in his professional background prepared him for university administration. He was personally aloof. He didn’t get New Mexico.”
Two more presidents followed. One provoked a vote of no confidence Read More
