Gessing: New Mexico’s ‘Free’ Childcare An Attempt To Cover For Failures
By PAUL GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
Gov. Lujan Grisham recently announced a new plan for taxpayers to fund “free” childcare for all New Mexicans, regardless of income levels. The Gov. portrayed this as a big win for New Mexico families. What she hasn’t emphasized is that New Mexico has had taxpayer-funded “free” childcare in place since 2022. Until now that program has been limited to families with incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty
According to federal poverty guidelines 400% of the poverty level allows a family of three to earn up to $106,600 annually and be eligible for the Read More
Travel: Tour A Unique Subterranean Realm At California’s Lake Shasta Caverns
Colorful light show shines on the formations. Photo by Debbie Stone
Welcome to Shasta Caverns. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Cave tours are high on my list of fun and fascinating adventures. And I’ve taken many of them over the years, from Mammoth Caves and Wind Cave to Kartchner Caverns and Carlsbad Caverns. Wherever I travel, I always seek them out, as I never tire of exploring nature’s underground wildernesses.
My latest tour was of Lake Shasta Caverns in California. Located 25 miles north of Redding, in the foothills of Mt. Shasta, these caves are Read More
Life After 50: Love And Marriage
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
This is a time in life when our children and their friends may marry and begin their lives as young families. This weekend, I had the honor to assist with the wedding of Brandi Weiss to Nash Taylor, but let’s start at the beginning.
The year is 2013/2014 as 52 eighth graders at Los Alamos Middle School become the first WEB Crew in the State of New Mexico. Back then, I started a WEB Crew program, from the Boomerang Project. As an anti-bullying initiative Where Everybody Belongs, students are trained to welcome the younger classmen Read More
Daily Postcard: Low Clouds Hang Over East Jemez Road
Daily Postcard: Low clouds over East Jemez Road in Los Alamos Sunday morning. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More
Op-Ed: New Mexico Is Leading The Way On Childcare – Now We Must Deliver
By JACOB VIGIL
Chief Legislative Officer
NM Voices for Children
New Mexico has been on a mission to recognize early childhood education and care for what it is a public good that is essential to families, communities, and our economy.
In 2022, New Mexico voters overwhelmingly affirmed this mission by passing a constitutional amendment for early childhood funding. Now, we’re setting our sights even higher. Because of over a decade of advocacy from families, organizers, educators, and community leaders, with bold leadership from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the state legislature, Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 13, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Kokanee salmon snagging season is open at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.
Snagging season at Heron Lake begins Nov. 11 after the egg-taking operation. Possession of kokanee salmon at Heron Lake is prohibited from Oct. 1 until Nov. 11.
All snagging seasons end Dec. 31 at all locations.
In recent years, the best snagging success has been at Navajo Lake.
Southern Colorado has experienced heavy rainfall and rivers are flooding. The San Juan in Colorado is flooding at Pagosa Springs. The Piedra, Pine and Animas Read More
Robinson: Keep ICE Detention Centers But Monitor Them
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services
Picking pumpkins just got a whole new spin. Ellen Bernstein, president of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, emailed her members that Torrance County Commissioner Kevin McCall was an ICE supporter and cautioned teachers against field trips to McCall’s Pumpkin Patch, a popular family-owned business, according to SourceNM.
The online uproar prompted McCall to clarify during a commission meeting: “Our business is in no way communicating or working with ICE, which is utterly false. From its start 28 years ago, our mission has Read More
