Robinson: Rethinking The American Revolution
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services
The USA is a miracle, and the revolution that made it possible could easily have gone the wrong way. These were a couple of thoughts I had after watching “The American Revolution,” on PBS. Instead of the tidy history I learned in school, the revolution was a sprawling and complex series of events.
What the creators want us to know is that the United States was born of violence and division. And it was as much a civil war as a revolution because a great many colonists were loyal to Britain. They thought rebellion was insanity.
Britain was an Read More
Heinrich Hosts Roundtable To Underscore How Cuts To Public Lands Workforce & Cost Of Health Care Is Harming New Mexico Families
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-founder of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, met with the New Mexico State Forester, public lands advocates, and small business owners to discuss the Trump Administration’s cuts to the public lands workforce and attacks on Americans’ public lands, Nov. 21, 2025. Courtesy photo
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), meets with New Mexicans facing skyrocketing health care costs because of Trump and Republicans’ refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax Read More
FBI: Gallup Man Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Gallup man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly killing another person while driving recklessly.
According to court documents, Aug. 11, 2024, Justin Othermedicine, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, killed John Doe while operating a motor vehicle with reckless disregard for life.
Othermedicine is charged with involuntary manslaughter and will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled. If convicted, Othermedicine faces up to eight years in prison.
Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison made the announcement Read More
Holmans USA Celebrates 70 Years As New Mexico-Grown Technology Partner
Holmans CEO John Santoru
HOLMANS USA News:
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- As HOLMANS USA celebrates its 70th anniversary, the company is reflecting on its transformation from a 1955 map shop into a national technology provider with enduring ties to New Mexico’s public-sector and research institutions, including its long-established presence in Los Alamos.
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HOLMANS USA is celebrating its 70th anniversary, marking seven decades of evolution from a local map and surveying shop founded in 1955 into a nationally recognized technology partner supporting customers across four time zones.
Originally established as Holman’s Read More
New Mexico Court Of Appeals Celebrates Milestone By Judge J. Miles Hanisee Who Has Written 1,000 Opinions
Court of Appeals Judge J. Miles Hanisee holds a gift from his law clerks displaying the names of the 1,000 court cases in which he wrote the opinions. From left, Kara Shair-Rosenfield (former clerk), Court of Appeals Judge Kristopher Houghton (former clerk), Walker Boyd (former clerk), Judge Hanisee, Mary Helen Pavlides (clerk), Breanne Potter (clerk), Graciela Esquivel (former clerk), and Oliver Stephanz (former clerk). Courtesy/NMSC
NMSC News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The state Court of Appeals honored Judge J. Miles Hanisee this week for his contributions to New Mexico law by writing 1,000 opinions Read More
Los Alamos Researchers Receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes
Top row, Matthew Biss, Sowjanya Gollapinni. Bottom, Andrei Simakov and Etienne Vermeulen. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Simakov recognized for research; Biss, Gollapinni, Vermeulen for leadership
Four Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have been awarded Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Andrei Simakov received the Fellows’ Prize for Research and Matthew Biss, Sowjanya Gollapinni and Etienne Vermeulen received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership.
“We are honored to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of this year’s Fellows’ Prize recipients,” Laboratory Director Thom Read More
Posts From The Road: Oklahoma Aquarium
Shark Tunnel: The popular shark exhibit and Shark Tank Adventure Tunnel at the Oklahoma Aquarium leads visitors through the 500,000-gallon shark tank, where they can watch sharks swim around and view the largest number of bull sharks living in an aquarium setting anywhere. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Pot-bellied Seahorse: The Pot-bellied Seahorse is a unique fish. that appears to have a head like a horse, tail of a monkey, and fins of a fish. Seahorses are the only known animal where the male gives birth. The brood pouch is used to hold eggs. The female will deposit up to 700 eggs into Read More
Heinrich, Luján, Stansbury Meet With Pueblo Leaders On Next Steps To Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Rep, Melanie Stansbury host a press conference Nov. 21 with Pueblo leaders on the next steps to permanently protect Chaco Canyon. Courtesy photo
Congressional News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-founder of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), hosted a press conference with Pueblo leaders on the Read More
SAR Announces 2025 Book Award: J.I. Staley Prize For ‘The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity’
Book cover: ‘The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity’. Courtesy image
SAR News:
SANTA FE — The School for Advanced Research (SAR) announces that The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow has been awarded the 2025 J. I. Staley Prize, recognizing exceptional scholarship and writing that expand the boundaries of anthropological thought.
The endowed award specifies that the prize goes to a living author for a work published within the last 10 years.
The Dawn of Everything, published in 2021, has received international acclaim since its release. Read More
Holiday Gift Guide For People Living With Dementia
AA News:
Holiday shopping can be challenging, especially when selecting gifts for someone living with dementia.
More than 46,000 New Mexicans are among 7.4 million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease and, depending on the stage of dementia, some well-intentioned gifts may no longer be appropriate or practical.
“Choosing a meaningful gift for someone living with dementia requires thoughtful consideration,” said Donald Smithburg, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association of New Mexico. “It’s important to consider the person’s cognitive abilities and select Read More
