Popular Gilman Tunnels Reopens In Jemez Ranger District
The Gilman Tunnels reopened to the public Thursday following a rock stabilization project. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Gilman Tunnels in the Jemez Ranger District of Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), reopened Thursday, May 22, 2025 and is now accessible to the public. The area closed Oct. 14, 2024, to conduct a rock stabilization project.
“The Jemez Ranger District experienced a storm event in 2022 that caused considerable rock fall at the Gilman Tunnels,” Jemez District Ranger Jeremy Golston said. “At that time, we identified the need to schedule periodic maintenance to mitigate Read More
Robinson: Big Beautiful Bill Has Hidden Costs
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
During recent debates over the president’s big beautiful budget bill, I wanted to know how the safety net would work. After all, New Mexico has the nation’s highest per-capita rate of Medicaid coverage with 840,000 people enrolled, more than 40% of the state’s population.
Nationally, Medicaid covers more than 71 million poor, elderly and disabled people. The big beautiful bill would cut the program by nearly $700 billion over 10 years and take health coverage away from more than 10 million people.
The big numbers and potential impacts generated endless debate Read More
2025 Memorial Day Ceremony At Guaje Pines Cemetery Honoring The Fallen
Scene remembering the fallen during the annual Memorial Day ceremony hosted this morning by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8874 at Guaje Pines Cemetery. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Master of Ceremonies Roger Anaya of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8874 makes opening remarks and welcomes guests to the 2025 Memorial Day ceremony hosted this morning by VFW Post 8874 at Guaje Pines Cemetery. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Bagpiper Anthony Puckett leads the March on the Colors by Los Alamos High School NJROTC at the 2025 Memorial Day ceremony hosted this morning by VFW Post 8874 Read More
Heinrich: ‘Their Sacrifice Will Never Be Forgotten’
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in commemoration of Memorial Day:
“Today, on Memorial Day, we honor all those who have sacrificed their lives in service to our country. We reflect on their boundless courage, their proud legacies, and their steadfast commitment to serving the greater good — often at great sacrifice to themselves and their families.
“In 1942, 29 members of the Navajo Nation joined the U.S. Marine Corps to pioneer what would become one of the most Read More
Dannemann: Medicaid Budget Cuts Will Make It Cost More
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann
The American system of paying for healthcare is absurd. It’s complex, it’s confusing, it wastes enormous resources on administration, and it doesn’t necessarily get patients the services they need. But it can be made worse. Republicans in Congress are trying.
The bill that just passed the US House of Representatives proposes to save money on Medicaid. The Republicans have resurrected old ideas that have already been proven not to work by claiming they are bold new solutions.
This is what the so-called work requirement sounds Read More
Learn Plants Of The Bosque At Coronado Historic Site’s First Sunday Walk June 1
Coronado Historic Site News:
The community is invited to join Coronado Historic Site staff in Bernalillo on the first Sunday of June for a natural history program in the bosque.
This month, Dara Saville of the Yerba Mansa Project will lead a plant walk focusing on edible bosque plants. After the walk, participants can create bosque plant rubbings with crayons and watercolor paints.
This program is free to New Mexico residents, $7 for non-residents, and free to children 16 years and younger, people with Native/Tribal affiliations, disabled veterans, and foster families.
When: Sunday, June, Read More
Fr. Glenn: Following The Path
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, ‘tis Memorial Day weekend—a time to remember our honored dead who died in war and other service to our nation and its people … those who offered and gave all that they had to give. And whether one does or does not agree with the public policies that led to them being in harm’s way, it does not diminish the selflessness of these men and women’s service. One need only walk the gardens of stone of any national cemetery, imagining the heart-rending cry of surviving comrades and families whose tears water the grounds in which lay their brothers and sisters in arms and their loved ones. Read More
Legislative Education Study Committee To Meet May 29-30
STATE News:
SANTA FE – The Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) will meet May 29-30, 2025, in Room 322 at the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe.
The committee is scheduled to hear an update on federal education funding, special education differentials, and an update on recent court decisions in the Martinez-Yazzie consolidated education sufficiency lawsuit.
The Public Education Department (PED) will also present the department’s strategic plan for education in New Mexico.
Additionally, LESC staff will be reviewing budget outcomes related to education in House Bill 2 and providing Read More
County Council Proclaims National Public Works Week
Councilor Melanee Hand, center, presents a proclamation declaring May 18-24, 2025, National Public Works Week in Los Alamos County. Los Alamos County Public Works employees accepting the proclamation, from left, Anthony Strain, Pete Mondragon, Manuel Martinez, Miguel Jimenez, Jeremy Lujan. David Hampton, Eric Martinez, Charles Flowers, Kevin Wilson, Karen Henderson and Daniel Blea. Courtesy/LAC Read More
ENMU: Summer Educational & Athletics Camps & Programs
ENMU Chancellor James Johnston
ENMU News:
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) is hosting educational and athletic summer camps and programs on the University campus in Portales, New Mexico.
“ENMU is excited to again offer numerous camps and activities for the community this summer,” ENMU Chancellor James Johnston said. “Through the expertise of our faculty and staff, we cover a broad range of interests for all ages and look forward to seeing our community on campus.”
ENMU will be hosting various educational and summer camps through the Athletics Department, the Office of Distance Read More
