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Rickman: The Immortal Mr. Hinojosa

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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

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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

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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

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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

Weekly Fishing Report: June 15, 2026

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By GEORGE MORSE 
Sports and Outdoors 
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 41,437 rainbow trout weighing 12,136 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico. 

Unless you have been living on the dark side of the moon, you are aware that we are experiencing severe drought here in New Mexico and Southern Colorado. If we do not get substantial rain during the upcoming monsoon season, it’s going to be a tough season for fish and anglers. 

Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Stream flows Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: June 10, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

In the June 8 District 117 Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC), Jerry Morzinsku and Joy Green were 1st in Flight A, Mary Courtright and Ann-Marie Graves were 2nd in A, Neill Goltz and Bev Cooper were 3rd in A and 1st in Flights B&C, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 4th in A, Jerry Fleming and Martin Coooper were 4th in B, and Tom Alexander and Al Pratt were 2nc in C.

In the June 10 District 117 Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC), Jerry Morzinsku and Joy Green were 1st in Flight A, Mary Courtright and Ann-Marie Graves were 2nd in A, Norm Worth and Bobby Haynes were 3rd in Aand 1st in Flight Read More

Op-Ed: Response To Matthew Jeremy’s Response To James Rickman’s Op-Ed

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By DAVE WILSON
Los Alamos

Mr. Jeremy brings up some valuable and useful insights in regard to the Fourth Amendment, and the expectation of personal privacy when an individual is in a public space (link). I appreciate the time he took to do so. He is indeed correct that the courts have ruled that there is no legal presumption or expectation of privacy when you walk out your front door and into public areas. Indeed, you compromise your expectation of privacy even when you exit your home and go into your backyard.

“At the time it was adopted, the Fourth Amendment prohibited the government from entering Read More

Posts From The Road: The Angel Of Route 66

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Arizona Route 66 Museum: The Arizona Route 66 Museum in Kingman, Ariz. has a very nice display of Angel Delgadillo and his work with Historic Route 66 and Arizona Tourism. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Angel: Angel Delgadillo discusses the 10 long years between the opening of I-40 in 1978 and the designation of Historic Route 66 in 1988 when he felt like Seligman had been forgotten. Once the Historic Route 66 was established many tourist and tour buses returned to Route 66, which brought the town back to life. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Read More