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Best Of Liddie’s Recipes: Squash Blossom Green Chile Frittata

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Squash Blossom and Green Chile Frittata. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Squash Blossom and Green Chile Frittata. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

All varieties of squash grow aggressively in northern New Mexico and are one of those staples in our diets that have an unusually long history in the region.

Part of the “three sisters” (corn, beans and squash), local pueblos have been cultivating squash in northern New Mexico for thousands of years.

They are well adapted to our climate and have long growing seasons. Heirloom varieties are especially hearty and are tolerant of Read More

Pets Of The Week: Dusty And Tux

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Dusty: from “The Yard” to YOUR yard! Dusty is about to graduate from Paws in the Pen, Española Humane’s transformative training program at the Penitentiary of New Mexico. This nearly one-year-old, 45lb perfectly pint-sized goofball is all wag, wonder, and wide-eyed charm. He’s a pro at playtime, a masterful student, and excels at canine companionship. Bugs beware—Dusty’s favorite game is yard zoomies and insect interception!

With eight weeks of training under his collar, Dusty comes crate, leash, and potty savvy, with a resume full of commands. We’ll even include four free follow-up training Read More

Senior Activity Centers Prepare To Navigate Unprecedented Challenges With Community Support

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By JACCI GRUNUNGER
Executive Director
LARSO

Dear Members, Friends, and Valued Supporters,

It is with a profound sense of urgency and a heavy heart that I reach out to you today. Our beloved Senior Activity Centers, cornerstones of the Los Alamos community for so many years, are facing an unprecedented challenge.

We recently received news of significant funding cuts from federal and state government sources. This jeopardizes our ability to continue offering the full scope of programs and services essential to our older adults’ well-being.

Los Alamos residents are getting older, and the demand Read More

Think New Mexico: Why Is This Dark Money Group Fighting Healthcare Reform?

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By FRED NATHAN JR.
Executive Director
Think New Mexico

Recently the New Mexico Ethics Commission sued a secretive, dark money group calling itself New Mexico Safety Over Profits (NMSOP) for violating state laws that require the disclosure of the source of funds used to influence legislation.

The lawsuit alleges that NMSOP spent tens of thousands of dollars on advertisements opposing medical malpractice reforms designed to center the needs of patients and bring down malpractice premiums for doctors, which are about twice as high in New Mexico as in our surrounding states.

Earlier this year, Read More

Robinson: Corrupt Nincompoops, Toadies & Public Servants

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote

Western New Mexico University has now been investigated by four state agencies and sued by two of them.

Former President Joseph Shepard’s actions have kept reporters busy tracking allegations of misspending at the Silver City institution. It’s a lesson in ethics for the state’s other institutions.

But I’m not convinced we see the whole picture.

Let’s talk about what’s come to light, and then we’ll peel back the layers.

In 2023 reporter Joshua Bowling of Searchlight New Mexico broke the story about overseas travel on the university dime by Shepard, university Read More

Dannemann: The Future Of Undeveloped Land

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann

President Joe Biden proposed to protect 30% of all the land in America from development. The proposal was expressed as an executive order, but it was more like a goal, because the intention was to reach the goal by the year 2030.

In working toward that goal, President Biden protected more land from development than any other president in American history.

The goal was not merely wise but visionary. It assumed, among other things, that our generation is not the last generation of humankind on earth, and the resources locked in undeveloped Read More

Heinmiller: Clever And Dishonest Plans For Making Money

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By BILL HEINMILLER
Los Alamos

I start with a love story. Not long ago, I met the love of my life, a beautiful princess, online. She lived in Nigeria. She emailed her picture to me and said she loved me. It was love at first sight! All I needed to do to win her heart, she wrote, was wire her $10,000 to help her get her sizeable inheritance through the Nigerian bureaucracy. Then she would come to the US and give me not only her hand in marriage but also a reward of trunks filled with gems and diamonds for helping her out. What a deal! So, I promptly wired her the funds and began preparing our matrimonial home and nursery. Read More

Fr. Glenn: Not Yet…

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

So, we come to the end of a long Independence Day weekend—a time of celebration and rejoicing in our freedoms and our nation, and yet this year terribly marred by the tragedy of a number of young girls and others lost in flooding down in Texas. People inevitably ask at such times: “Why does God allow this?!!” … a question for which we have no adequate response—the mystery of human suffering. Even if we had some irrefutable answer for it, parents and family are in no condition to receive it with wounds so fresh and so deep.

And yet, in our faith, we have little doubt that such little innocents Read More