Pat Davis

The Carnuel community refuses to silence their concerns about the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) proposal to remove the westbound off-ramp bridge at I-40 exit 170, also known as the Carnuel exit.  The NMDOT held a meeting May 16 to hear public concerns about its I-40 Tijeras Arroyo Bridges study. The study was a […]

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich is urging members of Congress to increase funding to combat the flow of illegal drugs and weapons at the U.S. border.  In a May 9 letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Heinrich and 16 members of Congress asked for increased funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire […]

As an avid reader and writer, Elizabeth McCall became interested in journalism in high school and that passion grew when she began her studies at New Mexico State University. McCall grew up in the East Mountains but moved to Las Cruces to attend NMSU where she completed courses in news writing and editing, communications, broadcast […]

The City of Rio Rancho has made reading even more accessible with library lockers.  In February, Rio Rancho began installing lockers outside of two of its libraries as a way to encourage reading and make books and other media items more accessible. How it works The new library lockers allow a library user to place […]

By Darrell M. Allen It is easy to make fun of the student protesters who have vociferously made their voices heard in support of the Palestinian people, pretty much across the whole country.  Even here in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico. The front page of the May 16 Albuquerque Journal, perhaps inadvertently, did just […]