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Opinion: Parents, students have opportunity to help choose high school graduation requirements

Submitted by Mandi Torrez, educator With the governor’s signing of a new law updating the state’s high school curriculum, New Mexico families now have a prime opportunity to shape your local high school course requirements in a way that will reflect your community’s values while ensuring that your graduates are college and career ready.   While […]

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Opinion: Parents, students have opportunity to help choose high school graduation requirements

Submitted by Mandi Torrez, educator With the governor’s signing of a new law updating the state’s high school curriculum, New Mexico families now have a prime opportunity to shape your local high school course requirements in a way that will reflect your community’s values while ensuring that your graduates are college and career ready.   While […]

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East Mountain Historical Society Plans to Restore Property From 1800s

Preserving history not only preserves memories, it protects them. For the East Mountain Historical Society (EMHS), preserving history means conserving artifacts that tell the story of “la cultura de las montañas” — the culture of the mountains.  To continue its mission to preserve and document history in the East Mountains, the historical society has plans […]

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East Mountain Historical Society Plans to Restore Property From 1800s

Preserving history not only preserves memories, it protects them. For the East Mountain Historical Society (EMHS), preserving history means conserving artifacts that tell the story of “la cultura de las montañas” — the culture of the mountains.  To continue its mission to preserve and document history in the East Mountains, the historical society has plans […]

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No Resolution For Community Fears Over Demolishing School Buildings

After community members voiced their concerns about the Moriarty-Edgewood School District’s plan to consolidate schools and demolish historic buildings, the district held a public meeting on April 9 seeking community input.  Several dozen parents, teachers and community members came before the school board seeking answers to their questions and ready to share their concerns about […]

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Is It Good PR, or Russian Propaganda?

You might have missed it. On April 7, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Turner (R-Ohio) announced on two different Sunday news programs that members of his caucus were repeating Russian propaganda in their arguments against foreign aid for Ukraine. Just let that sink in for a minute. Turner said […]

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Is It Good PR, or Russian Propaganda?

You might have missed it. On April 7, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Turner (R-Ohio) announced on two different Sunday news programs that members of his caucus were repeating Russian propaganda in their arguments against foreign aid for Ukraine. Just let that sink in for a minute. Turner said […]

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Politics Two Ways

Two New Mexico political groups are using opposite tactics to reach a common goal—elect Democrats. While the West Side Democrats in Albuquerque focuses on personal activism, Blue CD2 New Mexico uses data and remote messaging techniques to reach new voters. Both groups say their specific methods are helping win elections. The West Side group is […]

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New Mexico Elections Earn Top Rating

State election administrators have earned kudos for their continuous efforts to improve voting procedures and secure free and fair elections. Usually at the bottom of most rankings, New Mexico officials topped all states on the prestigious Election Performance Index (EPI), a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Election Data and Science Lab, described as […]