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No matter how many times you see it, the flag-folding ceremony at the funeral of a veteran is powerful and emotional.
The most recent one I saw was performed by U.S. Marines in their dress blues, …
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By Richard Coltharp
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5/24/22
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If March 13-15, 2020, was the weekend Covid shut down Las Cruces, then the past weekend May 6-8, 2022, just might go down as the weekend our city fully re-opened.
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By Richard Coltharp
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5/11/22
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May 20 is National Bike to Work Day, when local cyclists join a half-million nationwide as they enjoy a scenic ride to work. While they’ll mostly ride for pleasure, this cycling cadre will avoid rising fuel prices, boost the local economy and build community.
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By Jim Wilcox
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5/11/22
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As things stand now, there may not be any presidential debates in 2024. And I’m not sure that would be a huge loss.
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By Walt Rubel
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5/11/22
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The recent federal court ruling to relieve the state from judicial oversight of its mental health system stemming from the Jackson lawsuit of 1987 is a huge victory for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, …
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By Walt Rubel
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5/4/22
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While conversations on tax reform have yet to result in a comprehensive plan that wins the support of a
majority of the state’s 112 lawmakers, bit by bit, we are reshaping the state’s …
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By State Rep. Patty Lundstrom, Chair
New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee
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5/4/22
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For generations upon generations, older folks have bemoaned younger people: “They’re going to be the ruin of us!”
Although, if we look back through history, the more disastrous …
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/28/22
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If you’ve moved to Las Cruces in the past 20 years, you may be curious why White Sands Missile Range has an annual event commemorating the Bataan Death March, or why U.S. Hwy. 70 is dubbed the …
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/21/22
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Sarah Stegall makes some of the best cookies I’ve ever had.
She still makes these chewy, delicious, ginger-molasses delights, but it takes her longer than it used to.
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/13/22
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a private mental health care provider from Arizona wins a government contract for services here by promising more than it is able to deliver.
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By Walt Rubel
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4/13/22
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) needs to be added to the U.S. Constitution now. Suffragist Alice Paul wrote the amendment in 1923 and got it introduced in Congress. She and others worked behind the scenes to get the amendment reintroduced through the 1940s and 1950s.
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By Kathy Brook and Eileen VanWie
Co-presidents of League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico
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4/13/22
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Much has been written lately about the supplemental appropriation bill (SB48) that’s referred to as “House Bill 2 Jr.” in the Legislature. This bill is often the only opportunity for legislators to fund programs, small projects or small purchases in our respective districts.
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By Doreen Gallegos
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4/6/22
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The top priority for our state’s leaders, not just this year but for the next several years, must be to diversify our economy and break free from our complete dependence on oil and gas revenue.
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By Walt Rubel
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4/6/22
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It happens every year.
We think spring has arrived, then we get a snap of cold weather, forcing us to dig out our coats again.
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/6/22
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I’m here to talk about our own New Mexico State University Aggies.
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/16/22
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Can the United States avoid war with Russia?
Should we avoid war with Russia? Does a nation that spends so much on weaponry that it has built the strongest military force in the history of mankind have a moral obligation to act when lesser armies are slaughtering innocent people in another nation?
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By Walt Rubel
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3/16/22
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Tresco Inc. has been working with the developmentally disabled in and around Las Cruces for more than 54 years.
Tresco’s Community Support Services, a vital part of its mission, will end June 30, 2022.
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/8/22
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On Jan. 29, a convoy of ticked-off truckers rolling across Canada reached its final destination, Parliament Hill in the capital city of Ottawa.
They used their trucks to shut down the core of the downtown area to all incoming traffic.
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By Walt Rubel
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3/8/22
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To see him lope down the court, with his unruly beard, and his long hair restrained slightly by a headband, brings to mind the rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/2/22
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The inability of the Las Cruces City Council to allocate federal relief funding in a way that is fair, efficient and transparent is concerning.
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By Walt Rubel
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3/2/22
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