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We’ve all heard the saying: “Small businesses are the lifeblood of New Mexico’s economy.” It’s repeated at networking events, economic forums, political rallies, and ribbon cuttings across the state. But if that’s true, it’s time for the rubber to...
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Cecilia PinonAnthony, New Mexico small business owner
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2/3/26
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I enjoyed a great conversation with New Mexico State athletic director Joe Fields last week, leading to a pair of stories we’ll run starting this week and concluding next week. We talked about his background and what motivates him and then...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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In mid-January the PGA Tour kicked off its 2026 season with the Sony Open on Oahu, Hawaii at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Normally, for years the first tournament was the Sentry Tournament of Champions held at Kapalua Country Club on Maui,...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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La Piñon Sexual Assault Recovery Services provides comprehensive services and a safe space for survivors of sexual violence and child abuse across southern New Mexico. We have seen firsthand how life changing survivor services are, and want to...
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Angelica CalderonExecutive Director, La Piñon Sexual Assault Recovery Services, Las Cruces
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2/3/26
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The bill is filed. The first committee is assigned. Four legislators are proud to be on the governor’s call to hear only certain bills. And I feel victimized all over again.
I can’t help but analogize the introduction of this bill as akin to...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez makes some fair points in a recent column holding Democratic state leaders accountable for our health care crisis.
“It is a full-scale, statewide health care breakdown unfolding in real time,...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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Jim Dent, popular Black PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions pro died of a stroke on May 2, 2025, at age 85. Dent was born and grew up in Augusta, Georgia. At age 15 he caddied in his first Masters, carrying Bob Rosburg’s bag in the 1956...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/23/26
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In 2019 the New Mexico Legislature passed the Energy Transition Act, making the state a “national leader” in the vital effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by switching to renewable sources of energy, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said at the...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/23/26
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In order for a police department to be allowed to hold its own academy in its own districts, it must have access to three specific components of the academy: a shooting range, an agility or obstacle course, and a driving track. Of course, Las...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/23/26
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New Mexico’s 2026 legislative session runs from Jan. 20–Feb. 19. The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, has identified the following priorities for legislative action.
Healthcare: Increase...
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Lynda St. Clair, LWVSNM
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1/23/26
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Twenty-five billion pounds of CO2 every year, twice the yearly CO2 gas emissions of New Mexico’s entire power grid, more than four times the total of all El Paso Electric’s CO2 plant emissions in New Mexico and Texas, and over 12 times as much CO2...
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Annie Ersinghaus
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1/23/26
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A recent report from a national transportation research nonprofit organization called the TRIP Report came out last week and it’s not a pretty picture for New Mexico. Over the last decade, roads in this state have deteriorated dramatically and if...
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Dan Lewis
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1/23/26
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For many years, New Mexico children have consistently scored last in the nation for reading skills in fourth and eighth grades. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made matters worse by forcing students into online school for over a year during COVID,...
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Sarah SmithNew Mexico Freedoms Alliance
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1/23/26
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One of my favorite movies is “Field of Dreams,” in which Kevin Costner turns his Iowa cornfield into a baseball field when a voice tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” After he creates his immaculate ball field, players who have long since...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/22/26
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I’m a New Mexican and fourth-year medical student at the Mayo Clinic, currently interviewing for a general surgery residency spot, a position where I’ll train to be a surgeon for the next 5-7 years.
I grew up in Albuquerque, bouncing between the...
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Isabella Reitz Medical Student (M4), Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Arizona Campus
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1/19/26
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When we lived in Utah, the governor started a campaign working with other public officials around the country to encourage people to “disagree better.” It was met with some positive response, but a significant percentage of the vocal political...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/19/26
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We really couldn’t see this coming?
Everything I needed to know I learned in kindergarten, and one of those things was that rules are often in place to protect us from ourselves.
The NCAA continues to teach us that lesson, and the pace of its...
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Kurt Johnson
Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/12/26
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I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but I decided last week to follow up on something I’ve been talking about for months - adopting a dog.
And so, I went to the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley to pick one out. I’ve adopted cats from...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/8/26
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One of my wishes every year at this time of year is that folks in Las Cruces continue the phenomenal fundraising accomplishments as so many organizations thrive on golf tournaments as some of the most successful events to generate funds for...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/8/26
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I am no stranger to anxiety, second-guessing and self-consciousness. And some of the most competent people I’ve ever known are afflicted by similar questions about their self-worth, even when the world views them as aficionados in their respective...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/8/26
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