Author Archives: Tierna Unruh-Enos

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the authors. Commissioner Adriann Barboa represents District 3 which includes the SE heights, UNM, and the International District. Commissioner Eric Olivas represents District 5 including much of the NE Heights, Uptown, the Foothills and the East Mountains. Editor’s Note: The Behavioral Health Authority Ordinance will be considered for final action at tonight’s […]

Susan Dunlap, NM Political Report Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced on Thursday his legislative priorities for July’s special legislative session, including the creation of a crime victim’s unit to monitor crime victim’s rights. Torrez held a press conference to discuss three policies he hopes the legislature will address in the upcoming special session. Torrez also […]

Susan Dunlap, NM Political Report Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced on Thursday his legislative priorities for July’s special legislative session, including the creation of a crime victim’s unit to monitor crime victim’s rights. Torrez held a press conference to discuss three policies he hopes the legislature will address in the upcoming special session. Torrez also […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Lucie Deuel, NM entrepreneur We live in a world where water levels are dangerously low, outdated machinery is hogging essential energy, and tons of food is wasted daily. Reduce, reuse, recycle- a term that has been battered into our minds from a young age, yet the trend stays the same. Resources diminish, carbon footprints […]

In New Mexico one of our best kept secrets is former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris. It was a lucky day in 1976 when Sen. Harris and his family moved to New Mexico. The move came after two terms as U.S. senator from Oklahoma and two runs for president in 1972 and 1976.  On May 21 […]

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 […]