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By Charles Goodmacher

Teachers and other educators across the nation say “enough” to chronic underfunding of public education. Here in New Mexico, educators await a positive outcome to the lawsuit against the State for failing to provide public schools the supports necessary for statewide student success.

The National Education Association-New Mexico applauds every parent, school district board of education and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund who bring the lawsuit.

Letters to the Editor, Sunday,...

World Tai Chi Day
World Tai Chi Day begins at 10 a.m. in the first time zone on our planet.
Tai Chi is all about generating good, healthy, positive energy to better ourselves and be better to all those around us.

It is this energy that is being generated and sent across the world from time zone to time zone collectively spreading the good intentions of 300 million plus Tai Chi practitioners (we’re called players) across all geographical, political, religious boundaries.

Rangers play 21

An eight-run third inning for Mora combined with a shutout by three Ranger pitchers spelled a 21-0 romp against Questa this past Wednesday.

Mora (7-2 and ranked second in Class 2A baseball by the latest NMOTSC.com coaches' poll) recorded 12 hits, with Javier Branch going 3 for 5 to lead the way. Gene Hern, Kenny Martinez and Roddy Martinez also had multiple hits.

Alonzo Aragon, Branch, Devondre Cordova, Hern and Roddy Martinez each drove in runs in the runaway third.

Thumbs: Our high country lowdown...

THUMBS DOWN: COMMUNICATE, DON’T REPLICATE
Three wonderful, important, family-oriented cultural opportunities are all scheduled to happen between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 22.  They all deserve a thumb UP, but the fact that they are scheduled at the same time — more or less — on the same day, drives some folks crazy.

An ancient treasure

Las Vegas Optic reports

In January, the Kilgen Pipe Organ Restoration Committee at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church received a $10,000 check from Southwest Capital Bank as part of the Bank’s challenge grant program. 

Looking Ahead: Sports, April 15-...

SUNDAY (April 15)
Baseball
• Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Salt Lake Bees, 1:05 p.m., Isotopes Park
• NMHU vs. Colorado-Colorado Springs, noon, Brandt Park
• La Plaza Little League opening day, games starting 9 a.m., Rodriguez Park
Soccer
• Las Vegas Youth Soccer League games, 1:30 and 3 p.m., UWC campus, Montezuma
Softball
• NMHU at Colorado State-Pueblo (DH), 11 a.m., Pueblo, Colo.

MONDAY
Baseball

Lady Cards win showdown for 2-4A...

As Robertson seized sole possession of first place in District 2-4A softball with a sweep at West Las Vegas on a blustery Saturday afternoon on Cinder Road, WLV second-year head coach Pam Sandoval told her young charges to keep their heads up.

“That team has been hitting 10 home runs a game,” she said of Robertson. “Today you held them to one.”

The one came from Kylee Moberg, whose blast in game one helped cap a 13-1 Lady Cardinal win.

Film industry officials hope...

The Associated Press

SANTA FE  — Officials in New Mexico’s film and television industry say a new governor may help boost business for film production in the state.

Gubernatorial hopefuls seeking to succeed term-limited Gov. Susana Martinez say some potentially consequential tweaks to the state’s film and television tax incentive program could round out this increasingly prominent piece of the state economy, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

New Mexico In Brief, Sunday,...

The Associated Press

Pearce favors overhaul of tax service

ALBUQUERQUE — Congressman and New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Steve Pearce says he’s in favor of overhauling the Internal Revenue Service.

Editorial cartoon, Wednesday,...

Editorial cartoon, Wednesday, April 11, 2018.