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THUMBS UP: DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

Tomás E. Salazar has made the northern New Mexico community proud. The native of the tiny community of Chapelle is in his fifth year of service as Dist. 70 state representative. This year, he is being honored as a Highlands Distinguished Alumnus. In addition to service as dean and faculty member at Highlands University, Salazar has taught at Fort Lewis College in Durango and in high schools around the state.

New Mexico In Brief, Friday,...

From The Associated Press

Balderas doesn’t want to testify at trial

SANTA FE — Prosecutors asked a state court Monday to reject an unusual effort to call New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas as a witness at a high-profile corruption trial being prosecuted by his office.

Tony Serna Elem. Students of the...

Here are the Tony Serna Jr. Elementary School students of the month for August 2017.

In Brief - Wednesday, Sept. 20,...

Staff and wire reports

Plaza, Bridge Street to be closed Sunday

A salute to military personnel will involve a closure of the Las Vegas Plaza this weekend. The fourth annual Salute to the Troops, an entertainment event that inlcudes the music of Darren Cordova, will be held at Historic Plaza Park on Sunday, Sept. 24 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bridge Street and Plaza Park will be closed to traffic from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Science teaching garners criticism

Living through the unthinkables

We think we know where we’re going. But do we, really?

The world has changed a lot in our lifetimes, and I’m not just talking to the old fogies out there. A lot of unthinkable things have happened, and they linger in the news and in our lives — often as unexplainable events.

For example, violence has taken some incredible turns in recent years. When I was a kid, there were occasional reports of airplanes hijacked by desperate criminals or revolutionaries with political agendas.

Golf: Benefit events on tap

Las Vegas Optic reports

Luna Community College Athletics Booster Club is hosting a benefit golf tournament Sunday at Pendaries Golf Course in Rociada. A shotgun start is set for 9 a.m.

Editorial cartoon - Sept. 13,...

 Editorial cartoon - Sept. 13, 2017

The Nation In Brief, Sunday,...

The Associated Press

KSU students: No white nationalism

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas State students rallied against white nationalism after racist posters were plastered around campus.

The Kansas City Star reports that participants in the Thursday night solidarity rally also decried President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Children Program, which allows some immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to stay.

Equifax: Too big to fail, but...

The following editorial was recently published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The most disturbing thing about the data breach acknowledged last week by the credit reporting agency Equifax is not that 143 million people’s personal data may have been exposed, nor that there’s not much those people can do about it. It’s that Equifax probably isn’t going to suffer for it, at least not much.

In crises, humanity always...

So much in life depends on our perspective. The glass can be half-empty or half-full, depending on how we choose to see it.

Hurricane Harvey is one terrible example. It destroyed lives and property, and yet in its aftermath, humanity came to the rescue. In one place along, more than 600 miles away, an estimated 40,000 pounds of water and food were raised in a matter of days, and tons of bread in a matter of hours, simply because a few people put out a call to help.