Home Country: The Ghost
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
“Moon’s getting big,” Dud said over coffee the other day.
“Sure is,” Herb Collins said.
“Time to go after The Ghost again.”
“Tomorrow night?”
“I’ll be there,” Dud said.
The Ghost, hereabouts, is a raccoon. He lives along Lewis Creek and is a wily old rascal. We love going coonhunting here, but the way we do it is a bit different than they do it other places. Since we don’t have a lot of water around us, as they do in some areas, we don’t have a lot of ‘coons, either. So we conserve the ‘coons, but not the fun. We throw ‘em back when we’re done.
So we take these beautiful fall and winter Read More
Zamora: Disaster Relief Was Meant For Fire Victims, Not FEMA Insiders
By Rep. MARTIN ZAMORA
District 63
Candidate for Congressional District 03
When Congress created the Hermits Peak–Calf Canyon Fire compensation fund, the mission was simple: help New Mexico families rebuild after one of the worst disasters in state history. Homes were destroyed, land was lost, and entire livelihoods vanished overnight. The fund was meant to be a promise that victims would not be abandoned by their government.
Today, that promise is in jeopardy, and the people responsible for oversight have failed the folks they were charged with helping.
Investigative reporting has revealed Read More
Robinson: State’s Legislative Schedule And Structure Are Locked In The Past
By Sherry Robinson
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services
In my time covering the Legislature, I watched thoughtful deliberations for the first few weeks of a session. After that the pace picked up, the days grew longer, and hearings stretched into the wee hours and filled weekends. In the final week, hoarse, exhausted legislators were still trying to move legislation, but many a good bill – maybe one you cared about – died because the clock ran out.
This is no way to run a railroad, I thought year after year.
New Mexico’s Legislature is locked in an outdated schedule and structure. Sessions Read More
Fr. Theophan: Learning By Teaching
By Fr. Theophan Mackey
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Another month has come to an end.
How can January take so long, and February pass in the blink of an eye?
I’m starting another round of pottery classes at the Arts Council. Tile and mold making on Tuesdays and throwing on Thursdays. I’ll have to take a break in April for Holy Week and all that surrounds the events of Pascha, but it is so much fun to teach new students.
When we start, I let them know that I have been throwing pottery on and off for over thirty years. The basics of centering the clay and pulling walls are astonishing to beginners, Read More
Houck: The Process of Selling – Part 1 of 3 Preparing to Sell Some Key Considerations
By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty, LLC
Before putting your home on the market, there are many important decisions and preparations to consider.
Step 1 – Decide How You Want to Sell. Will you:
- Hire a broker to handle all marketing and full transaction management?
- Hire a broker for transaction paperwork only, but handle marketing yourself?
- or sell entirely on your own?
Ask yourself:
- Are you willing to take time away from work and family?
- Do you have time to find and hire a professional photographer?
- Do you know where and how to market your home effectively?
- Does time permit you to maintain
Weekly Fishing Report: March 2, 2026
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Several lakes in Northeast New Mexico opened for fishing this weekend. Morphy Lake State Park, Clayton Lake State Park, Charette Lakes and Maxwell Lake 13 opened after being closed for the winter. Clayton Lake was stocked Feb. 18 with 4,001 rainbow trout in preparation for the opener. There should be good fishing for holdover rainbow trout at Charette and Maxwell Lake 13.
Be sure to call 575.377.1594 to check on ice conditions at Eagle Nest Lake. The weather forecast indicates a warming trend so ice conditions may deteriorate. Read More
Dannemann: The New Malpractice Law
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann
Like most New Mexicans, I am deeply relieved that our medical malpractice law has been changed to get rid of unlimited punitive damages, the part of the law that has been scaring the heck out of our doctors and leading too many of them to leave the state.
I have already seen the first attack on the new version of the law – an article by a trial lawyer implying that injured patients won’t receive the compensation they deserve and greedy corporations will have no incentive for safety. Let’s clear this up.
The news coverage has focused Read More