Today's News

At the dinner table one night, after my sister and her family announced they were moving into town, my father raised his glass and toasted to new beginnings.

Wiping the slate clean  and starting fresh probably isn’t considered an art form but it should be, in my opinion.

I love the characters in books and movies who dream of shucking the current state of their life and hitting the road. They yearn to travel down a strip of asphalt that runs off into the horizon and what awaits them beyond that vanishing point is anyone’s guess.

  The Diamond Drive Phase 2 Project was slated for completion on Dec. 19, however, it’s been over a month since that deadline and the contractor, AS Horner, has still not finished the project work to County staff’s satisfaction.

  Because of recent inclement weather, the contractor has requested a suspension of the project, citing that the weather prohibits construction crews from working on the punch list items that need to be completed.

SANTA FE – Gov. Bill Richardson wants to put a cap on insurance companies’ share of health premiums and end exclusions for applicants with existing medical conditions.

But reflecting current economic and political constraints, the administration’s bundle of piecemeal health care proposals that were announced Monday stop short of the comprehensive solutions that the governor has tried to pass in previous years.

BERNALILLO — On paper, Tuesday night’s boys basketball game was foreshadowed to be a thriller.

But in the second half, the Los Alamos Hilltoppers slammed that book shut.

Los Alamos traveled to Bernalillo to take on the Spartans, a dangerous and motivated opponent which, just three nights before had stunned the Capital Jaguars. A win over the Hilltoppers and the Spartans would have a share of first place in what’s shaping up to be a wild District 2AAAA chase.