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Opinion

  • School days for instruction, not...

    We agree with those who say that of all things funded by the state and local governments, education is at the top of the list.There is little else more important than our children and helping to prepare them for the future. Boosting teacher pay is one way to work toward this end.But it is not the only way – as many like to say.More and more teacher pay in New Mexico has gone up and up.

  • Our view: An undisclosed evaluation

    An undisclosed evaluationThe news that the National Nuclear Security Administration has evaluated Los Alamos National Laboratory’s performance for last year and settled its accounts with Los Alamos National Security, LLC, under the cover of secrecy is disturbing.Some may be suspicious that the federal government has let its problem-prone creation too easily off the hook for the management partnership’s first 18 months of what has been, to say the least, a rocky road.Others may believe Washington has once again made a scapegoa

  • County quandary

    The job of county government is to answer hard questions with the help of and on behalf of the community.

  • Skate park decision right one

    While we understand the disappointment of the local skateboarders, we think that the council’s decision to rethink the skate park was the right one.One of our community’s greatest assets is the library  – and every T should be crossed and every I dotted before that landmark is used for something other than books and book-related activities.While we are not sure that the site next to the Community Center is the best choice, the council is right in taking a look there – and we hope in other places as well.One thing we like ver

  • Pink guns simply a bad idea

    Accidental shootings are a major problem in this country.

  • State. No. 1 – in...

    Well, we did it again. We are number one.But few of us would want to be on the top of this list.

  • Bill vows to fight on

    After his terrible showing in Iowa, Bill Richardson says he will campaign on.

  • N.M. minimum wage rises to $6.50...

    We are not a proponent of governmental interference in our lives. But there are times when for the general health and safety of society, government has a real role.

  • Some good news
  • 2008

    2008It has been a rough year. The ups and downs of the lab’s budget put a lot of people under a lot of stress.And that stress was not limited to laboratory employees.As they say, Los Alamos is the lab and the lab is Los Alamos. When it suffers, we all suffer. And many local businesses had a rough year.There were many serious matters facing us this past year - many of which have yet to be resolved.

  • Where do we go from here?
  • Really good work by many folks

    As the United Way announced that it had made – and surpassed – its 2007 campaign goal at it awards banquet Monday a lot of congratulations went around.

  • Dropouts cost state

    New Mexico’s economy could have been $3.1 billion richer if all the state’s students who started high school in 2003 had graduated last spring, according to a report by an education advocacy group.

  • Taking a critical look vital

    If any of you came away from Tuesday’s county council meeting confused, you are not alone.

  • Tough times

    We are not sure if it was because almost everyone here has some kind of lab connection  or that they just didn’t want any more bad news during the holidays, but the lab’s meeting at the high school was not well attended.

  • Comments on target but bit late

    We have to agree with Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., when he said that Los Alamos National Laboratory has a bright future.

  • This ship has sailed

    The council debated the West Jemez bypass project at its meeting Tuesday. We have to wonder why they bothered.

  • Richardson's stats misleading...

    There is a political truism where one never lets the whole truth get in the way of a good story.

  • Shopping locally does worlds of good

    We know that you’ve the talk of shopping locally, how much it means to the area and all the good it does.

    Well, unlike a lot of things you hear, this one is totally true.

    Shopping locally helps provide for local services and amenities – like parks and libraries – and provides jobs to many local people.

    Shopping locally helps everyone.

  • $500 million available for capital...

    There is some good news as a result to the high fuel prices – the state has a lot of money to spend.