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Wendy York, right, host of a now-annual Christmas giving spree, hugs Pam Kileen after Kileen and friends dropped off quilts for homeless families served by the Albuquerque Public Schools Homeless Project.  (MARLA BROSE/JOURNAL)

Pitching In for the Power of ‘We’

It was only a year ago that an email went out asking for a little help - a few dozen cans of co ...
AG’s Fraud Unit Recovers More, Still Ranks Low

AG’s Fraud Unit Recovers More, Still Ranks Low

The Medicaid fraud control unit in the office of state Attorney General Gary King has stepped up its ...
Why Is N.M. Job Growth Slow?

Why Is N.M. Job Growth Slow?

Month after dreary month, New Mexico's employment numbers barely budge.
Adoptive Parents Speak in Wake of Tragedy

Adoptive Parents Speak in Wake of Tragedy

And so the usual chorus rang out from some of you readers after I wrote about the pain and peril of ...
The Rev. Ted Howden, chaplain to the New Mexico Brigade, died 70 years ago in the Philippines. Episcopalians throughout New Mexico will honor Howden on Tuesday, the anniversary of his death. (COURTESY of the HOWDEN FAMILY)

Chaplain ‘Chose A Higher Way to Live’

Seventy years ago this month, at the Davao Prison Colony on the jungle island of Mindanao in the Phi ...
Vigil Case Unresolved, at Least for Now

Vigil Case Unresolved, at Least for Now

There is no dispute that, while secretary of state, Rebecca Vigil-Giron used her office to promote h ...
Kendra Lucero Claeson poses with her children — Isaac, 7, top; Anthony 16, right; and Kailee, 5 — for this year's Christmas card. Claeson is battling a rare form of scleroderma that had been kept at bay with Rituxan until her insurance company denied it to her in 2009. After her story appeared in the Journal, the Rituxan was resumed. (Courtesy Of Kendra Lucero Claeson)

Kendra Gains Traction in Battle With Disease

We've tried before to meet for lunch, but something always came up. Or down. Kendra Lucero Cla ...
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Easy To Imagine Living the Powerball Life

This will probably be my last column. I'm getting ready to buy some Powerball tickets as I wri ...
Lawmakers Don’t Act; Taxpayers Pay

Lawmakers Don’t Act; Taxpayers Pay

When the Legislature met early this year, state lawmakers knew a U.S. Supreme Court ruling meant a m ...
Seeing The World Through A Life of Art

Seeing The World Through A Life of Art

Driving north toward Los Alamos, topping the hill by the Santa Fe Opera, is one of my favorite New M ...
Zi’On Liberti, left, reads to her 4-year-old sister, Alfreda, from a collection of books at Joy Junction, a homeless shelter in the South Valley, surrounded by bags of bedding Thursday. The girls have lived at the shelter since July when their parents moved from Sacramento to Albuquerque to recover from their meth addictions. (MARLA BROSE/JOURNAL)

Child’s Reading Raises New Horizons

In Books, 6-Year-Old Finds Escape From Homelessness, Parents’ Addiction
Robert Torch has a freshly painted Crown Victoria, a meter and a smart phone that takes credit cards as he launches his life’s dream — owing his own taxicab company. (JIM THOMPSON/JOURNAL)

Taking a Ride With Taxi Bob

Taxi Bob was waiting in front of the Marriott Hotel off I-40 and Louisiana when I climbed into the b ...