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Carroll Stewart of Albuquerque will turn 104 on Thursday. He still drives, and he volunteers 20 hours a week at St. Theresa Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)

Secrets to long life: Simplicity, love, learning

By | Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Carroll Stewart never imagined he would live so long. He's never contemplated how he managed it, how he outlived his brothers, his daughter, his two wives, nearly every friend he's known.
Aracely Sandoval raises her hand in a third-grade class at Whittier Elementary School. By the end of third grade, children are expected to be able to read some pretty complicated texts. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)

Reaching third-grade reading goals

By | Sun, Mar 17, 2013
In classrooms across New Mexico, nearly 26,000 students are in third grade. Just under half of them ...
Legislature hires ex-govt. officials

Legislature hires ex-govt. officials

By | Sat, Mar 16, 2013
For its regular session each year, the state Legislature hires several former government officials a ...
Nannie Sanchez, right, goes over paperwork with her boss, Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, on the Senate floor. Sanchez is considered an ambassador of the developmentally disabled and has been a fixture at the Roundhouse since she was 5. (PAT VASQUEZ-CUNNINGHAM/JOURNAL)

Ambassador for disabled is leaving the Roundhouse

By | Fri, Mar 15, 2013
This 60-day session of legislative sausage-making screeches to a halt at noon Saturday, but for one ...
Traffic rolls through the recently completed $1.1 million roundabout on Central Ave. at 8th St. and Park Ave. SW. (dean hanson/journal)

Love me, I’m a roundabout

By | Thu, Mar 14, 2013
In New Mexico, we like our roads straight and, truth be told, we don’t really cotton to a lot of intersections.
State moves closer to balancing checkbook

State moves closer to balancing checkbook

By | Wed, Mar 13, 2013
The administration of Gov. Susana Martinez is behind schedule but making progress on balancing the s ...
State water bills down to trickle

State water bills down to trickle

By | Tue, Mar 12, 2013
New Mexico's water problem is simple. We're using more than we've got.    ...
Leslie Everett prepares to use the crosswalk at Wyoming and Carmel NE, a trip she makes often but one she says is dangerous because cars don’t appear to know they must give pedestrians the right of way in crosswalks. In the stroller are her children, Jaren, 3, (left, not visible) and Kaylen, 2. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.)

Drive safely, and look out for moms, babies

By | Mon, Mar 11, 2013
Note to motorists:    It is never a good idea to nearly run over a mom pushing a jogg ...
Former Gov. Bill Richardson made his latest trip to North Korea in January. (The associated press)

As the worm turns

By | Sun, Mar 10, 2013
Dennis Rodman and hoops diplomacy are out of bounds.
Gov. shifts strategy with lawmakers

Gov. shifts strategy with lawmakers

By | Sat, Mar 9, 2013
Gov. Susana Martinez has taken a markedly less confrontational approach to the Legislature this year ...
Ernestine Morales smiles at her daughter, Monique, during a quiet moment in their Westgate Heights home. Monique, who has microcephaly, requires round-the-clock care. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)

‘I’m fighting for my daughter’

By | Fri, Mar 8, 2013
They crowded into a conference room in the Erna Fergusson Library, and though perhaps only one more ...
Hanna Skandera spent hours listening to compliments and criticism during the public comment portion of her confirmation before the Senate Rules Committee on March 1 in Santa Fe. (MARLA BROSE/JOURNAL)

Hanna Skandera deserves a vote

By | Thu, Mar 7, 2013
Since she arrived in New Mexico just over two years ago, Hanna Skandera has been a peppy, friendly lightning rod.  
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