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New Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, visits with his son, Ezekiel, and wife, Aysia, on the Senate floor before the start of the 2013 Legislative session. (ROBERTO E. ROSALES/JOURNAL)

Giant Slayer a Roswell Farmer – in Levi’s

SANTA FE — I thought maybe the governor's giant killer would be carried around the Round ...
Gov. Has Lost Much of Original Cabinet, Top Staff

Gov. Has Lost Much of Original Cabinet, Top Staff

Gov. Susana Martinez begins the second half of her four-year term with a Cabinet and top staff that ...
City Water Savings: Half Full or Half Empty?

City Water Savings: Half Full or Half Empty?

As chemistry sets go, John Stomp's is on the large side. The ponds alone, out back behind the ...
Difficult Footholds on the Road to Success

Difficult Footholds on the Road to Success

We were scheduled for the interview early last week for what I hoped was going to be an uplifting st ...
My Gun Experience: Up Close and Personal

My Gun Experience: Up Close and Personal

My closest view of a firearm came on a dark street in Houston when I made the mistake of turning to ...
Judge Erred in Vigil-Giron Case, Prosecutor Says

Judge Erred in Vigil-Giron Case, Prosecutor Says

The special prosecutor in the corruption case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron ...
After an August incident, the owners of an Albuquerque tavern agreed to pay a fine and give their staff training on how to accommodate people with disabilities and service dogs. (Adolphe pierre-Louis/journal)

Ask Questions Before Barring Dogs, Owners

Maloney's Tavern in Downtown Albuquerque co-opted this rather unoriginal yet effective bar-fri ...
Tiptoeing Through the Complaint Box

Tiptoeing Through the Complaint Box

I come before you, 10 days into the new year, as a white-guilt apologist for the Navajos, a reckl ...
BUSHEE: Santa Fe city councilor

Cities Can Regulate Super-Sized Sodas, Not Guns

In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Santa Fe City Councilor Patti Bushee said she ...
Make Case Against Hospital, or Approve It

Make Case Against Hospital, or Approve It

The average time a patient waits in the University of New Mexico Hospital emergency room for a hospi ...
Joshua and Aimee Kuckartz and their eight children during a vacation several months ago in Long Beach, Calif. The parents are accused of child abuse involving one child, but their lawyer says they were not abusive but simply disciplining the child, who has a behavioral disorder. (COURTESY OF AIMEE KUCKARTZ)

Difficult Questions Over Child Discipline

In family photos, the Kuckartz kids - all eight of them - are always smiling. Their parent ...
A marker in memory of San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Montoya Martinez is located along N.M. 502 at the entrance to the pueblo. (ADOLPHE PIERRE-LOUIS/JOURNAL)

Slow Down: Famous N.M. Women Noted Here

I drive a lot, and I do it with a purpose: to get there quickly and directly. I've never under ...