Author Archives: merilee

Here’s great news. You can get a job starting at $20 an hour plus pretty good benefits, including a pension. There are plenty of job openings for prison guards in New Mexico. The Corrections Department is even advertising on TV. … Continue reading →

New Mexico is branding itself as a destination state for outdoor recreation. We have a new Outdoor Recreation Division in the Economic Development Department. We’ve had an outdoor recreation state conference; another one is being planned. We’re investing the state’s … Continue reading →

A small collection of unneeded junk has been sent to me from charities to which I have never given any money.  They send glossy full-color calendars or tote bags printed with their name, in envelopes the size of a pillowcase.   The … Continue reading →

To certain people, Scott Fabel is a national hero. Fabel runs an auto body and collision repair shop in Appleton, Wisconsin. He is the 2021 winner of the All Star Award from FenderBender, the magazine of the body shop industry. … Continue reading →

I was wondering whether I’d be safe driving across the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. When I lived nearby, I drove across it many times and didn’t think twice. I floated under it on a raft. But it’s a long way … Continue reading →

This week’s hero is the owner of the Conoco station and convenience store at the Wagon Mound exit of I-25. On a recent trip to northeastern New Mexico, that station was open on a Sunday afternoon, with a working restroom … Continue reading →

            Have you voted recently in a PERA election? If you are not a member of PERA, please excuse the intrusion. But you or a family member just might be a member and not even remember. PERA is the New … Continue reading →

New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad is still the only long-term storage site for nuclear waste in the United States. It might be about to get longer-term and riskier. WIPP holds radioactive materials 2000 feet underground in hollowed-out … Continue reading →