Chicken Little: The COVID Affair
Do you remember the story of Chicken Little? He was taking a walk one day when something fell from...
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Category: Paw It Forward
Paw It Forward: Stressed like a baboon
Stress. We talk about it a lot, but what do we know about what actually causes it, and how we’re...
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Paw It Forward: The crosses they bear
The flipside of finding my mailbox full of sad stories and solicitations about abused animals is...
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Babies in Pandora’s Box
The sight of a person sitting in a parking lot beside a cardboard box that says “Free Kittens,” or...
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A Message Repeats
“It is, then, to answer your question, ‘What enrichment, what peace of mind can I find in coming...
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Making New Mexico safer with Roxy’s Law
On a November evening in 2020, tourists hiking in Santa Fe County came across a dog caught in a...
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More Harm than Good
In the early days of COVID-19, I’m sure we all remember the starkly-empty shelves that formerly...
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No greater magic
During my most recent volunteer visit with the cats that I help care for, the sweetest cats I met...
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Save the people
In 2005, I began graduate studies in counseling therapy, and simultaneously started working at an...
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Inflicting pain for gain
Imagine a little girl is taking ballet lessons. To make her jump higher and leap farther, her...
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The (big) grey area between “kill” and “no-kill”
“Aren’t you a kill shelter?” I cringed every time someone asked me that question. I had just...
Read MoreCitizens voice concerns over animal control ordinance
It was standing-room only in the county commission chambers Tuesday night as the public gathered to voice opinions on the proposed animal control ordinance. “We have met with the public, and we realize that there are a lot...
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Dedication of the new bridge in Los Lunas; request… October 14, 2021 (742)
Valencia County Commission prioritizes building a hospital October 14, 2021 (576)
Rio Communities fire chief leaves a week after starting October 21, 2021 (546)
2021 Election: City of Belen October 14, 2021 (433)
LLHS Football remains unbeaten October 21, 2021 (404)
New Mexico’s 919th Military Police Company deploys… October 14, 2021 (398)
2021 Election: Los Lunas Board of Education October 14, 2021 (387)
