In an effort to reach the state vaccination goal of 60 percent of eligible New Mexicans vaccinated by June 17, the New Mexico Department of Health is offering a $100 incentive for those who have not yet received their second shot, or in the case of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, for those who have not yet received their single shot.

New Mexicans can schedule appointments online.

The NMDOH has set up a way to schedule the second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine by June 17 , or the Johnson and Johnson vaccine by that same date.

For people needing their first vaccine, either Pfizer of Moderna, they can make appointments as well. But will not be eligible for the incentive.

To be...

“Vigorously academic, beautifully diverse, thoroughly Christian”

That is the motto that guides the Rehoboth Christian School’s new sixth grade program.

Sixth grade science teachers Kate Poortenga and Michael Baldonado started a new RCS curriculum known as “High Desert Horizons” three years ago.

Poortenga told the Sun the idea is to use the neighborhooc as a learning tool for students. She explained that this is a way for them to learn from people in the region and also from the land.

“If we understand the corners that we have in this world, we can then use that to understand the rest of our world,” she said.

In the past the students...

PART FIVE: More than what flows from the faucets

By Elizabeth Miller
New Mexico In Depth
April 12, 2021

With water would come a greater chance of development in economically depressed communities in a corner of the state that is threatened with significant job losses due to the shuttering of several major employers. Tohatchi could add a supermarket, a restaurant, a fire department, a police station, or emergency services. The start-up Red Willow Farm could produce crops that would spare people a drive to Farmington, 90 minutes away. The footprint of an old boarding school could be converted into an office complex or housing for doctors and nurses who drive from Gallup to work in...

Week ending Friday, May 28, 2021


Tree Farts

Forests along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard that are being killed by saltwater intrusion are releasing greenhouse gases that scientists have nicknamed “tree farts.” These “ghost forests,” have been created by rising sea levels and storm surges that force salt water to seep into the coastal soil. A North Carolina State University study has measured how much carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide the trees are emitting as they decay. “Even though these standing dead trees are not emitting as much as the soils, they’re still emitting something, and they definitely need to be accounted for,” lead researcher Melinda Martinez...