Opportunity awaits Spring River Park & Zoo
Having a zoological network encompassing China, Japan, Taiwan, South Africa, Mauritius, Caribbean, and United States, I can safely say the attention Spring River Park...
UFO polling reveals Americans’ views
I’ve been preoccupied over the past couple of weeks by some recently released polling data, though not the kind you might think.
I enjoy prognostications...
Sightings by pilots can’t be ignored
Few topics of conversation have been more stigmatized in the United States over the past 70-odd years than sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena.
Anyone...
Seniors, go until you hear the whistle
This is for every football player that is about to start their senior year. This column is for the senior athlete that needs hope,...
America has been blessed with visionary leaders
Each year as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I like to take the opportunity to thank the editor of this paper, and share with...
Roswell’s mysteries promoted by documentary
Not everyone who finds themselves drawn to UFO-related subjects believes, unequivocally, that extraterrestrial life exists. For one’s interest to be piqued, all that’s really...
Memory Lawn cemetery cannot be forgotten
On Monday, dignitaries will gather at the General Douglas L. McBride Veterans Cemetery in Roswell for a solemn Memorial Day service for veterans. Wreaths...
Glimpses of presidents as people
For better or for worse, I can’t think of President George H.W. Bush, who passed away last week, without also thinking of the well-known...
Coronavirus arrives in New Mexico
We’re in unprecedented territory in terms of reaction to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. The president’s travel ban, then declaration of...
UFOs in the news as festival nears
It’s almost July. Most years, Roswell can begin — right about now — to feel like the center of the never-ending worldwide conversation about...
Collecting the right way and wrong way
I met recently with a reader who’s an avid collector of baseball cards, a pursuit baseball fans along with avid collectors of all manner...
An act to sustain local journalism
There are communities across the U.S. that have been forced to navigate the pandemic and 2020’s other challenges without local media in place to...
Let’s help the homeless ourselves
In recent years, there’s been little public discussion of homelessness at the many governmental meetings we cover.
That all changed this summer after Joe Neeb...
New Mexico needs a new ‘Dr. No’
By State Rep. Phelps Anderson
New Mexico’s Pandemic Special Session reveals dire need for the next Dr. No.
New Mexico needs our next Dr. No, as...
Stanton Friedman’s voice will be missed
Roswell, New Mexico. 1947. Mention of the place, the year — that’s all it takes. Even those only casually interested in reported UFO phenomena...
Let’s move toward a ‘zoo beyond’ right here
“Let’s go to the zoo!” It’s a popular suggestion that appeals to everyone of all ages in homes both in Roswell and around the...
Complex issues deserve thorough vetting
By State Rep. Candy Ezzell
The State of New Mexico is in the middle of the worst fiscal crisis we have experienced since statehood. A...
Collaborating to beat COVID-19
By Dr. Thom Mason, Dr. Jason Mitchell, and Dr. David R. Scrase
As COVID-19 began to spread throughout the United States, New Mexico’s public health...
Change in unprecedented times
By Publisher Barbara Beck
and Editor John Dilmore
The Roswell Daily Record has been delivering news to the communities of Chaves County and southeast New Mexico...
Air Center planning should be inclusive
The Daily Record has devoted a good deal of paper and ink, for some time, to coverage of matters related to the Roswell Air...
