The WNMU School of Business is providing tax services (VITA) for the community at the west entrance of Light Hall across from Castorena Hall, starting Mondays (8:30 a.m. to noon) and Wednesdays (8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.) from February 15 through April 15, 2021 (Tax Day). Services are available to families and individuals with an annual household income of $57,000 or less, and for those who are 65 years or older. Returns will not be prepared in-person. Instead, taxpayers may drop off their tax forms and students will complete the return throughout the week. Bring your: Photo ID (DL or State ID) Original Social Security Card(s) for taxpayers and dependents Tax forms, such as W-2s/ 1099s/ 1099-SA/etc. from all employers Proof of applicable tax deductible expenditures Bank Account & Routing Numbers or a voided check (preferably) Instructions for Drop off Site: Find an available parking spot. Locate the table set up on the West Entrance of Light Hall. (Light...
Southwest Word Fiesta will host the launch of Senator Bill O’Neill’s latest novel, Short Session, on Tuesday, February 16, from 6 to 7 p.m., via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4092162808). The event is free and open to the public, no registration required. Bill O’Neill’s second novel, Short Session, provides a peek into the life of politician Chapman Murphy. Murphy knows he is too personally involved with the previously incarcerated people he works with and too embarrassed to admit that he ran for public office (unsuccessfully) the first time because he wanted to help people. Now he contemplates whether there is a place in American politics for introspective and caring people like him. Bill O'Neill grew up in rural Ohio and graduated from Cornell University. Elected to the New Mexico Legislature in 2008, he is now beginning his third term in the New Mexico Senate. His poems have appeared in numerous regional and national literary reviews, and his novel Short Session...
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