I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
In yet another reason for people with homes on the market to be cranky, KOB-TV, Channel 4 is reporting that homes sitting unfinished and vacant because of the depressed housing market are causing problems for people with finished homes for sale.
“It’s hard to sell a house nowadays with the real estate market being as tough as it is,” says Pete Mocho, who’s trying to sell his Northeast Heights home on Eagle Rock Avenue, near where several unfinished homes sit vacant.
The Albuquerque Journal, following the KOB-TV cameraman who was roughed up by an APD officer near a crime scene, announced that Police Chief Ray Schultz plans to retrain his entire police force because of mistakes he acknowledged were made by the officer who attacked the cameraman.<
The incident— which was caught on tape, aired on TV and posted on the Internet— sparked hundreds of complaints to APD. Schultz said Wednesday that he has drafted a policy that he plans to take to all of the city’s news organizations for input. He also said the police force will go through training on the new policy and how to deal with crime scene onlookers.
Despite disapproving residents worried about their health, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports that wireless Internet will be available for free in an increased number of Santa Fe city buildings following a unanimous decision by the City Council on Wednesday night.
The plan calls for the city to install the service to public libraries, the airport, Genoveva Chavez and Fort Marcy recreation centers, municipal court and other buildings. Its implementation was stalled this spring by a small army of area residents who said the city shouldn’t use the technology because it had adverse effects on public health. Some said they are disabled by electromagnetic sensitivity, and the city is required to accommodate access under federal law.
The Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners will hold a hearing today about whether further fireworks restrictions should be imposed in the county because of severe drought conditions, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.
One option available to the commission is restricting the use of all allowed fireworks to paved surfaces, barren surfaces or those near water. Another entails banning the sale or use of fireworks for displays. The county commission late last year prohibited the sale, use and possession of aerial and noise-making ground fireworks.
