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.
KOB-TV is following an Associated Press report in Albuquerque about Highland High School’s principal and two counselors put on leave after the suicide of a senior who was not allowed to graduate with his class. The student told his parents he wasn’t graduating because he failed five classes. The school district is not saying why the administrator and the counselors were on leave.
From the Santa Fe New Mexican, the woman acquitted of charges she sold beer to Dana Papst, the drunken driver who went on to kill a family of five and himself in a head-on crash in 2006, pleaded guilty to drunken driving Thursday.
Las Cruces Sun-News reports out of El Paso that a federal court set a detention and bond hearing May 19 for an El Paso sector Border Patrol agent who was indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to smuggle undocumented immigrants.
Patrick Lyons, ticketed for speeding and improper lane change in a state vehicle, insisted he was innocent and wanted his day in court, according to the Albuquerque Journal today. Reporter Charles Brunt reports that the case has "mushroomed into a legal dispute involving the state attorney general, a defense lawyer from one of Albuquerque’s biggest firms and ethics questions raised by the involvement of the Land Office general counsel."
The Taos News reports that the most ambitious subdivision in recent Taos County history — Miranda Canyon Preserve — has been officially submitted for county, state and federal review. The upscale subdivision would cover 2,200 acres and include 2,000 acres of public access open space, stables and a campground.
Members of the Navajo Nation have been undergoing training thisweek to deal with emergency situations — from paralyzing snow storms to terrorism — but first, the trainees must reconcile the Navajo belief that even talking about such things brings disaster upon themselves. "Our elders say we’re not supposed to talk about it," one young Navajo told the Gallup Independent.
