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.
Well, some offices and schools are closing early today because of snow, leading many to wish this were happening next week instead. Many of you have perhaps been consulting the National Weather Service for information on how long this snow will last and how much we’ll get. Meanwhile the more important question might be: Is it gonna snow on Christmas or what? Well if you’re into that kind of thing. (Uh, that thing being Christmas, not snow, you know.)
Over on the NWS site the nice meteorologists have already posted their annual White Christmas Probabilities page, and though today’s weather looks promising, the numbers aren’t good, not for Albuquerque at least.
In Albuquerque and other lower elevation locations across central and northern New Mexico, the chances for a White Christmas are not good, as shown in the image below (produced by the National Climatic Data Center). The image depicts the probability of having at least one inch of snow on the ground on Christmas Day. At the Albuquerque International Airport, for example, a Christmas Day snowfall (measurable) has occurred, on average, once or twice a decade during the 110-year period of record. You can check out the national probabilities from the National Climatic Data Center.
But on to more serious issues. Over at Eye on Albuquerque there’s an interesting discussion of the District Attorney Kari Brandenburg and some alleged skeletons that the race brought out of her closet. Specifically, there’s a post about the prosecution of the Ngyuen brothers, accused of a murder in 2007. It’s a story that’s been in the news lately and the blog has an inside perspective on the investigation.
Former Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca wrote this morning that he’d be on the inaugural Rail Runner Exress ride and planned to post some video later today. It’ll be interesting to see and hear his take on the new line.
Speaking of the Rail Runner, the New Mexican’s Kate Nash has linked to the Railrunner schedule along with maps of Albuquerque and Santa Fe bus systems so you can effectively plan your (slushy) route. She’s also got audio of Domenici’s last press conference, if you’re interested.
And the Grand Pajandrum made me giggle with this observation today: Apparently they’ve run out of candy and flowers in Iraq.
