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.
Las Cruces attorney Manuel Arrieta is the state’s newest district judge.
Gov. Bill Richardson appointed Arrieta today to the Third Judicial District Court in Doña Ana County. He replaces Robert E. Robles, who Richardson recently appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Robles is already serving on the higher court, so Arrieta’s appointment to the bench is effective immediately.
“Mannie is a native of southern New Mexico, and his experience and commitment to the community will be an asset to the bench; he is well respected,” Richardson said in a news release.
Arrieta, of La Mesa, has been an attorney since 1985 and has run his own law firm since 2001. In addition to working in personal injury, commercial, juvenile and appellate law, he has done legal work for the Democratic Party during elections.
Arrieta has an associate degree in radiology and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from New Mexico State University, and a law degree from the University of Michigan.
