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.
Border violence on the rise — in Albuquerque? Apparently so. KRQE reports that men allegedly affiliated with a Mexican drug cartel followed hired drug-runners Danny Baca and Joseph Laycock into Albuquerque after the two men fled with the cartel’s drugs.
Baca was later abducted and murdered. Officials said they have linked Baca’s murder to Gerardo Nuñez, who may have connections to the cartel.
The New Mexico Advisory Board on Radiation Workers and Health meets this week to review a petition regarding Los Alamos National Lab employees, according to a report in The New Mexico Business Weekly. The petition seeks to compensate LANL employees who have become ill with cancer or other conditions.
The Daily Lobo reports today that University of New Mexico President David Schmidly has promised to cut 15 percent of nonacademic spending over the next three years, amounting to a total of $6 million.
UNM budget cuts will affect executive management, fiscal operations, general administration and logistical operations. Although administrators will not comment on the possibility of cutting jobs, cuts are expected to affect salaries.
And lastly, New Mexico Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil is adding seven conditions to the state’s medical marijuana program, reports KOAT. Originally one of eight proposed conditions, fibromyalgia was turned down because of a lack of evidence that medical Mary Jane eases its symptoms. On the list: Crohn’s disease, PTSD and severe anorexia.
