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.
A federal judge has rebuffed an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by environmental groups to stop authorities from removing problem wolves, the Albuquerque Journal reports. The judge says the suit can move forward.
Bernalillo County sheriff’s detectives have charged a Metropolitian Detention Center officer in connection with a fight that left an inmate in a vegetative state, reports the Albuquerque Journal. Rosalyn Juanico allegedly used prisoners as her personal “enforcers,” the story said.
For those of you who do not subscribe to the paper, here is an excerpt:
Officer Roslyn Juanico, 23, was charged with intimidation of a witness. Sheriff’s detectives also charged inmates Jesus Cordova, 23, and Keola Tommy Kaula, 25, in the March 12 beating that seriously injured Avery Hadley, 47.
Investigators said Cordova stomped on Hadley’s head as many as 20 times inside a pod of inmates supervised by Juanico. Hadley was in protective custody at the time but was allowed to be around as many as 12 other inmates of similar classification.
There were 21 inmates in his area at the time of the beating, according to court records.
Jail officials said Thursday that Juanico has been placed on administrative leave with pay while they investigate the incident.
Some Farmington-area Republicans, frustrated by the federal bailout of $787 billion, are planning a tax protest April 15 and expect 1,000 people to attend, the Farmington Daily Times reports.
Not that it’s New Mexico news, but given the recent fight in the Legislature over domestic partnerships, it may interest some that earlier this morning the Iowa Supreme Court struck down that state’s ban on same sex marriage, NPR reports.
