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.
Sandra Martinez was sentenced today to five years on probation for her role in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse scandal, The Albuquerque Journal is reporting.
And her husband Toby Martinez, the former court administrator, is set to be sentenced this afternoon.
Sandra Martinez was also ordered to pay $106,000 in restitution, the Journal reported. She pleaded guilty to knowing but failing to report what her husband was doing.
Toby Martinez was part of a group that stole $4.2 million in taxpayer money by inflating and falsifying invoices during construction of the courthouse, and he has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy.
Eight defendants have been convicted in the case, including former Senate President Pro Tem Manny Aragon, who was sentenced last month to five-and-a-half years in federal prison, fined $750,000 and ordered to pay $649,000 in restitution.
