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.
The influence of Mexican drug cartels once again pops up here in New Mexico. As imports of meth have decreased as a result of more border security, domestic meth labs have more than doubled from 2007 to 2008, according to a report by KRQE-TV.
Sticking with the law enforcement beat, the Farmington Daily Times has a story today on the Farmington police department’s K-9 unit and the local animal league’s decision to donate collapsable cages for the four-dog squad.
Animal league leaders originally wanted to donate canine body armor, but opted for the cages instead due to the heavy price tag ($2,000 a pop) for doggy bullet-proof vests.
Meanwhile, local Barelas neighbors and leaders of the National Hispanic Cultural Center are discussing the possible removal of ex-New Mexico Senate powerhouse Manny Aragon’s name from the center’s tower. Aragon, the South Valley’s long-time senator but also a recently-convicted felon, is about to begin serving five and a half years in federal prision for his role in a multi-million-dollar courthouse kickback scheme.
In southern New Mexico, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports on the role of DNA science in the cattle industry and steps being taken locally to advance our mapping of the bovine genome.
Also, the Alamogordo Daily News reports that the U.S. military has no imminent plans to send troops to the Mexican border to quell spillover violence from Mexican drug cartels.
And up north in Los Alamos, equal-pay champion Lilly Ledbetter is scheduled to speak at the UNM branch campus in Los Alamos this Friday.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to this post
