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.
While the Santa Fe Reporter’s in-depth look at New Mexico’s two-year-old medical marijuana saga was published last week, it’s still on newsstands — and still worth the read if you’ve haven’t already. SFR staff writer Dave Maass provides a detailed look at how the program is run (two administrators with the N.M. Dept. of Health basically call all the shots) as well as hashing out the possibility that “chronic pain” might be added to the current list of qualifying illnesses, among many other details. It’s quite the informative and — dare I say — fun piece.
Also fun (and nostalgic) is Joline Gutierrez Krueger’s “UpFront” column in today’s Albuquerque Jounal. Gutierrez Krueger gives the reader a colorful glimpse into the lives of the late Albuquerque puppeteers Ron and Mary Kay Day.
On to more serious fare: KRQE-TV has an update on the Swine Flu and how state officials plan on handling any future outbreaks in New Mexico. So far, not a single reported case in the 505 (or 575), though they seem to be sprouting up all around us.
The Taos News reports today that a group of eleven Taos Municipal School District administrators have filed a formal complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The complaint involves claims of discrimination and harassment by school board members Arsenio Cordova and Lorraine Coca-Ruiz.
And on the pet beat, Albuquerque set a state record for pet adoption over the weekend at the Fechapalooza pet adoption event, KOB-TV reports Out of 670 animals needing homes, 630 were adopted.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to this post.
