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.
If improving border security requires more funds to pay for improvements, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman has an idea. KUNM 89.9 FM reports that New Mexico’s senior senator is requesting that drug money seized by the feds at New Mexico border crossings like Santa Teresa and Columbus be used to pay for security upgrades.
In other news, dreaded Swing flu continues to dominate the headlines today. Here’s a report by KLUZ TV — Albuquerque’s Spanish-language Univision affiliate — on how some Mexico-New Mexico travelers aren’t letting fear of la gripe porcina deter them.
In Farmington, city officials are bracing for hefty EPA fines unless salt discharge into the San Juan River from both residents and businesses isn’t halted. The Farmington Daily News is reporting that new EPA regs are aimed at cleaning up the Colorado River; the San Juan River is one of its major tributaries.
Meanwhile, the Roswell Daily Record is reporting on 65-year-old Charlie Wyche’s 3,000-mile trek across the American West — on bicycle — to draw attention to hunger.
And last but not least, the Santa Fe New Mexican has a good news economic story — real-life partners Alvaro Holguin and Javier Barraza are opening up their second beauty salon in the City Different. According to the story, Holguin thinks now is precisely the right time to expand. He told the newspaper:
You can’t be scared of the economy, because if we all think that way, it’ll never get better.
