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 Santa Fe New Mexico has the scoop on the financially embattled College of Santa Fe — and the plans to use bonds to halt impending closure.
From the embattled to the battle-tested… Tour de France and cancer-surviving legend Lance Armstrong is coming to New Mexico to race in the Tour of the Gila. It will be his first race back after breaking his collar bone in a crash last month. Armstrong will be pedaling around the tall ponderosas of the Gila Wilderness following one month of training.
Over at KUNM radio, New Mexico State Epidemiologist Mack Sewell fields questions about swine flu. Listen to the audio interview here.
It’s more good news for Sandia and Los Alamos National Labs as they have been selected as “Energy Frontier Research Centers.” Along with the designation, the labs will receive over $10M from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund eco-friendly research.
Also, a new manufacturing plant has broken ground in Carlsbad this week, according to a story in the Carlsbad Curren Argus. The owner, Carbon Diversion Inc., focuses on something called “flash carbonization.” From the magic of complicated chemistry, waste materials are turned into biofuel, electricity and pure carbon. The plant is expected to bring 300 jobs to the local area within two years.
NMI’s Daniel Bauer contributed mightily to this post.
