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 Albuquerque Journal’s Olivier Uyttebrouck has a very interesting story on the saga over ten removed billboards that advocated ending U.S. military aid to Israel.
The ad company owner tells the newspaper that the billboards’ printed message (“Tell Congress: STOP KILLING CHILDREN. No more military aid to Israel”) is “factually inaccurate” and so that’s why he took them down… after receiving dozens of complaints.
With the U.S. Supreme Court in the news today, I’m wondering if a constitutional case is brewing here?
Sticking with the military beat for a moment, the University of New Mexico and the U.S. military are teaming up to research weather patterns in space. The Daily Lobo reports on their plans and goals for the project.
While the Army Corps of Engineers isn’t typically armed or involved with space, nearly $25M is going to the federal engineer corps in New Mexico and southern Colorado to pay for civil works construction and many projects dealing with the environment, natural resources and water, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.
Also, the state is receiving $11M for public safety. The New Mexico Department of Public Safety will look to use the money to create jobs and improve the justice system, so says a story in today’s New Mexico Business Weekly.
And lastly, in strange but apparently true news, a Clovis man looking to crash a barbecue has been arrested for biting off another man’s nose.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed quite handily to this post.
