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 U.S. Supreme Court has refused to step into the middle of a dispute between the widow and son of New Mexico’s only known victim from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, KOAT-TV reports.
Here’s an excerpt of the station’s story:
Last fall, New Mexico’s high court determined Joshua Marchand was entitled to a larger share of money from a compensation fund in the death of Alfred Marchand, a flight attendant on United Airlines 175 that crashed into the World Trade Center.
Marchand, a former Alamogordo police officer, was the only known New Mexico resident to die in the attacks.
His widow, Rebecca Marchand, and Joshua Marchand, his grown son from a previous marriage, disagreed over the allocation of $769,972 awarded by a special national fund established to compensate victims’ families.
