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.
A meeting of Albuquerque Twitter users (known as a “tweetup” because it rhymes with meet up) drew 275 people to the Balloon Museum. Included were a couple of political figures and a few journalists.
Event organizer Ashley Drake Gephart wrote a blog post about the event.
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez stopped by the tweetup for a few minutes, talking to Twitter users, including some local reports. Radio reporter Peter St. Cyr (@Peter770) and radio host Terrie Q. Sayre (@TerrieQ) tried to convince the mayor to announce that he is running for a third term at the tweet up.
Chavez has over 450 followers at his Twitter account @MartyChavez.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano also attended the tweetup. Solano, a Democrat, is running for lieutenant governor in 2010.
Solano has 380 followers on his Twitter account.
