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.
After saying last week that she would not release the results of blood alcohol tests on Scott Owens, the 28-year old man involved in a car crash that killed four teenagers, First Judicial District Attorney Spence Pacheco today changed course and, with Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano, made the information public.
The test result: Owens blood alcohol concentration was .16, or twice the legal limit.
Meanwhile, Avree Koffman, the 16-year-old surviving driver of the car in which four teenagers died, had no alcohol in her system, according to the tests.
Last week, Santa Fe Mayor David Coss announced that the City Council and the Santa Fe County Board of Commissioners would meet Wednesday, July 8 to talk specifically about drunk driving. For more on the case, and Santa Fe’s reaction to the tragedy, check out SFReeper.com.
