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.
Bad news in the Four Corners. We know know that Farmington now has the highest joblessness rate of any city in the state — 7.8 percent unemployment for the month of June, according to a story in today’s Farmington Daily-Times. The statewide joblessness rate currently hovers around 5 percent. New Mexico economists report that the most significant local loss in Farmington comes, naturally, from the oil and gas industry.
In other news, $3.4 million is on its way to the the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission from the U.S. Department of Justice. The money will fund statewide grants to “enhance, expand, and develop new programs to serve victims.” This includes counseling, housing, crisis intervention and assistance with court proceedings.
In Alamogordo, residents are keeping their hopes up as they’ve already raised $125,000 of the needed $250,000 to save the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. The center will be doing more to demonstrate its vitality within the community, while emphasizing that local ticket sales alone cannot keep the center afloat.
And lastly, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White will be keeping officers usually assigned to Albuquerque Public Schools campuses on street patrol duty instead. With 40 vacancies, White argues that he needs these officers answering service calls and providing backup to one another. The schools say the officers will be missed.
