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.
Española mayor Joe Maestas has decided not to run for a second term, the Rio Grande Sun reports. Maestas made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Public Regulations Commission in 2008.
Maestas told senior staff and city councilors about his decision last week, and already a city councilor who was once an ally of Maestas will be running for the vacant position.
Mayor Pro Tem Alice Lucero told the paper, “I have decided to run for the office of mayor.”
The seat will be up for election in 2010.
Where will Maestas set his sights next? He already has announced he will not be part of the incredibly crowded Democratic lieutenant governor race.
