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.
Tom Sharpe of the Santa Fe New Mexican gives details of the new rules on public financing and contribution limits laid out by the Santa Fe City Council. Now candidates for City Council can either seek private donations of up to $1,000 per donor, or choose public financing totaling $15,000.
The United Steel Workers International has accepted a new contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southern New Mexico, the AP reports. Despite economic woes, the two-year union contract promises a 3.75 percent pay increase each year and will address concerns about seniority.
An anthrax detector created during the post-9/11 anthrax scare can also detect H1N1 “quickly and simply,” according to KRQE. Although the device would not be ready for hospitals until next year, it would bring testing-time down from hours and days to mere minutes.
Archaeologists have discovered details of the Battle of Cieneguilla, the Taos News reports. The battle was a skirmish that took place in 1856 between the U.S. Dragoons and the Jicarilla Apache. Researchers were excited to link physical evidence to oral historical accounts.
The Navajo Nation Advisory Council on Disabilities recently hosted a conference as part of the Navajo Nation’s disability awareness week, and the Farmington Daily Times has the story.
A special session has been called by the Luna County Board of Commissioners in order to discuss the “purchase, acquisitions, or disposal of real property and water rights,” reports the Deming Headlight. A large part of the issue regards water rights and drinking water standards.
