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.
President Barack Obama declared a national emergency due to the H1N1 flu outbreak on Saturday, and an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican says health care providers in Santa Fe are “slammed,” because the flu has hit “at a steeper and earlier rate than anticipated.”
This isn’t just something in Santa Fe. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says on the H1N1 flu update portion of its Web site:
Visits to doctors for influenza-like illness (ILI) increased steeply since last week in the United States, and overall, are much higher than what is expected for this time of the year. ILI activity now is higher than what is seen during the peak of many regular flu seasons.
USA Today quotes experts saying that Obama’s emergency declaration is “no cause for alarm.”
