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.
In Taos, “hysteria” is causing problems for local hospitals as the Swine Flu scare has people swarming hospital waiting rooms, The Taos News reports. One area healthcare official explains the H1N1 vaccine and his worries regarding the virus, as he tries to calm the public’s fears.
From the Santa Fe New Mexican: On Sunday, the Santa Fe Southern Railway tourist train smashed into a woman’s Land Rover after she drove across the tracks–despite the flashing lights and barriers. And there is still fighting going on over that historic (but non-functioning) acequia bulldozed (accidentally?) by a developer.
Pojoaque Pueblo Governor George Rivera recently installed his 12-foot bronze sculpture at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. A traditional Buffalo Dance group from the area will be headed to museum to preform in late November.
Here’s an aerial-view picture of the current state of Spaceport America, courtesy of the Sierra County Sentinel. By next summer, Spaceport officials hope to have completed the over 10,000 foot runway.
Supporters of a hospital workers’ union are marching against the Alta Vista Regional Hospital, which refuses to accept the union.
And now, the bittersweet story of the day: “Wheelchair-bound dog ‘Tuddy’ remembered for perseverance.” Yes, it’s the obituary of a Clovis Chihuahua who, for the last few years of his life, got around with the aid of a tiny wheeled cart.
