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.
Albuquerque mayor-elect Richard Berry will be sworn in today at 6 p.m. at the Albuquerque Convention Center. (New City Councilors Mike Cook and Dan Lewis will also be sworn in.) As the Albuquerque Journal notes today, the team of department heads that Berry has chosen show plenty of experience, but diversity? Not so much. As Dan McKay notes, only three of the 14 department heads are ethnic minorities and only five are women. Berry’s office counters that almost half of all his new hires–not just department heads–are Hispanic.
Capt. Manuel Gonzales will take Darren White’s old job of Bernalillo County sheriff, reports KRQE. After 20 years with the force, he plans to approach the position by “hitting the streets” and talking with deputies to understand their concerns.
The Las Cruces Sun-News has an update on construction progress at Spaceport America, as a quarry was temporarily lost due to its close proximity to residential areas. Get the story on construction, violations, and their effects on local residents.
The AP reports that the state’s public investment funds gained nearly $3 billion over the last quarter. These funds that supply the Public Employees Retirement Association and the Educational Retirement Board are down from previous years, but are showing much-needed growth.
Approximately $1.95 million is making its way to Carlsbad for a biofuels project, reports the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Coming from Western Refining and the state Environment Dept., the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Material Management will use the money for its work in harvesting algae and transforming it into biofuel.
