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.
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Brian Setzer collapsed two songs into his set last night at Isleta Casino and Resort, KOB.com reports. He was taken to the Heart Hospital of New Mexico and has been released, according to the celebrity gossip site TMZ.com.
Spaceport America may need more money to pave a road, The Las Cruces Sun-News reports. Officials say the facility needs a southern road that would shorten travel time from Las Cruces by about 40 minutes–and cost $7.5 million.
Stimulus money is scheduled to fund a geothermal energy project at Jemez Pueblo, but The Los Alamos Monitor reports that the DOE hasn’t actually sent out any checks yet.
The Probation and Parole division of the Corrections Department is again conducting a defensive tactics training program that was briefly suspended after leaving trainees with bruises and broken bones, KOAT reports. An employees’ union has filed a grievance with the department, asking that the training be suspended again.
The Portales Municipal School Board has approved the sale of $1.9 million of general obligation school bonds as a way to finance roof repairs at Portales High School, reports the Portales News Tribune. This sale is the third planned for the next four years.
The Farmington Daily Times has the story on a Shiprock audit of the Shiprock Navajo Fair. There a general “public outcry for financial accountability” regarding the event and the fair board allegedly owes the chapter $32,000.
From the AP: Gov. Richardson has appointed Michael Spainer as the new secretary of the state Aging and Long-Term Services Department. Spainer has worked for the state for 20 years.
