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.
This morning Rep. Janice Arnold Jones, R-Albuquerque, a Department of Energy contractor, received a frantic phone call today from employees working for her at Kirtland Air Force Base after a shooting just off base at Emcore Corporation on Eubank Boulevard SE.
“They weren’t sure if it (the shooting) was on base,” Arnold-Jones told The Independent. “They were wondering, ‘Is this a terrorist threat. Is this a terrorist attack?’”
As a Department of Energy contractor, some of Arnold-Jones’ employees spend half their time on base and half their time working at her office, about a mile away from the base.
At the same time one of the nearby credit unions lost power, which increased anxiety of her employees, Arnold Jones said.
“I still don’t know why the power was out,” Arnold-Jones said. “I’ve sent people home for the day.”
