Top Stories

The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

Mesa Verde 80
By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

jobs-80
By | 11.10.11

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.

News from around the state

By | 07.15.10 | 8:43 am

The son-in-law of Butch Maki, New Mexico lobbyist and old friend of Gov. Bill Richardson, has been accused of  embezzling at least $500,000 from a tribal-owned business, reports The Santa Fe Reporter.

The Alamogordo City Commission approved the sale of 60 acres of land at a value of $500,000 to PNM for the construction of a solar field, reports The Alamogordo Daily Times.

The Deming Headlight reports a wind energy project in Northeastern Luna County provoked debate amongst as residents expressed concern that the project may decrease property values, cause dust problems and disregard local farmers.

From July 20 -27 the Navajo Human Rights Commission will host a series of public forums for Navajo citizens to share testimonies about sacred sites on their reservation.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports sheriff’s deputies made the department’s first ever cockfighting bust on Wednesday in Santa Fe County after discovering dead and live roosters at a home in La Cienega.

Comments

Categories & Tags: