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.
The New Mexico Air National Guard’s 150th Fighter Wing, known as the “Flying Tacos,” will join forces with the 58th Special Operations Wing, keeping its jobs at Kirtland Air Force Base, Rep. Martin Heinrich said Monday. He said the Tacos’ mission will be replaced by three smaller missions.
Heinrich says the missions will save 1,000 jobs at Kirtland Air Force Base.
One new mission will involve search and rescue, including retrieving troops who are trapped behind enemy lines. Another is called Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron, Engineers, or RED HORSE. According to the Air Force, RED HORSE units “are mobile heavy construction squadrons capable of rapid response and independent operations capable of 30 days self sufficient in remote, high-threat environments worldwide. They provide heavy repair capability and construction capability when requirements exceed normal civil engineer unit capabilities.”
A third mission will involve working with intelligence.
