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 Obama administration today selected a Northern New Mexico water reclamation project as one of a handful of infrastructure public works endeavors to undergo an expedited permit process in the hopes it will lead to faster job growth.
The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, which is slated to cost $995 million according to an October estimate, will pump some 37,375 acre-feet of water per year from the San Juan River basin along a 280-mile pipeline with 24 pumps and two treatment plants.
Lisa Iams, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Reclamation in the Upper Colorado region, told The American Independent an acre-foot is equivalent to a football field. While an exact jobs estimate is not yet available, Iams called the billion dollar effort “a major undertaking.”
Construction of the water reclamation project is expected to be complete in 2024, with water flowing at full capacity by 2040. Some 250,000 Native Americans will benefit from the water complex, including communities representing the Navajo and Apache nations.
Earlier in September, a cultural services work grant totaling $5.5million was awarded to Paleo West of Farmington.
On top of aiding in the construction of the Navajao-Gallup Water Supply Project, Paleo West will conduct historical and migration analysis in this culturally-rich portion of the state, and develop a set of databases and literature for education purposes.
