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.
A Santa Fe judge ruled Monday that one of the 66 marriage licenses issued by a Sandoval County clerk to gay and lesbian couples in 2004 is valid and subject to divorce, reports The Santa Fe New Mexican.
The Los Alamos Monitor…
KOB-TV reports Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry may be faced with a second lawsuit from the firefighter’s union for revealing that an ex-firefighter failed a drug test while in drug counseling.
Belen’s finances have improved as Belen city officials approved a $14…
Some Albuquerque Public Schools teachers fear the district plans to increase class sizes claiming that their classrooms are already so packed that they violate fire codes daily, reports KOB-TV.
The Rio Grande Sun reports the Española City Council approved an additional $360,000 budget cut for…
KOB-TV reports protesters demanded that Albuquerque Public Schools get rid of the Junior ROTC program due to its high cost to taxypars with ROTC teacher salaries ranging from $54,000 to $107,000 during the budget crisis.
The Taos News reports on Tuesday the Taos Municipal Board of Education rejected a contract from the teacher’s union that would have prevented salary cuts while taking away rewards for education and experience.
The Santa Fe Public Schools District…
Taos’ law regarding content allowed on billboards and other signs is up for review by the Town Council and residents push for a code that permits signs to be “more permissive of free speech and more restrictive on government,” reports The Taos…
KOB-TV reports a former employee of a Wells Fargo in New Mexico has been accused of embezzling money from a customer’s escrow account.
An employee of New Mexico State University filed a lawsuit against the university accusing it of retaliation after she…
Nearly 130 years after Pat Garrett gunned down Billy the Kid, Governor Bill Richardson may pardon Billy the Kid, to the dismay of Garrett’s descendants, who ardently oppose the pardon, reports The Farmington Daily Times.
Rio Arriba County administrator…
KOB-TV reports the union workers of the Bernalillo Counter Water Utility Authority are suing the Water Utility Authority in hopes to prevent their contracts from expiring before they finish negotiating pay raises.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the State Investment Council voted yesterday to cut the film-loan program adviser Peter Dokam’s contract to $260,000 per year.
New Mexico’s taxpayers have paid $1.6 million over the past four years to fund New Mexico’s state…
KOB-TV reports dozens of families have moved to New Mexico from Arizona in order to escape Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
KRQE-TV reports armed sheriff’s deputies now accompany state agricultural inspectors working in far southern New Mexico due to escalating violence…
The Associated Press reports the Albuquerque’s school district will receive a federal grant of $397, 619 for counseling programs in elementary and secondary schools.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has suggested a billion dollar increase for nuclear programs - much of which…
KRQE-TV reports Albuquerque Public Schools estimates it will have to cut another $18.8 million dollars by September 1.
Member-owners of the Socorro Electric Cooperative have begun working with the high-profile Texas Attorney William “Bill” Ikard in order to
Inspectors with the State Department of Transportation investigated allegations of shoddy workmanship on Santa Fe’s roads as part of an ongoing investigation in to Santa Fe’s Public Works department and Advantage Asphalt, reports KOB-TV.
The state now faces a $300-million…
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports a multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of a 74-year-old man on child porn charges.
In the latest of a string of controversies surrounding Las Vegas’ Fiesta Council, the Fiesta Council cut the Fiesta Queen, Carmela…
The Valencia County News Bulletin reports a former employee of Valencia County Treasurer’s office pleaded guilty to multiple counts of forgery, fraud, tampering with public records, embezzlement and computer access with intent to defraud.
Taos will pay $52,000 to a…
The Las Vegas Optic reports at a recent Fiesta Council Meeting four of six former members who Council President Mathew Martinez ousted two weeks ago showed up to contest their dismissals despite demands to stay away.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports police…
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…
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Las Cruces more than $1.5 million to expand opportunities for residents, reports The Alamogordo Daily News.
After the acid leak from Schlumberger Well caused residents of Farmington to evacuate on Sunday, the city…
The AP has a full report on an Albuquerque shooting that left three people dead and wounded four at Emcore, an Albuquerque fiber optics and solar technology company.
An acid leak on Sunday at Schlumberger Well prompted evacuations in Farmington,…
