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 Socorro Electric Cooperative filed a lawsuit against its members asking the court to challenge the validity of three new bylaws that call for increased transparency, reports El Defensor Chieftain.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports lawyers claim that the New…
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports on a strange phenomenon involving imported pine nuts that leave a bitter, metallic aftertaste in some people’s mouths for up to two weeks.
The Otero County Driving While Intoxicated Planning Council has tabled an…
The Central Consolidated School District Board met on Wednesday in a special executive session to discuss the highly contentious closure of Shiprock County’s Naatani Nez Elementary school; the board has yet to release an announcement regarding the meeting, reports The Farmington Daily Times
The…
Former Taos Mayoral Candidate Jeff Northrup was charged with trespassing this week after authorities found him videotaping the current mayor’s family and then refusing to leave the mayor’s property, reports The Taos News.
The Las Vegas Optic reports the public works and fire department…
The Farmington Daily Times reports a public hearing will take place today to discuss how the city should spend $465,000 in federal funding.
The Doña Ana Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association decided to buy out Las Cruces’ privately owned…
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted this week to prohibit investment advisers from contributing to the political campaigns of officials overseeing pension funds in attempts to curb scandals involving schemes to win state pension investment business in New Mexico and other states, reports The Santa Fe…
After protest erupted at the Socorro Electric Cooperative meeting last week, the SEC realigned district boundaries in an attempt to satisfy members’ mandate to create five districts with equal population, reports El Defensor Chieftain.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports…
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports six New Mexico food banks will split $180,000 – money the state received from a multi-state lawsuit over vitamin price-fixing.
After the recent public-works corruption scandal in Santa Fe County, the city’s Ethics and Rules…
The Farmington Community Relations Commission postponed its decision on whether to remove two paragraphs of information about the conflict between New Mexico and the Navajo Nation from an agreement between the city and the Navajo Nation, reports The Farmington Daily Times.
Restaurant owners in…
The state GOP’s efforts to obtain drivers license information about immigrants in order to look for possible voter fraud failed on Friday when the Court of Appeals ruled that the state can withhold personal information from driver’s license records, the AP reports.
The…
The Santa Fe New Mexican discovered that nearly all of gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez’s drug cases involved street-level crime despite her claims that she has ”taken on members of the most violent Mexican drug cartels.”
After Shiprock residents demanded an investigation into the expiration…
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports State Auditor Hector Balderas says he’s stepping up expectations for audits in Santa Fe due to recent concerns about Santa Fe City Councilor Matthew Ortiz’s failure to disclose his involvement with an asphalt company that was recently rewarded a…
A special audit of the Navajo Nation Fair found a loss of $400,000 over the last two years due to lack of control over revenue and expenses, reports the Farmington Daily Times.
The Valencia County News-Bulletin reports elected officials and candidates made payments…
A law firm in Grants is pushing for an amendment to widen compensation qualifications for mill workers exposed to uranium in 1971, reports the Cibola Beacon.
The Farmington Daily Times reports that a former jail administrator is suing San Juan County…
On Monday gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish announced the details of a workforce training agenda that she said would provide high schoolers, college students and the unemployed with marketable skills. Students who agree to pursue a high-demand career would be eligible…
The Valencia County News Bulletin reports that property owners are appealing zone changes in Los Chavez citing corruption in the district court.
Commissioners in Mora County flake on meeting to discuss Shell Oil’s interest in oil and gas development in Mora County, reports the…
The Cibola Beacon reports that an appeals court has approved uranium mining on property in northern New Mexico – land the Navajo Nation and EPA tried to protect as Indian Country.
The state plans to probe ballot boxes after Rio Arriba County Clerk,…
The Abiquiu Land Grant will repay the Jemez Mountain School District $27,000—money funneled to the grant by the late Kathy Borrego in an attempt to cover-up an embezzlement scheme, reports the Rio Grande Sun.
Confusion over the…
