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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

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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

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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.

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Diane Denish on small biz roots, Richardson appointees

By | 09.30.10 | 8:29 am

In an interview with Harold Morgan of the blog Capitol Report, New Mexico’s Democratic nominee for governor Diane Denish talked about the small business she created during the 1990 campaign for Bruce King, and how she would deal with…

King enjoys big lead in AG race, poll finds

By | 08.31.10 | 12:51 pm

Democratic incumbent Gary King leads his Republican challenger Matt Chandler by a wide margin more than two months before November’s election, according to Albuquerque Journal Poll results released today.

Nearly half of the voters — 48 percent…

King to lie in state Friday, funeral on Saturday

By | 11.16.09 | 7:02 am

Former Gov. Bruce King’s body will lie in state at the capitol building in Santa Fe on Friday, and his funeral will be held Saturday in Moriarty.

Former Gov. Bruce King dies

By | 11.13.09 | 9:50 am

Former Gov. Bruce King – often called the “cowboy governor” – passed away Friday morning. He was 85.

“Bruce King would be the first one to tell us all that death is just another phase in the cycle of life and that we must go on with our lives, trying to do the best we can while helping others make their way too,” said his son, Attorney General Gary King, in a prepared statement.

“None of us in the family thought this day would come so soon after we lost my mom, Alice King, but we are comforted by the thought that Bruce and Alice can be together once again,” Gary King said.

Funeral services set for Alice King

By | 12.09.08 | 11:10 am

The body of former N.M. First Lady Alice King will lie in state in the rotunda at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. A service will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Moriarty High School gym, which is expected to be filled with about 2,500 people.

Former N.M. first lady Alice King dies

By | 12.07.08 | 9:47 pm

Alice King, the wife of former Gov. Bruce King and a tireless advocate on behalf of children, died Sunday night after suffering a massive stroke on Thursday. She was 78. Her death was announced in a news release from her son, state Attorney General Gary King.