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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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ABQ planning director says he’d act differently today regarding BMX facility

By | 05.28.09 | 12:39 pm

bmx-imageKRQE Channel 13 provided some excellent coverage last night of the neighborhood sitting just 160 feet away from the large open-air Duke City BMX facility at Buena Vista Drive and Avenida Cesar Chavez, SE.

The station visited the track…

ABQ City Council thinks residents of Buena Vista Street have a point

By | 05.05.09 | 8:55 am

The City Council took up the issue of the bicycle park last night, also referred to as a stadium, located directly across the street from a neighborhood last night, at the corner of Avenida Cesar Chavez and Buena Vista…

ABQ city councilor says BMX stadium harms neighbors

By | 02.13.09 | 7:07 pm

An open-air stadium for BMX bike racing that was built at the corner of Buena Vista Drive S.E. and Avenue César Chávez, about 160 feet from a row of single-family homes, is a nuisance to the neighborhood, according to Albuquerque City Councilor Isaac Benton.