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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.

Posts Tagged H1N1 flu

H1N1 flu cases coming at a “steeper and earlier” rate than expected

By | 10.26.09 | 8:19 am

President Barack Obama declared a national emergency due to the H1N1 flu outbreak on Saturday, and an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican says health care providers in Santa Fe are “slammed,” because the flu has hit “at…

N.M. Department of Health confirms 13 new H1N1 flu cases

By | 05.11.09 | 4:41 pm

There are 13 new laboratory confirmed cases of the H1N1, or “swine,” flu today, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 44, spread across 11 different New Mexico counties.

NMAA says activities can go forward

By | 05.06.09 | 12:54 pm

The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) said today that it is OK for the activities, including multiple state championship events that have are being rescheduled. Earlier this week, the NMAA postponed all activities because more than a dozen schools…

N.M. DOH says it is safe for schools to remain open

By | 05.05.09 | 3:33 pm

The New Mexico Department of Health issued a statement giving the OK for schools to reopen after 16 schools closed because of fears about the H1N1 (or “swine”) flu.

Gov. Bill Richardson to discuss swine flu today in Las Cruces, Clovis

By | 05.04.09 | 6:32 am

bill-richardson-official-photoGov. Bill Richardson will be in Las Cruces this afternoon to brief the community on the status of swine flu (or H1N1 flu) in New Mexico and “the state’s efforts to track and stop the spread of…

Nine ‘probable’ cases of swine flu in New Mexico

By | 05.01.09 | 3:12 pm

The New Mexico Department of Health issued a statement about the latest on the H1N1 (or “swine”) flu. So far, there are just nine probable cases of the virus out of 97 cases tested so far.

There are still…