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.
New Mexico has of the highest rates of suicide in the nation but improving rural access to the Internet might change that, according to Radford University psychologist James Werth Jr.
Suicide rates in New Mexico and across the nation are higher in rural areas than urban areas, Werth said in a recent story in Mental Health Law Weekly. Better access to broadband could provide better access to suicide prevention and behavioral medicine resources for both patients and rural physicians and school officials, Werth suggested.
“Even though people live farther apart, there may be stronger connections — they need to rely on one another,” Werth said. More …
The future of the Internet could hinge on a decision by the Federal Communications Commission on how the government can regulate the Internet. For New Mexico, the decision could effect tens of millions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for expanding broadband access. Both Harry Teague and Steve Pearce say the FCC’s proposed regulatory change would be the wrong one, though for different reasons.
Stimulus funds will be used to connect more than 30,000 households, businesses and institutions on the Navajo nation, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan and Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall announced today. The funding would provide 550 miles of fiber-optic cable…
Some areas of New Mexico, like much of the nation, suffer from insufficient access to high speed Internet–access that could provide educational and business opportunities. Today, the White House announced that New Mexico will receive over $1.4 million for increasing…
The Colorado secretary of state on Friday approved two measures for the 2010 ballot that would slash at least $1 billion annually in state taxes and roll back property taxes statewide, reports the Denver Post. This comes at a time…
