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.
Two New Mexicans are vying for the top Navajo political position—current New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy, D-Crownpoint, and current Navajo Vice President Ben Shelley, who hails from Thoreau. If elected, Lovejoy would be the Nation’s first female president. Her campaign received a boost last week when Shelley—who was a tribal delegate before becoming Vice President—was caught up in charges brought by a special prosecutor against the majority of the tribal council.
New Mexico State Sen. Linda Lovejoy, D-Crownpoint, announced Tuesday that she is making her second bid for president of the Navajo Nation. Lovejoy was the first woman to ever make it through the Navajo primary election in 2006, facing off…
The Navajo Nation voted to change its government structure Monday, significantly increasing the power of the president in relation to the tribal council. Navajos reduced the size of their tribal council from 88 to 24 members and gave their…
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department study, due next month, will show there are already significant threats posed to endangered species in the region by industrial and agricultural pollutants in the four corners region.
The Navajo Nation’s president, Joe Shirley, Jr., was put on paid administrative leave by the Tribal Council Monday after it heard a report about possible ethical, civil and criminal violations concerning tribal contracts with two companies, OnSat Network Communications and…
In a dramatic move yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is slated to be built in the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington. The action drew praise from critics of the plant and blistering commentary from its proponents.
