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.
Outgoing Gov. Bill Richardson met with Governor-elect Susana Martinez yesterday at the State Capitol, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.
The relaxed, friendly mood described by the paper offers a striking contrast to the white-hot rhetoric that defined this year’s…
We are very excited to bring you our biggest and best-ever election day coverage this Nov. 2, including an extraordinary live blog in partnership with our colleagues at The Santa Fe New Mexican, which will launch at 9 a.m.…
Steve Pearce and Harry Teague, competing to represent the 2nd Congressional District in Congress, will meet tonight at New Mexico State University for a debate hosted by New Mexico First and moderated by Sam Donaldson. Thanks to KNME we’ll have…
Steve Pearce’s recent comments appearing to question whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States were the subject of discussion for panelists on the episode of New Mexico in Focus that will air tonight on KNME.
“Is…
Gwen Ifill, of Washington Week and PBS Newshour will be in Albuquerque next month for a talk, booksigning and reception to benefit New Mexico’s public television station KNME.
Ifill will talk about politics, journalism and her book, ”The Breakthrough: Politics and…
Sign up now to participate in a series of town hall debates, sponsored by New Mexico First and New Mexico public broadcasters. During October three town halls, one at UNM, one at ENMU and one at NMSU, will each bring…
New Mexico First and New Mexico Public Broadcasters will be holding a series of town hall debates in October. Groups of about 50 citizens in each congressional district will get together to come up with questions for the candidates; the…
“If someone says to you ‘I think my husband…is going to kill me,’ that is the single biggest predictor that it might happen,” Pam Wiseman, director of the New Mexico Coaltion Against Domestic Violence told me in an…
Join The New Mexico Independent, KUNM and KNME for a conversation about immigration TONIGHT. We’ve got a really interesting group of panelists, including Rep. Dennis Kintigh, R-Roswell, who is a former FBI special agent; Marcela Diaz, an immigrant-rights advocate with…
Hey, you! Get off your couch, step away from your desk, put down your smartphone and join The New Mexico Independent, KUNM and KNME for a conversation about immigration. We’ve got a really interesting group of panelists, including Rep. Dennis…
Glenn Walp, a former employee at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has written a book (“Implosion at Los Alamos“) about his experiences investigating security lapses there in the wake of 9/11. The lab is extremely vulnerable to security…
On last Friday’s episode of KNME’s New Mexico in Focus, “The Line” opinion panel discussed a recent case in which three Farmington men were charged with a hate crime after allegedly branding a swastika into the arm of a…
Set your DVR now for 7 p.m. Friday night when KNME’s New Mexico in Focus will air a panel discussion with almost all of the candidates running for lieutenant governor. Correspondent Sarah Gustavus will sit down with Democrats Jose Campos,…
The last two gubernatorial candidates I interviewed for New Mexico in Focus happened to be the two women who now appear to be the front runners. Well, Denish is the only horse in the Democrats’ stable, but Martinez has made…
My 15-minute one-on-one interviews with Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, a Democrat who has no primary opposition, and Susana Martinez, the Doña Ana County district attorney, will air tonight at 7 p.m. on KNME‘s New Mexico in Focus. In…
Please join us next Tuesday, May 11, when The New Mexico Independent, KUNM-FM and KNME-TV, team up to bring you a discussion on jobs and the economy with Richard Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque; Tom Swisstack,…
I’ve been interviewing all the gubernatorial candidates for KNME-TV’s public affairs show, New Mexico in Focus. The first two of the series, 15-minute segments with state Rep. Janice Arnold Jones and Pete Domenici Jr., aired on Friday. Here they are…
Mark your calendars now for another Independent Forum event!
On May 11, The Independent, in partnership with KUNM-FM and KNME-TV, will bring you a discussion on jobs and the economy with the mayors of Albuquerque (Richard Berry), Rio Rancho (Tom…
During filming for an episode of KNME‘s New Mexico in Focus that airs Friday night, Albuquerque Congressman Martin Heinrich answered a question—submitted via Twitter—about the national debt.
