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.
The final campaign finance reports of the 2009 Las Cruces municipal election were filed earlier this week. The result? The candidates spent a combined $83,000 on the election.
A controversial political action committee didn’t violate any city ordinance when it failed to report to the city that it had raised money by telling people it was for the Las Cruces municipal election, Clerk Esther Martinez announced Wednesday.
District 6 Councilor Sharon Thomas thinks she knows why progressive-backed candidates won every city council race in Las Cruces Tuesday night. “I think it says that (voters) want to be involved in their city government and they want opportunities to participate, and that they support our attempts to move toward a really sustainable community,” she said.
Olga Pedroza has defeated Councilor Dolores C. Archuleta in the District 3 Las Cruces City Council race.
With results from one polling place yet to be posted, Pedroza has 328 votes, or 65 percent, to Archuleta’s 176 votes, or 35…
District 6 Las Cruces City Councilor Sharon K. Thomas was re-elected today.
Thomas won with 1,444 votes, or 55 percent, to the 1,201 votes, or 45 percent, that went to challenger James W. Harbison. That’s according to unofficial results…
Gill M. Sorg has defeated incumbent Councilor Gil Jones in the Las Cruces City Council District 5 race.
Sorg has 1,163 votes to Jones’ 631 votes, according to unofficial results obtained by NMI. That includes tallies collected from receipts…
The polls have now closed in the Las Cruces municipal election. Check back here throughout the evening for updates as the results come in.
You can also view election results on the city’s Web site.
And jump on the…
Three city council seats are up for grabs in Las Cruces on Tuesday, and the New Mexico Independent plans to blog live as the results come in. Join us starting at 6:30 p.m.
There’s still be a question about whether a controversial Las Cruces political committee should have filed a campaign finance report with the city on Oct. 22, but there’s apparently no question that it will have to do so following Tuesday’s…
In an article that ran Sunday, the Las Cruces Sun-News incorrectly identified Gil Jones, the Las Cruces District 5 city councilor, as a Republican.
Jones is up for re-election in Tuesday’s contest, which is non-partisan in that the party…
Though a local political committee used the upcoming Las Cruces municipal election to raise money, its treasurer says it’s a state PAC and doesn’t have to file a campaign finance report with the city. The city clerk is investigating whether the committee is violating the city election code.
