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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.

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Voters in Mesilla elect a new mayor

By | 03.02.10 | 9:15 pm

Voters in the Town of Mesilla replaced 12-year incumbent Mayor Michael Cadena today, electing Trustee Nora Barraza to lead the city out of its current budget deficit.

Mesilla voters to pick mayor, two trustees on Tuesday

By | 02.25.10 | 10:14 am

Voters in the Town of Mesilla will choose a mayor and two members of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday.

Incumbent Mayor Michael Cadena is being challenged by Trustee Nora Barraza and former Trustee Ella Alvarez Nelson in the…

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: More snowy speculation, train vs. car, and the travails of ‘downtown’ Rio Rancho

By | 12.23.08 | 1:08 pm

John Fleck from the Albuquerque Journal tells us (subscription required), “No need for fantasies of an Irving Berlin holiday this year in New Mexico.” Why? Well, he’s the guy who wrote “White Christmas” and a white Christmas may be…

Obama and McCain in Albuquerque on Saturday

By | 10.22.08 | 11:30 am

Call it Super Saturday.
 
Barack Obama is joining John McCain and Hillary Clinton in New Mexico on Saturday, Obama’s campaign announced today.
 
And though McCain’s campaign hasn’t confirmed it, a number of GOP sources confirmed that McCain will hold a rally