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 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…
The government has denied Desert Rock Energy Company’s bid for a federal stimulus grant, the Farmington Daily Times reported today. The company had hoped to use the money to include carbon capture sequestration technology into the project design of a coal-fired…
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.
“Ground Zero. In some ways, New Mexico comes a close second to Chernobyl.”
So begins a review, published this week in the Akron Beacon Journal, of an exhibit of photographs of Patrick Nagatani. The New Mexico photographer’s work is on display…
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…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday the award of $82.29 million in federal stimulus money for criminal justice initiatives in the Navajo Nation and several tribal jurisdictions throughout New Mexico.
The U.S. Department of Labor will spend a tidy chunk of the stimulus package money on job training for Navajo youth, the Farmington Daily Times reports.
The money will come through the Workforce Investment Act and the Indian…
The Navajo Nation opened its first casino last week and, according to The Associated Press, did very well on its first day of operation. Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley told the AP people pumped $1.2 million in cash into…
Conservative bloggers are speaking out against the Senate-passed version of the $700 billion bailout plan that contains a plethora of earmarks and other measures, including two of great importance to New Mexico senators Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Jeff Bingaman,…
