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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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Journey from drug addiction to recovery

By | 12.29.08 | 8:53 am

Myra Wilson is 34 years old, the mother of three, and in recovery from a decade-long addiction to hard drugs — crack cocaine and methamphetamine. By the time she was 28, she was barely surviving. Her children had been sent to live with relatives and she was moving from motel to motel, letting herself be abused and at times stealing from others to feed her addiction.