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.
Water experts and advocates converged in Albuquerque recently at the New Mexico Watershed Forum to talk government policy and the health of the state’s rivers and waterways. While touting accomplishments such as restoration work along the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers, many acknowledged much remains to be done.
Albuquerque needs a water authority that discloses relevant information, considers issues that concern all, empowers citizens to be involved in decision-making, and is accountable for the effects of its operations.
The Albuquerque Journal takes a look at why La Mesa elementary school third graders are at higher proficiency levels than their fourth- and fifth-grade counterparts. The students at La Mesa meet the federal poverty guidelines and most of the…
