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.
In the legislative redistricting process, the Republican-leaning west side of Albuquerque will likely gain seats while eastern and north-central New Mexico will lose them, according to Brian Sanderoff of Albuquerque-based Research & Polling Inc., a longtime consultant to the legislature.
The Independent teamed up with KUNM-FM and KNME-TV to host a discussion on jobs and the economy with Richard Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque; Tom Swisstack and Kate Noble, economic development specialist with the city of Santa Fe.
Click on the title to see the transcript of the live blog.
A state Environment Department official disputes a former Bernalillo engineer’s claim that arsenic levels in the Town wells climbed sharply over recent years.
Former Bernalillo engineer Ramesh Narasimhan told The Independent and Town officials in February that…
Rio Rancho city officials were buoyed Wednesday by the news that a startup green energy company could bring 1,500 new jobs by 2014. Meanwhile, 45 miles to the south, the city of Belen was feeling the disappointment of unfulfilled promise after hearing that a company that had proposed an $800 million solar plant isn’t coming after all. Belen’s loss was a grim reminder to New Mexicans that a healthy dose of skepticism is warranted until a proposed high-profile, economic development project is actually employing people.
Everything from a Hewlett Packard center in Rio Rancho to technical support center at Mesa Del Sol in Albuquerque to dam repair in Bluewater and Hatch would be funded through a bill that cleared the House Taxation and…
When Barack Obama spoke on credit card reform today, he gave praise to all three members of the New Mexico House delegation for their votes on the issue last week. He also said…
Starting today, anyone trying to lay claim to water deeper than 2,500 feet below the surface will come under state regulation.
Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill into law Monday morning that gives the state authority to divvy up rights…
Former Rio Rancho Mayor Kevin Jackson is in trouble with the law and has landed himself in a Pennsylvania jail, according to the Albuquerque Journal blog.
Jackson is in a Pennsylvania prison charged with violating a protection from abuse
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Gov. Bill Richardson tried to give the press the slip Wednesday when it became apparent some potentially uncomfortable questions were headed his way.
The story is a little convoluted, so I’ll hit the highlights: the governor makes promises at the…
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…
U.S. Rep.-elect Ben Ray Lujan told a small crowd at a town hall meeting Friday at the Rio Rancho city hall about an important choice for his congressional staff: His chief of staff will be Angela Ramirez, the current…
If Republican Sen. John McCain still holds any hope of winning New Mexico’s five electoral votes next week, it might come down to Sandoval County voters like John Vento, Mary Martinez and Ralph Giffin, voters who as recently as mid-October still didn’t know who they would support for president.
