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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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Video: Guns at Alamogordo protest ‘for shock value’

By | 01.03.10 | 3:53 pm

In another video from Saturday’s protest in Alamogordo–sponsored by the Otero Tea Party Patriots, the Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force and the Sons of Liberty Riders–one man explained why organizers encouraged participants to bring their guns.

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Video: Alamogordo tea party protesters pack heat

By | 01.02.10 | 10:29 pm

About 300 people attended an anti-Obama rally in Alamogordo Saturday, and many showed up with holstered hand-guns and loaded assault rifles. Asked if his gun represented a veiled threat, one Las Cruces man said, “No, it’s a very open threat.”

News from around the state: Annie, get your gun

By | 12.30.09 | 9:29 am

The Otero Tea Party Patriots, the Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force and the Sons of Liberty Riders are cohosting a protest of the Obama administration this Saturday in Alamogordo, and according to the Alamogordo Daily News, attendees are