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Hey Lobo fans, don’t be so glum!
Today’s announcement that head University of New Mexico basketball coach Steve Alford is leaving for Westwood is a good opportunity to reprise my January 2012 column suggesting some possible benefits... Read more »
Berry unveils budget proposal
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry will propose a $481 million general operating budget for the coming year that includes enough money to provide 1 percent raises across-the-board to employees. The proposal... Read more »
Federal judge: Wait for US Supreme Court to act on Texas lawsuit before pursuing lower court action on Rio Grande management
US District Court Judge James O. Browning issued a stay this morning (Fri. 3/29/2013) in New Mexico’s lawsuit against the federal government over water management at Elephant Butte Reservoir in... Read more »
Gov signs ERB reform
Gov. Susana Martinez’s office announced today that she has signed SB115, a bill to reform the Educational Retirement Board. The ERB has been struggling with solvency issues for years. I’m... Read more »
Thursday bird blogging, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Edition
Judy Liddell, co-author of Birding Hot Spots of Central New Mexico, has the goods if you want to get a head start on a birdwatching visit to the newly designed... Read more »
New Mexico drought monitor: at least things didn’t get worse!
In what is becoming an increasingly depressing Thursday ritual, here’s today’s federal drought monitor map for New Mexico: Hey, at least it didn’t get worse this week.
CNM’s censorship was lesson for all
I know this is soooo 2002, but that’s OK. This here is my first blog post on higher education. There are two reasons I’m just now starting to blog on... Read more »
Kitchen closed at Marie Hughes Elementary due to mice
Students at Marie Hughes Elementary School are receiving sack lunches from the APS central kitchen today, after evidence was mice was found in the school’s kitchen. APS spokesman Rigo Chavez... Read more »
Drought watch: Bureau of Reclamation begins releasing water for the silvery minnow
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation this morning began releasing supplemental water into the Rio Chama in an effort to keep the Rio Grande wet for the endangered Silvery Minnow. The... Read more »
Drought watch: Considering the ‘nuclear option’ on the Pecos
Felicity Barringer of The New York Times visits southeastern New Mexico, where lower Pecos farmers are among the state’s hardest-hit by drought: A priority call, an exceedingly rare maneuver, is... Read more »
John Wesley Powell’s watershed governance
John Wesley Powell is most famous for his early exploration of the Grand Canyon. But in the western water policy community, he is perhaps equally famous for his ideas of... Read more »
La Montañita expanding to West Side
Albuquerque’s West Side is about to get an extra helping of organic veggies and bulk granola. La Montañita Co-Op is planning a new store near the intersection of Alameda and... Read more »
