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Petition: Scrap mayor and council in Edgewood

by Leota Harriman | Apr 7, 2020 | News | 0 |

A petition to the town of Edgewood calls for an election on changing the town to a...

County clerks seek mail-in primary election

by Leota Harriman | Apr 6, 2020 | News | 0 |

Twenty-seven of New Mexico’s 33 county clerks petitioned the state Supreme Court to allow a...

Mountainair boys run for the playoffs: ‘The first of many’

by Ger Demarest | Apr 1, 2020 | Sports | 0 |

After their season ended in the first round of the Class 1A boys high school basketball state...

Schools shut down for the year

by Leota Harriman | Mar 27, 2020 | News | 0 |

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow worldwide, New Mexico’s schools will remain...

NM under statewide “stay at home” order

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Mar 23, 2020 | News | 0 |

Today Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that restrictions are in place effective March 24,...

Bernalillo County enacts emergency powers

by Leota Harriman | Mar 17, 2020 | News | 0 |

The Bernalillo County commission authorized broad emergency authority to the county manager in a...

Independent offices closed to public

by Leota Harriman | Mar 16, 2020 | News | 0 |

I’ve made the decision to close The Independent’s office to the public for two weeks,...

Updates on COVID-19 closures and cancellations

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Mar 13, 2020 | News | 0 |

Cancellations and closures continue around the state as officials are trying to slow the spread of...

Bruton: ‘state of the village’ address

by Leota Harriman | Mar 6, 2020 | News | 0 |

Tijeras mayor Jake Bruton held the first “state of the village address” over the weekend, where he...

For Will Sadler being kind was easy as pi

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Mar 6, 2020 | News | 0 |

The East Mountain community remembers Moriarty High School math teacher Will Sadler this week...

Deputy-involved shooting in Carnuel

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Mar 6, 2020 | News | 0 |

On March 3, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies shot a man in Carnuel, near N.M. 333 and...

Biz Buzz: Southwest Propane and Canon’s Septic under one roof and a new restaurant in Moriarty

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Mar 2, 2020 | News | 0 |

With new businesses sprouting up around the Estancia Valley and East Mountains, and with others...

Edgewood group sues mayor

by Leota Harriman | Feb 21, 2020 | News | 0 |

Edgewood Mayor John Bassett and the town’s governing body are the subject of a lawsuit filed...

Mountainair mourns death of soldier

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Feb 21, 2020 | News | 0 |

The Mountainair community remembers Private First Class Walter Lewark this week, following his...

Another step toward county Route 66 Sector Development Plan

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Feb 21, 2020 | News | 0 |

Another small group of East Mountain residents showed up to the latest meeting for the East Route...

Eleven 3-pointers and a birthday propel Lady Pintos to first home win

by Ger Demarest | Feb 12, 2020 | News, Sports | 0 |

Moriarty’s Payton Edwards didn’t want to lose on her birthday. Her sister, Kailei Edwards, said...

Veteran laid to rest after a year

by Leota Harriman | Feb 4, 2020 | News | 0 |

After discovering that the remains of a friend and fellow veteran were unburied nearly two months...

Pintos play ‘a heck of a game’ but come up short in loss to Española Valley

by Ger Demarest | Jan 28, 2020 | News, Sports | 0 |

Moriarty High School’s boys basketball team faced an uphill battle from start to finish in its...

Torrance growers lead the way on hemp

by Leota Harriman | Jan 22, 2020 | News | 0 |

One goal shared by the Department of Agriculture, the Hemp Association and Leaf & Tackle is sharing of information, and educating farmers who want to get into growing hemp.

Crash claims lives of Stanley teen brothers

by Leota Harriman | Jan 17, 2020 | News | 0 |

The community is rallying to support a Stanley family after the deaths of brothers Pedro “Pete”...

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