A new emergency alert system, LoboAlerts, is replacing TextMe as the method the University uses to inform students of emergencies on campus.
The last suspect in a university book theft ring was arrested, and officials in the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office are ready to prosecute the racketeering ring after more than three years of investigation.
Passengers riding the Rail Runner Express are now able to connect to any Rio Metro Regional Transit District bus for free with a valid Rail Runner ticket or monthly/annual pass. Chris Blewett, Rio Metro Regional Transit District staff director, said this year the district consolidated and expanded its transit services to include all bus services in Sandoval County, Rio Rancho, Belen and Los Lunas.
The bottom three floors of Logan Hall are almost unrecognizable after the building flooded Aug. 8 due to a water valve believed to have been left open. Jane Ellen Smith, chair of the psychology department that is housed in Logan Hall, said one of the water valves tends to get stuck open, letting out water.
Ladies, prepare to be swept off your feet; gentleman, prepare to learn how. The first Albuquerque Latin Dance Festival will take over different parts of Albuquerque from Aug.
A UNM student was stabbed in the neck outside the Anthropology Building on Feb. 15. Her assailant got away with her cell phone and was never found. Since then, several UNM departments initiated new safety measures, but no new lighting has been installed around the Anthropology Building.
UNM President David Schmidly announced that he would be undergoing medical treatment for a slow-growing abdominal tumor Aug.
Whether they’re aware of it, they both wear them — scarlet letters reminding the duo of the day everything changed. Somewhere buried in the rubble are the now ancient remains of a crumbled friendship forged on the pillars of coaching bonds.
UNM President David Schmidly is promising to tackle low graduation rates, get faculty involved in big decisions and do some major fundraising this year. The Board of Regents approved Schmidly’s annual work plan at its meeting Aug.
When the UNM football team returns from its so-called company retreat in Ruidoso, Mike Locksley might want to consider chartering a flight and booking a separate vacation. Not only will Locksley have to contend with the day-to-day managerial pressures of coaching a team that went 1-11 last year, but awaiting him when he and his team return from an 11-day practice excursion in the mountainous town are the stresses associated with a long-expected lawsuit, stemming from a Sept.
UNM Libraries received a more than $350,000 grant to resurrect hundreds of thousands of New Mexico newspapers, some of which are 150 years old. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded UNM Libraries the grant to digitize 100,000 pages from New Mexican newspapers that date between 1860-1922. Michael Kelly, director for the Center of Southwest research, said a board will select which of UNM’s collection of newspapers will be digitized.
A week after New Mexico-based attorney Dennis Montoya filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on behalf of former wide receivers coach J.B.
Let the legal showdown begin. As promised — and expected — former UNM wide receivers coach J.B.
The New Mexico-based attorney for former wide receivers coach J.B. said in a phone interview Tuesday that his client was given the right to sue by the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, after an investigation into the physical altercation between UNM head football coach Mike Locksley and Gerald. Dennis Montoya, who represents Gerald, added that the 90-day clock requiring Gerald to file his lawsuit within the outlined parameters has already started and that, while Gerald has until Sept.
An amendment in the state Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act went into effect July 1, furthering efforts to prevent fraud in the Indian art market.
Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from assistant culture editor Andrew Beale’s blog about his self-funded travels in Mexico.
A law that went into effect July 1 allows some New Mexicans to carry concealed weapons into restaurants that serve beer and wine. The state has always allowed people with concealed weapons licenses to bring weapons into restaurants that don’t serve alcohol, said George Munoz, the senator who introduced the bill, but there are still no weapons allowed in restaurants with full liquor licenses. Munoz said the law shouldn’t affect any restaurants because one term of the concealed weapons license states that it’s illegal to drink when carrying a gun. “When you have a conceal and carry license, you’re not allowed to consume alcohol.
New Mexico legislators are at the forefront during the regular legislative session each winter, but what is happening in the roundhouse between sessions?
Back-to-school traffic and parking around UNM’s main campus can be unpredictable, but this August there will be an added complication. Road construction in the Yale Boulevard and Las Lomas Road area for the new Yale parking structure will restrict traffic through August 31. The construction will affect Northbound Yale Boulevard between Lomas Boulevard and Las Lomas Road, as well as both lanes of Las Lomas Road between Yale Boulevard and Stanford Drive. Parking and Transportation Services recommends that drivers find alternate routes for getting around campus.
New Mexico’s medicinal marijuana program is running dry. The state has only 11 growers to satisfy the demand of the 2,000 patients prescribed cannabis for chronic illness.
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