Dr. Arturo Rodriguez named Dean of ULM College of Business and Social Sciences

MONROE, LA – Arturo Rodriguez, DM, has been named the next Dean of the ULM College of Business and Social Sciences (CBSS). Rodriguez most recently served as the Director of the William D. Hoover School of Accounting, Financial, and Information...

Megabill heads to House | Economy shrinks | Childcare costs

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Philly AFL-CIO: If you’re wondering why DC 33 is on strike this morning, listen to what President Boulware said last night 👇 Remember- Philadelphia works because DC 33 does!@afscme33...

Luis misjudges market, transfers' path and more 2025 NBA Draft takeaways

The 2025 NBA Draft was over for approximately 14 seconds before the 2026 NBA Draft lookaheads to Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa began, but there are real lessons that can be gleaned from a draft cycle that featured way more than...

Brussels backs World Economic Forum’s push to tackle Europe’s decline

Published on 02/07/2025 - 10:32 GMT+2 The European Commission has thrown its support behind a new effort to foster ideas designed to boost the EU’s economic competitiveness on Tuesday, joining business leaders and experts at the launch of a new...

Investing In Summer Learning: A Smart Strategy For Student Success And Economic Growth

Summer slides have their place alongside the swimming pool, but the summer slide that often occurs for students academically is both concerning and preventable. A study from Johns Hopkins University found that the gap between ninth-grade students...

BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Getting Out of the Coal Business? Part Two

This story appeared on BigPivots.com on June 30, 2025. We are sharing it in two parts. Read Part One As it prepares to leave coal mostly behind, Tri-State Generation & Transmission has begun building large amounts of new renewables, including a...

Beverly Bracker named new director of Career Services at University of New Mexico

Garnett S. Stokes, President - The University of New Mexico Board of Regents | University of New MexicoGarnett S. Stokes, President - The University of New Mexico Board of Regents | University of New Mexico Beverly Bracker has been appointed as...

A human dog bed was a surprise start-up hit – now Trump’s tariffs threaten their business

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Blackstone's bid to take over PNM comes as controversial projects are pending in New Mexico

In the years before one of the world's largest private equity firms announced plans to take over an electric utility in New Mexico, Blackstone Inc. was angling to get into the state's energy sector. Blackstone's record in New Mexico — pertinent to...

Madrid ballpark one of few remnants of once-fierce mining camp baseball rivalries

MADRID — In decades past, Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park played host to a proud and fierce early and mid-20th century tradition of rivalries between baseball teams from New Mexico's small mining towns. The Central New Mexico League included the...

Joseph Shepard sued by the New Mexico State Ethics Commission

In addition to staying at five-star resorts, buying luxury furniture and traveling the world on the taxpayers’ dime, former Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard also took money intended for building an Americans with Disabilities...

Spacecraft carrying cannabis and human remains crashes into the ocean

We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4th, 1957. As access to space has increased, thanks largely to the commercial space industry, so too have the types of payloads we are...

Even as States Restrict Access, Here’s Why Abortion Rates in the United States Are Rising

Three years after Roe v. Wade was overturned and more than a dozen states enacted near-total abortion bans, the number of abortions in America has risen — driven largely by telehealth and mail-order pills. Women living in states like Texas,...

New Mexico joins state consensus that FEMA assistance is essential

The Trump administration has floated the idea of downsizing or even eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but a new poll shows the majority of Americans think the government has a role to play when disaster strikes. The nation's...

You may see more scorpions skittering about. Are they dangerous?

They have a venomous stinger on one end, pincers on the other and a segmented body with eight legs and a bunch of eyes in the middle. They're spiders' even more frightening arachnid cousins. And as they crawl out of caves, rocks and crevices to...

Aturo Rodriguez named Dean of ULM’s College of Business and Social Sciences

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The University of Louisiana Monroe announced that a new dean of its College of Business and Social Sciences has been chosen. The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors confirmed Dr. Aturor Rodriquez as ULM’s new...

Tariff uncertainty prompts caution from New Mexico financial leaders New Mexico's largest credit union and a prominent local bank share insights on navigating the uncertain economic landscape as potential tariffs loom.

CVS Pharmacy in northeast Albuquerque to close in mid-July

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — CVS Pharmacy confirmed the company is planning to close one of its northeast Albuquerque locations in mid-July. A CVS spokesperson confirmed the location at San Mateo and Montgomery boulevards is set to close July 15. All...

New Mexico's ART System Reaches 10 Million Rides

ABQ RIDE celebrated ART’s 10 millionth rider, a local student and resource conservation professional, Rhett Sanders-Spencer (center), who has utilized ABQ RIDE services across his academic and professional career. Photo: Albuquerque Rapid Transit...

New Mexico's 15 largest office buildings

Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by Albuquerque Business First. Only those that responded to our inquiries were listed. In case of ties, companies are...