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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2013
Page
1
Readable meteorology fragment notes mixed dates Tue 21 and Wed 5/22 with forecast highs in the 50s and 60s and low 50s, sun and clouds. Contains scrambled phrases and stray numbers, but indicates general dry, warm trend and variable sky.
In New Mexico the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent in April from 6.9 percent in March and 7 percent a year earlier, with about 7,900 jobs gained in the past year. Yet around 6,400 people attended a jobs fair at Marriott Pyramid North in Albuquerque, where job seeker Chris Moses called the market tough after leaving his courier job.
The Forest Service plans to end public comments in mid June on Boca Honda uranium mine near Mount Taylor. Boca Honda Resources LLC Joint Venture would sink one or two shafts to at least 2000 feet under Forest Service and state lands about 22 miles northeast of Grants. Ore would be blasted and hauled to the surface. Local business backs the proposal while environmental and Native groups oppose. Final EIS and operator plan approval could come later this year.
Lea County Electric Cooperative received Power Magazine's 2012 Top Plant Award at the Electric Power Conference in Chicago. The $53 million LCEC Generation LLC plant houses five Wärtsilä 20-cylinder gas engines producing 9.3 MW each, totaling 46 MW, with wind integration from Exelon’s Wildcat Wind adding up to 27.3 MW. Construction finished five months early and the plant went online in March last year as wind and gas units harmonize to meet demand.
Lovington Police arrested 11 residents on narcotics charges after a six month investigation into street and mid level distributors tied to networks across Hobbs Artesia and Carlsbad. Federal arrests included Cheryl Owen Leonel Jaquez Martinez and Clarissa Ortega. Authorities say more arrests may follow.
Tornadoes slammed central Oklahoma and nearby Kansas, killing one person near Shawnee and wounding 21 across the state. The Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park suffered the worst damage as residents described homes ripped away and rubble entombing a relative. Forecasters warned of more severe storms and baseball sized hail into Monday evening.
Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello died after a masked intruder held her at gunpoint and an officer fired, killing both the intruder Dalton Smith and Rebello in a split second decision. Nassau County police investigate while Rebello’s funeral is planned in Sleepy Hollow.
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