WIPP delays highlight ongoing nuclear waste crisis
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant faces indefinite reopening delays amid DOE safety and equipment concerns. Perceptions of mismanagement at LANL and by Nuclear Waste Partnership fuel criticism that incompetence stalled progress, with costs likely rising beyond 500 million and drums of waste awaiting a long term path.
Roswell mayor pushes grand jury plan amid homicide surge
Roswell Mayor Dennis Kintigh drives a petition to form a Chaves County grand jury to aid prosecutors. He needs 622 signatures to trigger a constitutional provision and impanel a grand jury, aiming to shorten officer downtime and speed indictments while critics warn of taxpayer cost and marginal cases. The drive follows a spike in high profile killings and rallies urging change.
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Tucumcari Cleans Up After Sands Dorsey Fire and Hampton Inn
City workers level Sands Dorsey site eight years after a blaze and begin parkland on the former lot. Meanwhile the Hampton Inn site, burned last July, is cleared as owners face new nuisance and insurance requirements to curb derelict buildings and fund enforcement.
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