Residents urge Rio Rancho to seize Chamisa Hills Club
Advocates for Wildlife and the Environment pressed Rio Rancho to use eminent domain to acquire Chamisa Hills Country Club to fund cleaning Pond No. 5 after years of duck deaths linked to wastewater discharge. The group cites NM Environment Department findings of non compliance and estimates cleanup could cost from thousands to millions if town ownership enables state aid.
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Chamisa Hills Country Club
CHCC
Rio Rancho
Advocates For Wildlife and the Environment
AWE
New Mexico Environment Department
Cliff Cizan
Kate Holmes
Cian
Board Backs Policy Change on Abstinence Curriculum
Board reverses course on health education policy allowing parents to choose between the state's comprehensive sexuality curriculum and abstinence only. Public comment favored abstinence. New board member Patel notes local preference for state standards. Calendar, staffing, and budget items also approved at the meeting.
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Garcia
ARPS
Trps
Cleveland
Alicia Whittaker
Best Choice
Divyesh Patel
RRHS
Rose Ann Cochran
Patel
Cochran
New Mexico
American Association of Suicidology
New Mexico Enacts Indoor Smoking Law June 15
The Santa Fe ordinance goes into effect June 15 amid mixed views. Smoke shop owner James Day questions civil-liberty implications while support comes from ACS AHA AMA and state health groups. Health Dept offers free nicotine-replacement therapy to communities with indoor-air ordinances. Health official Grisham cites quit-motivation linked to clean-air rules.
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James Day
Galisteo Street
Capitol
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
The
American Lung Association
New Mexico Medical Society
State Department of Health
Michelle Sujan Grisham
Barak Wolff
Department
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Rio Rancho High School
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Lisa Cour
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Santa Fe
Lindsey
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Albuquerque
Marquette
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Accessweathercom, Inc
Sata Road
Ann Silva
Bernina Ei Sewing Center
Bernina
Andor
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