State Engineer denies APR water project in Catron County
New Mexico State Engineer Scott Verhines rejected APR's plan to drill 37 wells and pump 54 000 acre feet annually for 300 years west of Datil in Catron County. He ruled the application vague and lacks specifics, but the decision is without prejudice allowing a future court challenge.
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Scott Verhines
Augustin Plains Ranch
New Mexico
Datil
Catron
Albuquerque
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Santa Fe
Rio Rancho
Catron County
Apr
Office
The
Territorial Engineer
Bruce Frederick
Verhines
Rio Grande Corridor
New Mexico News Services
EPA aims to raise electricity bills with coal plant limits
In a guest editorial the Jacksonville Daily News argues the EPA rules on carbon emissions will boost electricity costs and cripple coal plants, while boosting natural gas and renewables. The piece labels the plan an energy tax on families and urges Congress or voters to act.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Diktat
U.S
Obama Epa
Sen
James Inhofe
R-Okla
Congress
Supreme Court
EPA
Energy
Steven Chu
Europe
America
Jacksonville Daily News
Texas cuts Sugar Land Central Unit as reform grows
Texas shifts from harsh incarceration to alternatives led by Jerry Madden and Senator John Whitmire. Madden, urged by the House speaker to avoid new prisons, joins Whitmire to push reform after Texas prison population booms. Sugar Land's Central Unit near Houston closes, replacing a century old facility with noncustodial approaches.
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Sugar Land
Houston
House Corrections Committee
Madden
Texas
House
John Whitmire
Do stress and genetics cause gray hair
A reader asks if stress turns hair gray. The Dear Doctor K column explains hair color is set in each strand, but stress can affect new hair color and shedding. Genetics often drives graying more than stress, with aging after 35 causing lighter new hairs.
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Doctor K
Barack Obama
Obama
Komaroff
Harvard Medical School
AskDoctorK.com
Navy Seaman Barry Wilkinson Completes Recruit Training
Navy Seaman Barry D. Wilkinson son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Stuart of Dexter completed eight week Recruit Training Command. He joined the Navy in August 1986 and graduated Dexter High School in 1985.
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Navy
Barry D. Wilkinson
Wayne Stuart
Dexter
Dexter High School
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