Popocatepetl Rumbles Beyond Mexico City Evacuation Preparations
The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City roared and erupted ash and glowing rock prompting authorities to prepare evacuation routes shelters and ambulances. Officials warned of possible airport disruption and urged residents near Xalitzintla to be ready to flee while health workers handed out masks and water.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Popocatepetl
Popo
Intla
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Quaas
Puebla
Felipe Calderon
Morelos
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Surviving to remembered links NM students with Holocaust survivors
Holocaust survivors and refugees in Albuquerque and surrounding areas partner with New Mexico Human Rights Projects to mentor minority high school students. The program has survivors visit homes, share memories, and compare past genocides to current events.
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American Southwest
Elston
Southwest
New Mexico
Montana
California
Renee Firestone
Los Angeles
Firestone
Rio Rancho
Adrianna Barrera
Sandia High
Darfur
Barrera
Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of
Regina Turner
Turner
State police to widen patrols in three southeastern NM counties
State Police plan enhanced saturation patrols and DWI checkpoints this weekend across Eddy Chaves and Lea counties around Carlsbad Roswell and Lovington to cut drunken driving fatalities. A separate item notes DOE awards a five year 1.3 billion contract to Nuclear Waste Partnership for WIPP management beginning October. Rig count up 22 to 1972 with Texas leading gains and declines in Alaska North Dakota Wyoming and several states.
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New Mexico
Eddy
Chaves
Lea
Roswell
Lovington
WIPP
U.S. Department of Energy
Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC
URS Energy
Construc
Tion Inc
Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Group
Areva Federal Services
URS
Washington Tru Solutions LLC
Houston
U.S
Civil War era Apache Canyon Bridge nominated for National Register
The Apache Canyon Bridge on private land near Valencia, built about 1850 on the Santa Fe Trail, is nominated for the National Register and placed on the State Register of Cultural Properties. It withstood Civil War action in the March 1862 Battle of Apache Canyon and remains a key trail, rail, and road corridor landmark.
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Glorieta Pass
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Steven Kells
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Kells
U.S. Park Service
Gustave Baumann
Camino de Las Animas
Silver City
Chama
N.M
Antonito
Colo
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