New Mexico author Rodolfo Anaya receives National Medal of Arts
The Associated Press reports New Mexico writer Rodolfo Anaya, professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, received a National Medal of Arts from President Bush in Washington. Anaya, 64, known for Bless Me Ultima, joins eight honorees including Johnny Cash and Yo-Yo Ma, saying the honor honors New Mexico people and culture.
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Rodolfo Anaya
Albuquerque
Laura Bush
National Endowment For the Arts
Constitution Hall
Washington
Associated Press
New Mexico
Anaya
University of New Mexico
America
Washington, D.C
Geothermal plan eyed for Valles Caldera Preserve
Kenneth L. Boren of GeoProducts Corp seeks a 50 megawatt geothermal plant on the Baca Ranch portion of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. He envisions a transmission line to Los Alamos and argues the Forest Service has limited power to stop development. Local owners of mineral rights resist offers while the Forest Service says it will protect the preserve’s integrity.
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Santa FE
Valles Caldera National Preserve
Kenneth L. Boren
U.S. Forest Service
Boren
Leonard Atencio
Santa Fe National Forest
Bill deBuys
Jemez Mountains
Forest Service
GeoProducts Corp
California
Los Alamos
Baca Ranch
U.S. Department of Energy
Union Oil and Public Service Company of
New Mexico
DOE
Valles Caldera
Baca
Dunigan
Abilene
Texas
Congress
Don Harrell
Harrell
Atencio
For Service
Central School District to Cut 21 Teachers and 30 Other Jobs
KIRTLAND AP The Central School District will lay off 21 teachers including six special education posts and 30 other positions at year end. Superintendent Lirida Besett cited enrollment declines and funding rules as the cause, with cuts affecting mostly staff with less than three years in district.
Collaborative effort signs minnow recovery plan in Albuquerque
Members of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act work group sign a memorandum outlining two years of actions to recover the silvery minnow, protect water uses, and potentially alter river flows. Judge Parker upheld a biological opinion allowing river sections to dry, with experts noting the plan aims to safeguard the species in the middle Rio Grande from Cochiti to Elephant Butte.
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Albuquerque
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S
James Parker
Fish and Wildlife
Aes
Ted
Rver
Parker
Laird Lucas
Rio Grande
Cochiti
Elephant Butte
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers
New Mexico
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Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Roswell
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