Fracking ban debated in Chaves County race
Sides, a Democratic candidate for the District 4 seat, urges a ban on hydraulic fracturing citing environmental risks and a push for renewable energy. Incumbent Republican Robert Corn counters the need for a balanced energy approach and questions fracking data.
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Chaves
Sides
Robert B. Corn
New Mexico
Mora County
She Corn
Day Camp Tackles Peer Pressure For Girls
The Chaves County CASA program hosts a free day camp for girls entering middle school from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sunwest Centre 500 N Main St. Each day the group visits sites such as the courthouse Bottomless Lakes State Park Cahoon Park to learn conflict resolution bullying labeling and saying no.
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Chaves County
CASA
Sunwest Centre
N. Main St
Courthouse
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Cahoon Park
Zanessa Kaseler
Mary Colby
Roswell and County Move to Digital Emergency Radio Upgrade
Roswell and Chaves County advance a four million dollar radio communications upgrade for police fire EMS. A seven hundred eighty thousand dollar Homeland Security grant funded the first phase enabling digital radios for emergency personnel. The Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center oversees county and city emergency channels.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Department of Homeland Security
Pecos Valley
Todd Wildermuth
Wildermuth
FAA ignored safety warnings on balloon tour oversight
An internal FAA report from November 2012 urged the agency to apply airplane and helicopter tour safety oversight to commercial balloon operators. Officials did not follow the recommendation and later rejected similar findings from a federal accident investigation board citing a high accident rate.
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America
Bethany Freudenthal
FAA
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Topay
Isaac M. Montes