Dona Ana County discusses plans for new wastewater system
Dona Ana County officials move toward a centralized sewer network to serve up to 20 000 homes. A 58 million funding package funds construction across Rincon Salem Ogas and the Santa Teresa area with monthly bills proposed at 21 to 25 dollars plus a connection charge.
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Rincon
Salem
Ogas
Border Environment Cooperation
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North America Development Bank
Manning
Figart
EPA says cleanup may be needed at UT El Paso soil
EPA says soil samples at University of Texas at El Paso show lead levels up to 1500 parts per million and arsenic up to 51 ppm far above standards though no immediate health threat is declared. Officials will review results with local and state authorities and university administrators.
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Dave Bary
EPA
Dallas
el Paso Times
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Arroyo Park
el Paso
Sunland Park
Mesita
Vilas
el Paso High
Alamo Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary
Santa Fe County picks Utah firm to run jail
The Santa Fe County Commission awarded the contract to Management & Training Corp to operate the 670 bed jail starting Oct. 1, replacing Cornell Corrections Inc. The county will pay $39 per inmate daily in year one, rising to $40 then $41 in years two and three, with MT C emphasizing education and rehabilitation.
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the Management & Training Corp
Cornell Corrections Inc
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Lawrence Barreras
New Mexico
Management & Training Corp
McKinley County
Gallup
Management & Training
Texas
Arizona
California
Ohio
Canada
Australia
U.S. Department of Labor
MTC
Javier Gonzales
Public signups open for tours of Valles Caldera site
Reservations begin August 27 for six days of free bus and walking tours of the 95,000 acre Jemez Mountain reserve now Valles Caldera National Preserve. Preserve trustee Karen Durkovich says the public is welcome to explore the former Baca Ranch, purchased by the federal government for 101 million dollars last year. The area hosts a large elk herd, streams, hot springs, grassy valleys, and volcanic remains.
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Jemez Mountain
Valles Caldera National Preserve
Karen Durkovich
Baca
Sheep Transfer Resumes After Five Die In Transit
In New Mexico the relocation of 60 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep resumes after five died in a windy helicopter mishap over the Pecos Wilderness. Twenty animals had been moved to Latin Wilderness Taos County, while a prior neck injury and last week’s death raise the mortality rate to 23 percent.
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MacCarter
Taos County
New Mexico
Game and Fish
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