Chaves County forms alliance to fight opioid deaths
A new coalition in Chaves County links Wings for LIFE, DWI Council, Wells Fargo, La Casa Health Center, and law enforcement to curb opioid overdoses. The group, funded by a federal Office of Substance Abuse Prevention grant, targets youth prevention, education, and healthier living while noting New Mexico's high overdose rates.
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New Mexico
Michael Landen
New Mexico Department of Health
Roswell
Chaves County
Office of Substance Abuse Prevention
Behavioral Services Division
New Mexico Human Services Department
Platt
Alliance
Wings For Life
DWI Council
Wells Fargo Bank
Landen
Department of Health
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
Molina Healthcare
la Casa
CASA Toy Store Boosts Holiday Giving in Roswell
A Roswell CASA store helps foster children by allowing foster parents to fill bags with gifts for all children in their homes. The program also serves kids reunified with their parents, delivering items to their residences. Community donors, including Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Enchanted Lands Realtors, contributed 17 bicycles this year.
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Roswell
Amanda Lueras
Lueras
CASA
Lucras
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Enchanted Lands Realtors
Lori Berry
Berkshire Hathaway
Curtis Michaels
Enchanted Lands
Charlie’s Angels
Udall Tours FLETC Artesia On De Escalation Training
U S Senator Tom Udall visited the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia to review a revamped Border Patrol curriculum focusing on de escalation and non lethal force. Border Patrol Academy Chief Dan Harris notes a 242 percent rise in assaults this year and describes a comprehensive academy rewrite to emphasize officer and civilian safety.
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Artesia
U.S
Tom Udall
Border Patrol
Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Forest Service
Secret Service
Udall
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Dan Harris
U.S. Border Patrol Academy
Harris
Top NM tax official resigns amid misconduct allegations
Santa Fe The head of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, Secretary Demesia Padilla, resigned as prosecutors raided the agency and seized her personal tax filings amid claims she favored a former business client. Governor Susana Martinez asked the attorney general to investigate. An AG search warrant at the department seized personal and business tax records for Padilla and her husband Jessie Medina. An investigator noted interviews with department staff suggesting Padilla may have tried to circumvent.
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New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department
Susana Martinez
Demesia Padilla
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Hector Balderas
Taxation Department
Padilla
Jessie Medina
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