Lujan Grisham seeks 4.5 million for OCC funding
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham urges the Legislature to authorize 4.5 million dollars in special funding for the Organized Crime Commission for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The OCC, revived in 2023 to coordinate multi agency operations against human smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal firearms, would add ten full time staff and equipment to disrupt increasingly transnational criminal networks.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
D-Nm
Organized Crime Commission
OCC
New Mexico
Susan Grisham
Mexico
Sam Bergman
Bernalillo County
2Nd Judicial District
United States
FEMA to wind down Roswell disaster center ramp up support
FEMA will not open the Roswell Disaster Recovery Center on New Year’s Day but will have staff on Thursday January 2 2025 the final day for Chaves County homeowners and renters to register for FEMA assistance at Roswell Mall 4501 N Main St next to Bath and Body Works The center will stay open based on visitor demand as staff help applicants complete registrations and determine aid options with guidance from Maria Padron a FEMA spokesperson
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Chaves County
Maria Padron
Roswell Mall
N. Main St
Bath and Body Works
Temporary warming shelter may come to Roswell
Roswell could gain a temporary warming facility as PVPS chief Michaela Merz negotiates with local property owners after the Gonzales Hope Center closed due to unavailable grant funding. A vote by owners is expected after the holidays, with a clearly temporary solution only during extreme cold and dependent on favorable weather.
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Pecos Valley
Roswell
Gonzales Hope Center
Michaela Merz
Merz
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