Roswell Plans To Lure Film Industry With Training And Facilities
Roswell leaders and ENMU Roswell officials forecast a push to attract film and television production to Chaves County. A plan links coursework in electronic publishing and video production to a future Roswell soundstage and tax incentives, totaling a staged effort to build a trained local workforce for commercials and movies.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Carl Lucas
Film
Lucas
Eastern New Mexico University
ENMUR
Alan Trever
Enmar
Enmu-R
Tim Jennings
Chaves
Jennings
Santa Fe
Eddy
State Economic Development Department
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Trever
Governor seeks tougher DWI laws in 30‑day session
Gov Bill Richardson urges lawmakers to strengthen penalties for drunken driving and expand crimes linked to alcohol. Proposals include higher sentences for drunk drivers who kill or injure, vehicle forfeiture for repeat offenders, DWI child endangerment, and a stand‑alone refusal-to-test offense. Survivors and supporters press for accountability, citing cases of Felisha Holguin and Jared Roberts.
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Santa FE
Bill Richardson
Richardson
Bob Schwartz
Teresa Holguin
Felisha
Holguin
Kelly Roberts
Albuquerque
Jared
New Mexico
Roberts
Martinez
Commission honors volunteer firefighters
The Chaves County Commission recognized four of eight volunteer fire departments Berrendo District 8 Midway and Rio Felix with service pins and certificates. They praised volunteers and noted 120 firefighters countywide. Ballots for a one percent fire protection excise tax were mailed Monday and approved 10.
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Chaves County
Berrendo
District 8
Midway
Rio Felix
Hobson
Alice Eppers
Roswell Police seek convicted felon linked to December assault
Roswell Police Department seeks Matt Thyberg, wanted for attempted armed robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, simple battery, and felon in possession of a firearm. Report states he confronted Daniel Aguirre at his East Albuquerque Street home on December 29, punched him, then allegedly pressed a gun to the head of Aguirre's girlfriend Anna Torres during a disturbance. Crime Stoppers offers up to $1,000 for information leading to his arrest and recovery of property.
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Roswell
Matt Thyberg
Thyberg
East Albuquerque
Daniel Aguirre
Aguirre
Robert Giles
RPD
Giles
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