New Mexico earns B and C grades on 2004 Education Week report
Education Week gave New Mexico a B for standards and accountability and a C for teacher quality and school climate in its Quality Counts 2004 report. The state shows gains in ranking in some categories, but remains weak in resource adequacy and middle school testing requirements as Education Week notes.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Veronica Garcia
Columbia
U.S
Education Week
Garcia
Police: Thieves target more O Keeffe paintings
Santa Fe police say a thief who took Georgia O Keeffe’s Special 21 Palo Duro Canyon also attempted to steal additional O Keeffe works. The 1916 oil on board, valued up to 1 million, remains missing as FBI art theft division assists, with two other works removed temporarily and the exhibit closed.
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Santa FE
Georgia O'Keeffe
State Museum of Fine Arts
O'Keeffe
Pat Werick
Werick
Palo Duro Canyon
FBI
O'Keeffes
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery
New Mexico
Abiquiu
Ghost Ranch
Jemez anti logging suit targets forest salvage plan
Two environmental groups sue to block salvaging on about 950 acres in Santa Fe National Forest arguing the plan harms Mexican spotted owls in protected habitat. The Forest Service says salvage is needed within a year and notes most targeted trees are under 17 inches diameter with no live-tree cutting planned.
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Santa FE
Jemez Mountains
U.S. Forest Service
Santa Fe National Forest
Forest Guardians
Santa Fe Forest Watch
Forest Service
U.S. District Court
John Hornung
Horning
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas and New Mexico land commissioners settle border dispute duel
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and New Mexico’s Pat Lyons met at a shooting range south of Austin to mock and discuss the long running border dispute over 603,485 acres along the 1859 survey boundary. The pair joked about a duel while officials from both states met to coordinate land management strategies amid the 145 year dispute.
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Lyons
Austin
Western States Land Commissioners Association
Texas
New Mexico
Farwell
Texline
Bledsoe
Bronco
Feds
Patterson
Patrick
Jerry
Slot Machines Returned After Farmington Raid
Five slot machines seized by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety in Farmington were returned to owner Dana McGarrh after an inconclusive investigation. McGarrh had claimed legality of the machines amid calls to the Gaming Control Board for clarification, with officials noting lacking technical assistance. The report also carries additional Pueblo governance updates for 2004 across multiple tribes.
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Public Education Commission
Garcia
New Mexico
Public Education Department
District of
Farmington
DPS
State Department of Public Safety
Dana McGarrh
Glenn Slaughter
McGarrh
Leo Montano
New Mexico Gaming Control Board
Slaughter
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Acoma Pueblo
Marvis J. Aragon Jr
Jason Johnson
Laguna
Roland Johnson
Clarence Marie
Harry Cheremiah
Nambe
Tom F. Talache Jr
Arnold Garcia
Picuris
Gerald Nailor
Manuel Archuleta
Pojoaque
Jacob Viarrial
George Rivera
San Felipe
Harold Candelaria
Delbert Sanchez
San Ildefonso
Dale Martinez
Louis
Naranjo Jr
San Juan
Earl Salazar
Eugene Cruz
Louis’ Cata
Sandia
Stewart Paisano
Lawrence R. Gutierrez
Pueblo
Santa Ana
Leonard Armijo
Eugene Otero
Santa Clara
Jeff Sisneros
Joseph Bruce Tafoya
Santo Domingo
Shisto Quintana
Sammy Garcia
Taos
John A. Mirabal
Louis Archuleta
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Ramos Romero
Anthony Dorame
Zia
Peter Pino
Fred Kewanwytewa
Zufil
Arlen P. Quetawki Sr
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