Counterfeit bills prompt Secret Service involvement in Silver City
In Silver City and Bayard, officers report about six counterfeit bills passed during the week of Jan 11. Local officials urge vigilance and advise using detection pens, with banks offering help. The incident follows multiple small-denomination fakes across the county.
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Silver City
United States Secret Service
Bayard
Kerin
Secret Service
U.S. Treasury
Ed Reynolds
Reynolds
Silver City Daily Press
County waste fees trigger resident complaints in Torrance
The EWSWA collects about 800000 dollars yearly from Torrance County for disposal. Torrance County sets disposal fees at 240 dollars annually or 60 dollars per quarter. Residents who do not pay can still use transfer stations but face liens after two years. Community members voiced concerns at the meeting.
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Edgewood
Torrance County Commission
Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority
EVSWA
Torrance County
Moriarty
EWSWA
Solid Waste Authority
Joseph Ellis
Man guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Taos case
A jury in Taos found an Espanola man guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal beating of his girlfriend during a 2014 camping trip near Tres Ritos. He was acquitted on a kidnapping charge and remains jailed awaiting sentencing, likely within 15 to 20 days.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
House
House Regulatory and Public Affairs Committee
Paul Pacheco
Albuquerque
Taos
Espanola
Tres Ritos
Wilton
Angela Serrano
Eighth Judicial District
Jeff McElroy
Taos County
McElroy
Serrano
City approves film commission in Santa Fe
The Santa Fe City Council unanimously approves a 16 member film commission to attract productions and support local filmmakers. The panel, aiming to boost the city as a filmmaking destination, will manage a $50,000 annual budget and lobby to remove a $50 million cap on state incentives. Mayor Javier Gonzales to appoint members and chair. KSFR Radio, 101.1 FM.
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Santa FE
Javier Gonzales
Ksfr Radio
Improper Disbursements Tied to Coop Trustee Jaramillo
A Rio Grande Sun report details August 2013 to July 2015 disbursements by JMEC Board members. It cites 37 disbursements at 150 dollars each totaling 5550 for calls on personnel issues and 54 disbursements of 150 dollars totaling 8100 for lobbying and policy work. The notes fault Jaramillo as financial officer and call for suspending him pending an AG supervised audit.
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Espanola
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative
Co-Op
John Gutting
Jemez
Gutting
John Tapia
Redi Net
Jaramillo
Johnny Jaramillo
JMEC
Survey flights begin for wolves in Southwest
Aerial surveys for the Mexican gray wolf population have started in Arizona and New Mexico as part of a multi agency reintroduction effort led by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and partners. The operation started January 19 and runs through February 3 weather permitting. Flights cover the Fort Apache Reservation and Apache and Gila national forests with possible area extensions. Biologists aim to capture wild born wolves lacking collars or needing battery replacement or showing illness or injury.
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Santa FE
Arizona
New Mexico
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arizona Game and Fish Department
U.S. Forest Service
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Fort Apache Indian Reservation
Apache and
Gila National
Woman Arrested for Possession in Roswell Blotter
Roswell police blotter reports arrests including Santiago P. Brady-Olivas for failure to appear at a home on Jan 21, and Luis Barraza for possession of drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop. Other entries cite welfare-check findings and a suspended license charge, plus several criminal damages and a vehicle theft valued at $3,000.
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Santa FE
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Texas
New Mexico
Mexico
Pope Francis
CBP
el Paso
Ciudad Juarez
Tornillo
Santa Teresa
Santiago P. Brady-Olivas
Jaffa St
Brady-Olivas
Luis Raul Barraza
Phoenix Road
West Albuquerque Street
Barraza
Ernestine Stogden
E. Hervey Drive
Stogden
Alvaro J. Dominguez
Orange St
McGaffey Street
Dominguez
West Hobbs Street
West Second Street
New Mexico weighs third grade retention amid PARCC results
The state faces pressure over keeping third graders who struggle with reading. Critics warn test-based promotion is flawed as PARCC results show low English proficiency, with districts in Florida and Oklahoma adapting policies. Senate opposition signals likely defeat of the bills.
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Martinez
Senate
William Soules
D-Las
Cruces
Senate Education Committee
Youngblood
Soules
New Mexico
Kernan
Florida
Oklahoma
Senate Public Affairs Committee
Robert Nott
Sfnewmexican
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