Hobbs teens dig camp at 100‑year‑old homestead site
In mid June a seven‑student Junior Archaeology Camp in Lea County near Hobbs explored a homestead site dating to about 1918. Calvin Smith, director of the Western Heritage Museum, notes alumni who become archaeologists. Students uncovered cow bone and tin fragments while others found long forgotten crockery.
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Hobbs
New Mexico
Stead
Lea County
Calvin Smith
Western Heritage Museum
Smith
Matthew Gomez
Cross van Hooshier
van Hooshier
Ella Zhang
Lt. gov candidates spend $2M in primary election
Democratic and Republican lieutenant governor hopefuls spent about $2.1 million in the primary. Brian Colon led Democratic spending with $610,740 while John Sanchez topped the GOP at $358,553. Sanchez and Colon advance to the general alongside gubernatorial nominees.
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Lt. Gov
Kent Cravens
Sanchez
Colon
Secretary of State
GOP
Rael
Jose Campos
Linda Lopez
Gerald Ortiz Y Pino
Cravens
Brian Moore
Ray Powell
Matthew Rush
Rush
Powell
Nental Potash Corp
Land Office
New Mexico
Gary King
Matthew Chandler
Chandler
King
Mary Herrera
Dianna Duran
Herrera
Duran
Farmington
Auc
Hector Balderas
Errol Chavez
Balderas
Chavez
Small towns lead New Mexico population growth this decade
Cuba tops the list with a 75 percent increase since 2000, followed by Rio Rancho at 59 percent. The Census Bureau estimates cover incorporated places in New Mexico and note six of the top 15 have populations under 3,000. Local officials cite water connections and life quality as drivers.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Cuba
Census Bureau
Rio Rancho
Albuquerque
Intel
Hewlett-Packard
Vandora P. Casados
Nacimiento Mountains
Casados
Forest Service
Adelamar Alcantara
University of New Mexico
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Los Lunas
Bernalillo
Milan
Las Cruces
Jemez Springs
Taos
Ruidoso
Cloudcroft
Farmington
Corona
Chama
Natalie Grime
New Mexico Extends Health Coverage Under Federal Reform
New Mexico launches its first program under federal health care reform. Starting July 1 the state uses federal funds to provide insurance for high risk uninsured residents. The program, run with the New Mexico Human Services Department and the NM Medical Insurance Pool, partners with U S Health and Human Services to operate a temporary high risk pool. It targets people with pre existing conditions uninsured six months and offers subsidized premiums for low income applicants. The pool expires in 2014 when federal law bars insurers from denying coverage for medical reasons.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
State Human Services Department
New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool
U.S. Health and Human Services Department
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Roswell
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