New Mexico 505 575 area code plan faces appeal
Opponents weigh a state Supreme Court appeal after the Public Regulation Commission approved a final order requiring Albuquerque and Santa Fe to switch to 575 while the rest of the state keeps 505. The 21 page ruling outlines a 3-2 vote and a pending legal path.
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Santa FE
Albuquerque
State Supreme Court
505 Coalition
Public Regulation Commission
Commission
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
Dor
Las Cruces
Mark Mathis
Coalition
Mathis
Supreme Court
PRC
Herb Hughes
Hughes
Socorro
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New Mexico
EPA tests 100 El Paso sites for lead and arsenic exposure
The EPA began collecting more than 400 soil and air samples from 100 sites including 23 El Paso Independent School District campuses and nearby parks to test for lead and arsenic. Results are expected by mid August amid a related lawsuit by four families against Asarco and nearby plants.
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EL Paso
Environmental Protection Agency
Sunland Park
N.M
Texas Department of Health
Susan Webster
EPA
Webster
el Paso Independent School District
West Side
EISD
Leigh
D-E
Paso
TDH
Asarco
Rio Grande
American Eagle Brick Co
Jobe Concrete
Teresa Montoya
Asareo
American Eagle
Jobe
Lawmaker to fix DWI loophole in New Mexico
In Santa Fe the Court of Appeals highlighted a gap in DWI law when BAC tests taken hours after driving may not prove intoxication at the time. Representative Rick Miera plans to seek a change either in the upcoming 30 day session or the following year to allow an inference that a BAC of 0.08 within hours after driving indicates violation.
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Santa FE
State Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
New Mexico
Rick Miera
D-Albu
Querque
Miera
Jay Gilhooly
Albuquerque Police Department
Gilhooly
Julian Atencio
Crime Laboratory
Atencio
DWI
Albuquerque
LeRoy Duarte
Duarte
Joel Jacobsen
Man sentenced for pulling gun on state officer in Los Lunas
Frank Muniz was sentenced by State District Judge John Pope to 19 years to be served concurrently with a 10 year term for aggravated assault. The incident began when Muniz tried to enter the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility grounds with a handgun and knives. State police officer James Dickie warned him, Muniz drew a .380 pistol and shot at him three times, injuring the officer.
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Los Lunas
Albuquerque
John Pope
Frank Muniz
Ron Lopez
Pope
Muniz
Lopez
State District Court
Central New Mexico
James Dickie
Dickie
Bernalillo
Valencia
Socorro
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