Central Americans housed at Artesia detention center expand
Dept of Homeland Security officials said 400 plus Central Americans, mainly families with children, are housed at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia. ICE indicated additional centers are being planned while health checks note typical child illnesses and minor concerns like lice.
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Artesia
United States
U.S. Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Pennsylvania
FLETC
Barbara Gonzalez
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE
U.S
Health and Human Services
Gonzalez
Border Patrol
el Paso
Texas
Roswell Police Service Aide Discusses Courteous Work
Joe Scott, 62, a Roswell PSA with a federal background, patrols Walmart parking areas and treats the role as goodwill service. He says the job hinges on liking people and engaging with the public.
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Joe Scott
Roswell
Jerry Heck
Walmart
Roswell considers expansion or new convention center
The Roswell City Council voted 9-0 to issue an RFP for planning and design of convention center improvements likely to expand west of the exhibit hall. The council may have sought a larger center, with past estimates around 7.7 million, while current revenues from a $2.50 per night convention center fee fund improvements.
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Roswell
Roswell Convention, Civic & Visitors Center
Dennis Kintigh
Steve Henderson
Henderson
Legal action looms over meadow jumping mouse protections
Environmentalists accuse the federal government of insufficient protection for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse amid grazing conflicts on Santa Fe Lincoln and Apache-Sitgreaves forests. WildEarth Guardians plans a lawsuit and seeks Endangered Species Act talks to reduce grazing impacts and improve streamside habitat fencing.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
WildEarth Guardians
U.S. Forest Service
Bryan Bird
Forest Service
Santa Fe
Lincoln National
Arizona-New Mexico
Lincoln Forest
Tapes detail VA hospital effort to save veteran on floor
Emergency dispatch tapes show 71 year old Vietnam veteran Jim Napoleon Garcia collapsing at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Albuquerque. A caller says doctors near him do little while paramedics are en route and a defibrillator is applied. Nurses perform CPR as staff and Air Force personnel respond, with the incident under investigation and sparking VA scrutiny nationwide.
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Albuquerque
Veterans Affairs
Jim Napoleon Garcia
Albuquerque Journal
Kirtland Afb
Anderson
Sonja Brown
Garcia
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