New Mexico Fire Grows as Gov Angles for Help
Gov. Susana Martinez watched the Black Range wildfire from a National Guard helicopter as flames approach Mogollon. Fire managers warn of hot dry weather and thunderstorms with dry lightning that could spark more fires across the region.
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Susana Martinez
New Mexico National Guard
Perry
Mogollon
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
National Park Service
Arizona
New Mexico Supreme Court Affirms Parental Rights in Adoption Case
The court rules against denying a nonbiological parent in a same sex couple the opportunity to establish parental rights. It remands to a district judge to decide custody, emphasizing the child's best interests and protection of all children regardless of parents' sex. The ruling cites public policy against excluding partners based on gender and notes state law lacks same sex marriage.
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Chatterjee
Minter
New Mexico
Rail line upgrade funds to save local plastics and lumber jobs
The project worth about 220000 will upgrade Rail Avenue and Fifth Street to handle six axle rail cars. City funds totaling around 110000 plus 24000 from SR and 10000 from a franchise agreement with Xcel Energy will support the work. Nu-Mex Plastics Inc and RLC Supply and Logistics plan to add one job each, sustaining 17 current positions.
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Nu-Mex Plastics Inc
RLC Supply and Logistics
Roswell Lumber Co
Numex
RLC
Roswell RLC plans rail spur to boost local jobs and competition
Justin Ellis of RLC Supply and Logistics says expanded rail facilities will lower costs and keep business and jobs in Roswell. The plan includes using a new transloading subsidiary to serve eastern New Mexico and may create a public spur near the rail yard, potentially adding more local jobs.
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Justin Ellis
RLC
RLC Supply and Logistics
Roswell
Albuquerque
Lubbock
Amarillo
New Mexico
Campaign finance rules unsettled as outside money swells
The piece surveys how campaign finance laws have shifted since Edwards ran for president, noting Superman PACs and super PACs face lax coordination rules, a divided Congress delays reform, and outside groups fuel billions in spending. It highlights disclosures, donors, and blurred lines between campaigns and backers.
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White House
FEC
Congress
Supreme Court
Citizens United
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Restore Our Future
Romney
Bill Burton
Priorities USA Action
Obama
Sheldon Adelson
Richard Nixon
Shakuhachi to guitar street performer in Roswell
The article follows 1980s street musician Smith who switched from shakuhachi to guitar and singing. Despite schizophrenia and periods of homelessness, he continued performing in Thayer and later Roswell aiming to support his daughter in Tobosa. He finds comfort in parks, the museum, and his pets, and plans to stay in Roswell where hospitals are nearby.
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Thayer
Smith
Hank Williams Sr
Front Street
Boulder
Colo
Pismo Beach
Calif
Silver City
Roswell
Lila
Tobosa
Daisy
Sammy
Roswell’s Crossroads
Greg Brown
Court orders four month review of Iran group terrorist listing
A DC Circuit panel told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to decide within four months whether the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran should remain on the foreign terrorist organization list. The court faulted slow action and warned it would set aside the designation if no final action is taken.
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Secretary of
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Iran
People’s Mujahedeen Organization
U.S
Iraq
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Clinton
Condoleezza Rice
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