Roswell firefighters seek fireworks ban plan and safety zones
Roswell Fire Department met at the public library to weigh a city wide fireworks ban and discuss liability after the state curbed fireworks in late May. Residents urged local control while officials warned about enforcable safety, insurance and cleanup costs for a potential designated area run by firms like Longhorn Manufacturing.
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State Corporation Commission
Roswell
Jeanette Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Eddy Arnett
Longhorn Manufacturing
Longhorn
Arnett
Dictson
Dickson
Roger Blough
Refuge Burn Near Rio Grande Threatens Wildlife Refuge
A human set wildfire grew to thousands of acres along an eight mile Rio Grande stretch, engulfing parts of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge home to endangered whooping cranes and thousands of geese. Officials closed the refuge to the public as 130 firefighters fought the blaze through cottonwood and salt cedar, damaging research areas and habitat along the river.
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San Antonio
Rio Grande
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Phil Norton
Norton
Terri Wildermuth
State Forestry Division
Teacher loses fight to keep her job
Roswell Independent School District upheld an arbitrator’s decision to dismiss Goddard High School biology teacher Katherine Sanchez. The Roswell School Board voted 4 to 0 to terminate Sanchez effective June 5 after a mediation and private hearings in Roswell.
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Goddard High School
Katherine Sanchez
Roswell
Sanchez
Tom Papworth
Todd Wertheim
Santa Fe
Dotts
Bardacke
Magistrate
Bardache
Gila Forest hit by 45 small fires from lightning
In the Gila National Forest 45 small blazes were burning due to lightning with 826 strikes reported Monday. Tadpole Fire reached 140 acres and was contained while four other fires were very small and not fought. About 250 firefighters worked amid limited rain as authorities considered closures and discouraged backcountry hiking. Elsewhere in New Mexico, the Las Vegas area completed the last of five small fires.
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Silver City
Gila National Forest
Gila
Delbert Griego
Griego
New Mexico
Las Vegas
ENMMC hearing set for Thursday forum on medical center transfer
The Eastern New Mexico Medical Center faces a public forum at 7 p.m. Thursday in Goddard High School Little Theater to gauge community opinion on a possible transfer and sale. Board member Jo Ann Jaramillo said the event should prompt questions and reveal community sentiment about the proposed move. Other board members include Rory McMinn, Dora Callihan, Mary Lynn Bogle, Arnold Fieber, David McGee, Richard Olson and Andrea Smith.
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Hospital Board of Trustees
Goddard High School
Jo Ann Jaramillo
Jaramillo
Chaves County
Rory McMinn
Dora Callihan
Mary Lynn Bogle
Arnold Fieber
David McGee
Richard Olson
Andrea Smith
Roswell City Faces Termination Suit From Former Officer Tucker
Former Roswell Police Officer Alan Tucker sues the city and seven officers in the Fifth Judicial District alleging wrongful termination breach of contract and battery. The suit cites events in December 1995 and names City Manager John Capps, outgoing Chief Raymond Mounts, and officers Joe Smith Rodney Morris Terry Spears David O Bryan and Jim Hubner as defendants. Tucker contends sexual abuse by two officers. The city awaits service updates as its insurance and defense plans proceed.
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Kurt Reif
Roswell
Alan Tucker
Reif
Carlsbad
Tucker
John Capps
Raymond Mounts
Joe Smith
Rodney Morris
Terry Spears
David O’bryan
Jim Hubner
Mounts
Ernie Martinez
Capps
Hartford
City of
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