RISD moves toward reopening amid COVID-19 prep and bids
Roswell Independent School District outlines plans for the 2020 21 year as the board approves contracts and bids and a back to school committee formation. Superintendent Gottlieb says PED guidance on August reopening is forthcoming with a target start date of August 5. He notes the district will show cleaning procedures for bathrooms and classrooms.
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Roswell Independent School District
RISD
Mike Gottlieb
New Mexico Public Education Department
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Gottlieb
Hope Morales
Hilda Sanchez
James Edwards
Centers For Disease Control
RISD fails to save Del Norte handprint mural
Roswell Independent School District moves to demolish Del Norte Elementary building despite requests to save a mural of students’ handprints installed about 20 years ago. Ira Rodery, a former student, urged keeping the mural or preserving the handprints for his class. Assistant superintendent Chad Cole confirmed the mural cannot be saved.
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del Norte
Roswell Independent
Ira Rodery
Rodery
Chad Cole
Governor seeks to sustain state spending
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham urged lawmakers to tap state reserves and federal recovery funds to preserve spending increases, including a 2 percent pay raise for public school staff and state workers. Lawmakers face a steep drop in revenue as the oil sector and economy reel from the pandemic. the Democrat-led Legislature will rewrite the budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1 as economists cut income estimates by 439 million dollars.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico Rotunda
Wanted man arrested on meth and gun charges
Roswell police arrested Daniel Griego 36 after a Monday traffic stop in which he was found hiding in the backseat of a silver Ford Fusion with a handgun and two bags of methamphetamine. He faced five warrants, weapons and drug charges, and bonds set at 25000 dollars.
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Roswell
Daniel Griego
Main
Second Streets
Chaves County
Griego
Chaves County Detention Center
K.C. Rogers
Danny
Two New COVID-19 Infections Reported in Chaves County
New Mexico health officials reported two additional COVID-19 cases in Chaves County on Wednesday amid 147 new positive tests and six deaths. The update brings state totals to 9,250 cases and 410 deaths, including two from Chaves County. Other new infections included 12 in Bernalillo, one in Cibola, one in Colfax.
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Chaves
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Health
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Chaves County
Bernalillo
Cibola
Colfax
Overhaul of Cahoon Hall at NMMI Underway
The New Mexico Military Institute reports multiple summer projects including renovations to Cahoon Hall and a $6 million upgrade to lighting and electrical systems across about 20 buildings. With cadets away for covid restrictions, campus activity focuses on major construction and safety measures.
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Cahoon Hall
New Mexico Military Institute
JRT Hall
Waide Construction Co. of
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