Rescue chopper crash spurs New Mexico search upgrade
New Mexico State Police will add satellite phones and field radio repeaters after a fatal helicopter crash near Santa Fe. A review found miscommunications between ground commanders and field teams, prompting new training standards and better coordination for search and rescue missions.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Faron Segotta
Segatta
Segotta
Embezzlement charge hits Portales Live stock Auction owner
Portales auction owner Randy Bouldin faces a felony embezzlement accusation after allegedly taking more than 478000 dollars from the sale of 1000 cattle for a dairy in eastern New Mexico. District Attorney Matthew Chandler says funds were deposited to Bouldin's accounts and a later dairy payment bounced. A Clovis attorney did not respond to AP messages.
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Portales
New Mexico
Matthew Chandler
Randy Bouldin
Bouldin
Chandler
Associated Press
Wesley Fool
Clovis
Energy Assistance Santa FE
U.S. Health and Human Services Department
State Human Services Department
Department
Katie Falls
Congress votes to spare docs from Medicare cuts
Congress passes a six month delay of a 21 percent Medicare payment cut to give time for a permanent solution. The bill, worth about 6.5 billion, would raise provider payments by 2.2 percent and moves to President Obama for signature amid claims processing urgency.
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Congress
Washington
Barack Obama
Medicare
Obama
Senate Republicans
House
George Miller
D-Calif
Senate
Cecil B. Wilson
American Medical Association
Wilson
Feds Sued Over Mexican Spotted Owl Protections in Southwest
WildEarth Guardian sues the Forest Service accusing failure to uphold Endangered Species Act protections for the Mexican spotted owl in Arizona and New Mexico. The suit seeks to block certain forest permits and projects until a biological assessment and Fish and Wildlife Service consultation are completed. The group cites declines in owl numbers and ongoing logging grazing and fuel reduction projects across 11 forests.
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Albuquerque
U.S. Forest Service
WildEarth Guardian
Tucson
Ariz
Forest Service
Arizona
New Mexico
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bryan Bird
WildEarth Guardians’ Wild Places
Cathie Schmidlin
Southwest
Utah
Colorado
Fish and Wildlife Service
Lincoln National Forest
Coronado National Forest
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
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Search and Rescue Review Board
National Transportation Safety Board
Vert-I-Go Wind LLC
Abundant Energy
Plano
Texas
Clovis City
Kurt Knapton
Vert-I-Go
Knapton
U.S. Department of Labor
Acoma
Isleta
Laguna
Zuni
Alamo
Ramah
Harry Teague
D-N.m
Bernalillo
Bernalillo County
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Feds
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