Uncontested races fill county and state seats in Roswell area
In Chaves County and surrounding districts several officials face no opposition in November. Incumbents including Halvorson, Rogers, Duffey, Willard, Coll and Ezzell are unchallenged in their respective contests, with only Eloy Ortega Jr challenging Duffey and Democrat Mastin challenging Espinoza in contested fall races.
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John Halvorson
Cavin
Commission
Halvorson
K.C. Rogers
Bobby Arnett
Chaves
Eloy Ortega Jr
James Duffey
Duffey
Ortega
Eloy
Roswell Independent School
Dis
Trict Board
Mark Willard
Ron Lethgo
Eric Coll
Candy Spence Ezzell
Roswell
Ezzell
Pablo Martinez
Nora Espinoza
Bob Wooley
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Espinoza
Richard Mastin
Alto
Wooley
VA health care overhaul urged after prolonged delays
Rep. Miller and Gibson press White House for reforms as Nabors report blasts the VHA for secrecy and slow change. The VA faces resignations of top health officials, waits of 30 days or more for many veterans, and thousands awaiting appointments despite added outreach.
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Gibson
Nabors
Jeff Miller
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
White House
Veterans Health Administration
Robert L. Jesse
VHA
Jesse
Robert Petzel
Independent
Office of Special Counsel
Department
Obama
Phoenix
Pumper to be housed at new Sierra Fire Station No. 4
The Sierra Volunteer Fire Department will station a new pumper at Station No. 4 currently under construction at 15 Sierra Grande Blvd. The station is due for completion in about two months, funded by a $619,613 NMFA loan to build the facility and a 40,000 gallon water tank along Tierra Grande Boulevard.
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The
Sierra Volunteer Fire Department
Sierra Grande Blvd
NMFA
Tierra Grande Boulevard
Sierra Fire Department
Fire department expands with three new stations
Station No. 1 at 603 S Brown Road opened after the Sierra Volunteer Fire Department formed in 1975. Station No. 2 at 5106 S Lea Ave followed with land purchase along South Lea Avenue in 1981. A third station was built in 2008 at 69 Dogwood Road.
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S. Brown Road
Sierra Volunteer Fire Department
S. Lea Ave
Fire Department
South Lea Avenue
the Fire Department
Dogwood Road
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