Commissioners vote on border and immigration issues
Five county commissioners approved a resolution urging Border Patrol to reopen area checkpoints. They pledged no resources or property to aid asylum seekers. Sheriff Herrington praised the decision, noting ongoing cooperation with federal agencies over immigrant and possible human trafficking calls. A June incident involved seven Guatemalan adults and minors in a Roswell area house.
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U.S. Border Patrol
Mike Herrington
Roswell
Sheriffs Department
Roswell General Services panel previews new recreation manager
The Roswell General Services Committee reviewed the citys new recreation manager and the opening of the Roswell Recreation and Aquatic Center a softball netting purchase order and a potential bike rental program as non action items no votes were taken. Present were councilors Savino Sanchez Angela Moore and Juan Oropesa with Jacob Roe buck absent.
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Roswell Recreation & Aquatic Center
City of
Marcus Gallegos
Jim Burress
Parks and Recreation
Angela Moore
Savino Sanchez
Juan Oropesa
General Services Committee
Dragonfly Drone to Fly Titan Explore Microbial Life
NASA will send Dragonfly, a nuclear powered rotorcraft, to Saturn’s moon Titan to fly land at multiple sites and assess habitability for microbes. The mission, part of the New Frontiers program, beat near dozen proposals and follows New Horizons’ Pluto visit.
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NASA
Saturn
Titan
Dragonfly
New Frontiers
New Horizons
Pluto
Judge Ken Riggs Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee
Roswell resident Judge Ken Riggs, the first female district court judge in Chaves County, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, two months after President Trump nominated her to fill an open U.S. District Court seat in New Mexico.
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Ken Riggs
5Th Judicial District of
New Mexico
Washington D.C
Senate
Judi
Ciary
Roswell
Chaves County
Riggs
Donald Trump
United States District Court For
District of New Mexico
Pine Lodge Fire gains activity despite stable size
The Pine Lodge Fire five miles northwest of Arenalabeta grew more active on Wednesday as temperatures rose, affecting the north and southeast areas. Southwest Incident Management Team 5 reported the fire at 12,484 acres, unchanged from Tuesday, with 11 percent containment.
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Arabella
Pine Lodge
Southwest Incident Management Team 5
Senate panel weighs options for nuclear waste storage
U S Senate energy committee chair Lisa Murkowski led a hearing on ending the decades long stalemate over high level waste from reactors. She and witnesses outlined proposals to move spent fuel from sites to a federal repository, with Nevada resistance and costs cited at over two million dollars daily. The discussion touched on interim storage in New Mexico and Texas and the failed Yucca Mountain project.
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Albuquerque
Nevada Desert
Obama
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
U.S
Lisa Murkowski
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Alaska Republican
Nuclear Energy Institute
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Roswect Daily Record
US Senate
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Associated Press
San Onofre
Pacific Ocean
Calif
California
Gregory Bull
Topay
Topay's
Nancy Att Burdette
James Ray Godfrey
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