Liquor license delayed by council meeting shuffle
The American Legion's liquor license request was pulled from Thursday's City Council agenda and may be reconsidered at the April meeting. The state license had preliminary approval, with final approval pending a public hearing. Meantime, council moved to amend the Clean Air Ordinance to ban electronic smoking devices in public places, with a public hearing set for April.
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American Legion
Orlando Padilla
Montana Avenue
Padilla
State Alcohol and Gaming Division
Dennis Kintigh
Patterson
Steve Henderson
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Cordoba Lopez Homicide Trial
After nearly three hours of deliberation a New Mexico jury could not decide on two counts of homicide by vehicle in the deaths of Mandy Miranda and her son Joe Albaraz Ill. Cordoba Lopez was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident and speeding. The 2012 crash at Brasher Road and SE Main Street involved a 2007 Cadillac Escalade and a blue Hyundai Sonata. Autopsies cited multiple fractures and major organ damage with punctured aortas. The medical examiner ruled death accidental.
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New Mexico
Joel Cordoba-Lopez
Mandy Miranda
Joe Albaraz
Cordoba-Lopez
Miranda
Albaraz
Leadership change at WIPP amid radiation incident probe
URS Corp replaces Farok Sharif with Bob McQuinn as president and project manager of the Nuclear Waste Partnership running the Waste Isolation Pilot Project in New Mexico. Sharif moves to oversee waste transfer planning while the facility shutters. A recovery manager is to be named as investigations into a Feb. 5 truck fire and subsequent radiation release continue.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Farok Sharif
Bob McQuinn
URS Corp
U.S. Department of Energy
Department of Energy
James Taylor
URS
NWP
WIPP
Taylor
Energy Department
Odessa man tied to Roswell clash drags officer
Brian Rudloff 36 was apprehended in Odessa in the 6800 block of Golder. The Roswell incident left an officer dragged 30 feet while two patrol units collided as backup arrived. The dragged officer and the two officers in the crash sustained non life threatening injuries.
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Brian Rudloff
Golder
Odessa
Texas
Roswell
High risk health pool rates to rise 24 percent in New Mexico
The New Mexico high risk health pool will raise premiums by about 24 percent starting July 1 as enrollments shrink and costs align with other market products. The pool, created in 1987 and run by Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, has 8,300 enrollees, down from 10,000, with insurers under the federal health care law expanding coverage to previously uninsurable individuals.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal
Armstrong
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
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Barbara Patterson
Henderson
Council
Mark Wilson Photo
Xcel Energy
Roswell Economic Development Committee
AV Flight
Brasher Road
S.E. Main Street
McQuinn
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sharif
Donavan Mayer
Nuclear Waste Partnership
Rudloff
Topay
Elizabeth Lee
Lara
Lions Hondo
S. Sunset Avenue
Deborah Armstrong
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