Moratorium extension urged on oil and gas ordinance
San Miguel County Planning Commission recommends extending a two year moratorium on oil and gas exploration while the proposed ordinance to regulate drilling in the eastern part of the county awaits further work. The plan avoids rivers and streams and the moratorium has lasted over three years.
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DOE finds serious flaws in WIPP fire response and oversight
The report criticizes the Central Monitoring Room and Operations for inadequate fire response and evaluation. It cites ineffective emergency preparedness, a weak root-cause maintenance program, and failures by Carlsbad DOE Field Office and DOE external assessments. Investigations into a radiation release nine days later proceed, with unclear ties to the fire. Community members are urged to learn from the incident.
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Carlsbade
Joe Franco
Associated Press
Ambulance policy clash over grandmother’s fall prompts questions
Archuleta says patients are always strapped in during ambulance transport, a claim challenged by Hinojosa who says his grandmother fell from a gurney when it tipped. Superior Ambulance dominates New Mexico EMS with operations across multiple cities and a 1999 division to separate transport management.
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Roland Madrid
New Mexico
Madrid
State Judicial Standards Commission
James Foy
Archuleta
Superior Ambulance
Superiorum.com
Portation
Transportation Management Company
Transportation Management
Obama immigration clash tests party lines in brief hearings
Participants unified in pressing House Republicans to move immigration legislation. Boehner’s office says Congress must fix immigration, not the president. Democrats note Senate passed a path to citizenship, while deportations near two million spark advocacy calls for broader action.
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