Middle School Threat Found After Jan Shooting
A 12 year old girl at Berrendo Middle School near Roswell was questioned after a note threatened a future shooting. Deputies did not arrest, may file terroristic threat charges. school will stay open and authorities will consult with the DA and juvenile probation.
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Parents Sue State Over Public School Funding
Parents from Albuquerque and Gallup-McKinley sue New Mexico to boost school funding and target aid for disadvantaged students. The suit, filed by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, argues funding is unequal and insufficient under the state constitution and could force hundreds of millions in additional tax dollars. Public Education Department spokesman said the department had not seen the suit.
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Tensions over Rio Grande escalate
Federal experts warn the river is stretched beyond limits as drought endangers farmers Native American communities and endangered fish. New Mexico State Engineer Scott Verhines urges more communication and cooperation in the ongoing dispute with Texas over Rio Grande water.
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Immigrant Rights Protest Echoes in Roswell Office
Proponents from Somos Chaves County gathered outside Rep. Steve Pearce’s Roswell office with about 60 participants. They urged a path to citizenship, with Pablo Hernandez noting 30 years in Chaves County and urging action to prevent family separations.
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Nuclear waste may ship from Los Alamos to Texas facility
The DOE and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant operators signed an agreement with Waste Control Specialists to truck plutonium contaminated waste from Los Alamos to Andrews County Texas for temporary storage. The plan aims to clear the NM campus of waste by summer to reduce wildfire risk, with final NM disposal upon WIPP reopening. Critics warn of risks and long term implications.
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