Fires Burn Near Pecos Canyon School Amid Firefighting Efforts
Students from a Pecos Canyon school watched flames rise on a ridge as fires near their location expanded. Firefighters and slurry bombers battled the Penasco Fire in southern New Mexico, with 15 400 acres burned and containment hoped for by Wednesday afternoon. Damage assessments reported 13 homes 27 garages and five vehicles destroyed near Mayhill.
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Pecos Canyon
Rice
Pecos
Daniel Rougemont
Elizabeth
Dalton
Penasco
New Mexico
Mayhill
Victoria Fox
Fox
New Mexico lawmakers receive gifts and trips from lobbyists
Lobbyists spent 147 258 on meals gifts and special events for legislators and officials from January to late April. Campaign contributions totaled 186 701. Gifts included teddy bears fireworks and a guided trout fishing trip for Senate Majority Leader Manny Aragon.
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Santa FE
Secretary of State
New Mexico Primary Care Association
Capitol
Scott Scanland
Aragon
San Juan River
New Mexico
Israel and Palestinian factions near Nativity Church deal
The standoff at the Church of the Nativity neared resolution as Israel proposed deporting 13 gunmen with about 30 more to Gaza. Arafat faced pressure to approve while regional actors including the CIA Vatican and the EU urged a settlement amid troop withdrawals and renewed clashes.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Israel
Church of the Nativity
Yasser Arafat
CIA
Vatican
European Union
Christendom
Italy
Manger Square
Gaza Strip
Political drama heats up New Mexico GOP primary races
Greer plans to attend his son’s high school graduation while campaigning for the GOP nomination. He envisions winning 22,000 votes as a mandate and targets the southern western and central northern districts. Fundraising continues with ads coming soon, and two candidate forums are set for Alamogordo and Ruidoso.
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Greer
GOP
Domenici
New Mexico
Otero
Alamogordo
Ruidoso
Smith
Tinsley
Dan Tripp
Socorro
Steve Pearce
Capitan
Pearce
Joe Sheen
Skeen
Jim Stockman
Roswell
Stockman
Phelps Anderson
Anderson
Las Cruces
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Dwayne Shelton
James Taylor
Albuquerque
Gillis
Association of Commerce and Industry
San Juan
Ariel Sharon
Bush
White House
Sharon
Washington
Arafat
Palestinian
Tulkarem
Hamas Group
U.N
Tim Rothermel
Chaves County
FGIC
Moody’s
Ana
Kious and Co., Inc
U.S. Bancorp
Piper Jaffray
RBC Davi Rauscher Inc
Kious & Co., Inc
SIPC
N.M
Nmbonds.com
US Bancorp
Phoenix
Arizona
Piperjaffray.com
RBC Dain Rauscher Inc
Rbcdain.com
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