Suspect Sought in March 10 West Alameda Shooting
Joseph Sanchez, 19, is wanted for the March 10 shooting of Amber Romeo in the 100 block of West Alameda Street. The victim was airlifted to Lubbock in critical condition. He is charged with aggravated battery. Sanchez is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall.
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Joseph Sanchez
Amber Romeo
West Alameda Street
Lubbock
O'Keeffe staffer to lecture at RMAC
Roswell hosts a lecture by an O'Keeffe staffer at RMAC as local events unfold with a Roswell murder arraignment and a woman shot and killed prompting police to arrest a murder suspect.
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O'Keeffe
RMAC
Roswell
Zamora Signs LOI To Play Softball In College
Roswell graduate Jessica Zamora signed a letter of intent on Wednesday to continue her softball and academic career at a college. The Page B1 item notes her dream of playing at the collegiate level and details the signing event.
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Jessica Zamora
Roswell Grad
Obituaries Featured: Joyce, Sparks, Lloyd Wilson, and Pillado
Obituary notices for Kenneth Graham Joyce, Ruth F. Carter, Chaves Sr. Victor Pillado Jr. and Wade Bishop appear on page B3. The brief notices list names, with no further biographical details or service information provided in the readable text.
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Joyce Sparks
Lloyd Wilson Chaves Sr
Victor Pillado Jr
Ruth F. Carter
Senate Defeats House Budget Plan on Medicare Voucher
The Senate rejected a House plan to turn Medicare into a voucher like program for future beneficiaries. Five Republicans joined all Democrats in a 57 to 40 vote. The measure would subsidize private insurance instead of government funded hospital and doctor care. Democrats argued it ends Medicare as we know it and highlighted a party shift in a New York district race. Moderate Republicans Olympia Snowe Susan Collins Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski opposed the plan. Rand Paul also opposed for not balancing the budget. Republicans criticized Democrats for not offering their own plan and forced a vote on Obama's February budget proposal.
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Senate
House
New York
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Maine
Scott Brown
Massachusetts
Lisa
Commissioners vote on road closure in Chaves County
Chaves County commissioners will decide at a road hearing whether to close Buchanan Draw Road a 9.04 mile route amid private state and BLM lands near Lincoln County border Hunters say closure would limit public land access. NM Game and Fish estimates about 11000 sportsmen hunt on 36780 acres surrounding the area.
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Chaves
Buchanan Draw
Bureau of Land Management
Ranch Country
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Charges Dropped in 2000 Harris Murder Case
Larry Harris was released after charges in the 2000 killing of John Bugarin were dismissed by a special prosecutor. Harris, extradited from Lubbock in 2010, faced counts of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. the nolle prosequi filing ends the case for insufficient evidence.
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Larry Harris
Chaves County Detention Center
Harris
John Bugarin
Lubbock
Paul Sanchez
8Th Judicial District
Nolle
Exceptional drought grips SENM and Chaves County
The region faces an exceptional drought, the worst category D4, impacting all of Chaves County and large parts of southeast New Mexico. Ranchers report hay yields halved and wildfires increasing costs and hardship, as described by Kyle Wooton of the Roswell Livestock Auction.
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Chaves County
U.S
New Mexico
Kyle
Smiley
Wooton
Roswell
Feral Hog Symposium Draws Farmers Hunters and Ranchers
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service and partners sponsor the Southeastern New Mexico Feral Hog Symposium at the Fairgrounds. Attendees include farmers ranchers and hunters to discuss hog control and management.
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New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service
Chaves County
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
New Mexico Livestock Board
Usda Wildlife Services
Southeastern New Mexico
Fairgrounds
State Dept orders nonessential diplomats to leave Yemen
The State Department ordered nonessential U S diplomats and families from the U S Embassy in Sanaa to depart as security deteriorates. Street clashes in Yemen kill at least 41 and injure many as President Saleh resists stepping down amid regional pressure. The advisory warns violence may escalate without notice and urges Americans to leave the country.
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State Dept
Yemen
Washington
State Department
U.S
Sanaa
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Obama
Saleh
London
Barack Obama
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