Congress Backs $40 Billion Aid Package After Capitol Evacuation
Senate and House leaders reached a late agreement on a $40 billion package to aid World Trade Center recovery, victims, and security, with at least half for New York Virginia and Pennsylvania. The plan follows bipartisan meetings near the Pentagon and comes as New York lawmakers sought $26 billion for state relief. The Capitol was briefly evacuated after a bomb sniffing alert.
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Tom Daschle
D-S.c
New York
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
Potomac River
Pentagon
Roswell activates Emergency Alert System to aid evacuations
City officials outline how the Emergency Alert System can warn residents of hazards and direct them to shelters and safe routes. Capt. Larry Rogers and RPD praise the tool as a life saving, collaborative effort with KWFL and other agencies.
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Teel
NMSP
Larry Rogers
Steve Halvorson
RPD
Halvorson
Federal Communication Commission
EAS
Roswell
Theresa Mobley
Roswell City Council Targets Economic Growth and Housing Plans
Tr business agenda includes talks with an airline to add Roswell to routes and plans to boost southeast New Mexico commerce with Mexico. Council approves lodger tax funds for the Historical Society, USTA Southeast NM Open, and Chile and Cheese Festival, plus real estate moves for park expansion and HUD Home Sales to Local Government. The Alvarez brothers lose a trailer home access bid, with a workaround road discussed to connect via Poe Street.
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Chaves County Development Foundation
Roswell
Kirkland
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Mexico
New Mexico
North
Pennsylvania
de Bremond Field
Lupe
Mark Alvarez
Lupe Alvarez
Edith Sorensen
Alvarez
Alvarez Brothers
Don Burden
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Ms. Sorensen
the Alvarez
Poe Street
Fruitland Subdivision
Roswell High students mobilize food drive for victims
Josh Holmgren Tony Peralta and Robert Powell organized a community food drive after meeting with Roswell High officials. Schools across Roswell including Berrendo Mesa and Nancy Lopez Elementary join with Red Cross drives and a Chamber donation point at 131 W Second St.
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Josh Holmgren
Tony Peralta
Robert Powell
Mike Kakuska
Denise Dawson
Dawson
Goddard High School
New Mexico Military Institute
University High
Berrendo
Mesa Middle
Nancy Lopez
Chisum
Edgewood
el Capitan
Missouri Ave
Military Heights
Monterrey
Pecos
Sunset
Valley View
Parkview
DARE
Red Cross
Roswell
Second St
House redistricting plan shifts districts in New Mexico
Lawmakers discussed a revised plan moving District 64 out of Rep. Anna Crook’s territory into Dona Ana and merging her area into District 67 held by Rep. Brian Moore. Republicans criticized the change as sacrificing a GOP seat while Democrats defend it as addressing population shifts and preserving minority protections.
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Anna Crook
Clovis
Dona Ana
Brian Moore
Clayton
Johnson
Dan Foley
Roswell
Crook
Ben Lujan
D-Santa Fe
Mary Helen Garcia
Dlas Cruces
House
William “Ed” Boykin
R-Las Cruces
Pauline Ponce
D-Roswell
Chaves County
Avon Wilson
R-Roswell
Lincoln County
Pence
Chaves
Senate
John Arthur Smith
Deeming
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