New Mexico land office nets 7.3 million from oil gas leases
The New Mexico State Land Office earned 7.3 million for trust beneficiaries from its September 16 oil and gas lease sale in Santa Fe. Leases covered 36 tracts across Chaves Lea Eddy and Roosevelt counties with GMT Exploration Co. LLC bidding the highest at 1,767,040 for 320 acres in Lea.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
GMT Exploration Co. LLC
Lea County
Ray Powell
State Land Office
Rmstatelands.org
AG warns New Mexico schools about bogus Scholastic School Supply
New Mexico Attorney General warns all state schools and districts of a nationwide scam using fake invoices from Scholastic School Supply. Recipients are urged to contact the Consumer Protection Division, the U S Postal Inspector and the Federal Trade Commission. The division enforces the Unfair Practices Act to shield the public from fraudulent practices.
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The
New Mexico
Scholastic School Supply
Great Southwest
Consumer Protection Division
State of
Flooding Impacts Area as Pecos River Rises Near Carlsbad
Flood waters threaten Carlsbad with the Pecos River crest near 31 feet, comparable to the 1986 peak. The Canal Street Bridge remains open while other bridges and Callaway Drive show limited flood damage. Brantley Reservoir holds about 59,000 acre-feet as water continues to rise.
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Canal Street
Victoria Parker
Eddy County Emergency Operations Center
Parker
Department of Transportation
Pecos
McCutcheon
Callaway Drive
Carlsbad
National Weather Service
Brantley Reservoir
Bureau
Johnson splits time between Roswell and hometown
Johnson Alamogordo is 120 miles away so he will divide his time between Roswell and his hometown. He plans to drive back and forth initially with four lanes all the way and says the drive is not bad. He may stay in Roswell on late Friday and Saturday football nights to avoid mountain driving at night due to animal crossings.
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Alamogordo
Johnson
Roswell
UNM reports record Hispanic student retention at 80.1 percent
UNM President Bob Frank announced Hispanic retention entering the third semester at 80.1 percent, surpassing overall 79.1 percent. About 25 percent of undergraduates are Hispanic. Programs like Foundations of Excellence and Operation Registration helped boost progress and reduce barriers, while Native American retention fell 5 percent.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Bob Frank
Frank
Foundations of Excellence
Foundations
Board of Regents
Mine workers decertify union at Chino Mine
Freeport McMoRan Chino Mine employees voted 236 to 83 to decertify United Steelworkers Local 9424-3 in a two day National Labor Relations Board supervised election. Final action awaits seven day cooling off period. Union officials expressed disappointment as the vote concluded.
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Silver City
Freeport-McMoRan Chino
United Steelworkers
Chino Mine
Freeport- McMoRan-controlled
Washington State
National Labor Relations Board
Shores
Jack Cavanaugh
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Swast
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Nkhalsa
Scholastic, Inc
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Bureau of Reclamation
Randal Seyler
Rdrnews.com
Randa Seyler Photo
Lawrence Johnson
Office of
Jennifer Gomez-Chavez
Vanessa Harris
University Advisement
UNM
Brian Colén
UNM Alumni Association
Grant County
Salt of the Earth
Irvin Shane Shores
Cavanaugh
Alex Kenney
Nmmi Pearson
Roswell Symphony Orchestra
West End
Roswell NM
Chaves County
J.C.Y. Centers, Inc
Barry Wilkinson
Accounting Services
Stacie L. Sexe
CPA
Attorneys Sanders, Bruin, Coll & Worley PA Dunlap Law Office
Insurance & Investments
Kay R. Marlin Wells & Associates
Oil
Friends of Music
Alcorn Family
Sthirney C. Childress
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