FLETC strike ends after three months at Artesia
About 50 service workers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia voted to end a three month strike against Omni Corp. The union organizer Gary Roeckel cited limited gains and questioned why the government did not intervene earlier. Return to work is planned for October 15, with guarantees of reemployment uncertain and layoffs possible.
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Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Artesia
Gary Roeckel
Workers’ Union
Roeckel
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 953
Albuquerque
Omni Corp
Fletc
Omni
Anthony Gurrola
Gurrola
Omi Corp
Funding okayed for Historical Society in Roswell
Roswell Occupancy Tax Board approved a 2500 dollar grant to the Historical Society of Southeast New Mexico for an ongoing public awareness project. The funds finance brochures posters and ads within a 200 mile radius. The Historical Center and Museum renovation continues with an expected May finish and volunteers urge return visits.
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Historical Society For
Southeast New Mexico
Roswell
Historical Society
Amy McVay-Davis
McVay-Davis
McVay-Da
Vis
Albuquerque
Jury selection begins in case over wildfire
In Bernalillo state court jury selection starts before Judge Louis McDonald for a case against two utility companies over the Las Conchas wildfire of June 2011. The event burned 240 square miles, destroyed homes, threatened labs, and involved more than 300 plaintiffs including Cochiti and Jemez pueblos.
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Bernalillo
New Mexico
Louis McDonald
Las Conchas
National Forest
Jemez Mountains
Bandelier National Monument
Cochiti
Jemez Pueblos
Pickup Rams Corner Home Injuring Four On East Berrendo
A small pickup truck crashed into the side of a corner house at East Berrendo Road and North Garden Avenue, injuring four people who were hospitalized. Two adults inside the house and two teenagers inside the truck were involved, according to Roswell police.
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East Berrendo Road
North Garden Avenue
N. Garden Ave
Roswell
Todd Wildermuth
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Doyle Cooper
Center For American Values
Congress
Daniels Leadership Center
New Mexico Military Institute
World Trade Center
Cooper
Pueblo
Colorado
OTB
the Historical Society
Low
Jeff Jackson
Topay
Terrance Josef
Tam” Borovina
Seeneeeeneneeeen Financial
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