Chris Clark

Justice Department Awards $13 Million To Help Jurisdictions Register And Track Sex Offenders

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DOJ News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C ― The Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) today announced awards of approximately $13 million to improve the registration and tracking of sex offenders. The grants are being awarded to states, U.S. territories and tribal communities.
 
“These grants give jurisdictions across the country the resources they need to build a viable sex offender registration and notification infrastructure, and protect their citizens from dangerous predators,” said Principal
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FBI: Zuni Pueblo Man Sentenced To Ten Years For 2nd Degree Murder Conviction

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Patrick Walela, 33, a member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, was sentenced Wednesday to 120 months in prison for his conviction on a second-degree murder charge in Federal Court in Albuquerque. Walela will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
 
The FBI arrested Walela Dec. 29, 2017, on a criminal complaint charging him with second degree murder and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The complaint alleged that Walela killed a 45-year-old Zuni Pueblo man and seriously injured a 52-year-old Zuni Pueblo man Dec.
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State Auditor Wayne Johnson Investigates ‘Retirement Refunds’ Totaling $65,000 To Tijeras City Employees

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State Auditor Wayne Johnson
 
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― State Auditor Wayne Johnson has initiated a special investigation to determine if thousands of tax dollars recently given to Village of Tijeras employees were paid in compliance with all state and local laws and regulations.
 
Johnson says there’s reason to believe the payments were improper or miscalculated, were done outside of normal accounting methods, and skirted standard internal controls for a municipality like Tijeras.
 
The refunds appear to have been issued without anybody but the Mayor and the Village
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Spring Competitions For Los Alamos Public School Music

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Los Alamos Middle School band. Courtesy photo
 
LAPS News:
 
Over the past few weeks, the choir and band programs at the Los Alamos Middle and High School have been busy competing in their respective state contests.
 
The State Choir Contest was April 13 and 14 at V Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho where both the middle and high school choirs performed.
 
“The overall event was full of very tough competition,” Choir Director Jason Rutledge said. The students spent a full semester preparing as well as hours outside of school. The hard work paid off, however, as LAMS Hawk
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Balderas Announces Increase Uniformity And Transparency In State Rule Making Processes

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Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
AG News:
 
SANTA FE ― Tuesday, Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that the Office of the Attorney General has promulgated a new rule for rule making processes for government agencies across New Mexico.
 
With input from the public and various public bodies from across the state, the Attorney General’s default procedural rule for rulemaking establishes baseline standards for rule making processes.
 
“Government agencies must be transparent and accountable to the public when making the rules that govern
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USDA Seeks Applications For 17th Year Of Rural Broadband Loan Program

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USDA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue April 17 announced that USDA is accepting applications for loans under its long-standing Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program to extend broadband infrastructure in eligible rural communities.
 
USDA has supported broadband infrastructure projects through this program since it was created in the 2002 Farm Bill and reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Bill.
 
The Agency has also announced that it is revising the process in which applications will be accepted under the
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