Monsoon Awareness Week In New Mexico June 8-13
Courtesy photo
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez has proclaimed June 8-13 as “Monsoon Awareness Week” in New Mexico. The National Weather Service (NWS) and New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (NMDHSEM) will mark Monsoon Awareness Week in New Mexico with a series of informational projects to promote awareness.
New Mexico joins the annual campaign to promote awareness of the life-threatening weather hazards that affect New Mexico during the Summer Monsoon. The keys to avoiding serious injury or death during the Summer Monsoon include:
- knowing the safety
New Mexico State Police Investigate Officer Involved Shooting in Espanola
NMSP News:
New Mexico State Police (NMSP) report that at about 10 a.m. Sunday, two Espanola police officers responded to the area of Riverside Drive and Corlett Road in Espanola to the report of a suspicious person.
They made contact with the person and the person and during the contact the person produced a weapon and pointed it at the officers. One officer fired his weapon, striking the person.
The person was transported to the hospital and later pronounced dead. He is identified as Victor Villalpando, 16, of Espanola.
The incident is under investigation. Read More
High Profile Absconder Arrested
NMCD News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) Security Threat Intelligence Unit detectives, with collaboration with its partners at the U.S. Marshals, have arrested parole absconder Joseph Borja.
Borja was on parole for child abuse resulting in great bodily harm or death.
Borja, after serving a year and a half in prison, was paroled in August. He absconded at the end of November and since then officers have been on his heels. Officers, working on a tip, went to an apartment complex of Borja’s current girlfriend. There officers spotted Borja and he took off running, at Read More
Heinrich Questions Intelligence Officials on Bulk Data Collection and Warrantless Searches of Americans
Sen. Martin Henrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At an open Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., questioned intelligence officials on the bulk collection and warrantless searches of the phone calls and emails of Americans under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Watch the video from the hearing here.
The hearing Thursday was held to address the House-passed USA FREEDOM Act. Heinrich, who is an original cosponsor of the Senate version of the bill said:
“The legislation approved by the House is a positive Read More
Heinrich Welcomes New Mexico Honor Flight Veterans to World War II Memorial
Sen. Martin Heinrich with World War II Veteran Ralph Kress at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Kress traveled to Washington with the Northern New Mexico Honor Flight. Courtesy photoWASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. welcomed World War II veterans with the first ever Northern New Mexico Honor Flight to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The group of veterans was sponsored by the Honor Flight Network, a non-profit organization created solely to honor America’s veterans for all their sacrifices. Read More
Bridge Work Continues on U.S. 84/285 and North Tesuque Interchange
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will continue bridge rehabilitation work on U.S. 84/285 and North Tesuque Interchange (Exit 172) north of Santa Fe near the Tesuque Village at mile post 171.6.
6 a.m. Saturday, June 7, the North Tesuque Interchange (Exit 172) will be closed, and the U.S. 84/285 northbound and southbound lanes will be reduced to one lane and be detoured through the off ramps and on ramps at this interchange. The cross-road at the North Tesuque Interchange will be closed during this time. There will be an 18’ width restriction. The North Read More
Udall, Heinrich Honor Last Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez
Chester Nez
SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján issued the following statements celebrating the life and service of Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers, who died Wednesday morning, and honoring the historic role the Native American Code Talkers played in the Allied victory in World War II.
“The passing of Chester Nez is a solemn moment for the Navajo Nation, the state of New Mexico and our country, and my thoughts are with the Nez family,” Udall said. “Like the code that helped win two world Read More
Last of Original Navajo Code Talkers Has Died
Chester Nez during his days as a Navajo Code Talker. Courtesy/cnn.com and Chester NezStaff Report:
Chester Nez, the last remaining of the original 29 Navajos recruited by the Marine Corps to develop the legendary code that was used for vital communications during battle died Wednesday at his home in Albuquerque at age 93.
Nez had been scheduled to speak in Jemez Springs on June 14 on his new book, a memoir of his days as a Code Talker,coauthored with Judith Avila. That event has of course been cancelled. “I hope many of our patrons and readers around the world will continue Read More
Udall, Heinrich Urge President to Revise Budget To Address Changes In Design And Operation At WIPP
Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich urge President Obama to send Congress an amendment to his Fiscal Year 2015 Budget to ensure that the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has the funding it needs to continue implementing the recommendations of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Accident Investigation Boards, including required changes in design and operation.
A fire and radiation release earlier this year have left WIPP closed while the Department of Energy investigates the root cause of the accidents and develops Read More
Rabies Confirmed in Two Bats from Albuquerque’s South Valley
Bat. Courtesy/CDC
NMDOH News:
- Health Department urges parents to tell children not to handle wild animals and make sure pets are vaccinated
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) and the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department announced today two bats from the South Valley of Albuquerque have tested positive for rabies in the last two weeks.
The bats were tested at the Department’s Scientific Laboratory Division.
The most recent bat tested positive Tuesday and had been found crawling on a woman’s bare foot before she kicked it away. She will be receiving a series Read More
