The New Mexico Republican Party is looking to put the state in play, so to speak, for the 2016 elections. The State GOP laying the groundwork just months after their historic victories in the nation's most Hispanic state. Today the party will unveil plans it believes will assist whoever the party selects for the Presidency as well as keep a majority of State House Seats. Republicans last year took the House for the first time in six decades as Governor Martinez won re-election in a landslide that saw very few New Mexico Democrats and Democrats nationwide bother to turn-out to vote. However, Republicans have failed to win New Mexico in the last three of four presidential elections. As for the Democrats, New Mexico party spokesman Scott Tillman says Republicans will face a hard time winning the state next year because of the heated rhetoric from the GOP presidential primary.
Did a Santa Fe detective’s role in turning over a 24-year-old undocumented immigrant to federal authorities did not violate a city policy against local officers enforcing federal immigration laws? That’s the question that’s been raised following Thursday’s arrest of a 24-year old undocumented man who’s been the subject of an outstanding federal criminal warrant. Santa Fe Police arrested Jorge Serrano-Nevarez. A Santa Fe police spokeswoman says the suspect has what the New Mexican reports is an extensive criminal history with SFPD. Serrano-Nevarez re-entered the country illegally and a criminal US District Court warrant was issued for his arrest.
Santa Fe City agencies are getting together for an emergency preparedness drill today. The so-called ‘Fall Scramble’ exercise will involve a simulated event at Capshaw Middle School. The drill—an effort by the Santa Fe Office of Emergency Management, Fire and Police Departments, the Regional Emergency Communications Center, the Santa Fe Public Schools, and Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center—will conduct the exercise from nine-am through noon. City officials say students, faculty and staff at Capshaw will fully participate in the exercise. While it may involve temporary road closures along West Zia Road, traffic disruption is expected to be minimal.
New Mexico was one of five states nationwide that saw an increase in obesity from 2013 to 2014. The State Department of Health says the percentage of New Mexicans who had a body-mass index—or BMI—over 30, the benchmark for obesity—went up by two-percent, from 26-point-four to 28-point-four. Overall, data shows that the obesity rate for the entire nation essentially stayed the same.
Energy Giant ConocoPhillips is laying off ten-percent of its worldwide workforce, and some of those layoffs will come from New Mexico's oil fields. Albuquerque Business First reports the spokesperson for the firm confirmed New Mexico would be part of the upcoming layoffs but did not say how many jobs would be lost. The spokesperson, Jim Lowry, says the company will know in coming weeks exactly how many New Mexicans and people working in our state would be affected. ConocoPhillips produces the most natural gas in New Mexico and is among the state's top oil producers. The company has operated in the San Juan Basin for years.
Did a Santa Fe detective’s role in turning over a 24-year-old undocumented immigrant to federal authorities did not violate a city policy against local officers enforcing federal immigration laws? That’s the question that’s been raised following Thursday’s arrest of a 24-year old undocumented man who’s been the subject of an outstanding federal criminal warrant. Santa Fe Police arrested Jorge Serrano-Nevarez. A Santa Fe police spokeswoman says the suspect has what the New Mexican reports is an extensive criminal history with SFPD. Serrano-Nevarez re-entered the country illegally and a criminal US District Court warrant was issued for his arrest.
Santa Fe City agencies are getting together for an emergency preparedness drill today. The so-called ‘Fall Scramble’ exercise will involve a simulated event at Capshaw Middle School. The drill—an effort by the Santa Fe Office of Emergency Management, Fire and Police Departments, the Regional Emergency Communications Center, the Santa Fe Public Schools, and Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center—will conduct the exercise from nine-am through noon. City officials say students, faculty and staff at Capshaw will fully participate in the exercise. While it may involve temporary road closures along West Zia Road, traffic disruption is expected to be minimal.
New Mexico was one of five states nationwide that saw an increase in obesity from 2013 to 2014. The State Department of Health says the percentage of New Mexicans who had a body-mass index—or BMI—over 30, the benchmark for obesity—went up by two-percent, from 26-point-four to 28-point-four. Overall, data shows that the obesity rate for the entire nation essentially stayed the same.
Energy Giant ConocoPhillips is laying off ten-percent of its worldwide workforce, and some of those layoffs will come from New Mexico's oil fields. Albuquerque Business First reports the spokesperson for the firm confirmed New Mexico would be part of the upcoming layoffs but did not say how many jobs would be lost. The spokesperson, Jim Lowry, says the company will know in coming weeks exactly how many New Mexicans and people working in our state would be affected. ConocoPhillips produces the most natural gas in New Mexico and is among the state's top oil producers. The company has operated in the San Juan Basin for years.
Santa Fe Weather: Mostly sunny today with the high topping out at 81. Tonight: Mostly clear skies with the overnight low dipping to 51. Tomorrow: Mostly sunny early, then becoming partly cloudy with the high hitting 83.