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SANTA FE — A private plane carrying Gov. Susana Martinez and Clovis-Portales District Attorney Matt Chandler landed without its landing gear down Wednesday in Santa Fe, but there were no injuries, officials said. The emergency landing took place about 10 p.m. at Santa Fe Municipal Airport. The governor was returning from a campaign event in Tucumcari for Republican state Senate candidate Angie Spears. The Spears campaign paid for the flight, spokesman Scott Darnell said. The governor's husband Chuck Franco was also on b...
ALBUQUERQUE — There's no question it's dry in New Mexico. Many will argue that's an understatement, including Gov. Susana Martinez. She has issued a drought declaration covering all of New Mexico. Tuesday's move will make it easier for communities, farmers and ranchers to secure federal funding. Much of the state suffered from drought last year. This year, maps by federal forecasters show all off New Mexico is experiencing some form of drought, from abnormally dry to exceptional. Martinez says fire danger is high, r...
SANTA FE — New Mexico's statewide average high school graduation rate slipped to 63 percent last year, but the Public Education Department said Friday it had changed the graduation calculation to meet a federal mandate. Students are tracked from the time they are freshmen and the latest figures show that not quite two-thirds of the class of 2011 received their diplomas in four years, according to the department. The average graduation rate was 67.3 percent for the class of 2010 and 66.1 percent in 2009, but those were based o...
SANTA FE — New Mexico's statewide average high school graduation rate slipped to 63 percent last year, but the Public Education Department said Friday it had changed the graduation calculation to meet a federal mandate. Students are tracked from the time they are freshmen and the latest figures show that not quite two-thirds of the class of 2011 received their diplomas in four years, according to the department. The average graduation rate was 67.3 percent for the class of 2010 and 66.1 percent in 2009, but those were based o... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico remains in a slog toward economic recovery. The Albuquerque Journal reports that economic data for the second half of 2011 shows New Mexico's job creation numbers are troubling but may be improving. The state's personal income numbers are encouraging, unless you count business owners' income. And unemployment numbers have been a moving target. The data reported by the newspaper and compiled by the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research suggest that the state's economy is i... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico remains in a slog toward economic recovery. The Albuquerque Journal reports that economic data for the second half of 2011 shows New Mexico's job creation numbers are troubling but may be improving. The state's personal income numbers are encouraging, unless you count business owners' income. And unemployment numbers have been a moving target. The data reported by the newspaper and compiled by the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research suggest that the state's economy is i... Full story
Myra Dingman, a 1992 Clovis High School graduate who lives in Virginia Beach, Va., was working from home Friday when a Navy jet crashed into an apartment building just three miles away. "I didn't hear it (crash). A friend texted me, and right away I went online to see what happened," said Dingman, who moved to Virginia Beach 12 years ago to attend Regent University, where she earned her doctorate in organizational leadership. "We have an outdoor pool with a really high deck. We stood on it and we could see the black smoke."...
Myra Dingman, a 1992 Clovis High School graduate who lives in Virginia Beach, Va., was working from home Friday when a Navy jet crashed into an apartment building just three miles away. "I didn't hear it (crash). A friend texted me, and right away I went online to see what happened," said Dingman, who moved to Virginia Beach 12 years ago to attend Regent University, where she earned her doctorate in organizational leadership. "We have an outdoor pool with a really high deck. We stood on it and we could see the black smoke."... Full story
Gov. Susana Martinez has vetoed $105,000 in projects from Curry County's capital outlay request totaling $960,000. The biggest cut by Martinez on Wednesday was $100,000 requested to help pay for county road improvements. She also vetoed a $5,000 request for a sign at the Lincoln-Jackson Family Center in Clovis. Projects in county's request approved by the governor: - $177,000 for land purchases to help expansion at Cannon Air Force Base. - $278,000 earmarked for pipeline construction in the Clovis effluent reuse project. -...
Tech. Sgt. Matthew Schwartz, 34, of Cheyenne, Wyo., was among three servicemen killed Jan. 5 when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province's Shir Ghazi, the Defense Department said Saturday in a news release. Schwartz was an explosive ordnance disposal specialist assigned to the 90th Civil Engineer Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. Schwartz moved to Cheyenne in 2006, when he was transferred to F.E. Warren after a stint at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico, the Wyoming...
Tech. Sgt. Matthew Schwartz, 34, of Cheyenne, Wyo., was among three servicemen killed Jan. 5 when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province's Shir Ghazi, the Defense Department said Saturday in a news release. Schwartz was an explosive ordnance disposal specialist assigned to the 90th Civil Engineer Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. Schwartz moved to Cheyenne in 2006, when he was transferred to F.E. Warren after a stint at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico, the Wyoming... Full story
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, labs and other facilities as part of an effort to save $150 million per year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday. While the closures and other cost-cutting steps will affect the USDA headquarters in Washington and operations in 46 states, the savings will be relatively small in the context of the agency's $145 billion budget. The closures follow a review of USDA operations done as part of the Obama administration's effo... Full story
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, labs and other facilities as part of an effort to save $150 million per year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday. While the closures and other cost-cutting steps will affect the USDA headquarters in Washington and operations in 46 states, the savings will be relatively small in the context of the agency's $145 billion budget. The closures follow a review of USDA operations done as part of the Obama administration's effo...
