ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 11 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Commissioner Walt Benson reiterates the comments he made at the commission meeting last evening regarding the County Manager Hiring Process Resolution passed last night. "I did not vote for the resolution presented by Chair Barbara Baca," say Commissioner Benson. "The County Manager is the Chief Executive of the entire county budget, administration, personnel and operations. It's the mos  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 11 -- Bernalillo County issued the following statement on April 10, 2024, by Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada: * * * Bernalillo County District 2 Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada issued the following statement today following last night's vote by the commission regarding the selection process for a new county manager. "I am deeply disappointed by the actions of Commissioners Baca, Olivas, and Barboa, who persist in silencing the voices of residents in Dist  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 12 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: Bernalillo County Commissioners Steven Michael Quezada and Walt Benson stand in full support of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG) and its unwavering commitment to transparency and accountability in governmental affairs. In response to FOG's recent appeal to the New Mexico Department of Justice to investigate potential violations of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act by the Bernalillo County  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 12 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: After three years, Bernalillo County's Emergency Rental Assistance funds have been expended. As part of covid relief funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Bernalillo County was awarded $17.4 million for the Bernalillo County Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) assistance program to support households that were unable to pay rent and utilities due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * Census Bureau Initiatives to Address Persistent Undercount of Children * * * The U.S. Census Bureau today released new experimental estimates showing children ages 0 to 4 were undercounted in the 2020 Census in every state. Additionally, there were undercounts of children ages 0 to 4 in more than 4 out of 5 counties included in this release. The experimental estimates are availa  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57061) involving Louisiana Energy Services, Eunice, New Mexico: * * * Facility: Louisiana Energy Services Comments: Uranium Enrichment Facility Gas Centrifuge Facility Region: 2 City: Eunice State: NM County: Lea License #: SNM-2010 Docket: 70-3103 NRC Notified By: David Hurd HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 04/02/2024 Notification Time: 02:36 [ET] Event Date: 04/0  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 12 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley offered South Dakota's nine Native American tribes a historic opportunity to train tribal law enforcement officers. "People in tribal communities continue to suffer because of the well-documented shortage of tribal law enforcement officers. This hurts all of South Dakota's nine reservations, so we are taking the   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Jaremy Smith with the murder of New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare. Smith, 33, of South Carolina, is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges April 18, 2024. According to court documents, on March 15, 2024, Smith attempted to flag down passing motorists on Interstate 40 in  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * Migration maps help developers limit impacts on wildlife from infrastructure and assist wildlife managers to conserve big game. * * * A new set of maps that document the movements of ungulates was published today in the fourth volume of the Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States. The maps in this collaborative U.S. Geological  more