Carol A. Clark

Domingos En Arte: Boleros Al Atardecer Brings Romantic Latin Music To NHCC’s Summer Music Series

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Domingos en Arte, a summer music and dance series presented by Melaza Music, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center in the NHCC’s Fountain Courtyard, continues its second season in July.
 
We have invited some of our musician friends, from the local community and outside, for lively community get-togethers right next to the beautiful Rio Grande Bosque. Spend Sunday evenings enjoying live music, drinks, and delicious Latin cuisine with family and friends in this enchanting courtyard
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FBI: Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Bank Robbery Charge … Faces 20 Years In Federal Prison

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FBI News: 

 

ALBUQUERQUE – Randy K. Lovett, 34, of Albuquerque, pled guilty in federal court to a bank robbery charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

 

Lovett was arrested April 19, on a criminal complaint charging him with robbing the Bank of America at 7644 Jefferson St. NE, in Albuquerque. According to the complaint, Lovett robbed the Bank of America by handing a bank teller a note in which he claimed to have a gun, demanded money, and informed the teller she had 30 seconds to comply. Lovett subsequently was indicted May 9, on a bank robbery charge.

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Man Who Committed Double Murder In Clovis Stays In Prison; Supreme Court Affirms Murder Convictions

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Enrique Deleon
 
AG News:
 
CLOVIS ― Attorney General Hector Balderas announced June 30 that Enrique Deleon will stay in prison for the double murder of Guadalupe Castaneda and Joe Valero that he committed while a 5-year-old girl was in a nearby car.
 
The Supreme Court agreed with the Office of the Attorney General’s Criminal Appeals Division and affirmed Deleon’s murder convictions for which he received a sentence of life in prison for each murder. Deleon murdered the couple in Clovis after a fight at a family cookout.
 
“Keeping New Mexico’s most dangerous, violent offenders
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Scenes From Today’s Family Y Firecracker Fun Run

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Two of the Incredibles, aka Matt Schmidt and his son Adam, zoom through today’s Family YMCA’s 5K Firecracker Fun Run and Walk in downtown Los Alamos. Prizes were awarded to the top male and female finishers in Kid, Youth, Adult, Adult 60+, and Dog Jogger categories. The best Costumed Participant will win Bagels-for-a-Year from Ruby K’s. ​Runners and walkers started in the YMCA parking lot, turned north on 15th St. to Canyon Road, west on Canyon Road to the Aquatic Center, continued west on Canyon Road to Diamond Drive made a U-turn at the crosswalk and returned Read More

Luján: Celebrating Freedom … Liberty … Democracy

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From U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
NM 3rd Congressional District

Independence Day is such an important holiday to me. Not only are we celebrating our nation’s 241st birthday, we are celebrating the ideals our nation was founded upon. We are celebrating freedom. We are celebrating liberty. We are celebrating our democracy.

Our democracy is what makes our nation so great. We the people get to decide the direction of our nation. We were the first nation founded on the ideas that power derives from the people, not its leaders. We must remember that we have the power to enact great change! That is what makes Read More

Rio Chama Equine Expo Aug. 26

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ABIQUIU – All things horse will be the order of the day at the second annual Rio Chama Equine Expo, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Rio Arriba Rural Events Center in Abiquiu.

New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service in Rio Arriba County is hosting the day’s event.

“The expo is a great way for people to network and learn better horsemanship skills,” said Donald Martinez, NMSU Rio Arriba County agricultural agent. “Last year we had 50 people participate; this year we are expecting it to double. There’s not a whole lot of these expos around anymore, so a lot of people who Read More

Judicial Compensation Commission Meets Wednesday

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COURT News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Judicial Compensation Commission will meet Wednesday to consider recommendations to the Legislature for a possible judicial salary increase in the 2019 fiscal year.
 
  • TIME: 9 a.m.
  • DATE: Wednesday, July 5.
  • PLACE: Supreme Court Building, Room 208, 237 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe.
 
The independent six-member commission is required by state law to annually recommend a judicial pay plan to the Legislative Finance Committee and the Department of Finance and Administration.
 
Improved judicial salaries are needed to help retain
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State Drunk Driving Ads Recognized Nationally

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Gov. Susana Martinez
 
NMDOT News:
 
SANTA FE ― Gov. Susana Martinez has announced that one of the state’s TV ad campaigns called, “Reality Series – Over the Limit,” to combat DWI is featured on the Governors Highway Safety Association’s website. This showcases what New Mexico is doing to fight drunk driving to other states.
 
“I am very pleased that New Mexico can be an example to other states,” Martinez said. “Drunk driving is 100 percent preventable and my administration will do everything in our power to stop it – because even one death to a drunk driver
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