Public Safety

AG Files Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers And Distributors For Fueling Epidemic Crippling New Mexico

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 11, 2017
AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that he has brought a lawsuit on behalf of the State of New Mexico against the country’s largest manufacturers and wholesale distributors of opioids, a crucial first step toward holding these companies responsible for flooding New Mexico’s communities with prescription opioids and fueling the opioid epidemic by putting profits over people.
 
The State of New Mexico is filing suit against five of the largest manufacturers of prescription opioids and their related companies and against the country’s
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Justin F. Vigil Sentenced In Two Cases

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 11, 2017
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

Justin F. Vigil, 23, of Santa Fe, will serve 191 days in Santa Fe County Detention Center and 566 days of supervised probation when released under the terms of a judgment issued by First Judicial District Judge T. Glenn Ellington for two cases, one in Los Alamos County and the other in Santa Fe County.

In the Los Alamos case, Vigil was originally charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery against a Los Alamos woman. Under a plea and disposition agreement reached in April, he pleaded no contest to false Read More

Letter To The Editor: Yes, Gun Buybacks Do Work And They ‘Feel Good’ Too

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 11, 2017
By MIRANDA VISCOLI, Co-president  
New Mexicans To Prevent Gun Violence

Robert Visel could not have said it better in his editorial, “Gun Buyback Farce.”

In his letter to the editor he calls New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence gun buybacks a “Feel good maneuver”. Yes, it does “feel good” to see a widow bring in her departed husband’s arsenal of guns that have been left in their bedroom closet. It feels great to see the relief on grandparents’ faces when they know that their guns will not get into their grandchildren’s hands. Or, the proud young father with his newborn bringing in a semi-automatic Read More

Letter To The Editor: In The Great Gun Debate, Both Sides Need Practice Hitting The Target

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 10, 2017
By KHAL SPENCER
Los Alamos
 
It’s an unfortunate observation, nearly rising to the level of a physical law, that both sides in the Great Gun Debate will usually miss the target on any given issue.
 
After the recent Clovis Library mass shooting, someone wrote a long essay to the Santa Fe New Mexican calling for a ban on concealed carry in libraries. But concealed carry was irrelevant to the shooting as the shooter, at 16 years old, was not a legal concealed carrier nor eligible to become one at his age. Further, it should be noted that in spite of concealed carry being lawful in libraries,
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Scenes From Los Alamos Fire Department’s 9/11 Memorial Climb … May We Never Forget

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 10, 2017

Firefighters from the Los Alamos Fire Department and members of the community gather Saturday at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area for the Fourth Annual 9/11 Memorial Climb. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

A bolt from the World Trade Center was passed from person to person Saturday morning during the Los Alamos Fire Department Honor Guard’s Fourth Annual 9/11 Memorial Climb at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Fire Department Honor Guard members from left, David Palmer, Cmdr. Rick Acedo and David Apodaca prior to Saturday’s Read More

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