Public Safety

Op Ed: Money Bonds Do Not Protect Community Safety

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By ARTHUR W. PEPIN, Director
New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts

In the heated debate about what are being called “boomerang thugs,” there are some realities that cannot be ignored.

The United States Constitution guarantees that all persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty, and New Mexico’s Constitution requires the release of accused persons before trial, except in a narrow category of offenses.

Our New Mexico judges have no lawful option to deny release altogether. The question they must answer is what conditions accompanying release best promote Read More

NM Lawmakers Write EPA On Gold King Mine Spill

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STATE News:

  • Lawmakers Call for Point Person to Oversee Agency’s Response

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján expressed their concern with the EPA’s response to the Gold King Mine spill that has sent three million gallons of wastewater into the Animas River.

In the letter, the lawmakers called on EPA to improve communication with federal, state, and local officials and with members of the public, urging the agency to appoint one point person to oversee the Read More

FBI Offers $20,000 Reward On Person Of Interest In Las Cruces Church Bombing Case

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FBI News:

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The FBI and its federal, state, and local law enforcement partners investigating the explosions at two Las Cruces churches announced two significant developments in the case Friday.

The FBI said it is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosions that went off within 22 minutes of each other at Calvary Baptist Church and Holy Cross Catholic Church Aug. 2, 2015.

Nobody was injured in either explosion, and the resulting damage was minor. It is likely

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Udall, Heinrich Announce More Than $10 Million In Homeland Security Grants For New Mexico

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U.S. SENATE News:

  • State, five Southern NM counties will receive funding for emergency preparedness and border security 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the state of New Mexico, along with Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna and Otero counties, will receive more than $10 million combined for border security and emergency preparedness.

The funding comes from various U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant programs.

“Border states like New Mexico are on the front lines when it comes to homeland security, and this funding will Read More

Peace Activists Hold Annual Los Alamos Protest

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Rev. James Lawson, left, meets with fellow demonstrators at Sunday’s Rally at Ashley Pond Park. The man at right wears sackcloth in repentance for the bombing of Nagasaki during World War II. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Giant peace statue moves through the crowd at Sunday’s rally.  Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Peace activists returned to Los Alamos Sunday for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.

Activists also were in town Thursday for the 70th anniversary of the Read More

Peace Activist John Dear Speaks To Los Alamos

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Peace activist John Dear

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Internationally known peace activist John Dear gathered with more than 300 protesters Sunday at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

“We’re here again like we’ve been coming every year to call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons,” Dear told the Los Alamos Daily Post. “Today we are joined by the architect of the civil rights movement, Jim Lawson, so with his presence we are all called upon to fight for nuclear peace … I encourage everyone

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Lujan On Mine Spill: ‘EPA Caused This Mess And They Must Take Full Responsibility To Clean It’

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The normally ‘crystal clear’ Animas River today in Aztec following Wednesday’s EPA mine spill. Photo by Randy Foster

 

The Animas River today in Aztec following Wednesday’s EPA mine spill. Photo by Randy Foster
 

 

STATE News:

FARMINGTON – U.S. Rep Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today after participating in a public meeting in Farmington with federal, state, and local officials and members of the community to provide information on the Gold King Mine spill that Read More