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Native American Veterans Exhibit In Angel Fire Aug. 4

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DVS News:
 
ANGEL FIRE ― A Native American Veterans Exhibit will open Aug. 4 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire.
 
New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Secretary Jack Fox will be joined at a noon ceremony by prominent Native American veterans and members of the veteran community to welcome the exhibit to the Memorial, which is managed by DVS.
 
Joining them will be artist and U.S. Marine/U.S. Air Force veteran TyAnn Nakai, who will oversee the exhibit featuring photographs, artifacts, artwork, and stories honoring Native American veterans—a segment
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PARCC Testing Results For Los Alamos Public Schools

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Chart shows district-level percent of students proficient and above on PARCC by ELA and Math. Courtesy/LAPS

Chart shows district-level percent of students proficient and above on PARCC by ELA and Math. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test are now available. Students in the Los Alamos Public Schools demonstrated promising results. PARCC is one of the statewide standardized tests required by the New Mexico Secretary of Education.

For PARCC scores for each school district in New Mexico, visit https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/accountability/achievement-data/ Read More

CVNM Action Fund Endorses Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard For Commissioner Of Public Lands

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Stephanie Garcia Richard
 
CVNM News:
 
SANTA FE ― Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM), the state’s leading political advocacy voice for sound environmental policies that support healthy communities, announced Monday its endorsement of Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard for New Mexico Land Commissioner via its coordinated political action committee CVNM Action Fund.
 
“Rep. Garcia Richard has been vocal and ambitious in her plans for environmental protection,” said Ben Shelton, CVNM’s Political and Legislative sirector. “Rep. Garcia Richard has the potential to become
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FBI: Santa Fe Cardiologist Gets 51 Months In Prison

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Chief U.S. District Judge William P. “Chip” Johnson sentenced Roy G. Heilbron last week in Federal Court in Albuquerque to 51 months of imprisonment for his convictions on health care fraud and obstruction of justice charges.
 
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Acting Special Agent in Charge Maxwell D. Marker of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and U.S. Marshal Sonya K. Chavez.
 
Heilbron, 54, a cardiologist residing in Santa Fe, was sentenced to 24 months for his conviction on a health care fraud charge, and 27 months for his
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WWII Vet Finally Receives Bronze Star Medal Friday

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VETERANS News:

SANTA FE – World War II veteran Dennis Ferk will be presented with a Bronze Star Medal at a special presentation ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Friday at the Santa Fe Vet Center at 2209 Brothers Road in Santa Fe.

Ferk had earned this prestigious award for meritorious achievement during ground combat from April 1942 to May 1944 in New Guinea in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

At the ceremony, he also will be presented with an American Defense Service Medal, an American Campaign Medal, and a World War II Victory Medal.

Following the war, Ferk never sought to claim his awards. This was brought Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court: Guardianship System Changes Protect Vulnerable Citizens

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NMSC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Court-appointed guardians and conservators are subject to audits and more extensive reporting requirements under a new state law to help protect vulnerable New Mexicans no longer able to make decisions about their finances and personal affairs.
 
Friday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura, State Auditor Wayne Johnson, Sen. James White and Rep. Damon Ely along with Second Judicial District Judges Shannon Bacon and Nancy Franchini highlighted changes in state law and court rules for the adult guardianship system. Newly enacted legislation
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OAG Special Agents Work With Doña Ana County Sheriffs To Put Convicted Violent Offender Behind Bars

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Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
NMAG News:
 
DONA ANA COUNTY ― Doña Ana County Sheriff’s detectives say a wanted 49-year-old violent convicted sex offender is in custody – thanks to the observant eyes of a fellow law-enforcement officer.
 
The nationwide, no-bond extradition warrant was issued Tuesday for Samuel Anthony Herrod. According to detectives, Herrod reported to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office that he was moving to Las Cruces June 12. Under the New Mexico Sex Offender Registration Act, convicted sex offenders are required to make notification with the
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SFCC On Launch Of Paid Internship Program PILAS

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SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College announces the launch of the PILAS Internship program (Programa de Internos, Los Alamos), a workforce development project that gives students the opportunity to work with local businesses to gain employable skills while earning an hourly wage and academic credit.
 
The interns, who will begin working in August, will receive pay through the college, not the business partners. The college is seeking businesses that would like to participate in the program.
 
Ya’el Chaikind, SFCC’s PILAS internship coordinator said, “Students
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DOJ: Regulatory Steps To Address Opioid Epidemic

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WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Department of Justice Wednesday announced the finalization of an April proposal to improve the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to control the diversion of dangerous drugs in the midst of the national opioid crisis.
 
Announced in April by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the final rule sent for publication today in the Federal Register establishes that DEA will take into consideration the extent that a drug is diverted for abuse when it sets its annual opioid production limits.
 
If DEA believes that that a particular opioid or a particular company’s
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