Public Safety

Udall On Closure Of Critical Health Services At ACL Hospital

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

As COVID-19 cases surge in New Mexico, Pueblo residents will now need to travel hours to access emergency medical services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following statement in response to the Indian Health Service (IHS) decision to shut down emergency room and in-patient services at the Acoma, Laguna, Canoncito (ACL) hospital, located on Acoma Tribal lands:

“This pandemic has strained Native health systems, disrupted Tribal economies, and taken a disproportionate Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,259 New Cases, Total Now 65,454 With 21 New Deaths, 25,411 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 1,259 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports zero new cases today … the total remains at 87 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 21 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 374 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 1 new case in Catron County
  • 88 new cases in Chaves County
  • 16 new cases in Cibola County
  • 5 new cases in Colfax County
  • 40 new cases in Curry County
  • 1 new case in De Baca
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NMED Presents Virtual Update On DP Road Clean Up Work

Map showing the areas on DP Road impacted by the radioactive material as well as the location of the new apartment complexes. Screenshot/LADP

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Multiple discoveries of radioactive material have been made on Los Alamos County-owned land off DP Road.

Thursday night, representatives of New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) provided an update to the public on the situation on DP Road and what is being done to address it.

NMED Resource Protection Division Director Stephanie Stringer provided some background on the site where Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Third-offense Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Convictions Subject To Enhanced Sentencing

New Mexico Supreme Court News:

SANTA FE – A sentencing enhancement for habitual offenders applies to a third conviction of misdemeanor domestic violence, the state Supreme Court ruled today.

In a unanimous decision, the Court affirmed the sentence of an Alamogordo man, James Barela, who pleaded no contest in 2015 to battery against a household member. Because it was his third misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, a state law elevated the offense to a fourth-degree felony — making it punishable by 18 months in prison rather than up to 364 days in jail for a misdemeanor.

Barela received a Read More

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