FBI: Tohajiilee Man Pleads Guilty To Murder And Use Of Firearm In Crime Of Violence In Indian Country
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Tristian Cadman of Tohajilee, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and using a firearm in a crime of violence.
A grand jury indicted Cadman Sept. 11, 2019.
In his plea agreement, Cadman admitted that early in the morning of Aug. 21, 2019, he and an associate armed themselves and attempted to rob the victim and the victim’s companion. Following a scuffle, Cadman shot and killed the victim.
The murder took place on the Navajo Nation. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Cadman faces 10 years to life in prison.
The FBI investigated Read More
NMSP Investigate Shooting Involving Deming Police
NMSP News:
DEMING — The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was contacted Tuesday, Nov. 24 to investigate a police shooting involving the Deming Police Department.
At approximately 12:47 p.m. Tuesday, the Deming Police Department (DPD) was notified regarding a male subject, later identified as Lorenzo Aguilar, 37, of Deming, who was known to have a felony arrest warrant.
Aguilar was reported to be on Birch Street in Deming. When officers arrived on scene, they observed Aguilar in a vehicle. As officers approached the vehicle Aguilar fled and a pursuit was initiated.
DPD officers Read More
State Unveils Tiered ‘Red To Green’ System For New Mexico Counties To Reopen Further When Meeting Health Metrics
STATE News:
- Framework enables counties to reopen further when meeting key health metrics
SANTA FE – In an effort designed to provide local communities the flexibility to operate more day-to-day activities, the state of New Mexico will transition to a tiered county-by-county COVID-19 risk system on Dec. 2, enabling local communities to shed burdensome restrictions as soon as public health data show the virus is retreating within their borders.
The shift in the state’s “reopening” framework will come after a two-week “reset” period, in which state health officials enacted the most heightened Read More
Eddy County Income Support Division Office Temporarily Closed Due To Employee Testing Positive For COVID-19
Human Services Department News:
SANTA FE – The Income Support Division office at 3604 San Jose Blvd., in Carlsbad is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, and will reopen Monday, Dec. 7, the Human Services Department announced today.
Customers should use the Income Support Division online portal at www.yes.state.nm.us to apply for benefits, submit documents for eligibility, check the status of their case, and obtain other important benefit information.
The online portal includes self-help videos for on-line or cell phone usage. If a customer does not have Read More
NMED COVID-19 Business Watchlist For Nov. 27, 2020
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has updated its daily Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist, which includes New Mexico places of employment that have had two or more rapid responses in the last 14 days.
There are 237 establishments on the Watchlist.
The current Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist and closure list, which includes all establishments that are currently required to be closed, are posted here.
Procedure:
- The state initiates a rapid response
- Environment Department releases updated COVID-19 Watchlist
- List includes establishments with two or more rapid responses
Chart 258: COVID-19 In New Mexico Nov. 27, 2020
The state of New Mexico announced today a tiered ‘Red to Green’ system for counties in the next phase of COVID-19 response (link). The system adopts the same gating criteria previously used to determine county eligibility for in-person instruction in public schools: (1) Average daily cases below 8 per 100,000 residents, and (2) test positivity rate below 5 percent. The ‘Red to Green’ framework consists of three risk designations: (a) RED, high daily cases and high test positivity, (b) YELLOW, high daily cases and low test positivity, (c) GREEN, low daily cases and low test positivity. Los AlamosNew Mexico COVID-19 Update: 2,076 New Cases, Total Now 91,852 With 35 New Deaths And 31,102 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 2,076 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 5 more cases today … the total is now 129 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 35 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:
- 746 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 86 new cases in Chaves County
- 57 new cases in Cibola County
- 21 new cases in Colfax County
- 46 new cases in Curry County
- 1 new case in De Baca County
- 98 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 55 new
PED: 59 New Mexico Public Schools On COVID-19 Watchlist
PED News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) announced today that 59 New Mexico public school buildings appeared on the COVID-19 Watchlist in the week ending today, Nov. 27.
A public school building being placed on the Watchlist signifies that it had at least two Rapid Responses within a 14-day period:
ALBUQUERQUE
- Bel-Air Elementary
- Chaparral Elementary
- Cibola High
- La Cueva High
- Mission Avenue Elementary
- Rio Grande High
- Robert F. Kennedy Charter
- Zia Elementary
- Sunset Mesa School
ANTHONY
- Gadsden Middle School
- Gadsden Independent School District Physical Plant
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Honored With Inaugural Native American Language Legacy Organizational Leadership Award
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, received the inaugural Native American Language Legacy Organizational Leadership Award during the seventh annual Native American Languages Summit jointly hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Administration for Native Americans, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education, and the U.S. Department of Education.
The Organizational Leadership Award recognizes significant work to protect and advance Read More
Stony Brook University: Rare Cretaceous-Age Fossil Discovery Opens New Chapter In Story Of Bird Evolution
Illustration depicting Falcatakely amidst nonavian dinosaurs and other creatures during the Late Cretaceous in Madagascar. Courtesy/Mark Witton
STONY BROOK News:
STONY BROOK, NY — A newly discovered, crow-sized bird fossil that would have sliced its way through the air wielding a large, blade-like beak, offers new insight into the evolution of face and beak shape in the Mesozoic forerunners of modern birds.
An international team of researchers led by Alan H. Turner, PhD, of Stony Brook University and Patrick O’Connor, PhD, of Ohio University, detail the findings in a paper published in Read More
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