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By Frost McGahey
Photo from Sen. Martin Heinrich's website
Recently the Albuquerque Journal ran an editorial on Senator Martin Heinrich's bill that could make Puerto Rico the 51st State. This would give them two senators and four house seats. Overlooked was the consequence that it would make all current American flags obsolete.
Of concern to the Journal was the 2020 Census in which New Mexico barely kept the 3 House Congressional districts and five Electoral College votes that it has because of the lack of population.
LOCATED: Name: Nicole Vannatter
AGE:2 9
HEIGHT:5'10
WEIGHT:150 H A I R : Brown
EYES:Hazel MISC:
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for assistant in locating Nicole Vannatter. She was last seen on Monday May 16, 2024 at the Javelina Coffee House in Silver City, NM. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue shorts and brown sandals.  Her direction of travel and destination is unknown. Any one with information on the whereabouts of Nicole Vannater is asked to contact the Grant County Sheriff's Office at 575-388-8840 or dial 911.
See the New Mexico State poster below:
The investigation of the death of a 5-year-old child has resulted in the arrest of 34-year-old mother, Music Lee Adame and 39-year-old father, Mathew Curtis Bynum.
On March 10, 2024 at approximately 11:14 A.M., deputies responded to the area of 97 Quail Run Road, in regards to a non-responsive 5-year-old female. Deputies did perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation while waiting for EMS. Life-saving measures performed on the 5-year-old child were unsuccessful.
.CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .An approaching upper level storm system will help give us strong winds on Saturday. These winds combined with very low humidity values will lead to critical fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon. RH recovery values on both Saturday and Sunday morning will be poor. The strong and gusty winds will begin to slow Saturday evening a few hours after sunset. We will see less winds next week, but we will continue to little chance for rain and very dry min RH's values.
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ-
Texas Fire Weather Zone 055
El Paso County- Texas Fire Weather Zone 056
Hudspeth County-
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY... .Persistent dry west flow will continue with the very low humidity and above normal temperatures Thursday. Winds will be on the low end of warning criteria, but humidity and dry fuels will be well into warning criteria. Winds will diminish some Thursday evening, allowing the warning to end, but very low humidity will continue all night.
NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-231215-
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Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ-
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a regular meeting April 22, 2024. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, councilors, Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales, and Gilbert Ortiz. Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Medina didn't attend.
The council approved the consent agenda that included meeting minutes, wastewater report and police report. It also included emotional survival for law enforcement training for all officers and weapon system training for two of them.
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