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Robinson seeks re-election as county assessor (Carlsbad Current-Argus)
CARLSBAD — Eddy County Assessor Karen Robinson has announced she will run for re-election in the June Primary Election.BLM Acquires Land To Protect Key Habitat for Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Albuquerque Journal) Federal agency pays $1.25 million for 7,440 acres east of Roswell The Bureau of Land Management has acquired 7,440 acres of land in southeastern New Mexico to protect the lesser prairie-chicken, the federal agency announced. The BLM said in a news . . .
District attorneys gather at Inn of the Mountain Gods (Ruidoso News) In what could be described as a defense attorney's nightmare, all of the district attorneys and their staffs from across New Mexico converged for a conference Tuesday at the Inn of the Mountain Gods on the Mescalero Apache Reservation adjoining Ruidoso.
Local news in brief March 7, 2010 (Santa Fe New Mexican) Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Starting Monday and continuing for about six months, southbound traffic on U.S. 84/285 in the Arroyo Seco area, south of Española, will be detoured to a newly built west frontage road.
Twice in one day?: Cloudcroft man arrested for second DWI offense in less than 24 hours (Alamogordo Daily News) ROSWELL (AP) - New Mexico police say a Cloudcroft man has been arrested on suspicion of his fourth DWI offense and his second in less than 24 hours.
Martinez named Prosecutor of the Year (Las Cruces Sun-News) LAS CRUCES - Third Judicial District Attorney Susana Martinez was named Prosecutor of the Year this week by a peer group within the state bar association.
Cloudcroft man arrested for 4th DWI offense (News West 9 Midland) Associated Press - March 1, 2010 9:45 PM ET ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico police say a Cloudcroft man has been arrested on suspicion of his fourth DWI offense and his second in less than 24...
UPDATED: DA Says Carlsbad Police Shooting Was Justified (Albuquerque Journal) Man wanted on a Chaves County warrant was shot and killed in Carlsbad after an automobile chase Prosecutors in southeastern New Mexico have determined Carlsbad police officers were justified in the shooting death a 27-year-old fugitive from Roswell. Ryan Baker, who was wanted . . .
UPDATED: Man Arrested Twice in Less Than 24 Hours on Suspicion of DWI (Albuquerque Journal) Cloudcroft man first arrested Sunday night, then again Monday afternoon State Police say a Cloudcroft man has been arrested on suspicion of his fourth DWI offense and his second in less than 24 hours. Officers arrested 36-year-old William P. Cook on Sunday . . .
Local news in brief for Feb. 25, 2010 (Santa Fe New Mexican) Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! New Mexico State Police are awaiting autopsy results in an effort to positively identify human remains found in rural Rio Arriba County, and investigators are treating the case as a homicide.