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New Mexico Supreme Court Ruling Enhances Air Ambulance Safety (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Air ambulance safety has been greatly enhanced by a recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision affirming an appellate court opinion that holds hospitals responsible for screening the competency of the air ambulance operators they hire, said the lead trial attorney on the case.Fields of hope: How Portales won the battle for Eastern New Mexico University (Portales News-Tribune) Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission of New Mexico Magazine. In 1912, the New Mexico Constitution called for “a normal school, which shall be established by the Legislature and located in one of the counties of Union, Quay, Curry, Roosevelt, Chaves or Eddy.”
Rains wash away some fireworks limits (KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque) With the wet conditions New Mexico has seen in the last few months fireworks restrictions have eased in most counties across the state.
Mimbres Memorial Hospital named in lawsuit (The Deming Headlight) More than $17 million dollars is in question as part of a suit filed against Community Health Systems, Inc.
Land in Santa Teresa to be sold in September (KOB 4 Albuquerque) New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner Patrick Lyons says 2,220 acres of state trust land in Dona Ana County will be sold in September to create a commercial and industrial zone in Santa Teresa.
NM land in Santa Teresa to be sold in September (ABC 7 El Paso) Associated Press - June 17, 2009 4:25 PM ET SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner Patrick Lyons says 2,220 acres of state trust land in Dona Ana County will be sold in...
Local news in brief June 18, 2009 (Santa Fe New Mexican) Photo: Bill Armstrong with the Santa Fe National Forest walks along the remains of a prescribed burn southwest of Ilfeld on Wednesday. The burn briefly jumped the fire line Tuesday, but fire crews quickly brought it under control.
Local news in brief June 17, 2009 (Santa Fe New Mexican) Photo: Smoke from the 2,700-acre Begoso prescribed burn in the Santa Fe National Forest, 14 miles southeast of Pecos on the Rowe/Glorieta Mesa, was visible Tuesday from several communities in the area.