A contract for a new feasibility study for a county hospital/24-hour heath care facility is half way to being executed.
At Valencia County Commission meeting last month, county purchasing agent Rustin Porter told commissioners there were âsix good respondentsâ to the request for proposal the commission approved for a new study in June.
While the county received $20,000 from the Legislature to fund the study, Rustin said the contractor the county was negotiating with put the cost of the study at $158,294.
County Manager Danny Monette said when the commission authorized the RFP for a new study, the county requested $100,000 from the Legislature.
Cowboys For Trump Leaders Seeks Cover For Financial Backers - By Morgan Lee Associated Press
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the jailed founder of New Mexico political group Cowboys for Trump.
The lawsuit dismissed Wednesday was filed in June 2020 to block or avoid possible financial disclosure requirements for the group.
Couy Griffin and Cowboys for Trump had sued in response to mounting pressure on the group to register as a political committee in New Mexico.
Griffin, an elected county commissioner in southern New Mexico, remains jailed following his arrest Sunday in Washington on charges of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 siege by an angry mob of then-President Donald Trump s supporters.
As COVID-19 cases decline, NM hospitals still remain full
Hospitals say they re still above capacity Share Updated: 6:54 PM MST Jan 20, 2021
Hospitals say they re still above capacity Share Updated: 6:54 PM MST Jan 20, 2021
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Show Transcript WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THEIR FACILITIES. DIFFERENT HOSPITALS, SIMILAR SITUATIONS. WE CONTINUE TO BE WELL ABOVE OUR LICENSED CAPACITY FOR ICU AS WELL AS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CARE UNITS. EVER ARE I MAJOR HOSPITAL IN THE STATE REPORTING THEY ARE STILL FULL AND BEYOND. WE HAVE SEEN A LEVELING OFF AND A VERY SLIGHT DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT WE ARE STILWELL ABOVE CAPACITY AND WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IS A LOT OF VERY ILL PATIENTS WITH OTHER CONDITIONS WHICH TEND TO GET WORSE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THAT ARE COMING IN. EVEN THOUGH COVID NUMBERS HAVE COME DOWN CURRENTLY, WE CERTAINLY CAN T AFFORD FOR THEM TO GO BACK UP. OUR HOSPITALS ARE STILL FULL EVEN THOUGH IT S NOT COV
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation chose a leader to oversee its charitable activities in New Mexico.
The Battle Creek-based foundation said last week that it appointed Chamiza Pacheco de Alas as the new director of New Mexico programs. She will begin her new role Feb. 1.
Pacheco de Alas will be responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the foundation’s longstanding investments in New Mexico to further create conditions that ensure children and families have opportunities to thrive in equitable communities.
She will be based in WKKF’s Albuquerque office (when COVID-19 health and safety restrictions are lifted) and will lead the foundation’s statewide grantmaking priorities in collaboration and partnership with the New Mexico team, grantees, communities and other stakeholders throughout the region.
In the midst of tragedy are stories of people who defied the odds surviving lengthy hospital stays and fighting the virus despite age or other medical conditions.