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Letters to the editor: On juvenile parole bill Las Cruces Sun-News Oppose SB247 John Gamble was convicted of murdering my son Joseph and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Nowhere on this court document does it say 15 years before parole. Gamble murdered Joseph at 16. At 16 people know right from wrong. Gamble was found competent to stand trial and is responsible for his crimes. This was premeditated murder. One week beforehand, Joseph, 15, told me he was scared of Gamble and his brother. They were telling people they would grab Joseph, beat him, and light him on fire. I looked Joseph in the ey...

Credit NMFO LAS CRUCES - Legislation that would end a debate raging since 2004 over the proposed diversion of the Gila River passed on a 43-24 vote Thursday, Feb. 25, in the New Mexico House of Representatives and now moves to the state Senate. House Bill 200 would transfer authority over funds remaining from the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004 from the New Mexico Central Arizona Project (CAP) Entity to the state Water Trust Board (WTB). The $80 million remaining from the original federal allocation would be used for water projects in Grant, Catron, Hidalgo and Luna counties, but not f...

New Mexico House votes to move Gila funds from CAP Entity Walter Rubel LAS CRUCES - Legislation that would end a debate raging since 2004 over the proposed diversion of the Gila River passed on a 43-24 vote Thursday, Feb. 25, in the New Mexico House of Representatives and now moves to the state Senate. House Bill 200 would transfer authority over funds remaining from the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004 from the New Mexico Central Arizona Project (CAP) Entity to the state Water Trust Board (WTB). The $80 million remaining from the original federal allocation would be used for water proje...

Bill to sideline diversion group passes committee Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 17, 2021 A bill that seeks to sideline the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project received a “do pass” recommendation by the state House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee on Saturday in a 5-3 party-line vote. Committee member and District 15 Democratic state Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil attended Saturday’s hearing but did not cast a vote regarding House Bill 200. District 50 N.M. Rep. Matthew McQueen, sponsor of the bill, titled “Water ...

A warning sign near a fracking well in the Greater Chaco area. The Senate Conservation Committee passed a bill that would make spilling produced water, the toxic flowback water generated in oil extraction, illegal.  Democratic Senators Antoinette Sedillo Lopez of Albuquerque and Liz Stefanics of Cerillos sponsored SB 86, which would allow state regulators to impose fines on operators for produced water and oil and gas-related spills. It would also limit the use of freshwater in the oil field and require produced water be tracked by operators. “The oil and gas industry uses a massive amoun...