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New face at the Law Enforcement Academy

Submitted by Marissa Lucero on Monday, January 7th, 6:33 pm
New face at the Law Enforcement Academy

 

The Department of Public Safety in Santa Fe has named a new deputy director for the Law Enforcement Academy, Colonel Jack Jones.


Jones is a native New Mexican, who grew up in Albuquerque. He has ten years with the New Mexico State Police, plus time spent in the military. Jones has trained law enforcement around the world in basic, advanced, tactical and firearms.

Director Louis Medina said, “I am looking forward to working with Jack and drawing on all of his expertise to continue to make the Academy the top notch training facility for law enforcement.”

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Police officer drops hat into school board race

Submitted by KOB.com Staff
Friday, December 28th, 2012, 8:15pm
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Panel recommends candidates for NM judgeship

Submitted by KOB.com Staff
Thursday, October 11th, 2012, 8:30pm

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - An independent nominating commission is recommending three Santa Fe lawyers to Republican Gov. Susana Martinez for possible appointment to a vacant judgeship.

One of the candidates endorsed by the commission on Thursday is David Thomson, who served as a district judge for several months in 2010 but lost in the Democratic primary that year.

The commission also recommended Sylvia LaMar and Joseph Manges. It's up to the governor to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of District Judge Michael Vigil.

Seven lawyers asked to be considered by the commission. The 1st Judicial District covers Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Santa Fe discusses possible bag ordinance

Submitted by Marissa Lucero on Friday, September 28th, 5:54 pm
Santa Fe discusses possible bag ordinance

 

Monday, Oct. 1 from 8:30-10:30 a.m.,The City of Santa Fe’s Business and Quality of Life Committee (BQL) will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed reusable bag ordinance


Attendees will meet on the first floor of the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in the DeVargas Room.

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Lujan to hold one-day mobile office hours across his district

Submitted by Ashley McElroy on Thursday, July 26th, 11:42 am
Lujan to hold one-day mobile office hours across his district

Congressman Ben Ray Luján’s staff will hold mobile office hours throughout the Third District on Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, immigration applications, veterans’ services, and other federal programs.

In addition to open office hours at district offices, staff also holds mobile office hours for residents who need assistance with casework, but may not have the means or time to travel to one of Luján’s six district offices. Here is a list of hours and locations.

Santa Fe

When: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Where: Southside Library

             Community Meeting Room

             6599 Jaguar Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507

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Pat Rogers resigns from open government group

Submitted by KOB.com Staff
Friday, July 20th, 2012, 11:38pm

Long time New Mexico Foundation for Open Government board member and prominent Republican lobbyist Pat Rogers resigned Friday, according to a press release from the open government group.

In a letter to Board President Terri Cole and members of the NMFOG Executive Committee, Rogers states "my prompt resignation will allow NMFOG and all of the NMFOG volunteers to concentrate on your critical First Amendment and open government mission and avoid further distractions by an issue that has become improperly politicized."

Also in the letter, Rogers pointed to the recent heat he's been taking for using personal email accounts to email people within state government as well as what he called "stolen emails." Rogers also stated in the letter that "use of personal email addresses is a universal practice."

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State runs dry of English voter registration cards

Submitted by KOB.com Staff
Friday, July 20th, 2012, 7:49pm

We have a Presidential election coming up, with thousands of people who wan to sign up to vote in New Mexico, however, there's one big problem: We're running out of voter registration cards in counties all across the state.

It started out as a good idea: The state would save taxpayers' money by printing its own voter registration forms instead of hiring a private contractor.

Trouble is they haven't been able to keep up with demand.

New Mexico Vote Matters and other nonprofit get-out-the-vote groups are just flat out of voter registration cards in English. That's because the Bernalillo County Clerk hasn't had any for most of the month. It's the same issue for clerks in Otero, McKinley, Eddy, Lea and Socorro Counties.

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