TODAY'S TOP STORIES: Eclipse jets
The Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to test all New Mexico-made Eclipse 500 jets in the wake of an incident that forced an emergency landing of one of the aircraft in Chicago June 5, raising questions about the safety of the jets' engine controls, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
The call for testing came from the National Transportation Safety Board, which says the incident -- in which the jet's engines allegedly continued to increase power even when the throttles were set to idle -- raised a "safety-of-flight issue" that demands "immediate attention," according to the report. About 200 Eclipse aircraft have been delivered to customers since January 2007, according to the Journal.
The Farmington City Council says it's hesitant to renew its contract with Comcast, the city's only local cable provider, calling its services "substandard," reports the Farmington Daily Times. Mayor Bill Standley said Comcast charges Farmington residents "the same rates as they do in larger cities like Albuquerque," without making a commensurate reinvestment in the Farmington community, according to the Times.
"We feel that Comcast is using our money to provide larger cities with better service," the mayor was quoted as saying. "We're asking for the same level of service." The contract expires in March 2010.
The state Cultural Properties Review Committee will move its biennial meeting to Grants as it reconsiders the temporary protection it afforded Mount Taylor in February at the request of five tribes -- Navajo, Hopi, Acoma, Laguna and Zuni, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. The listing gave the tribes and the state Historic Preservation Division one year to gather evidence to permanently list and protect the mountain.
But the attorney general's office found the committee failed to properly advertise the February meeting and that some affected landowners weren't notified, the New Mexican report said. Saturday’s meeting will include a public input session where the committee can listen first-hand to the tribes that nominated 422,840 acres of Mount Taylor for the register and to citizen concerns and questions, according to the Gallup Independent, which published a full agenda for the meeting.
A boil water order has been issued for the village of El Prado by the New Mexico Environment Department's Drinking Water Bureau, the Taos News reports. The News says the order was issued after it was determined that E. coli levels discovered in the water in El Prado Water & Sanitation District, located just north of Taos, exceeded safety levels.
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