TODAY'S TOP STORIES: Layoffs at the Santa Fe New Mexican
The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper is resorting to layoffs because of a decline in ad revenue, the paper reports today.
According to the story:
The paper plans to eliminate 16.5 jobs through cuts to be announced Friday, though some of those positions have already been cut through resignations, positions that will remain unfilled. The goal is to reach a staffing level of 214 full-time workers, down from 230.5 in July 2007.
Associate publisher Ginny Sohn said about 60 percent of the cuts — or 10 positions — would come from the newsroom. Five newsroom workers are expected to receive layoff notices Friday. Overall, the cuts will leave the newsroom with 55 full-time positions. <>
The state of New Mexico has signed an agreement to explore clean energy projects to supply power to Kirtland, Holloman and Cannon Air Force bases according to New Mexico Business Weekly. Albuquerque, Alamogordo and Clovis have also signed similar agreements. The news came yesterday after a two-day Energy Investment Initiative Conference that brought together energy experts and government leaders.
An innovative charter high school is set to commence within the confines of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center. Gordon Bernell Charter High School is a full fledged APS charter school and will begin classes full-time on August 4th, according to the Weekly Alibi. The founders of the school state that the county jail is consistently seeing longer sentences and the facility almost acts like a prison. Although there is educational access in the prison system, there has been none in the jail.
The Associated Press is reporting that Nebraska is putting an embargo on beef cattle coming from New Mexico and California. The embargo comes after discoveries of animals with tuberculosis. Cattle from the two states in question will have to meet certain requirements set forth by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture to safeguard their cattle population.
A national Hispanic group is calling on Gov. Bill Richardson to back a change in the New Mexico Constitution that would strip him and future governors of the power to appoint university regents, but Richardson isn't biting, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
The state announced a hearing on proposed rules for New Mexico's medical marijuana bill, according to The Associated Press:
The AP report says: The state Department of Health announced Thursday that it will hold a public hearing Sept. 8 in Santa Fe to take comments on regulations that would set up rules for patient identification cards and a regulated system for licensing, distributing and manufacturing medical marijuana.
The Navajo Nation also averted a shutdown of its Internet services -- for now, the Gallup Independent is reporting.
The paper reports:
SES Americom, a company that provides bandwidth for the services, had threatened to shutter it by noon Tuesday if the company was not paid for services rendered. However, the company informed Navajo officials late Monday that it decided not to shut down services until Aug. 1.
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