TODAY'S TOP STORIES
The Albuquerque Journal reports that state Sen. Joe Carraro earned $5,000 a month from an artificial turf company at the same time he sought capital funding money for jobs that later went to the firm.The Albuquerque Republican, now running for the GOP nomination for Congress, said he never used his legislative position to benefit Real Turf & Putting Greens.
"I've made mistakes in my life," the 20-year Senate veteran told the Journal, "(but) I've never done anything wrong."
The Albuquerque Journal also reports on a wild animal attack in the Sandias on a 5 year old boy.
The Santa Fe New Mexican takes a look at climate change investigations in the Arctic by 250 scientists, including some from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The group found evidence that soot and other residue from industrial pollution and massive forest fires is collecting on the ice and snow, gathering heat and contributing to the area's rapid melting. Said Manvendra Dubey, a geochemist at Los Alamos, "You expect it to be beautiful and pristine, but actually it's pretty polluted."
The Farmington Daily Times notes that a documentary film is coming to town this week to present an alternative view of environmental activism. "Mine Your Own Business" focuses on how the environmental movement "ignores the world's poor and their need for economic development," according to advance information sent by the Rio Grande Foundation and Citizen's Alliance for Responsible Energy.
The Gallup Independent says about 150 people gathered Friday to celebrate a memorial to Hershey Miyamura, a local man who earned the Medal of Honor for courage in combat during the Korean War. After his squad was overrun by enemy soldiers, Miyamura used his bayonet to defend 10 wounded comrades. He eventually was captured and spent more than two years as a prisoner of war. Miyamura was on hand for the unveiling of the 700-pound, $40,000 bronze statue.
Perhaps the best story of the day, if also one of the saddest, comes from the Cibola County Beacon, via the Albuquerque Journal. A pack of tiny Chihuahuas chased a 250-pound black bear up a power pole in Grants, where the animal climbed into an electrical transformer and was electrocuted. "I've lived here for 43 years and I've never seen a bear around here," one witness said.
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