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Officials Declare Counties Drought Disaster Areas, Court Upholds Navajo Water Settlement

New Mexico Counties Designated As Drought Disaster Areas – Associated Press A dozen New Mexico counties have been designated by federal agriculture officials as primary natural disaster areas due to drought.
In all, 27 of New Mexico’s 33 counties are affected by the designations.
About half of the patients list post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition.
Southern New Mexico City Sets Clean Energy Goals – Las Cruces Sun News, Associated Press One southern New Mexico city wants to get all of its electricity from clean energy sources by 2050.
The city has eight solar-generating installations, producing about 2.1 million kilowatt hours of power yearly.
Nuñez’s father also has been arrested in connection with the boy’s death.
Englander, who is white, has said he had no racial motivation when he threw the banana peel at Chappelle, who is black, but was angered by something Chappelle said during the show.
Englander’s claim he was assaulted wasn’t mentioned in the police report, but his lawyer said it would have been raised if Englander went on trial.
The American Jobs Project released its report Tuesday, touting the state’s connection to two national laboratories, research universities and abundant sunshine.
It also set into motion a series of events that could cause the lab to incur up to $1 million in state penalties.

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