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The Gila National Forest is requesting all visitors to practice social distancing in accordance with New Mexico State health guidelines when visiting the various lookout towers located in area ranger districts. According to a release, the Gila National Forest has 10 lookout towers situated on high vantage points where the fire lookout can see smoke that may develop in addition to determining fire locations, report weather changes, and plot the location of lightning strikes during storms. It is requested that all forest visitors do not ask to use the employee’s restroom, enter the historical cabin which serves as the employees residence, and do not climb the tower to enter the cab and speak with the Forest Service Employee.
(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
At a time when children and adults with developmental disabilities were often institutionalized, Luis Morales, pictured at home last weekend, and his late wife, Ramona, along with Barbara Pendleton and the late Jewell Burk, established the Special School for Special Children at Fort Bayard. The Moraleses went on to lead two successive community organizations in southwestern New Mexico that helped children and adults with special needs integrate into their communities and live fuller lives.
A husband and wife who helped change the prevailing culture surrounding the developmentally disabled population in southwest New Mexico were recognized this month by Grant County commissioners, who officially proclaimed their “appreciation of the achievements of Luis and Ramona Morales” on April 8.
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
(Photo by Aaron Rogers for the Daily Press)
Among those who marched up College Avenue on Saturday morning in the inaugural WNMU Remembrance March are university President Joseph Shepard, and Lt. Gov. Howie Morales and his brother, Marvin Morales, who holds a photo of their late father, Henry Morales.
About a month ago, Jason Quimby, who serves as veterans affairs manager at Western New Mexico University, learned that the Bataan Memorial Death March, normally held in March at White Sands Missile Range, was going to take place virtually for a second consecutive year and he wanted to do something to offer marchers an opportunity for an in-person event.
LAS CRUCES - The capital outlay bill signed last week by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham includes more than $28 million in funding for projects in Doña Ana County, as well as millions for other projects in southern New Mexico.
The bill funds more than $511 million in projects throughout the state, including roughly $64 million for water and wastewater improvements, $53 million for roads, $49 million for higher education, $48 million for public safety and $8 million for acequias, dams, and ditches. There is also $12.5 million to support Local Economic Development Act projects and $10 million for health facilities and prisons.
Lujan Grisham used her line-item veto authority to strike less than two percent of the projects included in the bill, explaining in a news release that the projects she vetoed lacked proper planning, had unused funds from previous years or were not large enough to qualify for capital appropriation.