Celina Chavez said, “He would not have wanted a tribute display for himself. So I wanted to be mindful that he wouldn't want it front and center but we wanted to make sure we included it."
Manuel Soria (MDC)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A man accused in a South Valley crash that left a Catholic priest dead last month has turned himself in to authorities.
Manuel Soria, 22, turned himself in to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center late Tuesday night.
He is charged with vehicular homicide in the May 21 crash that killed the Rev. Graham Golden, 35, and seriously injured Brother Lorenzo Romero, 24, both members of the Norbertine Community of Santa María de la Vid Abbey.
The Rev. Graham Golden (Norbertine Community of Santa Mara de la Vid Abbey)
The Rev. Graham Golden (Norbertine Community of Santa Mara de la Vid Abbey)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says while no one has been arrested in the crash that killed a Catholic priest Friday night, charges of reckless driving and homicide by vehicle are pending.
“The offender was briefly detained at the scene after refusing medical attention and released at the request of the District Attorney’s Office,” said Jayme Fuller, a BCSO spokeswoman. “Investigators will be executing a search warrant on the offender’s vehicle, and the DA’s Office will complete the charging documents when the case file and traffic reconstruction investigation is complete.”
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U.S. officials are pushing state regulators to clear the way for a new ventilation shaft to be built at the federal government s nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico, but watchdog groups say modifying the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant s permit to allow for the construction could open the door to expansion.
The state Environment Department s Hazardous Waste Bureau held a virtual hearing over the past week to gather comments on the proposed permit change. A final decision is anticipated in mid-October.
Ventilation has been an issue since 2014, when a radiation release contaminated parts of the underground facility and forced an expensive, nearly three-year closure, delayed the federal government s cleanup program and prompted policy changes at national laboratories and defense-related sites across the U.S.