By Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press
New Mexico officials said Friday that they were disappointed to learn that the state may not get as many vaccine doses as promised by the federal government just days ago.
New Mexico is not alone as uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments has triggering anger and confusion in some states. Oregon s governor claims that efforts to increase vaccinations have been thrown into disarray because of deception by federal officials.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and top health officials had said at a briefing Thursday that they expected more vaccines to be available in the coming weeks and months and that the goal was to begin vaccinating the general public by mid-2021.
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in response to credible intelligence about threats of violence at statehouse buildings across the country and deployed members of the New Mexico National Guard to Washington for President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration next week.
The declaration by the Democratic governor came Thursday as fencing was installed in a wide radius around the Capitol building in Santa Fe and an adjacent annex.
The Legislature is set to convene Tuesday, the day before Biden s inauguration. Leading legislators say they are taking the prospect of violence seriously.
The declaration authorizes the deployment of the state s National Guard and makes financial resources available to state and local agencies that respond to possible emergencies.
New Mexico Declares Security Emergency Ahead Of Inauguration - By Morgan Lee, Associated Press Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in
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BLOOMFIELD – A Jicarilla Apache Game and Fish officer has been arrested after allegedly decapitating a 9-week-old gray kitten at his residence in Bloomfield.
Joseph Weaver, 40, faces a fourth-degree felony charge of extreme cruelty to animals. He was off duty at the time.
According to a news release from the Bloomfield Police Department, officers were dispatched Sunday evening to a home in the 1700 block of Mountain View Circle for a welfare check. When officers arrived, they found Weaver’s family distraught about their kitten.
His wife told police officers he called her into the bedroom while she was preparing dinner. The release says she found her husband standing with a pocketknife in his hand. The kitten was found floating in the bathroom sink with its head severed from its body.