On behalf of the City of Carlsbad, we wish to offer our condolences to the family and friends of Roque Garcia, a former New Mexico State Police Officer who spent his entire career serving and protecting the citizens of Carlsbad and the surrounding area. Roque passed away over the past weekend and he will be greatly missed.
As an officer, Roque was always willing to go beyond the call of duty to help provide extra assistance and counseling to residents. We will be dedicating a special day in his memory.
We have received a new report on New Mexico’s Labor Market Review for March of 2021. New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, which is the same as what is was the previous month. Unemployment in Eddy County, meanwhile, dropped from 7.7 percent last month to 7.3 percent this month. We are still not where we were at this time last year (3.6 percent), but numbers are moving in the right direction.
Year of Saint Joseph Pilgrimage: St. Joseph Parish, Monticello
Friday, Mar. 19, 2021
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St. Joseph Catholic Church in Monticello was dedicated in 2017; it replaced a building that was constructed in 1939 and renovated in 1953.
Editor’s Note: For the Year of St. Joseph, Bishop Oscar A. Solis has dedicated as pilgrimage sites the three diocesan parishes named after the foster father of Jesus. The
Intermountain Catholic is profiling each of the parishes. Last week, we explored St. Joseph Parish in Ogden. This week, we visit St. Joseph Parish in Monticello. Next week will be St. Joseph the Worker Parish in West Jordan.