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The Luna Community College Board of Trustees is mulling changes to its nepotism policy that would allow family members of boards members to be hired by the college.

The current Luna policy, adopted on Nov. 17, 2010, is strict, prohibiting the college from hiring in any capacity a person who is related to a current board member, administrator or employee of the college, except in limited circumstances. Any such employees who worked at Luna prior to the policy being adopted were effectively grandfathered in.

The Governor’s Office said Thursday that it had inadvertently left Eddie Trujillo’s name off of the list of people who have applied for the vacant San Miguel County magistrate post.

Trujillo has served as the city of Las Vegas municipal judge since the early 1990s.

Nine people have applied for the magistrate post, which has been vacant since Magistrate Philip Romero retired in late April.

Other candidates are: Christian Montaño, Wilma Brown, Suzanne Gaulin, Eddie Gallegos, Twila Quintana, Ruth Trujillo, Gary Gold and Barbara Casey.

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Tuesday, June 18 — Mayor Frank Olmstead of the City of Las Vegas called a meeting of councilmen, news media, City officials, Town councilmen, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce and a representative of the New Mexico State Senate to discuss the merits of bringing natural gas into Las Vegas at an early opportunity. If natural gas is brought to Las Vegas by the San Marcol Company, it would be brought here with Maxwell, Springer, Wagon Mound, East and West Las Vegas co-operating, it was explained.

Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind 10-15 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northeast wind 5-15 mph.

Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.