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An ad opposing the mayoral recall was published in the Las Vegas Optic last Friday, and we neglected to include a sentence about organizational affiliation being for identification purposes only.

There were several instances whereby individuals, when they signed on to the ad, included the organizations with which they are affiliated, simply  for identification. Inclusion of the names of those organizations does not necessarily mean that the organization itself is opposed to the recall.  

By Karl Moffatt
Las Vegas Optic

The state Office of the Medical Investigator has ruled that Adrian Vallejos, 27, of Pecos, committed suicide and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Autopsy results from the case were released last week by Amy Boule, director of operations at OMI in Albuquerque.

By Ken Ritter
The Associated Press
Top water decision-makers from seven Western states plan to join conservation groups and Indian tribes in San Diego on Tuesday to begin hammering out rules for squeezing every useable drop from the overtaxed Colorado River.