Local News

Open house on Sabinoso Management plan

An open house on the Sabinoso Proposed Management Plan and the Environmental Assessment will be held from  6 to 8 p.m. this Thursday at Student Service Board Room on the campus of Luna Community College.

Longtime attorneys Anna M. Aragon and Gerald E. Baca have made the shortlist for the vacant judgeship in the 4th Judicial District.

The nominating committee screening applicants for the post announced its recommendations Friday afternoon after interviewing the four people who applied for the job.

It’s now up to Gov. Susana Martinez to decide whether Aragon or Baca will replace Eugenio Mathis, who resigned his judicial post in late February amid allegations of wrongdoing by the Judicial Standards Commission.

Three administrative positions at West Las Vegas Head Start are on the chopping block next school year courtesy of the federal sequester and an audit finding.

During a special board meeting Wednesday, Head Start Director Joseph Griego told the board the current plan is to cut 5 percent of his annual budget, and that would require the reduction in force of three employees.

The Associated Press

Sunport traffic falls 20 percent

ALBUQUERQUE — New numbers show that New Mexico’s largest airport saw a 19.4-percent dip in passenger traffic from 2007 to 2012.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that Albuquerque International Sunport also has seen a steep decline in the number of daily departures and has lost non-stop service to a dozen destinations since 2008.