“The new year looks sunny for solar-related jobs,” The New Mexico Business Weekly reports.
Four prospective Farmington police officers who have been hired with federal stimulus money, according to the Farmington Daily Times.
The Las Vegas Optic has a story about a Las Vegas code enforcement supervisor’s DWI charge.
KOB TV writes that “Albuquerque saw no money from red light cams in 2009.” Out of the $8.6 million collected from Albuquerque drivers, RedFlex, the company who operates the cameras, and the state took the entirety of any possible profits. Now, the city must use profits made from previous years to cover administrative costs.
Also, the Farmington unemployment rate is the worst in the state.