The Valencia County News Bulletin reports a former employee of Valencia County Treasurer’s office pleaded guilty to multiple counts of forgery, fraud, tampering with public records, embezzlement and computer access with intent to defraud.
Taos will pay $52,000 to a Hindu ashram that was denied expansion by Taos Town Council and the Taos mayor will write a letter of support overriding the Town Council’s opposition to the religious order’s plans, reports The Taos News.
The Alamogordo Daily News reports that Otero, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna counties received a total of $4 million to increase security along the U.S.-Mexico border by improving relations between federal and local agencies.
The New Mexico Environment Department’s Drinking Water Bureau issued a “boil water advisory” on Sunday for Socorro County after bacteriological contamination such as E. Coli was discovered in Socorro’s drinking water source, reports El Defensor Chieftain.