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Missing firefighter found dead Officials say Adams, 41, likely died Aug. 30 after crashing ATV in Jemez Mountains By Tom Sharpe
The New Mexican
The body of 41-year-old Token Adams, a Forest Service firefighter missing in the Jemez Mountains for a week, was found
at about 11:45 a.m. Friday by Jemez Pueblo searchers. Search officials, who announced the discovery during a Friday afternoon news conference at the pueblo, said it appeared Adams died Aug. 30 after crashing his allterrain vehicle as he drove from the top of Stable Mesa toward a canyon to reach Schoolhouse Mesa, where a small forest fire had been reported Aug. 29. “He wasn’t in the deep ravines,” New Mexico Search and Rescue Resource Offi-
cer Bob Rodgers said. “He was basically in a low-lying drainage, basically in the beginning of those valleys. … “He was in an area that had been searched via [a dirt track]. He was about a quarter-mile off the road, so we couldn’t see him from there, especially because he was in the drainage, and the vegetation prevented aircraft from seeing him.” Adams had worked for the Forest Service for about 10 years, the last year and a half as a captain of a wildlands fire engine crew in
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the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. He and two other men were dispatched to find a fire that had been reported the day before in the West Mesa area, northwest of
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New Mexico exchange may offer cheaper health plans
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Study: Residents likely to pay lower premiums under state’s insurance By Barry Massey
The Associated Press
The cost of medical coverage plans available through New Mexico’s health insurance exchange likely will be lower than in many other states, according to a new national study. The state’s insurance regulator also said uninsured New Mexicans will find more health insurance options through the exchange than currently are available through the private insurance market. For people who qualify for federal subsidies to buy their insurance, premiums will typically be lower than current market rates, according to State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini. “I don’t care what anyone says, they’re not going to be able to be beat,” Franchini said of insurance costs after the federal tax credits. “That’s the fact that might drive a lot of people to the exchanges.” The exchange is to serve as an online shopping center for buying insurance from private companies, and about 83,000 uninsured New Mexicans are expected to enroll next year. Federal law requires exchanges to begin enrollment next month and be fully operating in January. New Mexico initially plans to use a federally operated exchange to enroll individuals and a state-run system for businesses.
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U.s. workforce hits 35-year low
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63.2% of working-age Americans have a job or are looking for one
Islamist rebels denounce U.S. plan to strike Syria Group: Attacks would ‘advance the interests of the perpetrators’ By Liz Sly and Ahmed Ramadan
The Washington Post
BEIRUT — Islamist rebel groups are expressing opposition to U.S. strikes against the Syrian regime, putting them at odds with the leadership of the mainstream Free Syrian Army and underscoring the deep rifts within Syria’s opposition that threaten to complicate future efforts to end to the war. The leading hard-line Islamist group in northern Syria issued a statement on its Facebook page cautioning its followers against
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supporting U.S. intervention, saying it would only serve American interests and not the cause of those seeking to topple President Bashar Assad. The Syrian Islamic Front, which is dominated by the Salafist Ahrar al-Sham group, stopped short of directly opposing American intervention in Syria’s 2½-year-old conflict, which many in the opposition hope would accelerate the fall of Assad’s regime. But, the group warned on its Facebook page, the true goal of U.S. attacks would be to
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Obituaries Wayland Brewer “Wayne” Coe Aug. 31, Santa Fe
green Chile Cheeseburger smackdown Cookoff between seven Santa Fe restaurants for Best Green Chile Cheeseburger and People’s Choice Award honors, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Santa Fe Railyard Plaza, $15. People’s Choice tickets available at the event or by calling 955-6214. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
By Ylan Q. Mui and Amrita Jayakumar
The Washington Post
Americans are participating in the workforce at the lowest level in 35 years, according to government data released Friday, as lackluster job growth fails to offset the droves of people who have given up looking for work. According to the Labor Department, the economy added a disappointing 169,000 jobs in August. In addition, the government lowered its estimate of the number of jobs created in June and July by 74,000 positions. The grinding pace of recovery has hollowed out the workforce. Government data showed that only 63.2 percent of working-age Americans have a job or are looking for one, the lowest proportion since 1978. Nearly 90 million people are now considered out of the labor force, up 1.7 million from August 2012. “We just don’t see this consistent, strong job market that’s really going to entice people to go back into it,” said Michael Evangelist, policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project. “You don’t want people falling out of the labor force, where they’re not able to contribute and not able to find work.” Carol Petty, 54, is among those hanging in the balance. She lost her job as a paralegal in Nevada last summer and has struggled to find work since. Petty
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