Santa Fe New Mexican, May 21, 2014

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Marble Brewery reopens in new home at Luna complex

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State: Close contaminated WIPP areas

Federal oversight of special ed?

McConnell triumphs in primary

Officials on Tuesday ordered portions of the underground nuclear waste facility to be sealed off. LOCAL News, B-1

Albuquerque’s superintendent wants help to sort out the state’s special-education funding mess. LOCAL News, B-1

With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, voters make high-profile picks. NATION & wORLD, A-2

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Martinez spot wrong on deficit; book claims challenged

4th finalist selected in search for police chief

Bandelier National Monument, Santa Clara Pueblo among sites at risk due to frequent wildfires, flooding

Mayor, city manager add retired captain to short list

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The New Mexican

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Obituaries Corrine Fresquez, 86, May 18 Amabe Alfredo (Al) Garduno, 66, Nambé, May 13 Catherine Guarriello, May 15

Index

Monica E. Harris, Santa Fe, April 7 Margaret Arlene McIntosh, May 18 Michael H. Rice, 75, May 15 Genoveva H. Valencia, 90, Pecos, May 19 PAge B-2

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A fourth candidate has emerged in the search for Santa Fe’s next police chief. Jerry Trujillo, a retired Santa Fe Police Department captain, is being considered for the job despite applying and failing to make a short list of candidates who were recommended by a citizen screening committee. Trujillo has applied for the job twice before, first in 2003 and then again in Jerry Trujillo 2006. In both instances, he was passed over. When the job opened up again in March following the departure of former Chief Ray Rael, Trujillo was among 48 applicants. The screening committee interviewed 20 of those applicants and then narrowed the list to seven for a second screening before presenting the names of three finalists to Mayor Javier Gonzales and City Manager Brian Snyder. The three finalists recommended for consideration by the committee are

Bandelier National Monument reopened to vehicular traffic Oct. 31, 2011, three months after the devastating Los Conchas Fire. A new study says protecting the site ‘is increasingly difficult as the region experiences a long-term warming trend and as large wildfires and extreme flooding events become more common.’ NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTOS

Study: Climate change threatens N.M. landmarks By Phaedra Haywood

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rosion, wildfires, rising seas and floods related to climate change are destroying historic landmarks in the United States at an alarming rate, according to a study released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Bandelier National Monument and Santa Clara Pueblo are two of 30 at-risk sites identified by the Cambridge, Mass.-based nonprofit in its study. “The ancient rock carvings and cliff dwellings of New Mexico’s Bandelier National Monument and nearby Santa Clara Pueblo tell the story of some of the earliest inhabitants of the Americas,” the study says. “This landscape of dramatic mesas and beautiful canyons offers evidence of a human presence dating back more than 10,000 years while also serving as home to modern pueblo communities with an enduring sense

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The Puye Cliff Dwellings at Santa Clara Pueblo reopened to visitors in 2009 after the Cerro Grande Fire in 2000, and subsequent flooding and erosion, forced the historic landmark to close.

of cultural identity. But protecting this Native American homeland is increasingly difficult as the region experiences a long-term warming trend and as large wildfires and extreme flooding events become more common.” Adam Markham, the group’s

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‘Into the Fire, Ceremonies of Remembrance’

director of climate change impact — and author of the study — said Tuesday that he decided to research the impacts on historic sites because recently released studies on climate change haven’t

Deaf theater company Kinesis presents the drama, 7 p.m., James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Road, no charge, for details contact Theaterwork, 471-1799.

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As criticism grows, Obama aide to investigate VA deaths President taking heat amid allegations of poor care for veterans in several states, including New Mexico By Juliet Eilperin and Ed O’Keefe

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that it is dispatching one of President Barack Obama’s top aides to investigate deaths allegedly connected

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to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Phoenix, part of the administration’s efforts to contain growing outrage over delays in treatment and rigged record-keeping at veterans hospitals. Rob Nabors, a White House deputy chief of staff, has been assigned

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to assist top VA officials in probing allegations of wrongdoing by staffers at the Phoenix facility and elsewhere. He will be meeting with Arizona hospital officials Thursday after meeting Wednesday with representatives from several veterans organizations in Washington, according to the White House. On Tuesday, a Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved a bill to provide an additional $5 million for an

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expanded investigation that includes states such as New Mexico. On the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., called for an expanded investigation into the allegations against officials in New Mexico’s VA system. “We need to find out was is truly happening at our veterans’ medical centers. The investigation should be thorough. It

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Gov. Susana Martinez’s advertisement tying together the state budget, a jet and schoolbooks begins with an inaccurate claim. “When I took office, we had the largest deficit in history,” says Martinez, a Republican who is seeking re-election this year, in a television ad that began airing this month. Not so. State senators of both parties say New Mexico had no budget deficit, something that has been true through its 102 years of statehood. “Her statement is grossly inaccurate,” said state Sen. Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa, a member of the Senate Finance Committee. “New Mexico cannot have deficits by virtue of its constitution. The budget was balanced when she took office. Any other claim is smoke and mirrors.” Sen. Steve Neville, R-Aztec, also said the governor’s ad about inheriting a deficit is not correct, though his criticism of it was comparatively mild. “I think I would have chosen different words,” said Neville, who also serves on the Senate Finance Committee. After the national recession began in 2008, Neville said, the Legislature and then-Gov. Bill Richardson had to reduce spending to offset steep declines in revenue. These cutbacks were made for two years before Martinez became governor in January 2011. Neville said the spending reductions between 2009 and early 2011 cut the total amount of the state budget by about $1 billion. When Martinez’s term began, legislators proposed a budget with various cuts to make sure there would be no deficit when the next fiscal year

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