KRWG | Public Media for Southwestern New Mexico And Far West Texas

Time 2020-07-20 06:10:41

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El Paso’s largest spike to date is being reported Sunday with 441 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 11,573. The total number of deaths remains at 179. To date, 7,413 residents have recovered from the virus and active cases significantly rise to 3,981. Additionally, 46 percent of the newest cases are made-up of residents in their 20s and 30s. Residents in their teens and younger made up 15 percent of the new cases and those in their 60s and older made up only 14.4 percent of the latest cases.     ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State health officials are charting a recent surge in coronavirus cases in the Albuquerque area as New Mexico nears 17,000 reported cases of the COVID-19 illness. The Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday the number of infections tallied by the New Mexico Department of Health nearly doubled from mid-June to mid-July in Bernalillo County. That includes the state’s most urban area, and compares with a 60% increase statewide over the same period. State Human Services Secretary David Scrase calls it an almost a vertical line uptick in recent cases, and says it might stem from Fourth of July gatherings. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Farmers once again have clashed with Mexican military forces to protest releases of water from a Mexican dam to repay a water debt owed to the United States.  Video posted by Rep. Mario Mata Carrasco showed tear gas canisters being fired over the heads of protesters Sunday at the Las Virgines dam in in the northern border state of Chihuahua. Farmers in Chihuahua say they need the water for local crops. But under a 1944 treaty, Mexico owes the United States about 415,000 acre-feet (512 million cubic meters) that must be paid by Oct. 24.    SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Sunday announced 241 additional COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths. As of today, there are 161 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.   WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump clung to the false notion that the coronavirus will just “disappear,” made incorrect claims about a top government expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and again insisted that Americans are getting all the COVID-19 tests they need — all in a television interview Sunday where his answers fell short on the facts. Usually, Gas Workers are honored March 18th. It’s the date of a horrific school explosion in New London, Texas, in 1937. An estimated 300 people died. The New London school board had canceled their natural gas contract for the school and had plumbers tap into a residue gas line for “raw” or “wet” natural gas…because it was less expensive. The annual salute to Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) gas workers is to honor them for their day-in-and-day-out safe gas distribution to residents of Las Cruces even during the COVID-19 crisis.   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's top public education officials say many schools have submitted requests to start the school year with remote classes rather than return to the classroom immediately, even if under a hybrid plan. Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart testified Friday before a legislative committee on the challenges that his agency and schools are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Stewart says agility will be key as schools will need to be ready to shift gears depending on the pace of the virus. The discussion came as health officials acknowledged that New Mexico's rolling average of positive COVID-19 cases has not been good.   SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced 280 additional COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths, including a resident of the Good Samaritan Society facility in Las Cruces. As of today, there are 160 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has received permission from neighboring states to access stored water after little rainfall, low runoff and high temperatures dried out some sections of the Rio Grande. The Albuquerque Journal reported that the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the state can now access more than 12 billion gallons stored in the El Vado Reservoir. The water is stored under the Rio Grande Compact agreement between New Mexico, Texas and Colorado. A district water official said supply for part of the Rio Grande valley would have run out without this approval. Agencies are expected to hold back use if the region receives significant rainfall.  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a bear which approached her and her husband as they were comet-watching on the deck of a northern New Mexico ski area's lodge. The state Game and Fish Department said the bear chased the woman before attacking her in the parking lot of the ski area on the outskirts of Los Alamos. The woman was hospitalized for multiple injuries, including several broken bones and a collapsed lung. The department said police shot and killed a bear found eating trash in the vicinity. A lab will analyze DNA samples to see whether that bear attacked the woman.  Listen Listening... 4:14 Commentary: Tuesday the New Mexico Restaurant Association sued the Governor, challenging her order prohibiting indoor dining. (Wednesday morning NMRA’s CEO discussed the situation with me on radio, repeating, “we’re not challenging the science” without mentioning the lawsuit.) The case is politically-motivated. NMRA’s lawyer is Angelo Artuso. He has written that “Roe v Wade decided (wrongly), using both tortured language and logic, that pre-born humans are NOT ‘persons’ within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Actually, “pre-born humans” exemplifies tortured language.   Commentary: A fundamental assumption underlying libertarianism is the person’s sovereignty over their own physical bodies. This idea is the foundation of the right to private property, which is ownership over the product of one’s physical body. Personal sovereignty also provides the fundamental logic to the adage, “Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose,” or to rephase in a way more relevant to the time of COVID, “Your right to spiel virus ends at my nasal cavity.” For libertarians and libertarian fellow travelers, like me, these are always the hardest questions, how to reconcile conflicting rights. Where does the right to swing end and the nose begin? It is a hard question, not easily answered. Listen Listening... 3:11   Commentary: When I moved to Las Cruces in 2002, The Whole Enchilada Fiesta was the one annual event that was listed in all of the national tour guides. When founder Roberto Estrada decided to retire the giant ladle in 2015 at the age of 78, it left a void.  In 2013, the city held its first Country Music Festival, a three-day event featuring both local and national artists held on the streets downtown. It was before construction of Plaza de Las Cruces, at a time when the city was still struggling to breathe life into the downtown area.   Commentary: Recently, a judge denied a request made by the Lujan Grisham Administration that the Yazzie lawsuit be dropped. That lawsuit claims that New Mexico’s K-12 system is “inadequate.” Many would argue that our K-12 system has long been “inadequate” due to the State’s poor outcomes. We wholeheartedly agree that New Mexico’s education system has long been “inadequate,” though the issue is not a lack of funding. The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has exposed the many inadequacies of our K-12 system as well. Parents (and when schools closed this spring, I had two children in public schools) were abruptly forced into the role of home-school teacher in March. Listen Listening... 3:22 Commentary: This week, the federal government may well have tortured a man to death. . For the first time in 17 years, the federal government executed a man on death row Tuesday morning. Resuming these executions has been a priority for U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr. The problem was how to do it.   Lethal injections used to involve three drugs, which have been hard to get for several years because the European Union banned exports of lethal injection drugs and even the manufacturers themselves stopped selling them to the United States. Friday at 1pm on KRWG-FM, call in with your questions on Voice Of The Public with KC Counts. Join Fred Martino for the region's in-depth television news Thursday at 7pm, Saturday at 5pm and Sunday at 11am on KRWG-TV. E-mail story ideas to feedback@nmsu.edu The people and issues in our growing border communities.  Watch Fronteras with Anthony Moreno Thursday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 5:30pm, and Sunday at 11:30am on KRWG-TV. New Mexico citizens with a state-issued ID may register to vote online. If you do not have a state-issued ID, complete a registration form at MVD or county clerk's offices.

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