Eleven additional COVID-19 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 247 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

100 new cases in Bernalillo County
7 new cases in Chaves County
1 new case in Cibola County
4 new cases in Curry County
36 new cases in Doña Ana County
7 new cases in Eddy County
3 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
5 new cases in Lea County
1 new case in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
8 new cases in McKinley County
16 new cases in Otero County
2 new cases in Rio Arriba County
1 new case in Roosevelt County
18 new cases in Sandoval County
12 new cases in San Juan County
3 new cases in San Miguel County
9 new cases in Santa Fe County
1 new case in Sierra County
2 new cases in Socorro County
1 new case in Torrance County
7 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility

The Department of Health on Tuesday reported eleven additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:

[Editor's Note: Because of the length of the work session on Feb. 23, 2021, the coverage has been broken into a multi-part series of articles. This is the final article, part 4. It begins with the last presentation on the NM CAP Entity.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

The last presentation at the Grant County Commission second work session of the month on Feb. 23, 2021 was presented by New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez.

He called from his car. "I'm on the road. I want to give you a brief update on the CAP Entity. We are discussing additional amendments to the joint-powers agreement with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. It would remove a lot of the New Mexico Unit language, [which was put into place, originally at the request of the ISC.] Our actions might be in vain, because of a bill that Rep. Matthew McQueen put forward that has already passed two House committees and is slated to go to the House Floor. The bill would send the New Mexico Unit Fund money to the Water Trust Board. The speaker of the House has requested to remove all funding from the CAP Entity."

Thirteen additional COVID-19 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 166 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

55 new cases in Bernalillo County
8 new cases in Cibola County
1 new case in Colfax County
3 new cases in Curry County
38 new cases in Doña Ana County
5 new cases in Eddy County
4 new cases in Grant County
7 new cases in Lea County
4 new cases in Luna County
2 new cases in McKinley County
5 new cases in Otero County
3 new cases in Rio Arriba County
10 new cases in Sandoval County
8 new cases in San Juan County
2 new cases in San Miguel County
2 new cases in Santa Fe County
1 new case in Sierra County
1 new case in Socorro County
1 new case in Taos County
1 new case in Torrance County
5 new cases in Valencia County

The Department of Health on Monday reported thirteen additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:

Mimbres, NM - The following is information for the distribution of a Missing Runaway Juvenile Advisory from the New Mexico State Police.

The New Mexico State Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating, Israel Gomez Maldonado, a 15-year-old light skinned male, 5'9" tall, 170 pounds, with hazel eyes, and brown hair. He was last seen on January 25, 2021 at around 5:00 p.m. at 15 Chamisa Road in Mimbres, NM. Maldonado was last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray t-shirt. Maldonado does have a tattoo of "Gomez" on his left arm and his whereabouts are unknown.

Anyone with any information regarding the whereabouts of Israel Gomez Maldonado is asked to call the New Mexico State Police in Deming at (575) 382-2500 option 1 or dial 911.

By Alexis Rico

The City of Bayard Council met for a regularly scheduled meeting on February 22, 2021, via Zoom at 2:00 p.m. Present for the meeting were Mayor Chon Fierro, Mayor Pro-Tem Raul Villanueva, Councilor Charles Kelly, Councilor Eloy Medina, and Councilor Adrian Ortiz.

The following is an overview of the meeting.

The meeting began with the review and the approval of the meeting's agenda.

The next section of the meeting addressed the items resulting from the closed executive session that was held on February 22, 2021, before the regular meeting.

By Alexis Rico

On February 11, 2021, the Village of Santa Clara Council met for a regular meeting session through Zoom at 6:06 p.m. at the Village of Santa Clara town hall. Mayor Richard Bauch, Mayor Pro-Tem Albert Esparza, Trustee Patricia Montgomery, Trustee Olga Amador, and Trustee Arnold Lopez were all present for the meeting.

The following is an overview of the meeting:

The council began the meeting agreeing to approve the agenda before going on with the meeting.

The council then approved the minutes for the regular meeting held on January 28, 2021.

The next item for the agenda was the department reports.

The council looked over the department reports and then approved them.