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New Mexico COVID-19 update: 691 new cases, totaling 164,954 - 011921

Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 19 January 2021 19 January 2021

Twenty additional COVID-19 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 691 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

257 new cases in Bernalillo County
22 new cases in Chaves County
2 new cases in Cibola County
19 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
85 new cases in Doña Ana County
22 new cases in Eddy County
10 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
8 new cases in Lea County
5 new cases in Lincoln County
21 new cases in Luna County
32 new cases in McKinley County
18 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
8 new cases in Rio Arriba County
8 new cases in Roosevelt County
56 new cases in Sandoval County
33 new cases in San Juan County
3 new cases in San Miguel County
28 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Sierra County
9 new cases in Socorro County
1 new case in Taos County
1 new case in Torrance County
1 new case in Union County
34 new cases in Valencia County
2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County

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

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Grant County Commissioners January 2021 work session and regular meeting, part 5

Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 18 January 2021 18 January 2021

[Editor's Note: Due to the length of the work session and regular meeting, they will be broken up into several articles. This one will begin with resolutions on the regular meeting agenda for review at the work session and decision at the regular meeting.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

After two presentations at the Grant County Commission work session on Jan.12, 2021 and following several county reports, which can be read at https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62272-grant-county-commission-hears-presentations-at-work-session-011221-part-1 , https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62328-grant-county-commission-hears-a-second-presentation-at-work-session-011221and-grmc-update-at-regular-meeting-011421-part-2, https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62340-grant-county-commissioners-january-2021-work-session-and-regular-meeting-part-3 , and https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62343-grant-county-commissioners-january-2021-work-session-and-regular-meeting-part-4 , County Manager Charlene Webb began the review of the regular meeting agenda resolutions.

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New Mexico COVID-19 update: 628 new cases, totaling 164,263 - 011821

Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 18 January 2021 18 January 2021

Twenty-six additional COVID-19 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 628 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
161 new cases in Bernalillo County
17 new cases in Chaves County
4 new cases in Cibola County
1 new case in Colfax County
30 new cases in Curry County
48 new cases in Doña Ana County
23 new cases in Eddy County
6 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
20 new cases in Lea County
28 new cases in Lincoln County
14 new cases in Luna County
45 new cases in McKinley County
17 new cases in Otero County
22 new cases in Rio Arriba County
2 new cases in Roosevelt County
41 new cases in Sandoval County
62 new cases in San Juan County
4 new cases in San Miguel County
38 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Sierra County
3 new cases in Socorro County
12 new cases in Taos County
3 new cases in Torrance County
21 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County

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

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Wind Advisory for southwest NM 011921

Category: Weather Weather
Published: 18 January 2021 18 January 2021

wind advisory 011921Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-Southern Tularosa Basin-

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at WNMU 011821

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Published: 18 January 2021 18 January 2021

Screenshots by Mary Alice Murphy

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A virtual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day took place at Western New Mexico University on Jan. 18, 2021.

WNMU Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Isaac Brundage introduced the virtual speaker James Meredith, who attended and graduated from New Mexico Western College in 1951-52 and became the first black to attend the University of Mississippi.

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Grant County Commissioners January 2021 work session and regular meeting part 4

Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 17 January 2021 17 January 2021

[Editor's Note: Due to the length of this work session and regular meeting, they will be broken up into several articles. This one will begin to cover the regular meeting agenda review and actions.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

After two presentations at the Grant County Commission work session on Jan.12, 2021 and following several county reports, which can be read at https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62272-grant-county-commission-hears-presentations-at-work-session-011221-part-1 , https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62328-grant-county-commission-hears-a-second-presentation-at-work-session-011221and-grmc-update-at-regular-meeting-011421-part-2 and https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/62340-grant-county-commissioners-january-2021-work-session-and-regular-meeting-part-3 , County Manager Charlene Webb began the review of the regular meeting agenda.

No public input was heard at the work session, but many items of public input were heard at the regular meeting, the topic of which will be discussed in a future article.

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