New Mexico Economic Development Commission to Meet July 8th

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 11:58 am

The New Mexico Economic Development Commission will meet on July 8 in Las Cruces at the New Mexico State University campus in the Business Complex Building, Room 247.

The meeting will be the first of several sessions to come where the Commission will conduct its work to complete the Five Year Strategic Plan.

Two separate sessions will be held, one in the morning and a separate on the afternoon.

General business meeting of the Commission plus presentations from the New Mexico Partnership and the Economic Development Department's staff on research information in the draft proposal of the Five Year Strategic Plan will be the focus of the 10 to 11:45 am session.

The 1:30 to 4:30 pm session will allow Opportunity for groups/organizations and individuals to give presentations to the Commission on potential elements they would like to see included in the upcoming Five Year Strategic Plan.

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Celebrate New Mexico's Rising Business Stars

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 11:20 am

Albuquerque Business First’s 40 Under Forty event honors young professionals who are climbing the charts in their industries and making an impact on the New Mexican Community.

The event will be held Friday, June 28 at Sandia Resort and Casino from 6 pm to 9 pm.

“Groundbreaking artists. Wickedly successful entrepreneurs. Advocates winning fights against injustice. Really successful people, all of them — and those are just the ones we had to decline this year,” said Rachel Sams, “Picking our honorees for the annual 40 under Forty awards is always difficult, and 2013 was no exception, as we received over 400 nominations.”

Join the Albuquerque’s Business First 10th Annual elegant evening affair where 40 under forty and Under 30 Honorees will begin the night networking with martinis and complete the night with a posh awards dinner honoring New Mexico’s future successors.

Photo Courtesy: Albuquerque Business First

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Health Care Companies to hold Job Fairs

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 10:45 am

Two major health care companies in the Albuquerque area are set to host job fairs this week to handle a boom in hiring to serve the state’s Medicaid members.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico will hold a job fair June 20 at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel from 10 am to 7 pm. RN case management, utilization management RNs, nurse managers, clinical trainers, and Native American community relations specialists are just some of the positions that the company is looking to hire.

The hotel is located at 2600 Louisiana Blvd. NE. If you miss the job fair, you can always fill out an online application at www.molinahealthcare.com/abtmolina/careers/Pages/careers.

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City and County Agree to Share Responsibility for Receiving and Processing Municipal Court Bonds

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 10:10 am

The City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County have made a deal to share responsibility for receiving and processing Municipal Court bonds.

Starting Monday, June 24, Santa Fe Detention Center Electronic Monitoring Program employees will be in charge of receiving and processing cash bonds only for the Municipal Court on Monday through Friday after 4 pm until 8 am the next morning.

All cash bonds collected by Santa Fe County shall be money orders or cashier checks payable to the “City of Santa Fe”. There will be a $10 fee for each bond posted with Santa Fe County and there will be a separate payment payable to “Santa Fe County” in money order or cashier’s check only.

The Santa Fe County Detention Center Electronic Monitoring Program is located at the jail at 4312 NM Highway 14 across from the prison.

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Santa Fe Community Farm and The Food Depot in Search of Volunteers For A Great Cause

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 9:49 am

The Food Depot in Santa Fe is encouraging residents to volunteer at the Santa Fe Community Farm.

The farm helps The Food Depot distribute through 135 partner agencies to people who are hungry. The farm is in need of volunteers willing to plant, weed, compost, and all tasks associated with growing fresh fruits and vegetables.

The Food Depot provides hot food to 135 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, hot meal programs, homeless shelters, youth programs, senior centers, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. The food bank distributes an average of 300,000 pounds of food and household products each month, providing more than 400,000 meals to people in need - the most vulnerable of our community – children, seniors, working families and those in ill health.

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Santa Fe City Council Considers Magazine Ban

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 9:32 am

Santa Fe City Council is currently considering an ordinance that would prohibit the future possession, sale or transfer of any ammunition feeding device that accepts, or can be readily renewed to accept, more than ten rounds.

“I don’t know how many rounds I’m going to need to defend myself,” said Jay Winton, an employee at The Outdoorsman of Santa Fe, “Clearly when you’re a violent criminal who is willing to kill someone, you’re not going to worry about restrictions on what kind of magazines you’re going to have.”

City Councilor and mayoral hopeful Patti Bushee’s pitch to limit firearm magazines holding more than 10 bullets continues to clear city committees, with a final vote set in July.

On Tuesday June 11, the measure passed the Public Safety Committee with a single nonconforming vote from Herbert Harris, who did not explain his vote.
One of nine people who addressed the committee opposed the proposed ordinance.

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Santa Fe City Council Considers Magazine Ban

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18th, 9:32 am

City Councilor and mayoral hopeful Patti Bushee’s pitch to limit firearm magazines holding more than 10 bullets continues to clear city committees, with a final vote set in July.

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