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The New Mexico Minimum Wage increased with the New Year
Most New Mexico businesses will be required to pay a minimum wage of $11.50 per hour in the new year and $2.80 per hour for tipped employees with the start of 2022.
The minimum wage is the lowest daily or monthly wage an employer is legally required to pay workers. It...
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Family’s search for missing father continues a month later
A family living near Yatahey is hoping for any help from a watchful public after making it through the holiday season without one of their own.Jimmy “Shawn” Peterson, 57, of Yatahey, has not been seen since Nov. 19. His family, including sons, Lamar, Kendall, Steven, and Jeremy have repeatedly shared flyers across Gallup and with local law enforcement to help find Jimmy Peterson and bring him home.
However, despite the ongoing efforts, Lamar Peterson said there have been no updates from anyone as of Jan. 5.
THE DISAPPEARANCE
Jimmy Peterson was last seen walking from Yatahey toward Gallup on Nov. 19. The last person to see him was Lamar Peterson’s nali, as he told the...
Crownpoint man sentenced to eight years in prison
Charge: abusive sexual contact with a minor in Indian Country
An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation received a sentence of eight years and one month in federal court Dec. 29 for two convictions of abusive sexual contact with a minor in Indian Country.
Emerson Pinto, 58, of Crownpoint, N.M. pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, admitting that he knowingly engaged in unlawful sexual contact with two victims under the age of 12 at the time [between Sept. 1, 2009 and Oct. 31, 2009]. Pinto admitted to touching the girls for sexual gratification during a visit to the victims’ home on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County.
Upon release from prison, Pinto will be subject to five years of supervised...
An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation received a sentence of eight years and one month in federal court Dec. 29 for two convictions of abusive sexual contact with a minor in Indian Country.
Emerson Pinto, 58, of Crownpoint, N.M. pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, admitting that he knowingly engaged in unlawful sexual contact with two victims under the age of 12 at the time [between Sept. 1, 2009 and Oct. 31, 2009]. Pinto admitted to touching the girls for sexual gratification during a visit to the victims’ home on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County.
Upon release from prison, Pinto will be subject to five years of supervised...
Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World
2021 Year in Review
Massive Melt
A midsummer heat wave across parts of the North Atlantic caused enough of Greenland’s ice cap to melt in a single day to submerge the entire state of Florida beneath 5 cm of water.
Hottest Month
July was the world’s hottest month globally on record, which NOAA said was part of a “disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.” Death Valley, California, had the planet’s hottest temperature on record — 54 degrees Celsius on July 9.
Earthquakes
Haiti suffered another devastating temblor on Aug. 14 when an intense quake killed 2,248 people and injured nearly 13,000 others. • An aftershock of Japan’s...
Massive Melt
A midsummer heat wave across parts of the North Atlantic caused enough of Greenland’s ice cap to melt in a single day to submerge the entire state of Florida beneath 5 cm of water.
Hottest Month
July was the world’s hottest month globally on record, which NOAA said was part of a “disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.” Death Valley, California, had the planet’s hottest temperature on record — 54 degrees Celsius on July 9.
Earthquakes
Haiti suffered another devastating temblor on Aug. 14 when an intense quake killed 2,248 people and injured nearly 13,000 others. • An aftershock of Japan’s...
Updated vaccine booster recommendations
The New Mexico Advisory Team has endorsed and begun implementing the updated vaccination booster recommendations issued by the Centers onr Disease Control Jan. 5.“We’re gratified to see that the federal government has expanded eligibility for boosters,"N. M. Department of Health Deputy Secretary Dr. Laura Parajon said. "With Omicron on the rise, as more parents and children get vaccinated and boosted, they protect themselves and their communities against COVID-19.”
Despite breakthrough cases, getting up to date on vaccines - including a primary series and a booster - remains the most powerful tool to protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death. The vast majority...
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