Finds lack of tracking, accountability for $20 million
SANTA FE – State Auditor Tim Keller released a “Risk Review of Administrative Support of Charter Schools” Aug. 29. The report from the Office of the State Auditor reveals a lack of transparency and accountability for funds withheld from charter schools intended to...
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New UNM-G initiatives encourages ‘lifelong’ learning

Escajeda currently works to recruit students into online programs available through the UNM main campus in Albuquerque. ...
Emergency Management Team conduct water plant safety drill

The City of Gallup Emergency Management Team conducted an emergency practice drill Aug. 23, at the Waste Water Treatment Plant, 800 Sweetwater Rd. in Gallup.
The drill simulated a toxic chlorine leak from a one‐ton cylinder that is a key product used to process wastewater by the WWTP management company CH2M Inc.
Participants in the drill included the Gallup Police Department, Gallup Fire Department, McKinley County Fire & Emergency Management and Metro Dispatch.
Practice drills are conducted occasionally to help facilitators train and evaluate current emergency protocols and equipment and determine when changes are necessary.
Dozens of cats rescued from hoarding situation

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It has become a joke in our society, but it really is not funny. The older person, usually a lady but not necessarily, who has taken in more cats or dogs than is responsible for them to keep, especially in the city.
It is a disease, with a name long enough to trip over, that affects caring people who honestly want to do the right thing and wind up with a total mess on their hands. Some call these folks animal hoarders, other collectors, but whatever the term, a mobile home on the 600 block of Jay Street in Gallup became overran with cats.
Gallup-McKinley Humane Society animal control officers are still trying to rectify the problem, which began...
State Auditor Tim Keller releases special audit of state purchasing practices

In addition, over $5 billion of healthcare dollars were spent through exemptions to the Procurement Code. The report highlights both the level of reliance on contracts procured with sole source, emergency and other exceptions and exemptions and violations of the Procurement Code.
“Our audit reveals billions of dollars of state...
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