Manipulation of interest rates hurt NM businesses, not for profits

SANTA FE – Attorney General Hector Balderas announced $1,362,709 million settlement with Deutsche Bank for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of LIBOR Oct. 25.

This is a benchmark interest rate that affects financial instruments worth trillions of dollars and has a widespread impact on global markets and consumers. The vast majority of the settlement will go to the New Mexico Finance Authority and the Office of the Attorney General’s expert’s opinion is that this will fully compensate NMFA and other entities in New Mexico for their losses.

“We have recovered over a million dollars for the critical...

Scores of unwanted pets brought in daily

Dog and cat lovers, your attention please.

Love of both animals, and their adorable litters of puppies and kittens, has resulted in the obvious pet overpopulation problem plaguing McKinley County and the Navajo Nation, where an estimated 250,000 unwanted dogs roam.

No entity here locally has been able to euthanize its way out of the problem.

But, there is a solution to this madness.

And it begins with pet owners spaying and neutering their pets. It’s a problem that the public can’t see from the outside of an animal shelter, but it’s the never-ending faucet that doesn’t shut off for shelter workers dealing with the scores of...

The 2 pm Ground­breaking Cere­mony on Oct. 25 for the State Veterans Cemetery in Gallup will take place at the originally-planned location: the cemetery site, near the intersection of County Road 43—about a mile after you take Exit 22 from Interstate 40.

Steps have been taken to alleviate concerns about an existing construction project near the site.

The New Mexico  Department of Veterans Services apologizes for any confusion, and invites the public to attend this long-awaited event.

Directions

- Take Interstate 40 towards Gallup

- Exit # 22…then turn right (north) onto Ford Drive

- Turn right (east) onto Superman Canyon Road/Highway 43 (roughly 1 mile from Ford Drive)

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