SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The state Canvassing Board has ordered recounts in primary election races for two state Senate seats that are separated by just a handful of votes. The board today certified election results for the June 5 primary election, except for the races requiring recounts.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A state board has approved a policy requiring financial settlements with investment firms to be subject to New Mexico's public records law. The State Investment Council today signed off on the policy which says the council "strongly disfavors" confidentiality provisions in settlements. Open government activists had called for a ban on the provisions.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - One of the worst wildfires in New Mexico history is putting a damper on out-of-state tourism to Ruidoso. The Albuquerque Journal reports village officials have launched a new campaign to lure tourists back after the Little Bear fire scorched 44,000 acres and destroyed 254 structures. The village's Tourism Office has uploaded images of blue skies from a Ruidoso-based camera to digital billboards in Albuquerque and El Paso.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - The Navajo Nation says Frank Chee Willeto, a Navajo Code Talker and former Navajo Nation vice president, has died. He was 87. Officials said Willeto died Saturday in his home in Pueblo Pintado, N.M. The Crownpoint, N.M.-born Willeto enlisted with the U.S. Marines 6th Division in 1944 where he completed Code Talker training classes. He then served in the Pacific Theater in Saipan and Okinawa.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
