- MOBILE HOME PARK-STANDOFF
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a long standoff with a suspect at a mobile home park in Albuquerque has ended.Albuquerque police say they were able to peacefully get a suspect out of a home around 9 p.m. Saturday.
They say the suspect was arrested for a felony charge of domestic violence.
Police didn't immediately release the suspect's name or details of the charge.
- NEW MEXICO-FARM LIFE
RAMAH, N.M. (AP) — Parts of western New Mexico are benefiting from the extra moisture received over the winter and spring as a result of a favorable weather pattern.The Gallup Independent reports Ramah Lake was almost filled to capacity, allowing local farmers to irrigate with water from the lake. This marks a turnaround from 2014, when extreme drought left the lake completely dry.
The unpredictable weather, drought, the high alkalinity in the mountain soil and the challenges of growing crops at higher elevations make it difficult to earn a living with farming at Ramah and surrounding areas.
Dean Bond says he's planting only his second crop in five years. The 81-year-old farmer says the water situation is pretty good this year.
- IMMIGRATION-HOTELS
DETROIT (AP) — There's a new target in the clash over immigration: hotels.Advocacy groups and unions are pressuring Marriott, MGM and others not to house migrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The U.S. government has occasionally detained migrants in hotels for decades and says it might have to split up families if hotels don't help.
After the Trump administration announced plans for an immigration sweep last weekend and said it might use hotels, the big companies released statements saying they don't want their hotels used to detain migrants.
They felt pressure from their unions as well as from customers angered by recent scenes of overcrowding at detention facilities.
But some hotel owners say they'd consider housing migrants because "it's not our business to stand on one side of the debate or another."
- NEW MEXICO ENERGY FUTURE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In what's expected to be a long, contentious process, a few dozen people gathered recently in Albuquerque for the first public meeting hosted by Public Service Co. of New Mexico on the planned shutdown of its coal-fired power plant.The utility says it wants feedback on four proposed options for replacing the power that will be lost when the San Juan Generating Station closes in 2022.
The proposals are outlined in a filing made earlier this month with the Public Regulation Commission.
Regulators will review the options in public hearings over the next nine to 15 months.
The Albuquerque Journal reports PNM also will hold meetings in August with organizations that want to test potential changes in the different scenarios using modeling tools to determine costs and feasibility.
- IMMIGRATION-ASYLUM WAITLIST
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of asylum seekers are waiting for months in Mexico before they can start seeking protections in the United States.In San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico, south of San Luis, Arizona, over 950 people are on a waitlist to claim asylum. They've banded together to ensure everyone has a fair shot.
They take shifts monitoring a table along the border. They collect money to pay for water and snacks for those on watch and pass the day chatting.
A Trump administration policy forcing people to wait in Mexico means they don't get an interview with an asylum officer for months.
Their fate is uncertain after the administration this week said it was banning migrants from seeking asylum if they pass through another country first.