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AZ Game and Fish says no to Jaguar habitat
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The Arizona
Game and Fish Department has asked that a proposal aimed at designating land in
The agency recently told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that
the rare jaguar's primary habitat is in Central and South America and that land
in Arizona and New Mexico
Officials with the agency say both states aren't
essential to the conservation of jaguars, although male jaguars from Mexico have been spotted in southern Arizona
In August,
federal wildlife officials proposed designating more than 1,300 square miles in
New Mexico and Arizona
Balloon Fiesta attendance down
Attendance numbers from the Albuquerque International Balloon
Fiesta show fewer people went to this year’s event in October, compared to
2011.
A report says the event saw 714,297 visitors this year, which is down
from 2011's estimated 737,466 visits.
Officials say the main reason for the
drop in attendance was weather. Poor conditions forced the cancellation of
flying events on the first Saturday morning, Thursday evening, Friday morning
and Friday evening.
This year's event included a total of 536 balloons,
including 99 special shapes, from 19 countries.
The 42nd Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta, with the theme "Enchanted Skies," is
scheduled to be held Oct. 5-13, 2013.
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Gas theft at the DOT
ABQ council votes on Zoo fees
Navajo Nation approves sales tax increase
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Navajo Nation approves sales tax increase
Navajo Nation President signs off on sales tax increase
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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly
has signed off on a bill that boosts the tribe's sales tax by 1 percent.
The
increase from 4 percent to 5 percent begins in January and is expected to
generate as much as $8 million a year. That money will be split between the
tribe's scholarship office and an economic development fund.
The Tribal Council
approved had approved the tax measure last month. Shelly says the added revenue
will help Navajos with scholarships and decrease the tribe's dependence on
federal funding.
ABQ city council decides new BioPark and Zoo fees
The
Albuquerque City Council made a compromise Monday night about ticket prices at
the BioPark, and money was also saved from being taken away from funding for a
penguin exhibit that is set to open in Fall 2013.
Councilor Isaac Benton's proposal
for ticket prices to be reduced to $9 for adults passed. Seniors would still
pay $4.50, but children would only pay $4.
The councilor also wanted to make
sure people from outside New Mexico
Prices for adults coming
from outside New Mexico
State investigates gas theft at the DOT
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State officials are still investigating gas thefts and
shaking up a handful of employees at the Department of Transportation.
Each
employee is suspected of
stealing fuel on the taxpayer's dime and they are not only using gas cards
to do it.
DOT says they think at least four people have stolen gas for personal
use within the past year. One of them was busted just last week.
Melissa
Dosher, a DOT spokeswoman. Dosher wouldn't give any more information about the
employees, other than saying one of the four is still under investigation and
two have terminations pending.
Dosher says the state will continue random
audits and reviews.
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