News
For live, brief weekly updates of county news, tune in Wednesdays to the Zia Country Morning Show at approximately 7:15 a.m. at 99.5 on your dial, and on Magic 105 at approximately 7:50 a.m., and on Your Morning Show at approximately 8:15 a.m. on KVLC, 101-Gold. On Thursday mornings, you can tune in to the KGRT Morning Country Show at approximately 7:15 a.m., then on KSNM 98.7 from about 8:25-8:33, and finally on HOT 103.1's Morning Show (approx. 8:10-8:15.
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Less than a year ago, Doña Ana County was coping with a catastrophic computer hardware failure that crippled access to information, both internally and externally. The crash inconvenienced scores of Realtors, title company employees, mortgage lenders and Internet-savvy residents who used the county’s on-line research databanks to make their lives easier.
I am proud to announce that Doña Ana County received the 2002 New Mexico Character Counts! Award for Leadership at an Oct. 18 luncheon sponsored by the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and Albuquerque Character Counts!.
Most Dona Ana County offices will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, 2002 to allow employees to observe Veterans’ Day. Emergency services and law enforcement will not be affected.
The Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office has been notified that a number of absentee ballots mailed out on Oct. 21 were held up for several days within the postal system.
Acting on a court order from Third Judicial District Judge Robert Robles, the Doña Ana County Clerk’s office opened all absentee ballot boxes Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, and compared the coded precinct information on 424 ballots to see whether the voters voted in the correct races.
Interim Doña Ana County Clerk J. Joe Martinez and his staff discovered a clerical error Oct. 23 that resulted in several dozen incorrect absentee ballots being mailed to voters.
On Friday, 101 Gold will air a live radio broadcast from the Anthony Volunteer Fire Department, in cooperation with the Doña Ana County Fire Marshal’s Office and the Doña Ana County Office of Public Information and Special Projects.
Recent heavy rains in Doña Ana County – particularly in the Vado area – have rendered some non-county roads impassable to emergency vehicles.
The Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office has received several questions from voters regarding the Constitutional amendments and bond issues featured on the 2002 General Election ballot, especially how they will affect Doña Ana County.
Beginning Nov. 1, 2002, and continuing for five consecutive days, new software will be installed at the Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority and at the offices of the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department, the Las Cruces Police Department and the NMSU Police Department.
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