Reporter CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – New Mexico hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, there are not enough beds for both people with COVID and people who are involved in serious accidents. Because of this, New Mexico’s healthcare system is so badly strained that it has now entered Crisis Standards of Care. This means hospital resources will be distributed to those with the “greatest opportunity to benefit,” and not all patients will be treated with the same urgency; overwhelmed hospitals and medical staff simply do not have the ability to provide the level of care they usually would for all patients. These crisis standards come with legal framework to protect hospitals and care providers while fighting COVID-19 on the front lines; since the pandemic began, this is New Mexico’s second time in crisis standards

VILLAGE OF MILAN, N.M. – The Village of Milan Board of Trustees met at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13 for a workshop meeting. Trustee Chris Archuleta was absent from the workshop. Following the prayer and pledge of allegiance, the board passed the floor over to Village Clerk Denise Baca, who provided updates and information on upcoming agenda items that would appear on the next regular Board of Trustees meeting. According to Baca, that meeting’s agenda will be rather lengthy, so discussing these items in the workshop helps the trustees to be able to go into the meeting informed and prepared to make decisions.

SANTA FE, N.M. – The statewide requirement that face masks be worn in all indoor public spaces, with only limited exceptions and regardless of vaccination status, will be extended, the Office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for an unidentified man who robbed a northeast Albuquerque bank Friday and is a suspect in two other bank robberies.

The New Mexico Building & Trades Council has endorsed Joseph Maestas for New Mexico State Auditor. The council represents over 12,000 construction craft professionals belonging to 15 construction craft labor unions throughout New Mexico. The Council’s affiliated member unions demonstrate a commitment to world class skills, coupled with a 21st century labor/management model founded upon the principles of performance, pride and partnership.

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – On Tuesday, October 12, a multi-agency op eration ended in an officer involved shooting with the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office outside of Ramah, N.M.

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