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SMITHERS, B.C. — Thirty-nine kilometres down a snow covered logging road, four men chop wood and work to erect a canvas wall tent in a pullout area.

Cody Merriman, who is ‘Namgis and also goes by the name Mona’gila, says that as supporters of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, they are there to ensure an eviction notice issued by the chiefs to Coastal GasLink over a pipeline it is building is respected.

“They made a decision and we’re here to support them in that, to make sure Wet’suwet’en law is enacted and respected,” he said.

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Republican and conservative groups for months called on the U.S. House to put the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement up for a vote, often accusing the Democrats of holding up the trade agreement because of impeachment proceedings.

In October 2006, Grant County released their first countywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan, known as a CWPP. A CWPP is a plan designed to identify and mitigate wildfire hazards to communities and infrastructure in the area where homes and businesses meet the natural landscape; the area called the wildland-urban interface or WUI. The CWPP makes recommendations for hazardous fuels reduction, public outreach and education, structural ignitability reduction and fire response capabilities. The 2006 CWPP has been updated two times since its inception, and the County in collaboration with…

Severe snowfall near the Des Monies, Iowa, USA resulted in colliding multiple vehicles with each other that ended up in a pile-up on December 9. It included a multi-vehicle pileup of around 50 vehicles and reportedly left one person severely injured, according to the officials. The incident also led to the shutdown of a major highway between Altoona and Des Moines, according to the reports. The ghast incident took place just before 11 am which involved cars, semi-trucks, and other passenger vehicles.

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SANTA FE – New Mexico state government will be holding a four-day Rapid-Hire Event this week in Albuquerque aimed at fast-tracking hiring for hundreds of vacant state jobs all over New Mexico. Here is a statement from the Governor’s office:

Every state agency with vacancies will participate in the event Dec. 11-14. Not every agency will be hiring every day of the event – see the schedule below. See detailed information and available positions on the State Personnel Office website at http://www.spo.state.nm.us/rapid-hire.aspx. 

Screeners will be on-hand to review…

Vehicles were lined up from Bataan Memorial Park to beyond Bayard Street on Saturday for the sixth annual Santa Clara Lighted Holiday Parade, which featured everything from firetrucks to horses. 

The parade made a loop around Fort Bayard Medical Center, crossed U.S. 180 onto Bayard Street, and then took a turn onto Bellm Street before finishing at the cemetery. 

There were 22 floats in this year’s parade, and as each one passed City Hall, Robert Padilla would announce its creator. The Santa Clara Police Department, Hurley Police…

Commentary: When I ran for office, I promised my constituents I would work with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to get things done and deliver for New Mexico. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has defined our state’s trade economy and growth for the last 20+ years. In those years, we have come to depend on a strong, stable, and predictable trade relationship with our neighbors.  Since 2007, trade has helped increase New Mexico’s exports to Mexico by 350%, the most among any southern border state. But President Trump is right—NAFTA is out of date, our agricultural…