NEWS Local news and entertainment since 1969 March 27 - April 2, 2020 Your Weekly TV & GET SOLAR & AC Entertainment Guide AND SAVE BIG SAVE YOUR ELECTRIC BILL EACH MONTH 25 YEAR WARRANTY Entertainment $89.94 A MONTH COMBINED Amana Lifetime Warranty Guide Natasha Leggero stars Last AC You’ll Every Buy A message from in “Broke,” premiering Thursday on CBS. inside Chief Gallagher ‘Broke’ Lic #380200 • 4.38 kw • $36,000 financed at 2.99% is combo – Leggero, Perrette star as price $89.94 for 18 months then re-amortize OAC. 575-449-3277 page 14 oil-and-water sisters in CBS sitcom YELLOWBIRDAC.COM • YELLOWBIRDSOLAR.COM2 x 5.5” ad FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020 I Volume 52, Number 13 I lascrucesbulletin.com NEWS 6 x 4” ad Testing line Good news for renters amid COVID-19 page 21 WELL BEING Stay healthy while isolating With the sun shining bright and the Organ Mountains standing guard to the east, cars lined up for nearly a mile last week along Solano pages 41-46 Avenue as people went to the Department of Health for the first of four public drive-through testing events to determine infection by the COVID-19 virus. Statewide cases rose to more than 100 this week, with more than 13 people testing positive in Doña Ana County. BULLETIN PHOTO BY RICHARD COLTHARP 2 | FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020 NEWS LAS CRUCES BULLETIN Content brought to you by: Doña Ana County ‘Your Partner in Progress’ Detention Center implements County provides essential ser- COVID-19 protections The Doña Ana County Deten- Prepaid. Texting is available via vices, limits access to facilities tion Center has been working www.gettingout.com. closely with area law enforcement Juvenile detainees will also The Doña Ana County Government Cen- Dona Ana Sheriff’s Office - (575) 525- agencies and the judicial system to have access to two free 10-minute ter, 845 N. Motel Blvd. is closed to the pub- 1911 reduce the number of detainees in phone calls, per week. However, lic. However, all departments will continue District Attorney’s Office - (575) 524- custody, to further enhance pre- that facility lacks video visitation to provide essential services. This action sup- 6370 ventive measures and minimize capabilities. The Juvenile Facility ports an effort to help prevent spreading the Engineering - (575) 525-6164 the risk of lobby will also coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19 by Road Section - (575) 647-7100 spreading have access re- minimizing in-person contact. Fleet Management - Open. COVID-19 to stricted. Howev- Community Resources Centers are also Flood Commission - (575) 525-5558 the community, er, parents or closed, but will continue to provide meals for Health & Human Services Court Compli- staff or detain- guardians may seniors. ance - (575) 525-5833 Public access to County Commission ees. schedule visits in Human Resources - (575) 647-7210 “We have advance, by call- meetings will remain available. However, the public is encouraged to access the livestream. Probate Judge - (575) 523-8200 been working ing (575) 647- Santa Teresa Jetport - (575) 589-1232 with the various 7680. Employees providing essential services area courts to The lobby ki- who have a job that requires them to be in the Treasurer’s Office - (575) 647-7433 reduce the number of low-risk and osk for depositing funds into a field, such as public safety, utilities workers Utilities - (575) 647-7142 non-violent offenders in custody, detainee’s account is deactivated. and road crews will remain active, to meet Vector Control (Mosquitos) – (575) 526- while preserving the safety of the However, family and friends may the community’s needs. Employees who are 8150 community,” County Manager provide funds to detainees’ ac- at high risk for COVID-19 will work from Fernando R. Macias said. counts, using the detainee’s identi- home. The Center suspended in- fication number, via one of the County departments will continue to pro- person family visits and closed the following options: vide essential services by staffing websites, lobby to public access, while ex- Phone, please call (866) 345- social media and telephones to minimize in- tending online remote visitation 1884 person contact. hours, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Internet, please visit to For additional guidance, please contact Monday through Friday, excluding www.accesscorrections.com. the appropriate department, listed below: holidays. Mail money orders to: Detain- Assessor’s Office - (575) 647-7400 Management also negotiated ee's Name and ID Number, for Animal Control/ Codes Enforcement - two free 10-minute calls and one example, John Smith #20876; MVRDA (575) 526-0795, option 6 free 30-minute remote video visit- Doña Ana County Detention Clerk / Bureau of Elections - See web- ation per week, per inmate, for Center; P.O. Box 454; Las Cru- site or call (575) 647-7421 adults. ces, N.M. 88004 Community and Constituent Services - Family members may schedule Only money orders or cashier's (575) 915-7710 either free or fee-based calls and checks are accepted at this ad- Community Development - (575) 647- video visits from home, using a dress. Letters and other items en- 7350 laptop or desktop computer, at closed will be returned to the Community Centers - (575) 635-7706 www.legacyinmate.com/ sender. JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Mar. 27, 2020 Visit our award-winning website at www.donaanacounty.org, or contact us at (575) 647-7200 LAS CRUCES BULLETIN NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020 | 3 Recycling: Know what to throw By JESS WILLIAMS New Mexico is All items should be If you have friends Las Cruces Bulletin launching a recy- loose. and neighbors outside cling education Rule 3: Know what to the Las Cruces area, Recycling is good for program to help throw for your area. Ac- encourage them to visit your conscience and people help the cording to RecycleNew- RecycleNewMexico.com environment. good for the planet, but Mexico.com, the South for details specific to it’s not always easy. COURTESY PHOTO Central Solid Waste their communities. Pizza boxes spring Authority accepts clean “As important as it to mind. They’re card- aluminum and cat-food is for people to recycle, board, and that’s recy- cans, tin cans, empty it’s even more impor- clable, right? and flattened boxes, tant for them to recycle Wrong. It’s dirty brown paper bags, right,” said Sarah Pier- cardboard, with grease books, juice boxes, milk pont, executive director soaked through the bot- cartons, office paper, of the New Mexico Re- tom layer of the box and magazines, newspaper, cycling Coalition. “It’s – in most cases – little uncorrugated cartons, our hope that, through tidbits of fused cheese, phone books, grocery this campaign, New crust morsels and top- bags, plastic bottles and Mexicans will not only ping residue clinging to jars, rigid plastics and be educated, but also the inside. most cardboard. inspired to do what they The pizza box is trash. If you’re willing to can for their environ- But the confusion haul recyclables to ment and their commu- doesn’t stop at pizza SCSWA facilities, they nities.” boxes, so the Rio also accept glass, ap- Grande Recycling pliances, electronic This article was adapted Corridor — a group devices and yard trim- from a press release. comprised of recycling release, the “Know tion rather than remain and can create costly mings. and solid waste agen- What to Throw New lost in recycling purga- errors in the process. cies from Las Cruces Mexico” campaign aims tory, not knowing what Rule 2: Loose items get to Santa Fe — has to combat the most to do with what materi- recycled. Don’t bag your launched a statewide re- pressing issues found als. recyclables, and don’t put TAKE OUT, cycling education cam- across the state, includ- Rule 1: Empty, clean and cords or bands around paign geared to teach ing eliminating food dry items get recycled. them, as they can disable HACIENDA STYLE! New Mexicans how to waste and plastic bags Food residue and liq- the sorting machinery. recycle correctly. from blue bins. uids should be rinsed Plastic bags and plastic ARRACHERA “There are many mis- Three basic rules can from containers before wrap should never be STEAK conceptions about what help serious recyclers recycling. Dirty materi- placed in the blue re- can and can’t be recy- contribute to the solu- als are not recyclable cycle bins. cled, and there is a view that it is difficult,” said Patrick Peck, director of South Central Solid Waste Authority. “Our goal is to set the record straight. 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