Updated: County Intends To Fire MATS Manager

Bill Wilson’s Gospel
The story of Alcoholics Anonymous teaches us about human nature and the kinds of social programs that do and don’t work.

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BREAKING: Tom Swisstack Named Interim BernCo Public Safety Chief
John Dantis Retires At Emotional News Conference Bernalillo County Manager Thaddeus Lucero announced about an hour ago at a news conference that Tom Swisstack — current Rio Rancho mayor and director of Bernalillo County’s Juvenile Detention Center — will take over on an interim basis to run the county’s public safety department. Swisstack replaces John Dantis, who wrote in his Thursday …

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Officials concerned by drug treatment facility closing
The closing of a residential drug treatment facility because of a $400,000 deficit has caused concern among Vigo County officials who rely on the program as an alternative to incarceration.

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Getting clean … one day at a time
NEW LEXINGTON — This is Laicee’s story. It’s also Jessica’s, Shallane’s, Heather’s, Viola’s and Jodi’s.

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Updated: County Intends To Fire MATS Manager
County Manager Says Dantis Retirement Not Official Bernalillo County Manager Thaddeus Lucero announced he intends to fire the faciilities manager at the county’s drug and alcohol detox center following an investigation into alleged wrongoing by the son of the deputy county manager and violations of county policy. John Dantis stories Lucero released an executive summary of a report on the …

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