LOS LUNAS — The Los Lunas Village Council voted to join the Opioid Remediation Collaborative of New Mexico last month, making the village the first municipality in the state to join the group.
The ORCNM is a regional board aimed at pooling resources to combat the opioid crisis in rural New Mexico counties. Los Lunas joins Valencia, Sierra, Cibola, Hidalgo, Guadalupe, Socorro and Catron counties, as well as recent additions Grant and Luna counties, in the group.
With the approval, Los Lunas will transfer the current and future opioid settlement funds, totaling about $1.6 million, to the ORCNM. Valencia County currently serves as the group’s fiscal agent…