‘Visit Las Cruces’ Honors Women Pioneers In Tourism
VLC News:
LAS CRUCES — When country music megastar Garth Brooks was considering his 2017 World Tour stop in Las Cruces, his crew and concert organizers faced several hurdles that cast doubt on a show – let alone five, as it turned out – that could be held at New Mexico State University’s Pan American Center.
The limited size of the venue’s tunnel entrance onto the Pan Am floor presented difficulties that would force the crew to dismantle certain sections of the tour’s massive stage before it could be taken inside the building. The sections would then have to be re-assembled once on the Pan Am floor. Read More
NMDWS: Launch Of Modernized State Info Data Exchange
NMDWS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) announced the launch of the modernized State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) E-Response platform.
This upgrade will enhance integrity and provides customers with an easier and more thorough experience.
SIDES is a quick, accurate and secure way to automate responses to unemployment insurance claim notices from state workforce agencies and is currently operating in 47 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories.
SIDES E-Response is a free website where employers and their representatives Read More
EDD: Training Funds Support High Tech To Handmade Jobs
Lescombes Family Vineyards has been operating in New Mexico since 1981, with operations in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Santa Fe (Herve Wine Bar) and Deming. Courtesy/EDD
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The Job Training Incentive Program Board met for its monthly meeting, funding 11 New Mexico companies to hire and train 97 trainees, Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced. The March awards totaled $1,032,802.
The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) funds classroom and on-the-job training for new full-time jobs and interns in expanding or relocating businesses Read More
Jeweler Teresa Starr At Village Arts On DP Road Today
Jeweler Teresa Starr is at Village Arts 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 216 DP Road. Starr has tons of treasures on display, takes in repairs, and purchases precious metals. In honor of upcoming holidays, she has several religious jewelry items for purchase. Her services include: Repairs of all types, Custom design, Gold and Silver finished jewelry, including chain in Sterling and Gold, Coins, Appraisals, Gemstones, Pearls and Diamonds. She buys Gold, Silver, Jewelry in any condition, coins, gemstones and diamonds. Courtesy/Village Arts
Items available from Jeweler Teresa Starr, 10:30 a.m. Read More
Los Alamos Co-Op Park Seeks Support For Final Phase
From left, LASCU CEO Matt Schmidt, Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op Assistant General Manager Rob Hipwood, Del Norte Credit Union Branch Manager Luis Rosales and Places and Spaces’ Kevin Holsapple gather recently on the stage at the Los Alamos Co-op Park at 1010 Central. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos Co-op Park, next door to the Los Alamos Schools Credit Union (LASCU) at 1010 Central Ave., is nearly completed, but the community’s help is needed to help it reach the finish line.
Phase two of the fundraising Read More
Possible Council Action Tuesday March 29
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Council will hold its regular meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom.
This meeting is open to the public.
The public can join this meeting by pasting into their browser the following:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87475310555 once the session has started, or by
Telephone:
US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 312 626 6799 or
+1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592
Agenda items include:
- A proclamation declaring the month of April “J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial
Committee Month”. - A briefing by County Lobbyist Scott Scanland on the 2022 legislative session.
More Scenes From Pi-rates Of The Caribbean 2022 Pi Day
Participating in the Pi-rates of the Caribbean celebration March 16 in honor of Pi Day at Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS), from left, Los Alamos Schools Credit Union (LASCU) CEO Matt Schmidt, LAMS Principal Suzanne Lynne, LASCU EVP Bethany Hayward and Loan Officer Carissa Meierdierks Wall. Courtesy/LAMS PTO
Scenes from the LAMS Pi-rates of the Caribbean celebration in honor of Pi Day. Courtesy/LAMS PTO
By TANYA SNYDER
Vice President
Los Alamos Middle School PTO
Monday, March 14 in celebration of Pi Day, the Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) gym was transformed.
The 7th and 8th grade students Read More
Major Bioscience Company Curia Expands In New Mexico With Help Of State Funds
EDD News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and company officials announced Thursday that Curia, formerly AMRI, a leading contract research, development, and manufacturing organization, is expanding its operational facilities in New Mexico and plans to add substantially to its workforce.
The company is set to add up to 274 employees in Albuquerque with an average salary over $50,000. The State of New Mexico is contributing up to $5 million to support the expansion through assistance from the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job-creation fund. The company is also eligible Read More
McQuiston: Inflation On Commercial Property Insurance
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
From supply chain shortages to COVID-related shutdowns to worker shortages, 2021 brought the highest U.S. inflation rates of the past 40 years.
Inflation is affecting everything from the price of that (former) “dollar pizza” to the value of used cars to raw building materials, making these trends particularly relevant to commercial insureds with building and business income coverages.
The Impact
Commercial buildings are generally insured on a replacement cost basis which is the cost to replace the building with materials of Read More
County And Owner Of Dilapidated Hilltop House Hotel Discuss Demolition As March 30 Deadline Looms
Los Alamos County Council Chair Randall Ryti
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The Hilltop House Hotel has become a landmark for all the wrong reasons. It has transformed into an unsightly building that poses a danger to public health and safety. Plus, it makes for an embarrassing first impression of the town.
The plan is that by March 30, the whole building will be demolished, and this infamous landmark will disappear.
With less than two weeks to go, the deadline is looming for the Hilltop House Hotel to be demolished and its owners are working to meet it.
The question Read More
