Los Alamos High School Senior Gus Yeager Wins 2020 Pasatiempo Writing Contest Teen Fiction Category
Gus Yeager
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos High School senior Gus Yeager, 17, has won the 2020 Pasatiempo Writing Contest in the Teen Fiction category.
When he’s not writing stories and screenplays, Yeager can usually be found playing baseball, mountain biking or skiing.
Yeager plans to attend college next year, where he will major in film and screenwriting.
THE FASTENING
By Gus Yeager
Los Alamos
Jude was scared. Truly scared.
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Lauds Inclusion Of Ventilation System Improvements For Elementary, Secondary Schools
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich::
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced similar legislation, the Keeping Schools Safe Act, to improve indoor school air quality
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is lauding the inclusion of funding directed to improve air ventilation systems in elementary and secondary schools in the emergency COVID-19 relief package.
Sen. Heinrich has been championing the effort to provide funding for elementary and secondary schools to improve indoor air quality using proven technologies and reduce the transmission Read More
AGU: Birth Of A Hawaiian Fissure Eruption
A fountaining eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, which occurred May 5, 2018. Courtesy/AGU
AGU News:
Ready for a new kind of holiday yule log? Then this mesmerizing video of an erupting volcano is for you.
This spectacular footage captures a fountaining eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano May 5, 2018. The eruption went through several phases:
- First, there were pulsing bursts of escaping volcanic gas;
- Next, closely spaced weak explosions of particles torn from magma in the volcanic vent; and
- Last, weak incandescent fountaining of particles and gas.
Researchers analyzed the footage in Read More
American Federation Of Teachers New Mexico React To Another Injunction Against Gallup McKinley County Schools
AFT News:
ALBUQUERQUE — American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly released the following statement:
“The New Mexico Public Employees Labor Relations Board issued a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction against Gallup McKinley County Schools, this time relating to its illegal surveillance of educators in the District.
“Parents, students, and educators won a victory today when the New Mexico Labor Board limited the District’s intrusive use of surveillance technology in the classroom. Rather than focusing on encouraging safe and welcoming Read More
Serenata Of Santa Fe: Help Us Keep Chamber Music Alive
By PAMELA EPPLE
Artistic Director
Serenata of Santa Fe
Friends and Supporters, Serenata of Santa Fe has been impacted greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic.
We recognize the need for a sense of place and community more than ever and know that our musicians and audience crave connection, beauty, healing and hope.
Serenata’s Musical Postcard Project was conceived for this purpose, and it is our mission to keep chamber music alive, whether it’s a live-streamed solo performance from one of our living rooms or recorded concerts from last season.
We’ve worked hard on our new website so you can view Read More
Chart 286: COVID-19 In New Mexico Dec. 25, 2020
The bars in this chart show the number of COVID-19 diagnoses in Los Alamos County versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-NaimNew Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,465 New Cases, Total Now 136,622 With 36 New Deaths And 59,178 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 1,465 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 6 more case today … the total is now 261 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 36 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:
- 428 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 108 new cases in Chaves County
- 19 new cases in Cibola County
- 34 new cases in Colfax County
- 35 new cases in Curry County
- 145 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 31 new cases in Eddy County
- 13 new
County: COVID-19 Testing Available At Fuller Lodge Tuesday
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Emergency Management Office is coordinating with the State Department of Health to hold a COVID-19 testing event on Tuesday, Dec. 29th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fuller Lodge.
Those wishing to be tested will need to register in advance at this site: https://curative.com/
Get tested for COVID-19 today | Curative
Schedule a painless, self-collected COVID-19 test at one of our 8,000+ testing sites across the country. Get results in as little as 24 hours. https://cvresults.nmhealth.org/.
Upon entering Fuller Lodge, the individual will sign in with their Read More
Two Informational Videos About Veteran Suicide Awareness, Prevention And Resources Now On DVS Website
‘In New Mexico: One suicide every 16 hours.’ –DVS
DVS News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) has posted two videos on its website with information about veteran suicide awareness and prevention.
One of the videos is the recorded Facebook “live” discussion Dec. 18 between DVS Healthcare Division Director Jemia Warner and New Mexico VA Health Care System Suicide Prevention Case Manager Christina Camacho.
The second shorter video has information covered in the videotaped discussion, and more about immediate and long-term resources available for veterans at Read More
Five Astronauts On The International Space Station Beam Down Christmas Tidings To The People Of Earth
Members of the Expedition 64 crew send a Christmas message to Earth from the International Space Station. Clockwise from top left: NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Shannon Walker. Courtesy/NASA
The astronauts decked the halls of the International Space Station with Christmas decorations made with items they found around the spacecraft. They challenged NASA’s Mission Control team at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to do the same, using only decorations found in their building. Read More
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- Mitch's Kentucky outshines New Mexico for once | Local News | santafenewmexican.com - Santa Fe New Mexican
- New Mexico United to host MLS team in US Open Cup - KRQE News 13
- Montana State women further bolster backcourt with New Mexico transfer Hannah Robbins - Montana Sports
- Hannah Robbins transfers from New Mexico to Montana State - The Montana Standard
- Warm for western New Mexico, cloudy and cool east - KOAT New Mexico
- The United Family donates more than 50,000 pounds of apples across Texas and New Mexico as part of the Take a Bite Out of Hunger program - KCBD
