Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Welcome $500,000 In Federal Investments For SFCC To Create Digital Profiles Of Veterans At Santa Fe National Cemetery
Federal funding will support SFCC’s Veterans Legacy Program (VLP) and a student-based project to create digital profiles of veterans at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Courtesy/wikipedia
Congressional News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) heading to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC).
The funding will support SFCC’s Veterans Legacy Program (VLP) and a student-based project Read More
EMNRD: Pecos Canyon State Park Has Reopened
State Parks Division officials announced that Pecos Canyon State Park has reopened. Courtesy photo
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — Officials of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), State Parks Division, announced that Pecos Canyon State Park re-opened to the public for normal operations Friday, Sept. 2.
The new order from the United States Forest Service reopens portions of the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest that includes the area encompassing Pecos Canyon State Park.
Pecos Canyon State Park has been closed to protect the public from unsafe Read More
NM Congressional Democrats Welcome $2.5M In Federal Investments For Española, Santa Fe, Albuquerque Airports
Congressional News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming $2,568,244 in federal funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to three New Mexico airports.
“Airports are pillars of opportunity – and that’s exactly what this federal funding is going to bring. Opportunities to improve the air quality around the Albuquerque Sunport with zero-emissions technologies. Opportunities to renovate aging infrastructure at the Española Municipal Read More
Topper Volleyball Falls To Sartans In Wild Contest
Topper Volleyball Team takes to the court Tuesday evening to play St. Pius Sartans in Griffith Gymnasium. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Angelina Passalacqua serves the ball to the St. Pius Sartans Tuesday in Griffith Gym. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By MIKE COTE
Sports
Los Alamos Daily Post
In what had to be one of the strangest contests in Los Alamos volleyball history, the Hilltoppers were dropped in five sets by the St. Pius X Sartans Tuesday night at Griffith Gymnasium.
Los Alamos met up with one of its traditional rivals in an important early season contest, one that, despite Read More
UNM ‘Autism Imagine’ Training Series 2022-23 Begins Sept 8
UNM News:
University of New Mexico (UNM) Center for Development and Disability has announced its “Autism Imagine” Training Series 2022-23.
The Autism Imagine Training Series begins Thursday, Sept. 8.
The community is invited to join UNM for its opening keynote session on Autistic Burnout presented by Dr. Stephen Shore.
NMSP Conducts Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Operation In Española & Taos; Results In 133 Citations, 2 Arrests
NMSP News:
TAOS & ESPAÑOLA — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) Bureau conducted a five-day CVE operation in Taos and Española.
The operation ran Aug. 22-26 and was aimed at making sure commercial motor vehicles (CMV) operating on the roadways of northern New Mexico were in proper working order.
CMV safety inspections ensure that commercial vehicles are safe and compliant with Department of Transportation and other federal safety regulations. These inspections are essential because they provide safety not only to the CMV drivers but also other Read More
County COVID-19 Community Newsletter For Sept. 2
Courtesy/LACCOUNTY News:
Los Alamos County has Issued its latest COVID-19 Community Newsletter.
This issue covers The Epidemiology Corner – COVID-19 Update, New Testing Locations/Options, LANL Research News, Survey & Results, COVID-19 data and more.
Nationwide Hospitalizations Show Encouraging Declining Trend As Variant Proportions Gradually Drift:
For the week ending Aug. 27, CDC estimates that Omicron variants BA.4/BA.5 accounted for 92 percent of U.S. cases nationwide, with BA.5 alone accounting for 89 percent of cases.
The newest emergent variant, BA.4.6 increased
Bandelier Welcomes 2022 Artist In Residence Sarah Colby
Bandelier Artists in Residence Sarah Colby
NPS News:
Bandelier National Monument is once again hosting artists in the park and welcomes the first of three Artists in Residence of the 2022 season, Sarah Colby.
Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and has a son in the Navy. Colby has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.
Bandelier’s Artist in Residence
Public Education Department: New Balanced Assessment System Created By New Mexico Educators, For NM Kids
Cabinet Secretary Kurt Steinhaus
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — With the release today of spring 2022 student assessment data, the Public Education Department has established a new baseline for student academic achievement and fulfilled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive orders to create an assessment system that better serves New Mexico students, families and educators.
The new assessment tool, the New Mexico Balanced Assessment System, delivers on empowering educators and families to better inform decisions that will yield stronger outcomes for students, and will ensure that PED’s Read More
SFNF Revises Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Closure Order To Open Pecos Canyon Corridor, More Of Pecos Wilderness
Map of temporary area and road closure for Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Post-Fire Impacts. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) today reduced the size of the temporary area and road closure for the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Fire, reopening an additional 214,000 acres that were closed to public access under the previous closure order.
The reopened areas include the Pecos Canyon corridor and the Pecos Wilderness west of Skyline Trail 251.
Most of the popular campgrounds, dispersed camping sites and trails along the Pecos River corridor are reopening in time Read More
New Mexico [External Sources]
- FBI warns of carjackings in New Mexico - Albuquerque - KOAT New Mexico
- New Mexico institutions pay out thousands to recover from ransomware - KOB 4
- Report: NMPED failing to meet dozens of federal standards - KOB 4
- Woman rescued by local crews after hurting knee in Foothills - KRQE News 13
- City of Roswell facing $637,311 fine after worker death - KRQE News 13
- Cold for eastern New Mexico, milder west - KOAT New Mexico
