Heinrich To Be Featured Speaker At National Clean Energy Week Symposium
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
U.S. Sen. Martin HeinrichU.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― At 4:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. MT, today, Sept. 26, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the son of a utility lineman and one of just a few engineers in Congress, will be a featured speaker at the National Clean Energy Week Policy Makers Symposium to discuss his vision for America’s clean energy future.
Through his role on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Heinrich has advocated for growing the clean energy economy in New Mexico. His efforts to secure
Read More NM Archaeology Fair At Jemez Historic Site Oct. 6
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
2017 New Mexico Archaeological Fair. Courtesy/New Mexico Historic Preservation DivisionNMMA News:
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Archaeology Fair is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Jemez Historic Site in Jemez Springs.
Admission to the event is free. Presented by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, the 18th annual New Mexico Archaeology Fair is a chance for children and adults to participate in hands-on demonstrations and activities associated with cultures that trace their origins back thousands of years.
Activities include yucca fiber bracelet
Read More NIST: Quantum Information Science – Making The Leap
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
The first fully programmable and reconfigurable quantum computer module developed in 2016 by scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute, a partnership of NIST and the University of Maryland. The pioneering device takes advantage of the unique properties offered by trapped ions to run any algorithm. Quantum computers promise speedy solutions to some difficult problems, but building large-scale, general-purpose quantum devices is a problem fraught with technical challenges. Courtesy/E. Edwards/JQI and S. Debnath/IonQNIST News:
Quantum information science will contribute
Read More Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $1.3 Million To NTU For Metrology And Materials Center
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
CONGRESSIONAL News:WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján have announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $1.3 million to Navajo Technical University (NTU) in Crownpoint, NM to build a Metrology and Materials Center (MMTC).
The MMTC will offer training for displaced energy sector workers to develop competitive skills for emerging industries including 3D metal printing, machining, robotics and advanced manufacturing. According to the EDA’s estimates, the
Read More Millicent Rogers Museum Adds To Collection
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
Conversation with Bird, left, by Percy Sandy is one of 17 works donated by Judy Anderson. Courtesy photoBy DR. CAROLINE JEAN FERNALD
Millicent Rogers Museum, Executive Director
The Millicent Rogers Museum recently announced some very BIG NEWS regarding the founding of the museum’s first endowment thanks to a match challenge from an anonymous donor and the donation of over 150 items to the museum’s collection.
The MRM relies on charitable contributions to cover our daily expenses, improve our facilities, fund our programs, ensure our future, and grow our
Read More Game Commission Meets Oct. 5 In Albuquerque
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
NMGF News:SANTA FE ― The New Mexico State Game Commission will meet Friday, Oct. 5, in Albuquerque to review final biennial review of state listed and endangered species and the fiscal year 2018 report on depredation and nuisance abatement.
The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s new Northwest Regional Office located at 7816 Alamo Road NW, in Albuquerque.
Other agenda items include:
- A ceremonial opening and tour of the new Northwest Regional Office.
- Subsequent discussions for potential rule changes on hunting and fishing
45th Annual Chama Chile Ski Classic Jan. 19-21
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
CVRC News:
The Chama Valley Rotary Club presents the 45th Annual Chama Chile Ski Classic, Jan. 19-21, 2019.
There will be 6K & 18K Freestyle cross-country ski races, 6K & 12K Classic style cross-country ski races, a 6K snowshoe race, a Fat Tire Snow-Bike Race, Cross-country ski and yurt tours, Rookie Race, a costume contest, Cross-country ski Clinics, Live Music, Beer Tasting, and more.
For more information: SKICHAMA.COM.
Read More Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn Update
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
SFNF News:SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) completed a 545 acre prescribed burn Monday in the Santa Fe Watershed, about three miles east of the City of Santa Fe, to help protect the watershed from high intensity wildfire.
Prescribed burning is not planned in the watershed again until the spring.
The 545 acre prescribed burn was conducted in proximity to Nichols and McClure Reservoirs. Parts of a 450 acre area northeast of Nichols Reservoir received treatment, as did parts of a 500 acre area just south of McClure Reservoir.
Historically,
Read More Final Salute For Nine Military Veterans Oct. 11
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 25, 2018
DVS News:SANTA FE — The unclaimed cremated remains of nine military veterans who, upon their deaths, were indigent or whose body went unclaimed by family members, will be laid to rest at a special Forgotten Heroes Funeral at 11 a.m., Oct. 4, at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Their cremains will be interred with full military honors in accordance with the state’s Forgotten Heroes Burial Program. This unique program was established by the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services–with help from Bernalillo County—to ensure that no veteran will be alone at the end.
Joseph Henry Sharp Paintings Donated To Museum Of Art By Family Of Former Bishop’s Lodge Owner
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 25, 2018
Joseph Henry Sharp, Taos Cañon: Cottonwood, Box Elder, Cedar, and Sage, circa 1935, oil on canvas. Gift of Lore Thorpe in memory of Kathryn V. Thorpe, 20183. Courtesy/NMMANMMA News:
SANTA FE ― Three paintings from renown Santa Fe artist Joseph Henry Sharp, a founding member of the Taos Artist Society, have been donated to the New Mexico Museum of Art. The donations were made by Lore Thorpe, the daughter-in-law of Kathryn V. Thorpe, the former owner/manager of Bishop’s Lodge.
Joseph Henry Sharp (Sept. 27, 1859 – Aug. 29, 1953) was one of the earliest European-American artists
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