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Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $1.48 Million For Los Alamos Electric Buses

CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded Los Alamos Atomic City Transit $1.485 million through the Low or No Emission Grant Program to purchase new zero-emission battery electric buses to replace the City’s existing diesel fleet.

Atomic City Transit offers transit service in both Los Alamos and White Rock, ADA complementary paratransit, and a shuttle service to Bandelier National Monument during peak visitor season.

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AG Hector Balderas Indicts Rio Rancho Convicted Serial Child Predator On New Charges

Edward Cebada
 
From the Attorney General’s Office:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Wednesday that he has indicted Edward Cebada, a convicted felon and registered sex offender on new charges of rape of a child.

A grand jury charged Cebada Thursday with multiple counts of Criminal Sexual Penetration of a Minor, Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, and Aggravated Battery.

“As Attorney General, I’m disgusted and angered that a convicted sex offender is alleged to have harmed another child in our community,” Balderas said. “I will aggressively
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Steve Pearce Announces Plan To Reform CYFD And Protect Children From Abuse And Neglect

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce
 
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, candidate for Governor, has called for systematic reforms to protect children throughout New Mexico.
 
In front of the Children, Youth and Family Department (CYFD) offices Thursday in Albuquerque, Pearce stood with an array of advocates for child well being and laid out his plan to address the state’s problems.
 
“We are here today because all of us are disgusted with the failure of our state to protect our children from abuse, neglect, and even death at the hand of child
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NIST: Graphene Quantum Dot Structure Takes Cake

Illustration of the wedding cake structure formed by electrons magnetically confined within tiny regions in graphene. Photo by C. Gutiérrez/NIST
 
NIST News:
 
In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used magnetic fields to confine groups of electrons to a series of concentric rings within graphene, a single layer of tightly packed carbon atoms.
 
This tiered “wedding cake,” which appears in images that show the energy level structure of the electrons, experimentally confirms
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FBI: Felon From Las Cruces Charged With Violating Federal Firearms Laws

FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Wednesday, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Dominic C. Garcia, 28, of Las Cruces, with violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm.
 
Garcia was remanded into custody pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
 
The FBI arrested Garcia Aug. 14, 2018, in Las Cruces after Task Force Officers of the FBI’s Southern New Mexico Safe Streets Violent Gang Task Force came upon him while seeking to execute an arrest warrant for another individual.  
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Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $667K To Navajo Technical University To Expand Broadband Access For Native Students

CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that Navajo Technical University (NTU) was awarded $667,909 by the National Science Foundation to improve broadband connectivity for Native students, expanding access to educational opportunities and workforce training throughout the region.
 
NTU is the country’s largest tribal university, offering academic and research programs to students across Navajo Nation, particularly in the Science, Technology,
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Emily Holmes Serves As United States Senate Page

Emily Holmes, 16, of Los Alamos with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich this summer during her time serving as a Senate Page in the nation’s capital. Courtesy photo
 
The Holmes family from left, Rich, Emily and Nan during a recent visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post to talk about Emily’s experience this summer in the United States Senate Page Program. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@/ladailypost.com
 

Los Alamos High School student Emily Holmes spent a month this summer serving as a page in the United States Senate

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Chandler: An Educational Watershed

By Christine Chandler
Democratic Candidate
House Dist. 43

First District Court Judge Sarah Singleton has launched a major transformation of New Mexico’s system of public education. The next step is going to be up to the incoming legislature and governor, who have been given a mandate and an opportunity: to break the barriers of ideology and wishful thinking that have kept New Mexico’s public schools in last-place for too long.

The Plaintiffs in Martinez & Yazzie v. the State of New Mexico claimed the State’s educational system does not satisfy the provision in the New Mexico Constitution Read More

Governor Cuts Ribbon On New Facility For Homegrown Technology Manufacturing Company Ideum

Gov. Susana Martinez
 
STATE News:
 
CORRALES Monday, Gov. Susana Martinez was joined by Ideum executives and local officials for the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the company’s new exhibit fabrication studio that will allow the company to continue growing production and creating new jobs. The new 5,500 square foot facility will grow Ideum’s footprint, allowing them to serve more customers across the globe.
 
“For years, we’ve worked relentlessly to make New Mexico a great place to do business and we’re seeing the results,” Martinez
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Reopens After Closure From Severe Weather Damage

BLM News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is open after being closed due to severe weather damage to the access road, trails and facilities.  
 
The Monument has undergone intensive road maintenance and reconstruction of trail segments, and is now open for visitation.
 
For more information, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Jamie Garcia at 505.761.8787.
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