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Eighth Annual Julie’s Helpers Memorial Scholarship For Navajo Women Announced

Jamy Malone and family. Courtesy photo
 
JHMS News:
 
The Julie’s Helpers Memorial Scholarship recognizes determined Navajo women who strive to give back to their communities through advancing their education and who need help funding a challenging academic course of study.
 
The scholarship has been administered since 2011 by White Rock Presbyterian Church. It honors the memory of Julie Meadows, a young mother and LANL employee who died of a brain tumor in 2009. Shortly before she was diagnosed, Julie participated in a mission experience with White Rock Presbyterian Church
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Udall Speaks As Senate Passes Interior, Environment Funding Bill 92-6

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, spoke on the Senate floor just before the full Senate passed the FY2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, a funding bill authored by Udall’s committee.
 
 
The bill, authored in the Senate Appropriations subcommittee led by Udall and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), rejects
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Music From Angel Fire Hosts Series Off Free Workshops In Los Alamos

Triacanthos Woodwind Quintet. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Music From Angel Fire will host a series of free workshops the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 31 in the Los Alamos Public Schools facilitated by Zane Meek.
The feature group, the Triacanthos Woodwind Quintet, will work with Los Alamos youth in master classes, private lessons, ensemble coaching and more. The day will come to a close with a free public concert 6-7 p.m., at Duane Smith Auditorium.
 
The featured ensemble, Triacanthos Quintet, is based at the www.Curtis.edu Institute in Philadelphia and will be featured during
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FBI: Rocksprings Man Gets Prison On Porn Conviction

FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Johtonnie Yazzie, 30, of Rocksprings, was sentenced Thursday in Federal Court in Albuquerque, to 45 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.
 
Yazzie also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
 
The FBI and McKinley County Sheriff’s Office arrested Yazzie Dec. 20, 2016, on an indictment, which was filed Dec. 7, 2016, charging him with possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. According to the indictment, Yazzie
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State Engineer Denies Augustin Plains Ranch Groundwater Application Deemed Vague; Speculative

NMELC News:
 
SANTA FE The State Engineer has denied as speculative Augustin Plains Ranch’s most recent application for withdrawal of 54,000 acre feet per year of groundwater.
 
The State Engineer was responding to motions for summary judgment filed by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (the Law Center) on behalf of a large group of community protestants, and a second motion filed by the Catron County Board of County Commissioners.
 
San Augustin Plains community members were very pleased by this dismissal of the most recent iteration of Augustin Plains Ranch’s application
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On 3rd Anniversary Of Gold King Mine Spill, Udall, Heinrich And Luján Denounce EPA’s Continued Failure To Compensate Victims

The Gold King Mine toxic spill as it looked three years ago. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the 3rd anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (all D-N.M.) denounced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s ongoing failure to compensate victims in the Navajo Nation and New Mexico – despite repeated promises to do so from former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

The New Mexico lawmakers have successfully secured millions in funding for a long-term water monitoring plan for areas Read More

Study Reveals How Sand Dunes Alter Seismic Waves

Barchan dune geometry, in reality and the simulations. (a) Image of an isolated Qatari barchan dune from an aerial drone, courtesy of Sylvain Michel. (b) Elevation profile of the same barchan, from data courtesy of Michel Louge. (c) Mesh generated model of the same dune. The red arrow indicates the location of the point force for the simulation in the video. Courtesy/AGU
 
AGU News:
 
Sand dunes may be lovely to behold, but they have long been seismic troublemakers to geophysicists trying to detect what lies underground nearby. A new study takes a stab at figuring out just how dunes are
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Scenes From House Dist. 43 Candidate Christine Chandler At Sandoval County Fair Parade Saturday

From left, Democratic candidate for Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, Democratic nominee for House Dist. 43 Christine Chandler and Kyle Wheeler of Los Alamos participate Saturday morning in the Sandoval County Fair and parade in Cuba. Photo by George Chandler

House Dist. 43 Christine Chandler of Los Alamos participating in the Sandoval County Fair and parade Saturday morning in Cuba. Photo by George Chandler

Democratic nominee for Land Commissioner Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard of White Rock participating in the Sandoval County Fair and parade Saturday morning in Cuba. Photo by George Chandler Read More

DOJ: New Forensics Technology Group Members

DOJ News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice Wednesday announced important advances to improve federal coordination with state and local forensic science laboratories.
 
As part of this effort, the department is announcing the newly selected members of the recently created Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group (FLN-TWG). The effort underscores the department’s commitment to creating an effective network of crime labs across the country. The working group will provide objective and independent knowledge and
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Zinke Kicks Off National Parks Infrastructure Talks

Courtesy photo
 
DOI News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. Highlighting the need to repair and rebuild our parks, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spoke Tuesday at a bi-partisan event at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument.
 
The focus of the event was on fixing and preserving national park infrastructure and the $11.6 billion maintenance backlog currently facing our nation’s 417 national parks. The Secretary was joined by Senators Rob Portman, Mark Warner, Lamar Alexander, Angus King, and Steve Daines, as well as representatives from the National Park Foundation,
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