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Chart 230: COVID-19 In New Mexico Oct. 30, 2020

The bars in this chart show the number of diagnoses versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Both today and yesterday, the number of new COVID-19 cases exceeded 1,000. Source: New York Times. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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NMPED COVID-19 Update: 39 Staff; 13 Students Test Positive In New Mexico Public Schools In Last 24 Hours

NMPED News:

SANTA FE — The Public Education Department announced this afternoon 52 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

Rapid response has been initiated, and all pertinent information has been verified with the schools and school districts.

The following new cases have been reported:

  • Four cases in Bernalillo County. Three of the infected individuals are staff members who were last on school property Oct. 14, 21, and 23. The other infected individual is a student who was last on campus Sept. 15.
  • Two cases in Chaves County. Both of the infected individuals are staff members who
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New Mexico Governor Orders Flags Half-Staff For Week Of Mourning As State Reaches 1,000 Death COVID-19 Milestone

STATE News:

“Take this virus seriously … Don’t wait for the illness and death it delivers to arrive on your doorstep.” –Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered state flags to half-staff this afternoon for a week of mourning in recognition of the state of New Mexico recording 1,000 COVID-19 fatalities.

The state Department of Health today reported 13 additional COVID-19 fatalities, the most deaths reported in the state in a single day of the pandemic, bringing the state’s total to 1,007.

The state reported its first COVID-19 fatality March 25.

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Southwestern New Mexico Business Finance Fair Connects Businesses To Funding Resources

NMEDD News:

SANTA FE — In an effort to assist businesses in obtaining the financial resources they need, and to help lenders find projects they wish to finance, the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) is hosting another finance fair – completely online – but geared toward businesses and lenders located in Southwestern New Mexico, EDD Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced Thursday.

The event is 12:30-2 p.m. Dec. 9.

Business Finance Fair events are part of an EDD initiative which seeks to connect funding entities with local projects. The Finance Fair debuted July 17, 2019 Read More

LACDC Blue Bucks Program Earns International Economic Development Council Excellence Award

From left, Chamber Director Ryn Herrmann, Enterprise Bank LA Region President Liddie Martinez and Los Alamos MainStreet Director Lauren McDaniel hold up the Bronze Award from the International Economic Development Council for their Small Business Saturday Blue Bucks Raffle Promotion. Courtesy/LACDC

LACDC News:

Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation (LACDC) recently won a Bronze Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its Small Business Saturday Blue Bucks Raffle Promotion.

The program, sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust, was recognized Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Find Quick Way To Test Rust On Graphene-protected Cars, Planes, Ships

Chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene is an excellent gas barrier material as illustrated by oxygen gas molecules (non-glowing red spheres) being bounced off by graphene (gray spheres). Using oxygen gas molecules with imparted kinetic energy (glowing red sphere), decades worth of information on gas permeation through graphene can be acquired in a minute. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • It’s about creating and using extra-corrosive air and observing its accelerated effect on the graphene-protected materials. – Hisato Yamaguchi
Hisato Yamaguchi

Trace amounts of graphene could

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Chart 229: COVID-19 In New Mexico Oct. 29, 2020

This area chart shows the number of COVID-19 cases by zip code in Rio Arriba County. To date there were 513 diagnoses in Rio Arriba, with an overall diagnoses rate that is 40 percent lower than elsewhere in New Mexico. There was a single diagnosis in Los Ojos, Velarde, Gallina, Regina and Youngsville. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More

NNMC’s Dr. Patricia Trujillo And Stephanie Montoya Join Leadership At New Mexico Higher Education Department

From left, Dr. Patricia Trujillo, Stephanie Montoya and Dr. Trujillo at the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Breakfast and Stephanie Montoya. Courtesy/NNMC

NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) has announced that Dr. Patricia Trujillo, director of Equity & Diversity and Stephanie Montoya, staff reporter and public relations specialist, are leaving NNMC to join the staff of the New Mexico Department of Higher Education.

Dr. Trujillo has been appointed by Gov. Michelle Luján Grisham as deputy secretary of Higher Education. She has been with NNMC for more than 10 years and Read More

Following Request From Heinrich And Alexander, DOI Extends Every Kid Outdoors Passes To Fifth Graders

DOI News:

WASHINGTON  — Following a request from U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) last month, the U.S. Department of the Interior has agreed to extend the 2019-2020 Every Kid Outdoors pass into the 2020-2021 school year, given the hurdles the pandemic has presented for students and families to accessing America’s public lands, waters and historic sites.

“Expanding opportunities in our parks and public lands has to be a part of our national recovery. These are the places where all of us belong. These lands are our lands, and they heal us in a way few things Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,082 New Cases, Total Now At 44,904 With 3 New Deaths And 21,389 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 1,082 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County has 1 new case today bringing the total to 48 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 3 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 260 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 32 new cases in Chaves County
  • 36 new cases in Cibola County
  • 28 new cases in Curry County
  • 248 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 24 new cases in Eddy County
  • 4 new cases in Grant County
  • 1 new case
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