LRG News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (and potential retirees) (LRG) are invited to drop in at the LRG monthly breakfast 8:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the Morning Glory Restaurant, 1377 Diamond Drive across from Los Alamos High School.
Morning Glory serves a full breakfast and pastries.
Retirees buy their breakfast; LRG pays for coffee or tea.
Contact sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497 for more information.
Family Strengths Network is offering several parenting classes and programs including ‘Becoming a Love and Logic Parent, Trauma and Parenting, and Circle of Security’. For more information, visit this link. Courtesy/FSN Read More
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE — The application period for the Public Regulation Commission Tribal Advisory Council is open through Monday, Jan. 23.
Created by the governor’s Dec. 30, executive order, the PRC Tribal Advisory Council is designed to advise the commission on issues relevant to New Mexico’s Native American communities and provide recommendations on how the PRC may best address those issues.
The PRC Tribal Advisory Council will be comprised of one representative from the eight northern Pueblos, one from the eleven southern Pueblos, one from one of the Apache tribes, Read More
Higher Education Secretary Stephanie M. Rodriguez
NMHED News:
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED) plan to put state dollars to work for students in 2023, opening doors for more New Mexicans through record-breaking programs.
The executive budget recommendation features $1.2 billion in total funding for higher education, including sweeping expansions to high-demand scholarship and financial aid programs that have helped tens of thousands of New Mexicans pursue college and career training.
“New Mexico’s strong economic Read More
By AMBER WALLIN
Executive Director
New Mexico Voices for Children
There’s been lots of news lately about the state’s budget surplus–a surplus that presents a great opportunity for New Mexico to make some key investments in our people and in the programs that matter most to their well-being.
What’s gotten less attention is that the surplus also highlights some fundamental issues with where the state gets money to fund crucial programs and offers some warnings–and some important opportunities–for how New Mexico could and should move forward. A new study from national finance Read More
Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer Emilie Kealani performs in the Apprentice Scenes on the stage of The Crosby Theatre. Photo by Norman Doggett
SFO News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) announces the 44 members of its 2023 Apprentice Program for Singers.
The roster includes promising young vocalists from across the USA including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as from East Africa, Australia, Canada, China, South America and South Korea. The 2023 class was selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants by Program Director Gayletha Nichols; Manager, Casting and Apprentice Read More
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced Tuesday two grant awards to the State of New Mexico for broadband infrastructure and digital equity programs to help connect families to affordable, resilient, and secure broadband across New Mexico.
This $5 million in funding through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and over $700,000 through the Digital Equity Program will assist with planning to close the digital divide and enable more New Mexico communities to participate in the digital economy.
This is the first broadband infrastructure Read More
AgeNation News:
AgeNation, an innovative Santa Fe-based company that has been on the forefront of bringing inspiration, education and solutions to “people who weren’t born yesterday” and younger people now inheriting the world since 2009, has just announced the launch of a new global initiative – Celebrating Life 2023.
Celebrating Life 2023 is a multi-stage, non-profit initiative that serves as a follow-up to the organization’s award-winning, 40 Episode Ageless Living Television Series that features 22 best-selling authors and experts who share their wisdom, hope and life-enhancing Read More
Courtesy/THS
THS News:
SANTA FE — The Horse Shelter (THS) took 13 horses into rescue in early November, all in dire need of rehabilitation after a cruelty seizure and relinquishment procedure through the New Mexico Livestock Board.
A total of 34 were placed in registered New Mexican equine rescues. Placements were facilitated by the New Mexico Equine Rescue Alliance (NMERA), which consists of all 10 registered equine rescue facilities.
“This is the largest number of intakes we have received at one time,” said Executive Director Susan Hemmerle for The Horse Shelter and co-chair of NMERA, located Read More
Dr. Joel Mozer, director for Science, Technology and Research for the U.S. Space Force, discusses the future of space at the 2022 Space Futures Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, Nov. 29. Seventy individuals from the space ecosystem including Air Force Research Laboratory representatives gathered to examine future technologies and forge a path towards ensuring the U.S. maintains its advantage in the space domain. Courtesy/NewSpace NM
AFRL News:
KIRTLAND AFB — Seventy professionals from the space ecosystem gathered for the Space Futures Workshop, Nov. 29-30, to examine future technologies Read More