SFNF Plans Prescribed Burn On Borrego Mesa Oct. 15
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are tentatively planning a 105-acre prescribed burn on Borrego Mesa on the Española Ranger District a week from today, Friday, Oct. 15.
The treatment area is located approximately two miles east of the community of Cordova. Crews will complete the Borrego Mesa prescribed burn in one day.
A final decision on whether to proceed with a specific prescribed burn on the SFNF will depend on multiple conditions, including resource availability, fuel moisture levels, air quality and forecasted weather. Prescribed burns
Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Take Top Prizes In National Competition To Help Improve Electrical Grid
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists Hassan Hijazi, left, and Carleton Coffrin developed algorithms that took top prizes in a national competition to help improve the resiliency of the electrical grid. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) took top prizes in a national competition for developing algorithms to help improve the resiliency and efficiency of the electrical grid.
The algorithm developed by Hassan Hijazi of the Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics Group took first place in all four divisions, while the one developed by Carleton Read More
New Mexico Human Services Department Recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday Oct. 11
HSD News:
SANTA FE — Monday, Oct. 11 is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, recognizing that Indigenous people are the first inhabitants of the Americas, including the lands that later became the United States of America.
The State of New Mexico officially adopted this holiday in 2019, replacing the previously observed holiday known as Columbus Day, which celebrates the mythology of his “discovery” of this land, where Indigenous peoples had already lived since time immemorial.
The New Mexico Human Services Department recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day this year to mark the recognition of the story, Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Assistant Manager Michael Mantanez At O’Reilly Auto Parts On Trinity Drive
On the job in Los Alamos late Thursday afternoon is Assistant Manager Michael Mantanez of O’Reilly Auto Parts Store #5260 at 2373 Trinity Dr. Mantanez, shown here is replacing the battery on a 2015 Nissan Juke, has worked for O’Reilly Auto Parts for seven years. O’Reilly carries parts, tools and accessories and offers store services such as free battery testing, wiper blade and bulb installation, check engine light testing and more. The local O’Reilly also resurfaces brake rotors and drums. Whether you need a ball joint, brake master cylinder, belt tensioner, O’Reilly Read More
New Mexico State Police Arrest S.C. Homicide Suspect
South Carolina Homicide Suspect David Banacek Tracy
NMSP News:
QUAY COUNTY — At 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) was contacted by the South Carolina Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, who requested assistance in locating a homicide suspect wanted by the Spartanburg Sheriff’s Office.
The Spartanburg Sheriff’s Office had reason to believe that the suspect, David Banacek Tracy, 45, of South Carolina, was traveling west in a blue SUV towing a white trailer, on Interstate 40.
It was reported Tracy had passed Amarillo, Texas two hours prior. He was wanted for Attempted Read More
Heinrich, Luján Warn New U.S. Postal Service Changes Will Slow Deliveries, Harm New Mexicans
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON (Oct. 8, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are warning the nation’s top Postal official that new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) changes will cause mail delivery to become the slowest it’s been in 50 years, harming service to those for which mail service is often a “lifeline”.
In a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Senators Heinrich and Luján, joined by U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), pushed for answers on a newly-implemented USPS plan that will allow first class mail delivery Read More
Scenes Of Construction Underway On The Hill Apartments
Scenes of construction underway recently on the Hill Apartments just east of Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) near 35th Street. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Scenes from the Hill Apartments construction underway just east of LAMC. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Scenes of construction underway recently on the Hill Apartments just east of LAMC. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More
Amateur Naturalist: The World Of Small Canyons, Part 4
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Small canyons can provide a variety of microenvironments that are close to one another. A small stream along the bottom of a canyon provides a moisture laden environment. But the adjacent canyon sides can be much dryer just 10 feet up.
Sections of the stream may have small ponds with water skippers on their surfaces. But the stream may be without water in between the ponds. The water from the ponds has percolated down into the stream bottom rather flowing from one pond to the next.
Coyote willow and mullein are two plants that use different strategies for survival even though Read More
Jim And Terry Foxx Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Charles ‘Jim’ and Teralene ‘Terry’ Foxx were married Sept. 10, 1961 and celebrated their 60th Wedding anniversary with family and friends at the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho where they met. Photo by Don Taylor Read More