Carol A. Clark

New Mexico Environment Department Files Emergency Amendment To Require Employers To Disclose Positive COVID-19 Cases To State Within Four Hours

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NMED News:

...Amendment will result in decreased COVID-19 transmission in New Mexico workplaces

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) filed an emergency rule today that requires employers to report positive COVID-19 cases to NMED within four hours of being notified of the case.

The emergency amendment goes into effect today and will remain in effect for no more than 120 days, unless NMED proposes and the Environmental Improvement Board adopts a permanent rule prior to the end of the 120-day period.

NMED’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau is frequently notified of positive Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 21,566 With 9 New Death And 8,828 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 229 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County remains at 20 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update announces 9 additional death reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

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

  • 45 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 12 new cases in Chaves County
  • 3 new cases in Cibola County
  • 1 new case in Colfax County
  • 13 new cases in Curry County
  • 44 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 2 new cases in Eddy County
  • 2 new cases in Grant County
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Three Los Alamos Students Take On Watchmaking

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Local entrepreneurs from top left, Colin Hehlen, Will McCumber and Michael McCumber. Courtesy photo

Hyalus Watches team members go live with a Kickstarter pre-order campaign Aug. 11. Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

  • From idea to reality … local watch business prepares to launch

Three Los Alamos students, Will McCumber, Michael McCumber and Colin Hehlen, have been working for the last year and a half to turn their passion of watch collecting into a thriving business.

These young entrepreneurs plan to go live with a Kickstarter pre-order campaign Aug. 11 to fund their first product. In Read More

Community Invited To Attend Virtual Visioning Workshops For Downtown Master Plans For White Rock And Los Alamos

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COUNTY News:

Two upcoming “virtual” workshops will offer residents in White Rock and Los Alamos their first opportunity to voice ideas about the future of the two downtown areas.

The first GoToWebinar, facilitated by the County’s consultants from Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (DPS), will be specifically for White Rock residents and the second workshop using GoToWebinar will focus on the downtown area of Los Alamos.

The ‘Downtown Master Plans and Development Code Update’ is a two-year project initiated by Los Alamos County, starting in June 2020.

The project encompasses two phases:

  • Phase 1 will
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New Mexico Opens Small Business Recovery Loan Fund

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STATE News:

…$400 million in loan funds now available for New Mexico small businesses

SANTA FE – The Small Business Recovery Loan Fund for New Mexico small businesses opened today, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced.

The online application is available at https:////www.nmfinance.com.

The Small Business Recovery Act of 2020 allocates $400 million in funds from the New Mexico State Severance Tax Fund to provide loans to New Mexico businesses and nonprofits that have experienced financial hardship due to the public health order resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This is a cornerstone Read More

Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert: Jared & The Mill Friday

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Jared & The Mill performs the Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert at 6 p.m. Friday. Courtesy/SANCRE Productions

Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert News:

The Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert Series Presented by Toyota of Santa Fe is proud to present Jared & The Mill performing 6 p.m. Friday on the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Facebook page.

Formed in 2011 in Phoenix, Ariz., Jared & the Mill is a six-piece indie folk outfit led by singer/songwriter Jared Kolesar. Along with band mates Michael Carter, Larry Gast III, Chuck Morriss III, Josh Morin and Gabe Hall-Rodrigues, Kolesar Read More

Obituary: Lou Ann Farrell Aug. 3, 1935 – July 15, 2020

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LOU ANN FARRELL Aug. 3, 1935 – July 15, 2020

On July 15, 2020, Lou Ann Farrell, loving wife and mother of two, passed from this world at the age of 84 in Mesa, Arizona.

Lou Ann Hope was born on August 3, 1935 to Bonnie Lee (nee Phillips) and James Hugh Hope in Wichita Falls, Texas. They soon moved to Fort Worth where Lou Ann attended Arlington Heights High School and went on to earn her teaching degree from Texas Christian University.

In December of 1958, she married her Junior High School sweetheart, John Alden Farrell, and together they raised two children, Lisa, and John P. in Los Alamos, NM and ultimately Read More

BLM Fee-Free Day Celebrates Great American Outdoors Act

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BLM News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To commemorate President Donald J. Trump’s signing of the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020 into law this week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) join other Department of the Interior agencies in providing free access today, Aug. 5 to public lands nationwide.

The signing of this historic conservation law will provide full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and billions of additional dollars to fund infrastructure projects on public lands nationwide. 

“President Trump has just enacted the most consequential dedicated funding for national Read More