Carol A. Clark

Conservation Voters New Mexico Releases 2015 Legislative Priorities

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CVNM News:

SANTA FE—Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) will be advocating for or against a myriad of bills at the Roundhouse during the 2015 New Mexico legislative session.

CVNM’s legislative priorities are outlined in the first edition of CVNM’s legislative agenda, which covers issues such as air quality, water, energy and climate change, effective government, environmental justice, wildlife and habitat conservation. The agenda is attached and can be found on CVNM’s website at www.CVNM.org.

“New Mexicans across the political spectrum care about creating jobs that support Read More

Pile Burning To Continue This Weekend

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COUNTY News:

Pile burning will continue this weekend on Los Alamos County lands, but just where and when is dependent on the predicted ventilation.

The Los Alamos Fire Department is looking for an opportunity to burn the remainder of Bayo Canyon and Gonzales Canyon this weekend including 5-8 acres remaining in the bottom of the canyon and a few more piles remaining on the shelf. 

Sunday, LAFD intend to chunk piles and continue to burn what they light Saturday. Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening The SpongeBob Movie and Seventh Son. We will hold American Sniper and Imitation Game for one more week. Mortdecai, The Homesman, and Strange Magic will end this Thursday.

Fifty Shades of Grey: We are opening this film a day early for a special screening at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb 12. Tickets are on sale now at our Box Office every day during normal operating hours.

We are having a special screening of Bag-It, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb 5. This film is sponsored by the Sierra Club. Hope to see you there. Adults only $5, children are free.

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Radioactive Fireflies Take 2nd At State Championship

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Front row from left, Eden Schmierer, Coach Karen Doebling and Natalie Aulwes. Back row from left, Emily Holmes, Eleanor Henderson, Katie Herrmann, Maddie Ovaska and Sophia Mamula. Photo by Brad Henderson

In the Junior FLL Expo, the Atomic Flying Pickle Minions won the ‘Against All Odds’ award. Their ‘Think Tank’ project was about learning to ice skate with the Ice Scooter Skating Aid. From left, Magellan Bronson, Joseph Doebling, Timothy Rousculp and Coach Chris Rousculp. Photo by Rita Bronson

FLL News:

The Radioactive Fireflies FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Team won Read More

Letter to the Editor: Stick To Facts About Right-To-Work

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RODOLFO “RUDY” S. MARTINEZ
Former Member of NM House of Representative
District 39/Dona Ana-Grant-Sierra

As I watch this year’s legislative session, I am concerned with the misinformed claims made by Republican Governor Martinez that have made right-to-work/anti-worker legislation her top priority.  When I think of all the issues we face here in our state in building a healthy economy I am appalled that the Governor will be attacking our working families.

When the governor says right-to-work (RTW) is one of several hurdles New Mexico faces in attempting to become more economically Read More

Newly Elected School Board Officials Share Thoughts

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Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover announces unofficial results of the 2015 School Board Election this evening in Council Chambers. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

STAFF REPORT

Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover announced the unofficial results in the 2015 School Board Election this evening in Council Chambers. 

School Board Results District 3:

  • 94 – Bill Hargraves;
  • 86 – Nan Holmes;
  • 40 – Sheryl Nichols.

School Board Results District 4:

  • 161 – Andrea Cunningham;
  • 44 – Michael Fessbender.

School Board Results District 5:

  • 124 Jenny McCumber;
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Statewide Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Campaign Finance And Ethics Reforms In 2015 Session

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CCNM Executive Director Viki Harrison

CCNM News:

Research and Polling for Common Cause New Mexico (CCNM) recently conducted a poll, which revealed voters want to see ethics and finance reforms in election campaigns.

A poll conducted Jan. 9-13 revealed registered voters are wary of lobbyists and anonymous contributors and support campaign finance and ethics reforms. Approximately 450 randomly selected voters – both Republicans and Democrats – responded to a telephone survey, which has a 4.5 percent margin of error.

“The results of this poll confirm what we’ve been saying for several years, Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society Lecture: Ernie Pyle By BG Burr At Fuller Lodge Feb. 10

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Ernie Pyle

LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society will present the lecture, “Ernie Pyle—Bringing the World to America’s Doorstep” Baldwin G. Burr, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos.

Pyle was an American journalist known for his columns written as a roving correspondent both before and during World War II. He reported from Europe and the Pacific, and was killed in 1945 on the Japanese Island of Ie Shima.  

Ernie pioneered the “On the Road” style of narrative journalism, and journeyed around the world specializing in telling Read More

FBI: Shiprock Man Sentenced To Prison For Federal Assault Conviction

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FBI News:

  • Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women

ALBUQUERQUE—Algar Horsechief, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on two assault charges.

Horsechief was arrested Aug. 1, 2014, on a criminal complaint charging him with assaulting his intimate partner, a Navajo woman, by strangulation, and also with assaulting her with a dangerous weapon, a wooden stick, with

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