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OSO Cannabis Company Seeks To Be One-Stop-Shop

Store Manager Jowan Gonzales Naranjo, left, and his brother Trisdan Mountain, Bud Tender, hold a store sign Tuesday March 16 in front of Oso Cannabis Company in Pojoaque. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

OSO Cannabis Company officially opened for business Jan. 11 across the highway from Buffalo Thunder in Pojoaque. It is defined as a medical cannabis dispensary and when the new state law goes into effect April 1, it will become a medical and recreational cannabis dispensary.

“This is an unconventional business in relation Read More

FBI: Santa Fe Man Appears In Court Facing Charges Of Bank Robbery And Brandishing Firearm In Furtherance Of Crime

FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Bobby Garcia, 29, of Santa Fe appeared in Federal Court Tuesday, March 22 for a preliminary and detention hearing, facing charges of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to and in furtherance of a crime of violence. Garcia will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

According to a criminal complaint, March 16, Garcia allegedly entered a Wells Fargo Bank on St. Michael’s Drive in Santa Fe and robbed it using a firearm. Garcia then allegedly fled the bank in a black Kia.

Shortly afterward, Santa Fe Police officers spotted a car Read More

Appeals Board Decision On Sirphey Stop Work Order Stands

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

After a second special Los Alamos County Council session, the Board of Appeal’s decision on the stop work order given to Sirphey, LLC at 813 Central Ave. stands.

The Council met tonight along with Los Alamos Attorney Phil Dabney, who represents Sirphey, and Los Alamos County Associate Attorney Katie Thwaits. Not in attendance were Council Chair Randall Ryti and Sara Scott, who recused themselves.

Two motions were made during tonight’s meeting. One was to sustain the findings and conclusions of the Board of Appeals’ Jan. 25 decision Read More

Labor Dept. Holds Webinar On Best Practices For Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment For Disabled People

USDL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy held the webinar, “How Blended, Braided or Sequenced Funding can Help Drive Employment, Equity and Inclusion,” Tuesday as part of its ongoing efforts to advance competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.

Hosted by the National Center on Leadership for the Employment and Economic Advancement of People with Disabilities, this federal interagency webinar allowed state and local practitioners across the workforce systems supporting people with disabilities to discuss Read More

Council Holds Continuation Of March 22 Special Session

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Council will hold a continuation of the March 22 special session at 6 p.m. today.

This appeal hearing will be conducted in a hybrid manner with the County Council convening in chambers with an invitation to the parties and counsel to be present in Council chambers to present their case.

This meeting is open to the public.

Find the agenda to this meeting here: March 23, 2022 County Council Special Session Agenda.

Find the link to this meeting here.

Webinar ID: 880 7644 9542 Read More

After Nearly 5 Hours Council Recesses On Sirphey Appeal

COUNTY News:

After almost five hours of oral arguments, periods of questions and answers and two executive sessions, no final decisions were made regarding the Sirphey, LLC appeal to Los Alamos County Council on two orders made in January by the Board of Appeals.

Los Alamos County Council held a special session Tuesday night to discuss the appeal but ultimately recessed and will continue the meeting at 6 p.m. today.

The two orders being discussed are:

  • Board of Appeal’s decision regarding the stop work order at 813 Central Ave. with findings of fact and conclusions of law; and
  • Order on appellant’s
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Vitalant Tests Blood Donations For COVID-19 Antibodies

Vitalant Senior Vice President Cliff Numark

VITALANT News:

Starting Monday, when people donate lifesaving blood through Vitalant, they can learn if they have antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19 and find out if their plasma can be used to help COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems.

For a limited time, all donations will be tested and results will be available in donors’ online accounts about two weeks later.

Vitalant can produce convalescent plasma from donations that test sufficiently high for COVID-19 antibodies while red blood cells and other blood components may help Read More

Los Alamos-based UbiQD And Heliene Initiate Joint Development Of Agrivoltaic Modules For Greenhouses

UbiQD R&D Engineer inspects a quantum dot glass prototype under UV. Courtesy/ UbiQD, Inc.

UbiQD News:

The development will combine UbiGro® light optimizing technology to maximize crop yields with solar power generation for greenhouses.

UbiQD, Inc., a deep tech company specializing in nanomaterials innovation, and Canada-based Heliene Inc., a customer-first provider of North American made solar modules, today announced the initiation of a joint development agreement to embed UbiGro® sunlight optimizing technology in Heliene’s photovoltaic modules.

“As energy costs continue Read More

Environmental Protection Division Director Ely To Retire

EPD Director Sandra Ely

NMED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announces that Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Director Sandra Ely will retire at the end of March after three years leading the division.

Over the course of her 24-year career, Director Ely has been instrumental in initiatives that have and will continue to positively impact the environment and public health in New Mexico.

Director Ely has a long history with NMED. She started in the Occupational, Health, and Safety Bureau in 1994 as an industrial hygienist, moved up to Program Manager before Read More

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