New Mexico Health Insurance Marketplace Opens Enrollment Period For Plan Year 2022
beWellnm CEO Jeffery Bustamante
beWellnm News:
ALBUQUERQUE — beWellnm, the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange, announced Saturday the beginning of the Open Enrollment Period for Plan Year 2022.
Tens of thousands of New Mexicans are eligible to receive health insurance at little or no cost beginning Jan. 1, 2022.
The beWellnm Open Enrollment Period will last until Jan. 15, 2022 for Plan Year 2022. If New Mexicans enroll by Dec. 23, 2021, their coverage begins Jan. 1, 2022. If they enroll by Jan. 15, 2022, their coverage begins Feb. 1, 2022.
This year’s Open Enrollment Period also marks the Read More
New Mexico Unemployment Rate 6.2% November 2021
NMDWS News:
New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in November, down from 6.5 percent in October and down from 8.5 percent in the previous year.
The national unemployment rate in November was 4.2 percent, down from 4.6 percent in October and down from 6.7 percent in November 2020.
Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 38,000 jobs, or 4.8 percent, between November 2020 and November 2021. All gains came from the private sector, which was up 39,400 jobs, or 6.4 percent.
The public sector was down 1,400 jobs, or 0.8 percent. Most private sector gains were in Read More
Public Regulation Commission Receives Numerous Complaints About Propane Service In Northern New Mexico
NMPRC News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has received numerous complaints regarding propane gas delivery service in the last month in northern New Mexico.
Commissioner Joseph Maestas of District Three personally reached out to Attorney General Hector Balderas this week to request that the New Mexico Office of the Attorney General (NMOAG) investigate these complaints, as the PRC has little jurisdiction over delivery of propane.
The concern is for the households in rural New Mexico who are unable to obtain propane. Many rural New Mexicans depend on propane Read More
First Cannabis Business Licenses Issued In New Mexico
RLD Superintendent Linda M. Trujillo
NMRLD News:
SANTA FE — The Cannabis Control Division of the Regulation and Licensing Department announced Wednesday it has issued the first new cannabis licenses under the Cannabis Regulation Act.
“This is a big day for New Mexico’s future,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said. “I am proud of the work this administration has done. Securing legalization was only the first step. Creating an industry where New Mexico entrepreneurs can prosper and where communities can reap the economic benefit of a new industry is crucial. And today’s news is a key milepost in Read More
Book Signing With Local ‘Goodnight, Los Alamos’ Author At Samizdat Bookstore In Central Park Square 11 AM Friday
Los Alamos Chamber Announces 2021 Blue Bucks Winners
Windgate Healing Arts Owner Bethany Bundy wins $1,000 for being the business that gave out the grand prize-winning ticket to a shopper in the Enterprise Bank & Trust Blue Bucks Raffle. Courtesy/Chamber
2021 Gift Bag winner Shelby Michel who shopped at Pet Pangaea. Courtesy/Chamber
CHAMBER/MainStreet News:
The holiday shopping season kicked off Nov. 27 in Los Alamos and White Rock with Small Business Saturday. This year, a few lucky shoppers also won big in the Enterprise Bank & Trust Blue Bucks Raffle.
The program is designed to incentivize shopping locally and offers shoppers Read More
US Department Of Labor Finds Santa Fe Art Delivery Company Denied Overtime Wages To Drivers
STATE News:
SANTA FE — In the nation’s third largest market for fine art, industry employers must meet exacting standards to safeguard and transact their clients’ work.
Ironically, a recent federal investigation found the operator of a Santa Fe art delivery service was far less careful when it came to paying all of the wages earned by seven of its drivers.
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Perro Grande Management Corp., which operates as Art Delivery Service, denied overtime wages to the drivers by paying them either a day rate or per mile, Read More
Betty Ehart Senior Center & White Rock Senior Center Launch New Fundraiser Today And Thursday
Community Coffee ‘American Classic’ and CommUNITY lanyards in Topper colors are some of the items the senior centers are offering in their fundraiser. Courtesy/LARSO
LARSO News:
As the senior centers try to raise funds in a variety of new ways, this one may provide a last minute holiday gift idea while helping senior programs.
As the nation appears divided on many issues, there is a call for CommUNITY. New lanyards that say CommUNITY in Topper colors are just $5.
If you want to be an American classic, try Community Coffee, “American Classic” with a hint of cocoa. These bags are a medium roast, for Read More
Enterprise Bank & Trust Announces Delayed Opening Of Los Alamos Branch Due To Severe Weather Conditions
Enterprise Bank & Trust News:
Due to severe weather conditions in the region, the Enterprise Bank & Trust location at 1200 Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos will open at 11 a.m. today, Dec. 15, 2021.
The Enterprise White Rock location at 77 Rover Blvd. opened at its normal time of 9 a.m. today. Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Roberto Salazar At Zia CU
On the job in Los Alamos Monday is fine artist and muralist Roberto Salazar decorating holiday scenes on the windows at Zia Credit Union on Central Avenue. Salazar can be reached at 505.692.3160. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.coming
Fine artist and muralist Roberto Salazar decorates the windows at Zia Credit Union for the holidays. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More