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What Could You Accomplish If Your Garage Doubled In Size?

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Los Alamos Makers at 3540 Orange St., is a new community lab and makerspace where members can build, sew, solder, rivet, tinker and teach. Courtesy photo
 
By MANDY MARKSTEINER
Los Alamos

Have you ever had to put a creative project on the back burner because you don’t have the space, or the tools?

Los Alamos Makers is a new community lab and makerspace where members can build, sew, solder, rivet, tinker and teach. The space and the equipment is available to use at an affordable rate. It’s like having your own workshop.

Monday May 23, they will open their doors 2-6 p.m. for an informal open house. Read More

Udall Advances Priorities Of NM Farmers And Ranchers, Rural Communities In Agriculture Funding Bill

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall joined the Senate Appropriations Committee Friday in advancing an Agriculture, Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration funding bill that makes critical investments in agriculture and nutrition programs to support New Mexico families and rural communities.
 
The bill sets the Fiscal Year 2017 budgets for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and now heads to the full Senate for a vote. 
 
“Farming and ranching are part of our heritage
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Kite Festival Underway Noon-5 p.m. Today & Sunday

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Scene from a previous kite building workshop. File photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Arts Council’s (LAAC) Kite Festival launches this weekend. The festival is a 19-year tradition, which showcases expert flyers who perform dizzy aerial acrobatic moves with sophisticatedly constructed kites as well as simple, hand-made paper kites piloted enthusiastically by young children.

 

A kite flyer gets creative during a previous kite building workshop. File photo
 
The festival welcomes and embraces anyone and everyone who enjoys this classic summertime
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Visitors To Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District Campgrounds Advised To Check For Potable Water

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― As the outdoor recreation season gets underway on the Santa Fe National Forest, visitors to three campgrounds on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District are advised to bring enough drinking water to meet their needs for their stay.
 
The Holy Ghost, E.V. Long and El Porvenir Campgrounds do not have potable water this year. Shallow wells at these campgrounds may receive surface water recharge from the nearby river and natural runoff, which is at risk of contamination from pathogens harmful to human health. 
 
“Public health and safety
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Heinrich Meets With U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland, Urges Republicans To Do Their Job

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Sen. Martin Heinrich meets Judge Garland. Courtesy photo
 
SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Thursday May 19, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
 
“Judge Garland and I had an extensive conversation, which shed light on his distinguished record and thoughtful judicial philosophy. I will continue to thoroughly consider his nomination for our highest court,” Heinrich said. “The
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Andy Sutton Raises Money For CSHD In Today’s Jemez Mountain Trail Runs

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Andy Sutton of Los Alamos in Cambodia. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos residents Andy Sutton and his wife traveled to Cambodia in 2006 for a vacation and what they encountered on their travels impacted them significantly.

“We were just traveling a little bit. We always wanted to go to Angkor Wat,” Sutton said. Besides visiting the ancient temple complex, the Suttons went to the Landmine Museum in Siem Reap where they learned about Aki Ra and his non-government organization (NGO), the Cambodian Self Help Demining (CSHD). In addition, Aki Ra operates an orphanage Read More

Council To Consider Sending Ordinance Amendment To Electorate To Abolish Office Of Sheriff In Los Alamos

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Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero

Staff Report

The Los Alamos County Council is scheduled to hear Ordinance No. 665, which proposes amendments, to be submitted to voters for adoption or rejection at the Nov. 8, 2016 General Election. The amendments would consolidate all remaining powers and duties of the Office of the Sheriff to the Los Alamos Police Department and abolish the sheriff as an elective office.

This proposed action arises out of discussion during the recent budget hearings at which Sheriff Marco Lucero pointed out that service of process has become a riskier activity than Read More

Probate Judge Bill McKerley Tenders Resignation

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Probate Judge Bill McKerley

Staff Report:

Los Alamos County Probate Judge Bill McKerley has submitted his resignation from that office as recent changes to the Code of Judicial Conduct make the office incompatible with his role as chair of the local Republican Party.

As a result of the resignation of prior Probate Judge Christine Chandler, the office of Los Alamos County Probate judge was included in the Governor’s call for the general election. As Judge McKerley’s resignation comes too late for his name to be removed from the primary ballot, his withdrawal from the ballot will not be Read More

Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Rally Underway At Santa Fe Community College

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Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is speaking now on the campus of Santa Fe Community College. He is speaking first to the crowd left standing outside the packed Fitness Center where he will speak in a few minutes. Check back at ladailypost.com for the full story and more photos from today’s event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is speaking now on the campus of Santa Fe Community College. Check back at ladailypost.com for the full story and more photos from today’s event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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Former Senator Ken Salazar To Campaign For Hillary Clinton In New Mexico

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STATE News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― On Saturday May 21, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will campaign for Hillary Clinton across the state of New Mexico. 
 
Salazar will launch New Mexico’s Hispanics for Hillary at Abuelita’s New Mexican Kitchen, convene a roundtable with Hispanic business leaders, and kick off a grassroots get out the vote events with Rep. Ben Ray Luján in Santa Fe, Espanola and Taos as he encourages voters to vote early in the Democratic Presidential Primary.
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