Nearly Every Senate Democrat Voted No On Hanna Skandera Confirmation As Secretary Of NMPED
Hanna Skandera
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Over the wishes of the majority of Senate Democrats who voted against her appointment, Hanna Skandera today was confirmed as the Secretary of the Public Education Department (NMPED) in a vote by the full New Mexico Senate.
Earlier in the day the Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Bernalillo, agreed to forward the controversial appointment of Skandera to the Senate floor following four years of being the Secretary-designate. The final Senate vote was 22-19, with all Republicans voting Yes.
“Ms. Skandera’s tenure has been Read More
John C. Asbury Named President & CEO Of First National Bank Of Santa Fe
John C. Asbury
BUSINESS News:
SANTA FE – The Board of Directors and Interim CEO Douglas M. Brown have announced that John C. Asbury has been named president and chief executive officer. William P. Sanders will continue as board chairman.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce John to lead the First National Family of Banks,” Brown said. “We have a heritage of providing financial services that help business leaders, entrepreneurs and individuals grow that dates back to 1870. John’s depth of experience and vision for the future of First National will continue that commitment.”
Asbury has Read More
Watch Los Alamos Third Graders Take Gettysburg Address Challenge In Honor Of President’s Day
Barranca students applaud their teacher Jonathan Neal who successfully recited the Gettysburg Address Friday after challenging them to do the same. ScreenShot/LADP 
Barranca teacher Jonathan Neal with his third grade students who all successfully took his Gettysburg Address challenge Friday at the school, including Kaya Loy, Lyas Eidenbenz, Anika Lovato, Isaiah Jones, Matthew Nowell, Carina, Emily McLaughlin and Josiah Fresquez. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost Udall Announces Major Legislation To Improve Health And Well-being Of New Mexico Children
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., introduced major legislation to help improve the health and education of New Mexico children by increasing access to federal education and anti-poverty programs.
The Saving Our Next Generation (SONG) Act is based on outreach and research Udall conducted during the last year, including workshops that brought together child care experts from across the state to discuss how the federal government can help lift New Mexico from the bottom of national rankings for children’s well-being. Read More
Legislation To Help Clinical Pharmacists Serve Patients Passes Committee
Rep. Deborah Armstrong
STATE News:
- HB 384 Receives Unanimous Do-Pass from HRPAC
HB 384, a bill introduced by Rep. Deborah Armstrong, D-Bernalillo, a long-time health care advocate and member of the House Health Committee, to amend the Pharmacist Prescriptive Authority Act to allow clinical pharmacists to work under the supervision of more types of providers – making it easier for clinical pharmacist to serve patients in need – has unanimously passed the House Regulatory and Public Affairs Committee.
“Clinical pharmacists work directly with patients to maximize the effect Read More
CIR Portrait Of Turkey With Authentic Turkish Buffet
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque. Courtesy/wikipedia
CIR News:
The Council on International Relations (CIR) was accepted for a sixth consecutive year to participate in the Teacher Study Tour of Turkey.
The program will begin with a workshop scheduled Read More
What Were You Thinking? The Science Of The Teen Brain
Dr. Abigail Baird. Courtesy/learner.org
FSN News:
If you have ever wondered why teenagers do seemingly thoughtless things, you may want to attend a viewing of Dr. Abigail Baird’s eye opening and enormously entertaining presentation on the teenage brain.
The Family Strengths Network (FSN) will host a screening of Baird’s 2009 talk in Los Alamos, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Feb. 21 at Los Alamos High School. The viewing is free to the public. The DWI Planning Committee is sponsoring the event and Chamisa Elementary School Counselor Michelangelo Lobato will moderate it.
Baird’s talk theorizes that teenagers’ Read More
Community Colleges Honor Sen. George K. Munoz
Sen. George K. Munoz
STATE News:
New Mexico Independent Community Colleges and the New Mexico Association of Community Colleges recently honored Sen. George K. Munoz, D-Cibola, McKinley and San Juan, for his long-standing support as a legislator for community colleges statewide and their students.
“I am truly humbled. I believe that sincere investments must be made into these colleges because they do so much for many communities in our state,” Munoz said. “Thanks to community colleges, communities in our state are given the chance to educate their citizens, as well as stimulate the local Read More
Luján, Fleischmann Lead Nuclear Cleanup Caucus
From left, Co-Chairman Chuck Fleischmann, Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney and Co-Chairman Ben Ray Luján. Courtesy/BRLO
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
Washington, D.C. – Fifty years of government nuclear weapons development stemming from the Manhattan Project during World War II has affected communities across the nation and resulted in the need for environmental cleanup at numerous sites.
In response, U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., will serve as co-chairs of the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus, which met Read More
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Gets Confirmation WIPP Recovery Efforts Are On Track
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. During a recent Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., confirmed with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz that the recovery effort at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad is on track to return the facility to normal operation by the current target date of 2018.
WIPP is the only active facility in the United States that disposes defense-generated transuranic (TRU) waste. The facility halted operations in February 2014 following two separate accidents – a fire and a radiation release. Read More
Simon Redman Of Los Alamos Covers Croatian Presidential Inauguration In Zagreb
Former Los Alamos High School graduate Kolinda Grabar Kitarović takes the Oath of Office Sunday as President of Croatia. Photo by Simon Redman/ladailypost.com
Kolinda Grabar Kitarović becomes the first woman and fourth president of Croatia. Photo by Simon Redman/ladailypost.comEditor’s note: Simon Redman is a 2013 LAHS graduate studying in Stuttgart, Germany who traveled to Croatia to cover the presidential inauguration of LAHS graduate Kolinda Grabar Kitarović for the Los Alamos Daily Post.
ZAGREB—Former Los Alamos
Smart Design With Suzette: Front Door Curb Appeal
Courtesy/Suzette Fox
Smart Design with Suzette Whether you are selling your home or want a fresh look, your front door needs to be inviting. A buyer will judge whether they want to buy a home within 15 seconds of walking in the door. If the curb appeal doesn’t get them in the front door – your house will not sell and you’ll hurt your property value.
Taking on the entire curb appeal of your home including the lawn, landscaping and design could take up to a month or more to undertake. Adding pizzazz to your home’s front entrance is an easy, low-cost Read More
Letter to the Editor: Reminder To Motorists To Pay Attention To Task At Hand
By CHRISTINA HANSON2015 K Of C Free Throw Championship Results
Free Throw participants, Youth Coordinator Roger Anaya, left, and Grand Knight Steve Ciddio gather for a photo following the Feb. 5 championships. Courtesy/Yvonne Martinez and Pat Nakagawa
SPORTS News:
Five girls and five boys were named local champions in the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships Council #3137 free throw competition held Sunday, Feb. 5 at Griffith Gymnasium.
Michaela Robertson. Courtesy/Yvonne Martinez and Pat Nakagawa
These 10 champions earned the right to compete in the district competition, which is Feb. 22 in Espanola and may advance to the state championships Read More
Lujan Grisham Delivers Valentines To Vets
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., presents a Valentine to a veteran Saturday at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivers several hundred Valentine’s Day cards to veterans Saturday at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center.
The Valentine’s cards were hand-made by local school children from Zuni and Dolores Gonzales Elementary.
“It was a privilege and an honor to present these beautiful Valentine wishes to our veterans who are dealing with an illness or medical Read More
Taos Center For The Arts Hosts Oscars Party Feb. 22
TCA News:
TAOS—Taos Center for the Arts (TCA), in collaboration with the TCA Film Society, is bringing the 87th Oscars to Taos Feb. 22 with a glamorous evening of music, dancing, food, cash bar and entertainment, plus a commercial-free screening of the Oscars.
The TCA Awards Night begins at 5 p.m. in the Taos Community Auditorium at 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. This is a “pay what you can” event where donations are accepted in lieu of a set price. The proceeds benefit the TCA.
The evening will feature entertainment by Bon Bon Burlesque, Brave New Burrow and Red Carpet Photos by Steve Fox. Art works created Read More
Armstrong Legislation Rewards Businesses For Providing Equal Pay To Female And Male Workers
Rep. Deborah Armstrong
STATE News:
New Mexico Rep. Deborah Armstrong, D-Bernalillo, is working to ensure men and women get equal pay in New Mexico.
She introduced a bill, which would amend the state procurement code to provide extra points in the bidding process to companies, seeking to work with the state, that demonstrate a practice of paying equal wages to men and women who do the same work.
Equal work for equal pay is not only the right thing to do, it’s the law in New Mexico,” Armstrong said. “However, it’s not an easy law to enforce. That’s why I want to give businesses an incentive to not only to Read More
New Mexico Breaks Another Record In Export Growth
Gov. Susana Martinez
ALBUQUERQUE—Gov. Susana Martinez has announced a record-breaking year of export growth in New Mexico.
The state’s total exports set an all-time high in 2014, increasing by more than $1 billion compared to 2013 figures. Exports to Mexico also set an all-time high of $1.549 billion, nearly doubling in one year. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that every $1 billion in export revenue supports or creates 6,250 jobs.
The latest export data also shows that the mix of goods being exported from New Mexico is greatly diversifying and the state is also exporting more goods Read More
LAHS Graduate Expands Business, Celebrates 20 Years
Xynergy founder Jennifer Martin. Courtesy/xynergy.com
BUSINESS News:
Los Alamos High School graduate Jennifer Martin has much to celebrate. Not only is her company, Xynergy, Inc. marking its 20th anniversary, but it is opening its third location in Taos Monday.
Martin graduated from LAHS in 1988, founded Xynergy in 1994 and her company built the Intranet for Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2006 to 2009, she said.
Xynergy is a New Mexico-based web design and online marketing firm with offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The new Taos office is at 201 Camino de la Merced, Suite C1 – Read More
Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Meets Friday
Kurt Steinhaus
RCLC News:
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities will hold a regular business meeting 9-11 a.m., Friday at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave., Suite 350.
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Community Programs Office Director Kurt Steinhaus will make a presentation to the coalition.
Mayor Alice Lucero
Other agenda items include Espanola Mayor Alice Lucero reporting on the coalition’s recent trip to Washington, D.C. as well as recognizing Taos County Commissioner Tom Blankenhorn’s service to the coalition.
The Regional Coalition of LANL Read More