USA Today Names New Mexico State Land Office Among Top Workplaces In The Nation For 2024
The New Mexico State Land Office team including Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, front row 3rd from left, celebrate as USA Today announces that their agency has been ranked 22nd nationally in its category of 150-499 employees and the #1 government agency in the top 100 organizations of its size. Courtesy/NMSLO
New Mexico State Land Office News:
SANTA FE — USA Today has announced that the New Mexico State Land Office has won a Top Workplaces USA award, ranking 22nd nationally among organizations with employees between 150-499.
More than 2,220 organizations participated in anonymous Read More
Congressional Delegation On $10M To Help Close Digital Divide, Expand Opportunity For Tribes In New Mexico
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), welcomed $10 million for multi-purpose facilities for Tribes under the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF).
This investment will fund New Mexico’s Tribal Library Broadband-Ready Facility Improvement Program, which will construct a new childcare center and expand six libraries and family resource centers to help ensure access to educational Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Team Is Developing Technology To Provide Fast, In-Field Actinide Measurements
In-field alpha spectroscopy has great potential for nuclear emergency response. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is developing a new technology called the Non-destructive Alpha Spectrometer, or NDAlpha, which is the first field-deployable alpha spectrometer that is capable of “point and shoot” measurements of nuclear material or contaminated surfaces.
One of the key signatures of a nuclear accident is the release of alpha-emitting radionuclides such as plutonium.
“Alpha spectroscopy is exquisitely sensitive to these signatures, but normally Read More
Fr. Glenn: To Jerusalem
Dang. Though by no means a British royalty watcher, I sure hated to see that Princess Catherine has come down with cancer. She seems like such an elegant, classy and yet down-to-earth young woman. She’ll be a lovely queen one of these days if she can beat this disease. Prayers for her and ALL who come down with cancer, and for all who care for them. Me and the bros lost our dad that way, so been there, done that. And who among us who have been around for a while hasn’t watched friends and family battle that.
There was also a headline not long ago of Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania’s Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers To Present Talk By Phil Robinson On Summiting New Mexico’s Highest 186 Peaks March 26
Phil Robinson atop rugged 13,108-foot Truchas Peak, the second-highest summit in New Mexico. Courtesy/LAM
By Bill Priedhorsky
Los Alamos Mountaineers
Phil Robinson will speak about New Mexico’s highest peaks at the March 26 meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers. The meeting will be in person with a hybrid adjunct.
While hundreds have summited all of the Colorado’s more than 50 “14ers”, which rise above 14,000 feet, Robinson, a retired Albuquerque Public Schools science teacher is the only person who has hiked New Mexico’s highest 186 peaks (with the exception of a pair of peaks in the Taos Read More
Dixson: Thank You, Governor Lujan Grisham For Your Leadership On Clean Fuels
By BRIDGET DIXSON, IOM
President and CEO
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
Earlier this month, Governor Lujan Grisham took a bold step toward creating a cleaner energy future for New Mexico by signing House Bill 41, Clean Transportation Fuel Standards, into law. This innovative legislation is essential to reducing our state’s transportation emissions and reinforces New Mexico as a leader in the energy transition.
Thanks to Governor Lujan Grisham’s support, New Mexico is now the fourth state in the nation to enact these fuel standards that promise to create both an environmentally and economically Read More
Artificial Intelligence Helps Explore Chemistry Frontiers
A Los Alamos-led team has developed machine learning interatomic potentials that enable time- and expense-saving simulations, a powerful tool for everything from drug design to materials discovery. Courtesy/LANL
In this workflow, nanoreactor simulations automatically sample reactive chemical space without relying on human intuition. The nanoreactor is a special class of atomistic simulations in which chemical reactions are induced by colliding molecules at high velocities. Active learning utilizes the machine learning potential, ANI-1xnr, to drive the nanoreactor dynamics Read More
Kirtland AFB Bulk Fuels Facility Public Meeting April 18
The Air Force will be hosting a virtual and in-person public meeting for the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility project, 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial with a poster session beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting starting at 6 p.m.
The New Mexico Veterans Memorial is at 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE. To attend virtually, here is the link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1608583654#success
The April 18 public meeting is an opportunity to learn about the work being performed to address and remove groundwater contamination as a result of the historical Read More
Mike Lippiatt Briefs Kiwanis On Golf Course Construction
Golf Course Manager Mike Lippiatt outlines construction work underway at the golf course. Courtesy/Kiwanis
By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos
At the March 12 meeting of the Kiwanis Club, Los Alamos Golf Course Manager Mike Lippiatt gave a presentation outlining the construction work in progress at the golf course.
The golf course was built and opened in 1947 and, other than an irrigation upgrade, the current renovation project is the “first facelift the course has had in 75 years,” Lippiatt said. The final design for this project was approved by the Los Alamos County Council in 2023. Read More
Right Lane Closure On Diamond At Trinity Begins March 26
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Traffic and Streets will be closing the Northbound right lane at the intersection of Diamond Drive and Trinity Drive near the hospital.
They will be performing maintenance on existing vertical panels. Bicycle and pedestrian traffic will not be interrupted.
The project will begin from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 26. Traffic is urged to slow down in the area and watch out for crews and equipment.
For questions regarding this project, please contact Anthony Lucero at 505.695.3671. Read More
Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-Use Trail Project Construction Activities: Week Of March 25
Courtesy/Los Alamos County
Courtesy/Los Alamos County
COUNTY News:
Hasse Contracting Company Inc., under contract with Los Alamos County Public Works to construct the Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project, will have construction activities at the following locations downtown and along and off Canyon Road during the week of March 25.
Weather permitting, areas impacted include (see included maps below):
- Work Zone Area 1: Within the Fuller Lodge grounds adjacent to Central Ave. and heading north towards the Romero Cabin – This section of the trail has been opened to pedestrians.
Obituary: Edith Eleanor (Becky) Guerrero Oct. 20, 1923 – March 13, 2024
EDITH ELEANOR (BECKY) GUERRERO Oct. 20, 1923 – March 13, 2024
Becky Guerrero passed away peacefully on March 13, 2024, in Littleton, Colorado. She was born to Sam and Thora Back on October 20, 1923, in Limon, Colorado.
After growing up in Santa Fe, N.M., Becky married John (Jack) Guerrero Sr. Throughout their lives together, they called Santa Fe, N.M., Abilene, TX., Mineola, NY., (where Jack was stationed with the Army). Los Alamos, Jemez Springs, and Albuquerque, N.M. home. She spent her last years in Littleton, Colorado.
Becky’s love of God and of her family was witnessed by all who knew her. Read More
LAMC Lobby Shop 5th Saturday Sale March 30
All Shall Be Well: The Three Days
Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, M.Div.
ELCA
As a child, growing up in the Episcopal Church, I learned early on the significance of the week before Easter. My public school took a break that week, and my family would attend church more often than usual. After waving palm fronds and processing into the sanctuary on Palm Sunday, I could expect several more worship services later Read More
Daily Postcard: View On Bayo Canyon North Rim Trail
Daily Postcard: View during a hike Friday on the Bayo Canyon North Rim Trail. Photo by Cathy Hinajosa Read More
Ice Fishing Now Closed At Eagle Nest Lake State Park
SANTA FE — The State Parks Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department announces that, effective immediately, ice fishing and any other related activities are closed at Eagle Nest State Park.
State Parks is instituting this closure because warming temperatures have reduced the thickness of the ice to the point that it is no longer safe for the public to access the lake surfaces.
For more information, call 575.377.1594 or visit www.emnrd.nm.gov/spd.
Ready for warmer weather? Reserve your camping space up to six months in advance at any of your Read More
Los Alamos Fire Department To Host Wildfire Day 2024 With Elks Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday March 30
Scene from previous Wildfire Day and Easter Egg Hunt. Courtesy/LAFD
Scene from previous Wildfire Day and Easter Egg Hunt. Courtesy photo
LAFD News:
Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) and the Los Alamos Elks Lodge invite the community to join the festivities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 30 at Ashley Pond Park (2200 Trinity Dr.) for Wildfire Day 2024 and the Annual Elk’s Easter Egg Hunt.
This family-friendly, outreach event includes a close look at LAFD and Los Alamos Police Department specialty equipment, a bicycle safety helmet fitting and distribution, a Classic Air Medical Helicopter Read More
FBI: Arizona Woman Gets 30 Months After Driving Drunk, Crashing Vehicle And Killing Her Child In Albuquerque
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Leticia Ashley was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Ashley, 38, of St. Michaels, Ariz., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Oct. 2, 2023.
A federal grand jury indicted Ashley Feb. 23, 2023. According to publicly available court documents, July 29, 2022, Ashley consumed a half-pint of Fireball liquor before she got into the driver’s seat of her Read More
Los Alamos Co-op Hosting Natural Egg Dyeing Workshop
Town Of Red River Receives $30,000 Outdoor Marketing Grant From New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division
Mayor Linda Calhoun
RED RIVER News:
RED RIVER — The Town of Red River has announced that it has been selected as the recipient of the Outdoor Marketing Grant in the amount of $30,000, administered by the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department.
This grant marks an opportunity for the Town to bolster its efforts in promoting outdoor recreation and tourism in the region.
The Outdoor Marketing Grant, a new initiative aimed at enhancing outdoor recreation experiences throughout New Mexico, was awarded to the Town of Red River in recognition of its Read More