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Governor And Sunland Park Racetrack Announce $2 Million Gift To Help New Mexicans During COVID-19 Health Crisis

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. Courtesy photo

STATE News:

SUNLAND PARK – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino announced today that the Stanley E. Fulton Family Foundation is making a commitment of $2 million to assist New Mexicans.

The Stanley E. Fulton Family Foundation was endowed by the longtime owner of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, the late Stanley E. Fulton. The gift will go to the All Together NM Fund, which will oversee the distribution of the gift to local charities and food banks in the areas hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.  

“I am immensely Read More

New Mexico, Colorado COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Deaths

Daily change in COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates. Created by Nels Hoffman

By NELS HOFFMAN
Los Alamos

The rate at which people are dying or going into hospitals in Colorado, because of COVID-19, is decreasing. The figure above shows the daily change in the total 

number of people either dead or in the hospital because of COVID-19, in Colorado (green dots) and New Mexico (yellow dots).

Over the most recent 5-day period, from April 4 to April 8, an average of about 84 people each day either died or went into the hospital in Colorado, because of COVID-19. This rate is 25 percent lower than the rate

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County Council Hears Latest Updates On COVID-19

County Council Chair Sara Scott

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

As the Governor’s stay-at-home order extends through April and becomes stricter, Los Alamos County continues to discuss how to best respond.

During Tuesday night’s County Council meeting, County Manager Harry Burgess reported that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham extended her stay-at-home order through the end of April.

Furthermore, he reported that the maximum occupancy for hotels and RV parks were reduced to 25 percent of their usual occupancy and that other essential businesses limit their Read More

Emotional Healing: Wise Action Needed In Tough Times

Dr. TED WIARD
Golden Willow Retreat

Editors Note: This is part of a series by grief specialist Dr. Ted Wiard, dedicated to helping educate the community about emotional healing.

In this series, we have been discussing the topic of grief and how it is a natural and normal healing process from any type of loss.

The last couple of months have demonstrated how the entire world can be impacted emotionally, intellectually, physically and spiritually. Most people have had a major change in their perception of the world.

Loss is anytime that a person’s perception of safety and their definition of themselves Read More

Heinrich, Bipartisan Congressional Coalition Call For Waived, Modified Medicare Program Interest Rates For Health Care Providers On Frontlines Of Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with a bipartisan group of 33 Senators, sent a letter calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to waive or modify interest rates for health care providers who’ve sought financial assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic through Medicare’s Accelerated and Advance Payments Program.

This program has historically been used to expedite Medicare payments to subsets of Medicare participating providers during very limited circumstances Read More

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