Preparing For COVID Vaccine: What You Need To Know
The following information was released by Los Alamos County’s Public Information Office today, working in conjunction with the Office of Emergency Management for the County, in an effort to better inform and educate residents about registering for future COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Many questions are coming up about the vaccine and there are still many aspects about future vaccine clinics that remain to be worked out. Given the pandemic emergency and frequent updates or changes from the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), this information shown below may continue to change
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Scenes At COVID Drive-Through Testing Clinic At Overlook
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First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Now Completed For All 309 Long-Term Care Facilities Throughout New Mexico
…Clinics will vaccinate those who may have missed their first dose and deliver second doses
NEW MEXICO – The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) announced that all of New Mexico’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities, including staff and residents, have had a vaccine clinic where the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was provided.
“In less than a month, New Mexico has reached every long-term care facility in the state,” said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. “That’s something to celebrate. We know New Mexicans all want a faster process,
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Names Lisa Danielson Director Of The Center For Space And Earth Sciences
Los Alamos National Laboratory has named Lisa Danielson the new director for the Center for Space and Earth Science.
As one of six strategic centers within the National Security Education Center, CSES is a multi- and Interdisciplinary Center for Astrophysics, Near Space Environment, Planetary Science, Geophysics, Earth Systems and Climate, and Bioscience.
CSES provides a gateway for collaborations with academic institutions in these science areas, provides external visibility and
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Lawmakers Approve New Rules For Mostly Virtual Session
By ROBERT NOTT
SFNM
Republicans on Monday tried to battle against changes to the way this year’s legislative session will run in the House of Representatives but were stymied by a Democratic majority.
Democrats hold a 45-25 advantage in the 70-member House of Representatives and voted to table or defeat several amendments proposed by Republicans during a three-hour-plus debate on the issue.
Democrats also led the charge Monday in a 48-22 vote to approve House Rules 1, legislation ensuring a mostly virtual session in the House against the backdrop of COVID-19
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NMTD: Partnership Helps Save 830 Tourism Jobs In 2020
NMTD News:
SANTA FE — A partnership between the New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) and the New Mexico Small Business Development Center to offer business counseling services to tourism-related small businesses helped save 830 tourism jobs and secure more than $27 million in equity investments in 2020.
Since the launch of this partnership, tourism business counselors have conducted 11,290 documented contacts to tourism-related small businesses and provided 2,300 hours of direct business counseling to business owners.
The tourism business counseling program provided direct counseling
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State Police Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols Across New Mexico Counties In February 2021
NMSP News:
Statewide — New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checks in all New Mexico counties during the month of February 2021.
NMSP is bringing awareness to these events in an effort to reduce alcohol related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising. These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving.
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right decision
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Rep. Christine Chandler Introduces Economic Security Bill
Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos
EDD News:
SANTA FE — A major economic recovery initiative, backed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, that would pump another $200 million into New Mexico small businesses to create jobs and rehire workers, was introduced Monday in the Legislature by Rep. Christine Chandler, (D-Los Alamos).
House Bill 11 taps into the unused dollars set aside by the State Investment Council and the New Mexico Finance Authority for the Small Business Recovery Loan Fund, converting the funds into grants to assist business that have incurred steep revenue losses.
“Supporting
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Vargas Takes Oath Of Office To New Mexico Supreme Court
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SANTA FE — Supreme Court Justice Julie J. Vargas was sworn into office Monday.
Chief Justice Michael Vigil administered the oath of office to the justice during a ceremony in the Supreme Court courtroom. Family members of the justice were present.
Other Supreme Court justices, friends and judicial colleagues attended remotely through an audio-video connection.
The governor appointed Justice
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SB 10 Bill To Repeal Abortion Criminalization In New Mexico Clears First Committee Hearing Monday In Santa Fe
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
SFNM
A bill to repeal a half-century-old law that criminalizes abortion in New Mexico cleared its first committee hearing Monday after emotional and sometimes rousing testimony from people on opposite sides of the contentious issue.
On a 5-3 party-line vote, the state Senate’s Health and Public Affairs Committee endorsed the legislation following a three-hour virtual hearing that started about two hours
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New Mexico [External Sources]
- State Police Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols Across New Mexico Counties In February 2021 - Los Alamos Daily Post
- Vargas Takes Oath Of Office To New Mexico Supreme Court - Los Alamos Daily Post
- New Mexico ‘State of the State’ to air this afternoon - KAMR - MyHighPlains.com
- It’s time to end trapping in New Mexico - Albuquerque Journal
- New Mexico Civil Rights Act passes first House committee - KOB
- Winter storm moves into New Mexico from Arizona - KOB
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