AFRL Engineer Graduates First-Ever Space Test Course
AFRL Space Test Fundamentals course graduate Evelyn Kent prepares for one of her course highlights – a glider ride. Kent is a member of the small cadre that graduated from the first STF course held at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB in California. She is taking along the ‘Fly Like a Girl’ patch given to girls STEM. Courtesy/AFRL
AFRL engineer Evelyn Kent holds her Space Test Fundamentals course diploma with the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate headquarters at Kirtland AFB in the background. Courtesy/AFRL
AFRL News:
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — Air Force Research Laboratory astronautical Read More
New Mexico’s Unemployment Rate 8.2 Percent In April
NMDWS News:
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) reports that New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in April, down from 8.3 percent in March and down from 10.0 percent the previous year.
The national unemployment rate in April was 6.1 percent, up from 6.0 percent in March and down from 14.8 percent in April 2020.
Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 30,400 jobs, or 4.0 percent, between April 2020 and April 2021. The shift from an over-the-year loss of 7.9 percent in March (revised) to a gain of 4.0 percent growth in April is mainly due to Read More
Northern New Mexico College Receives $33,000 To Support Technical Trades Students … Application Deadline June 11
The Walter G. Watts Memorial Fund donates $13,500 for equipment to NNMC. Pictured is Walter G. Watts (Wally) in his Roadrunner. Courtesy/Susan Watts
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — In November 2019, voters in five school district communities in Northern New Mexico (NNMC) approved a Mill Levy for Northern New Mexico College’s (NNMC) co-located Branch Community College, to expand access to affordable, post-secondary workforce training and career technical education needed in the region.
Annual Mill Levy funding of $2.4 million has enabled Northern to establish its Department of Technical Trades, Read More
State Cultural Affairs: Forgotten Locomotive Repair Shops, Cerro Grande Trail, Online Exhibitions At MOIFA, More
DCA News:
Explore the latest online programming from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), bringing the state’s unique blend of cultures into your home through its museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions.
This week includes three outstanding programs:
Presented in part by the History and Literary Arts program at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, take part in a virtual book reading and discussion on “Overhaul, A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops,” written by historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint. The book looks at the Read More
SFNF: Crews Continue Monitoring Cuervito Fire
SFNF News:
Crews continued securing line and monitoring the Cuervito Fire today, keeping an eye on interior pockets that are continuing to burn ground-level vegetation at low intensity.
A 90 percent chance of precipitation tonight is expected to bring widespread showers and thunderstorms to the area with winds out of the south at 25 to 35 mph. Drier air is expected to move in Sunday, with clear skies forecast for next week.
Start date: May 9, 2021
Cause: Lightning
Location: 9 miles east of Pecos and 3 miles southwest of the Barillas Lookout on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe Read More
NMED Seeks To Fill Three Division Director Positions
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is seeking qualified applicants to lead three of its divisions.
The directors of the Water Protection Division (WPD), the Resource Protection Division (RPD) and the Environmental Health Division (EHD) are critical to advancing the Department’s mission of protecting public health and the environment.
Division directors take a leadership role in protecting New Mexico’s land, air and water by developing environmental policy as well as directing resources and operations. Maintaining a robust portfolio, the division directors Read More
EDD: Job Training Funds Support 104 Trainees, 7 Interns
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) Board announced this month’s recipients of training funds totaling more than $1.7 million at the May 14 meeting.
Thirteen companies applied in order to hire for new well-paying positions, and another will receive a Step-Up Grant to train incumbent employees.
JTIP, a program of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, covers a portion of trainee wages (50-75% depending on location) for up to 6 months. Jobs with entry wages that align with the High Wage Job Tax Credit are eligible for an additional 5% and companies that Read More
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján Joins Bipartisan Group Of Senators Calling On FDA To Set Limits On PFAS In Bottled Water
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and nine senators in calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set standards on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in bottled water to ensure bottled water products are safe for drinking.
PFAS are pervasive and persistent chemicals that accumulate in people’s bodies over time, and exposure to these chemicals has been linked to cancer, liver damage, decreased fertility, and other serious health conditions.
“Despite the clear and present Read More
Heinrich, Luján, Fernández Push Biden Administration To Prioritize Hydrogen Economy, Job Opportunities In NM
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are calling on the Biden administration to help make the state of New Mexico the world’s premier center of excellence for clean hydrogen production, research, and workforce development.
President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan includes an investment in 15 decarbonized hydrogen demonstration projects in distressed communities, along with a new production tax credit like the one proposed in Senator Heinrich’s Clean Hydrogen Production Read More
Chart 434 COVID-19 In New Mexico May 22
The bars in this chart show the number of active COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Mexico versus date. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Eli Ben-Naim