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Governor Cuts Ribbon On New Facility For Homegrown Technology Manufacturing Company Ideum

Gov. Susana Martinez
 
STATE News:
 
CORRALES Monday, Gov. Susana Martinez was joined by Ideum executives and local officials for the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the company’s new exhibit fabrication studio that will allow the company to continue growing production and creating new jobs. The new 5,500 square foot facility will grow Ideum’s footprint, allowing them to serve more customers across the globe.
 
“For years, we’ve worked relentlessly to make New Mexico a great place to do business and we’re seeing the results,” Martinez
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Reopens After Closure From Severe Weather Damage

BLM News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is open after being closed due to severe weather damage to the access road, trails and facilities.  
 
The Monument has undergone intensive road maintenance and reconstruction of trail segments, and is now open for visitation.
 
For more information, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Jamie Garcia at 505.761.8787.
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FBI Reminds Students, Parents: #ThinkBeforeYouPost

Courtesy/FBI

 

FBI News:

As students across New Mexico go back to school, the FBI Albuquerque Division would like to remind them and their parents of the consequences of posting hoax threats to schools and other public places.

Hoax threats are not a joke, and the FBI and our partners follow up on every tip we receive from the public.

Issuing a threat is a federal crime that carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison.

Hoax threats also drain law enforcement resources and cost taxpayers money.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham Statement On August Consensus Revenue Estimate

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
TAOS Following the release of a new consensus revenue estimate at Wednesday’s Legislative Finance Committee meeting, Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement:
 
“This surge in revenues to state government dramatically highlights the need for leadership that will invest in New Mexico’s schools, put people to work and make New Mexico more competitive by building much needed infrastructure and develop New Mexico into a clean, renewable energy economy that creates jobs and reaches a goal of
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AGU: Acceleration Of Mountain Glacier Melt Could Impact Pacific Northwest Water Supplies

Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Courtesy/National Park Service
 

The Olympic Mountain Province rises to an elevation of 7,980 feet. The higher peaks are covered with glaciers and snowfields, feeding the many rivers that radiate outward from the center of the range. Courtesy/Washington State Department of Natural Resource

 
The Nisqually Reach region has been identified as an area important for fish, aquatic mammals, and benthic habitats and an area of unique geologic processes. Courtesy/Washington State Department of Natural Resources
 
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Heinrich Delivers Floor Speech On Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination To The Supreme Court

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a speech delivered on the Senate Floor Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) spoke out against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.  
 
In his remarks, Heinrich outlined the issues at stake and urged his colleagues to oppose his nomination.
 
 
Yesterday, Heinrich sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman demanding full transparency on Judge
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NIST: Big-Picture Thinking Can Advance Nanoparticle Manufacturing

Electron micrograph showing gallium arsenide nanoparticles of varying shapes and sizes. Such heterogeneity can increase costs and limit profits when making nanoparticles into products. A new NIST study recommends that researchers, manufacturers and administrators work together to solve this, and other common problems, in nanoparticle manufacturing. Courtesy/A. Demotiere, E. Shevchenko/Argonne National Laboratory
 
NIST News:
 
Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller than a marble), is
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Weekly Fishing Report Aug. 22

By GEORGE MORSE
Los Alamos Daily Post
Sports and Outdoors
 
The big news for local anglers in Northern New Mexico is the re-opening today of the Canjilon Lakes for fishing.
 
The Lakes have been closed to fishing for several years as the Forest Service cleared out dead trees that posed a hazard for campers and anglers. The lakes were also dredged to make them deeper and capable of carrying over trout through the winter.
 
In preparation for the re-opening, the State Game and Fish Department has stocked the Lakes heavily with rainbow trout. The Lakes were stocked Aug. 14 and Aug. 16 with
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LANL Director Terry Wallace Rocks Crowd With Cosmic Mystery Of Minerals Presentation At Fuller Lodge

LANL Director Terry Wallace listens as UNM-LA Advisory Board President Steve Boerigter delivers an introduction of Wallace laced with hilarity ahead of Wallace’s presentation on ‘The Cosmic Mystery of Minerals’ during the UNM-LA fundraiser Aug. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com 

LANL Director Terry Wallace cracks up as he is being introduced with some geeky humor by Lab physicist Steve Boerigter during the UNL-LA fundraiser Aug. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com 

UNM-LA News:

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Udall, Heinrich Support Protections For Servicemembers Against Predatory Lending & Financial Fraud

U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. In an effort to shield New Mexico’s 12,000 active-duty military members and their families from abusive financial practices, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined every Democratic member of the U.S. Senate in urging the Trump Administration not to abandon its duty to protect our servicemembers and their families under the Military Lending Act (MLA).
 
The MLA was passed in 2006 with bipartisan support to help safeguard active-duty military members and their families from financial fraud, predatory loans,
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