DOE Awards Co-op Agreement To New Mexico Energy, Confederated Tribes Of Umatilla Indian Reservation
DOE News:
CARLSBAD — The Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office Monday awarded a $375,000, five-year cooperative agreement to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Ore. for the coordination of activities to ensure the safe transportation of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
Activities under the cooperative agreement focus on technical assistance to be provided through training and exercises for the Indian Nation to prepare emergency responders and emergency management for the continued assurance of safe
NCRTD Holiday Schedule
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District RTD “Blue Buses” and RTD Chile Line Red Route will not be in service Friday, Dec. 23, Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2 in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays – Mountain Trail to Ski Santa Fe and TSV Green to Taos Ski Valley will operate on those days.
The RTD 255 Mountain Trail Route to Ski Santa Fe and the 341 TSV Green Route to Taos Ski Valley will operate each day, Saturday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 1, on a weekend/holiday schedule. (Both will operate on weekday schedules Dec. 23 and Jan. 2.)
The weekend 305 Taos Express will Read More
UNM Press Acquires High Desert Field Guides
UNM News:New Mexico Department Of Cultural Affairs First Free Sunday Jan. 8
NMDCA News:Northern New Mexico Air Alliance Celebrates Inaugural Flight American Airlines Phoenix To Santa Fe Direct
TRAVEL News:IRS: Plan Now On Health Flexible Spending Arrangements For 2017
IRS News:U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell Leads Call To Protect National Laboratory Employees From Blacklisting
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA15) today led 26 members of Congress, including Ben Ray Luján (NM-03) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01), in sending President-elect Donald Trump their vow to defend the scientific freedom of employees at the Department of Energy’s 17 National Laboratories, following reports that Trump’s transition team sought personal information regarding department employees’ work on climate change.
Swalwell’s district includes Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories. The Trump transition Read More
Scenes From Wednesday’s Chamber Breakfast
State Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard speaking at Wednesday’s Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast at UNM-LA. Rep. Garcia Richard briefed the gathering of business owners and managers on the upcoming Legislative Session. She explained that the Legislature’s interim committees meet between sessions to study a broad range of issues in preparation for the next legislative session. This next Legislative Session begins at noon Jan. 17 and runs through noon March 18. Photo by Ryn Herrmann
State Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard listens to questions and concerns from local business Read More
Report: New Mexico’s TANF Program In Need Of More Comprehensive Approach
NMVC News:
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Nothing spent on education or job training; benefits like child care assistance not well coordinated
ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program—what was formerly known as ‘welfare’—could do a much better job of helping families find educational pathways out of poverty.
No TANF money is spent on education and training services that help parents gain credentials and secure family-sustaining employment. And while a significant percentage of TANF funding is used to pay for services like child care assistance and NM Pre-K, too few families Read More
RSF: 74 Journalists Killed Worldwide This Year
RSF News:
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that at least 74 professional and non-professional journalists have been killed in connection with their work in 2016.
Some were killed while out reporting. Most were clearly deliberately targeted victims of deadly violence.
This is fewer than in 2015, when 101 journalists were killed. But the fall is not encouraging because it is due largely to the fact many journalists have fled countries that became too dangerous, especially Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and Burundi. These exoduses have created news and information black holes Read More
New Mexico [External Sources]
- Physics students help build telescope in New Mexico - Hillsdale Collegian
- Celebrate autumn at these El Paso and New Mexico fall festivals - El Paso Times
- New Mexico ranks as third-least environmentally friendly state - Carlsbad Current Argus
- CNM and Central New Mexico Educators Union reach impasse in ... - Source New Mexico
- Life in Limbo: Victims of New Mexico's Biggest Wildfire Wait for Checks From the Federal Government to Rebuild - ProPublica
- Punishment to be 'handled internally' for New Mexico State QB urinating on rivals practice field - On3
