DEA Hosts Listening Sessions On Telemedicine Regulations
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host public listening sessions Sept. 12-13 to receive comments from healthcare practitioners, experts, advocates, patients and other members of the public to inform DEA’s regulations on prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine.
The listening sessions will be held in person and livestreamed with remote participation available.
WHERE: DEA Headquarters, 700 Army Navy Drive Arlington, Va. 22202
Beginning August 7, members of the public wishing to attend in person (space permitting) must register Read More
New Mexico Higher Education Department Offering Loan Forgiveness For Residents Pursuing Careers In Dentistry, Optometry & Veterinary Medicine
Secretary Stephanie M. Rodriguez
NMHED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED) is now accepting applications for a loan-for-service program providing up to 100 percent student loan forgiveness for New Mexico residents who graduate from one of 23 out-of-state graduate and professional programs in dentistry, optometry, and veterinary medicine.
The Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) Loan-for-Service Program forgives a portion of student loans for each year of service licensed professionals provide in New Mexico after graduating
New Mexico Health Department Issues Essential Guidance To Address Smoke Impacts From Fires Across State
DOH News:
SANTA FE — High winds, heat, and extremely dry conditions are contributing to several wildfires and human caused fires across the state in recent days which is putting smoke into the air.
To safeguard residents from potential health hazards posed by the pervasive smoke, the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) has released vital guidelines aimed at providing comprehensive protection.
“Amid the current fire-induced challenges, the health and well-being of our residents remain our top priority,” said Heidi Krapfl, Deputy Director of the DOH Epidemiology & Response Division Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 8, 2023
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Despite a healthy snowpack and abundant precipitation in May the threat of wildfires exist in Northern New Mexico.
That threat is now a reality as a lightening-caused wildfire ignited in the Jemez Mountains Aug. 5 near Gallina. By Monday (Aug. 7) it had grown to 2000+ acres. No evacuations have been ordered, but residents of Mesa de Poleo near Gallina have been advised to be able to evacuate quickly if so ordered.
The blaze is located on Santa Fe National Forest Land in the San Pedro Parks Wilderness area. Forest Roads 93-103 are closed as crews Read More
Four Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Win DOE Early Career Research Awards
LANL scientists who received the 2023 DOE Early Career Research Awards include from left, Andrey Lokhov, Rich Fiorella, Yu Zhang and Kun Liu. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Multiyear funding supports projects in environmental science, applied mathematics and particle physics
In a banner year for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the competition for Department of Energy Early Career Research Awards, four scientists nabbed multiyear funding for their projects.
“Early-career scientists are the lifeblood of the Lab’s future, so it is particularly gratifying to see these four researchers acknowledged Read More
Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team Takes Over Now 2000+ Acre Black Feather Fire
A smoke plume from the now 2000+ Black Feather Fire viewed early Sunday evening from Pajarito Acres. Photo by Mary Arrowsmith
NM T-3 News:
SANTA FE – The Northern New Mexico Type 3 (NM T-3 ) Incident Management Team took command of the Black Feather Fire at 6 a.m. today, Monday, Aug. 7.
The team will be working closely with New Mexico State Police, Rio Arriba Sherriff’s Office, New Mexico Livestock Board and US Forest Service Law Enforcement Officers to coordinate the NM Ready, Set, Go evacuation notification system for the communities immediately effected by the Black Feather Fire. A Type 1 Incident Read More
Robinson: Ambitious Farm Bill Will Be A Heavy Lift
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
Modernization and current conditions are two themes as Congress constructs this year’s Farm Bill. Inflation, safety nets and climate change will all inspire changes.
The Farm Bill, a product of the New Deal in 1933, comes up every five years. The current law will expire in September, and it’s not likely that Congress will finish crafting the new bill by then. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. In this big, kitchen-sink type bill, it’s better to take the time it requires.
“The renewal provides an opportunity for producers and consumers Read More
Los Alamos County Airport Supporting Firefighting Efforts In Northern New Mexico
A Chinook Helicopter and associated equipment is now staged at the Los Alamos County Airport in support of firefighting efforts underway in Northern New Mexico. Courtesy/LAC
View of equipment now staged at the Los Alamos County Airport in support of firefighting efforts underway in Northern New Mexico. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Airport Manager Bobbi Huseman received a phone call from the crew of Chinook Helicopter 948CH requesting the use of the Los Alamos Airport in support of the fires in Northern New Mexico. The Chinook Helicopter and associated equipment is now staged Read More
Huang: From The First A-Bomb To The Last O-Mega … Is 78-Years Too Long A Time?
Courtesy/Zhen Huang
By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos
In Los Alamos, we have a bridge, the only bridge. It is a steel bridge across the Los Alamos Canyon at Otowi Crossing built in 1951. It connects the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a giant scientific research complex that is also the base of nuclear weapons development, and Los Alamos County, a small town sitting at the Pajarito Plateau surrounded by the peaceful National Forest and sacred land of Native Americans.
The official name of the bridge is called Omega Bridge. “Omega” is the name of an experimental nuclear reactor at the Los Alamos National Read More
Dannemann: Listen To The Outsider Perspective
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
New Mexicans have been singing the refrain “What’s wrong with New Mexico?” for so long we should make it the official state ballad.
Or maybe we could try listening to keen observers who are not stuck in old ways of thinking.
Sen. Bill Tallman, (D-Albuquerque), quoted to me a statement that a fellow senator had made recently on the Senate floor: “New Mexico doesn’t like change, and it doesn’t take risks.”
That has the ring of truth.
Tallman is definitely not “from here”, to use a favorite New Mexico term. He is unaffected by the Read More