NMPED: Families Get Receivers For Datacasting Pilot Project
Jeanette Vigil, a Taos parent, gets a receiver and antenna that will allow her student to receive school work through a technology called datacasting. Eight Taos families received their receiver-antenna kits at a distribution and demonstration event Thursday outside Ranchos Elementary School. Courtesy/NMPED
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — Eight families in the Taos School District received electronic devices this week that will allow their students to receive school work over airwaves instead of the internet using a technology that could help bridge New Mexico’s digital divide.
Thursday’s Read More
NMDOT: ‘Take A Ride On Us’ Get Home Safely Nov. 22-29
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE — As New Mexicans participate in Thanksgiving celebrations involving alcohol, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and its partners are promoting a program to get people living in the Bernalillo County metro area home safely.
NMDOT is partnering with Bernalillo County, the city of Albuquerque, Cumulus radio stations and Uber to support the “Take a Ride on Us” program designed to combat drunk driving.
“Drunk driving is a real threat in our communities and that threat increases during the holidays,” Transportation Secretary Mike Sandoval said. “Driving Read More
International Shakespeare Center Workshops Dec.4-5
Would you like to be part of the 2022 ISC Ensemble? Courtesy/ISC
ISC News:
This year instead of auditions, the International Shakespeare Center (ISC) is holding open workshops with ISC Artistic Director Ariana Karp.
Anyone interested in performing in the 2022 season is welcome to attend and participate.
Each two-hour session will consist of a group warm-up and then a series of exercises in ensemble building, text, voice and movement.
Prepare 10-14 lines of Shakespeare’s text to work with (from any of the plays, poems, or sonnets) and come dressed for movement.
When:
- 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
FBI And Laguna Police Seek Information In Stabbing Death
Homicide victim Victor G. Jones
FBI News:
The FBI and Laguna Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the person or persons responsible for the homicide of a Native American man.
Aug. 12, 2021, Victor G. Jones, 42, was found deceased in the driveway of a residence in New Laguna, New Mexico.
The preliminary cause of death was a stab wound to his chest. Jones was a resident of Laguna Pueblo.
“Violent crime is a challenge for many communities, and the FBI and our partners are working around the clock to bring criminals to justice,” Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda Read More
NOAA Considers Marine Sanctuary Off Hawaiian Islands
A school of galapagos sharks/manō at Maro Reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Courtesy/NOAA
NOAA News:
NOAA has announced that it is initiating the process to consider designating the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a national marine sanctuary. This designation would build on existing management in the marine portions of the monument by adding the conservation benefits and enhanced long-term protection of a national marine sanctuary.
The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Read More
Daily Postcard: View Of New Canyon Rim Trail Underpass
View of the newly completed Canyon Rim Trail Underpass beneath N.M. 502 Sunday near the Los Alamos Co-op Market. Crews with AUI, Inc. of Albuquerque began the project March 29, which includes the extension of a 10-foot wide hard surface trail connecting the terminus of the Canyon Rim Trail and existing trailhead to Entrada Drive beneath N.M. 502 via a reinforced concrete box structure. The project is funded through a Federal Transportation Alternatives grant and County Capital Improvement Project funds. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
View of the newly completed Canyon Rim Trail Read More
New Mexico BLM Christmas Tree Permits Go On Sale Monday
Map of BLM Christmas Tree harvest areas in Santa Fe County. Courtesy/BLM
BLM News:
SANTA FE — Beginning Monday, Nov. 22, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices will begin personal Christmas tree permit sales for harvest of piñon and juniper.
Permits are available through Dec. 23 and cost $5 per tree.
Permits and maps may be obtained over the counter at your local BLM Office or online at forestproducts.blm.gov.
If purchasing online, you must have access to a printer for printing the permit and map. When transporting a tree taken from BLM public land, the haul tag provided with the permit must be Read More
Posts From The Road: Fort Davis State Park In Texas
Ft. Davis State Park: A view from a scenic look out shows Ft. Davis State Park. The park campground is in the bottom of the photo and the white adobe Indian Lodge is farther up the canyon. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Indian Lodge: A closer view of the Indian Lodge within Ft. Davis State Park shows the beautiful adobe architecture of the facility, which features 39 rooms, a pool and the Black Forest Restaurant. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
We enjoy traveling during January to escape the cold weather in Colorado. Our destination Read More
NMMNHS Hosts Events For Cartoon Lovers Of All Ages
NMMNHS hosts The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons events Saturday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Dec. 18. Courtesy/NMMNHS
NMMNHS News:
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is hosting the special The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons events 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Dec. 18.
The exhibition includes opportunities to see the actual cartoons in the galleries and at special times on the Verus Research DynaTheater five-story screen at 10 a.m., followed by a Science Story Time and fun activities with participants from around the state, including New Mexico Tech, St.
The Met Opera Presents Eurydice By Matthew Aucoin Nov. 23
The Met News:
NEW YORK, NY — The Metropolitan Opera will present the company premiere of Eurydice Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Eurydic is a new Met-commissioned opera by Matthew Aucoin—at 31, the youngest composer to have a Met premiere since 1938.
Eurydice is one of three contemporary works to have premieres in the 2021–22 season, the greatest number of new operas to premiere in a single Met season since 1928–29. The run includes seven performances through Dec. 16. With a libretto by Sarah Ruhl, based on her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the ancient Greek Orpheus myth by telling the story from Read More
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