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Heinrich, Gardner Celebrate Million Solar Installations

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., both members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, have introduced a resolution to celebrate that the U.S. has reached one million solar installations across the country.
 
The solar energy industry supports bringing clean solar technology into homes and businesses around the nation. The industry provides employment opportunities for more than 208,000 solar workers in all 50 states and creates jobs at a rate 12 times higher than the rate
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Luján Statement On Orlando Shooting

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

From the Office Of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement Sunday after a mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub.

“Today our nation grieves in the wake of shocking news that 50 people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in a mass shooting in Orlando. This heinous crime has left us searching for answers and in the coming days we will learn more behind the motivation, which was no doubt rooted in hatred. 

“In a month when our country celebrates the contributions of the LGBT Read More

Mass-Shootings In U.S. Since January 2009

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A first anniversary rememberance ceremony of the Fort Hood massacre. Courtesy/commons.wikimedia.org

HSNW News:

Between 2008 and 2013, the FBI used a narrow definition of mass shootings – limiting the designation “mass shootings” to incidents in which an individual (in a handful of cases, more than one individual) “kills four or more people in a single incident (not including the shooter), typically in a single location.”

In 2013, the FBI changed its definition, moving away from “mass shootings” to identifying an “active shooter” as “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting Read More

LANL Director: Employees May Sign On With Contract Competitors Or Help Write Proposals – With Approvals

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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy photo
 
 
BY ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
With traffic in major contract competitions beginning to thicken in the nuclear weapons complex in general and in Northern New Mexico in particular, Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the managing and operating contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory, has decided that the rules for proposal-related activities by lab personnel will need some extra attention.
 
Although LANS’s contract to run the laboratory has been given a grace period that will
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Luján Welcomes Paralympic Gold Medalist And Farmington Native Alana Nichols To Washington

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Luján Welcomes Paralympic Gold Medalist and Farmington Native Alana Nichols to Washington. Courtesy photo
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District welcomed three-time Paralympic gold medalist and Farmington native Alana Nichols to Washington, D.C. Thursday June 9. 
 
Nichols is the first female American athlete to win gold in both the summer and winter Paralympic/Olympic Games, first winning gold in Wheelchair Basketball in Beijing and then in Alpine Skiing in Vancouver. She is currently
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Agencies Collaborate To Move Americium To LANL

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Some 40 people involved in the safe transport of americium from Santa Fe to LANL gather for a group photo following a press conference June 2 at the Oppenheimer Study Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Gov. Susana Martinez discusses the collaboration between several agencies to safely move hazardous materail to a secure location at LANL. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

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50th Anniversary Of Vietnam War Commemorated At Special Ceremony In Santa Fe

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NMDVS News:
 
SANTA FE ― The 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War will be commemorated at a 10 a.m. ceremony June 18 in Santa Fe at the Santa Fe Veterans Memorial.
 
A nationwide initiative was issued by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2008 to honor America’s Vietnam War veterans, and to also commemorate the 50th anniversary of our country’s involvement in the war which lasted from November, 1955, to May 15, 1975. A 2012 Presidential Proclamation extended the commemoration through Veterans Day, 2025. 
 
New Mexico
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Inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial Pledges Unprecedented Support For Clean Energy R&D

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DOE News:
 
SAN FRANCISCO ― At the inaugural Mission Innovation (MI) Ministerial, ministers from all Mission Innovation partners released their respective governments’ plans to double clean energy research and development funding over five years. Ministers also welcomed the European Commission on behalf of the European Union as the 21st partner.
 
Collectively, these 21 partners represent well over 80 percent of global public investment in clean energy research and development, currently totaling approximately $15 billion per year.
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NNSA On Arrival Of Plutonium And Uranium From Japan’s Fast Critical Assembly At Savannah River Site And Y-12 National Security Complex

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― A shipment of plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)’s Fast Critical Assembly (FCA) reactor arrived safely at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C., and Y-12 National Security Complex near Oak Ridge, Tenn.
 
“The removal of the material from Japan represents a significant accomplishment in our broader global nuclear security efforts to secure highly enriched uranium and plutonium worldwide. Japan has been one of the United States’ staunchest allies in the global
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Preliminary Results For U.S. President

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From left, Lynn Strauss and Nan Holmes wait with Los Alamos County Council candidate Kristin Henderson in the County Boards and Commissions Room at the Municipal Building for final results in the 2016 Primary Election. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

From left, Los Alamos County Council Democratic candidate Chris Chandler, her husband George Chandler and Republican County Council candidate Jaret McDonald with his dog Allene wait for election results. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Votes cast just at the Municipal Building Vote Center today for: Read More

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