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Senators Urge Amtrak To Continue Support For Routes Connecting Rural Communities In NM, Across U.S.

U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Pat Roberts (R-Kans.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Joe Manchin (D-W. VA.), Dick Durbin (D- Ill.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are calling on Amtrak to continue service to rural communities in New Mexico and across the U.S. by investing in long-distance and state-supported routes.
 
“We are writing in strong support of Amtrak’s national network, including the long-distance
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Knights Of Columbus District And State Free Throw Competition Results

Knights of Columbus District Free Throw participants and coaches. Courtesy photo
 
Los Alamos State Champs Akesa Gartz, Jack Ammerman. Courtesy photo
 
KOC News:
 
The Knights of Columbus District Free Throw Competition was Saturday, Feb. 23, at in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School.
 
Local champions from Los Alamos, Pojoaque and Espanola councils participated in this event. Each participant was allowed 25 free throw attempts in the contest and ties were settled by successive rounds of five free throws per contestant until a winner emerged.
 
District
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Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn Planned Tuesday

SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions today, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, to conduct the previously announced prescribed burn near Nichols Reservoir in the lower Santa Fe Municipal Watershed tomorrow.
 
Up to 500 acres, including 50 acres of piles, will be treated with hand and aerial ignitions. Crews will begin hand ignitions around 10 a.m., followed by aerial ignitions between noon and 1 p.m. and operations should be completed
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Republican Gavin Clarkson Seeks U.S. Senate Seat

Gavin Clarkson of Las Cruces

POLITICAL News:

LAS CRUCES – Former Trump administration official and New Mexico State University business professor Dr. Gavin Clarkson today became the first Republican to announce for New Mexico’s open U.S. Senate seat.

Sen. Tom Udall announced last month he will retire rather than seek a third six-year term next year.

“My story is quite different from most people who spend their lives climbing the political stepladder aspiring to be another career politician,” Clarkson said. “I’m a tribal member whose orphaned father went from living out of trash cans Read More

FBI, Albuquerque PD Capture Jeyden Bailey Barnhill

Jeyden Bailey Barnhill

FBI News:

Jeyden Bailey Barnhill, who was wanted on a federal arrest warrant for allegedly absconding from pre-trial release, was apprehended Saturday, April 13 by the FBI with the assistance of the Albuquerque Police Department.

Barnhill, 24, was arrested during a traffic stop in Albuquerque.

Barnhill, of Albuquerque, was among several people arrested March 29, 2019 during a multi-agency law enforcement operation in southeast Albuquerque.

She was charged on a federal complaint with Hobbs Act Armed Robbery, Possession of Stolen Firearms, Possession of a Controlled

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2019 State Science Fair Results: LAPS Students Place In Almost Every Category

Los Alamos Public Schools were well represented at the New Mexico State Science Fair held at New Mexico Tech in Socorro last weekend. Courtesy/LAPS

Students who qualified to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Ariz., in May include from left, Karin Ebey, Robert Strauss, Charles Strauss, Lillian Petersen and Garyk Brixi. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS Announces 2019 State Science Fair Results:

Students representing Los Alamos Public Schools received more than 30 special awards and placed in almost every category at the New Mexico State Science Fair the weekend of April Read More

Marking Tax Day, Udall, Warren Reintroduce Bill To Simplify, Decrease Costs Of Tax Preparation And Filing

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

  • Taxpayers spend an average of 11 hours preparing and filing tax returns and pay $200 for tax preparation services 
  • Bill with Sen. Elizabeth Warren would simplify tax filing process and let Americans file their taxes directly with the IRS for free

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M) joined U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in reintroducing the Tax Filing Simplification Act to simplify and decrease the costs of the tax Read More

Luján On Passage Of Southwest Drought Plan

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), the U.S. House Assistant Speaker, issued the following statement on the passage of a comprehensive drought and water plan for the southwest:
 
“Today’s passage of a comprehensive drought plan is a critical step to address climate change and protect New Mexicans’ access to clean water. Millions of people across the Southwest depend on the Colorado River, even as the supply has continued to deplete due to prolonged drought. I am proud to be a co-sponsor for this legislation, and I will
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