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NWS: Today’s High Near 37, Tonight’s Low Around 17

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 37 with a 40 percent chance of scattered snow showers, patchy blowing snow, wind gusts up to 25 mph and a total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Tonight’s low around 17 with a 20 percent chance of isolated snow showers possible. Courtesy/NWS Read More

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Awards Secretary Of State Toulouse Oliver ‘Outstanding Innovations’

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on the floor of the House of Representatives during opening day of the session Jan. 15 in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

STATE News:

  • Blind and Visually Impaired Absentee Ballot System Recognized

SANTA FE – New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has received the 2018 “Clearie” Award for Outstanding Innovations in Elections by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for her implementation of a new electronic ballot software system that allows blind and visually impaired voters to independently and Read More

Indiscriminate Traps Harm Endangered Mexican Wolves

WEG News:
 
SANTA FE — As a bill to ban recreational and commercial trapping works its way through the New Mexico legislature, indiscriminate trapping is proving an enormous impediment for endangered Mexican gray wolves’ already uphill battle toward recovery.
 
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service reports that, since Nov. 2018, five lobos have fallen victim to traps in New Mexico. One of the wolves, female 1565 died in veterinary care. Another, male 1669 lost a leg. Male 1556 was treated and released but was later observed limping. Two other wolves were captured and released without
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Los Alamos Historical Society Offering Overnight Guided Tour To Trinity Site April 5-6

A group visiting the Trinity Site. Courtesy/LAHS
 
Los Alamos Historical Society News:
 
Trinity Site where the first man-made nuclear explosion was detonated July 16, 1945 is open only twice a year, and the Los Alamos Historical Society is offering a guided tour to the site April 5-6 for the spring opening.
 
The Society’s Trinity Tour includes a two-day, one-night experience via the Alamogordo southern approach through the seldom-seen interior of White Sands Missile Range. Departure from Trinity Site will be out of the northern Stallion Gate, with a lunch stop at New Mexico
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Balderas Signs Multi-State Letter Urging FTC To Protect New Mexicans From Identity Theft

Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Attorney General Hector Balderas and a coalition of 31 Attorneys General sent a letter Wednesday to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the commission to maintain and strengthen its Identity Theft Rules, which were originally adopted in November 2007.
 
The letter cites the proliferation of identity theft in many states, and the growth in technology since the rules were adopted.
 
“Banks in our state have a responsibility to protect New Mexican consumers when they see signs of fraud,” Balderas said. “These
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NNSA Approves ‘Critical Decision 1’ For Advanced Sources And Detectors Project, A New Tool To Advance Stockpile Stewardship

An abbreviated concept illustration shows a portion of the ASD accelerator and target vessel. Courtesy/LANL
 
LANL News:
 
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved Critical Decision-1 (CD-1) for the Advanced Sources and Detectors Project (ASD), a cornerstone of the Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments portfolio (ECSE).
 
ASD is a proposed 20-million electron volt (MeV) accelerator that will generate X-ray images, or radiographs, of subcritical implosion experiments for the nuclear weapons program.
 
“The ECSE portfolio
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Fifty Local High School Students Advocate For Gun Control Legislation At Roundhouse In Santa Fe

Students make a statement Wednesday at the Roundhouse. Courtesy photo
 
Students gather Wednesday at the Roundhouse with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, front row, third from right. Courtesy photo
 
STATE News:
 
Remembering Parkland: With names of school shooting victims on their shirts and red roses in their hands, about 50 local high school students advocated for gun control legislation Wednesday at the Roundhouse, the eve of the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
 
After staging a die-in, in which they lay
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GOP Senator’s Bill Calls For State-Run Pot Shops

By STEVE TERRELL
A Republican state senator on Thursday introduced a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana but, unlike a Democratic House bill, would have the state operate retail marijuana stores.
 
Sen. Mark Moores of Albuquerque said in a phone interview Thursday that, considering the number of western states that have adopted laws treating marijuana more like alcohol, legalization in New Mexico is inevitable.
 
“It’s a just matter of how we want to do it,” he said. “We should do it in a smart way.”
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Udall & McCain’s 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act Clears Senate

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

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

  • Legislation championed by Udall and the late Senator John McCain would engage young people, veterans, Native communities in conservation service projects

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced Tuesday that the Senate has passed the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2019 (21CSC), legislation he championed with the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to reinvigorate the nation’s conservation service corps, bolstering public-private partnerships to engage youth and veterans in conservation-related civilian Read More