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PRC Commissioner Doug Howe Talks Natural Gas
Editor’s Note: The Los Alamos Daily Post has received Commissioner Howe’s presentation slides. You may view them by clicking here (google docs).
PRC Commissioner Doug Howe discusses Natural Gas At Mesa Public Library Wednesday evening. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
By Greg Kendall
District 3 PRC Commissioner Doug Howe presented “Focus on … Unconventional Natural Gas: Boon or Bust?” to a full Mesa Public Library conference room audience Wednesday evening.
The talk was sponsored by the Sierra Club and the Los Alamos Sustainable Read More
Valles Caldera Workshop and Campout, Aug. 17-19
Courtesy/LADVC
Los Amigo de Valles Caldera News:
The final of three workshops planned on the tributaries of San Antonio Creek this summer is on the Santa Rosa Creek Aug. 17-19.
Santa Rosa Creek ia a major tributary to San Antonio Creek and is being severely impacted by increased runoff from adjacent slopes burned by the Las Conchas Fire.
During a July workshop, Los Amigo de Valles Caldera members and volunteers completed an array of 26 stone structures that were severely tested in a flood that Saturday evening. The structures came through in flying colors.
Los Amigos is again Read More
New Mexico Municipal League Chief Appears Sunday on Report From Santa Fe
Executive Director Bill Fulginiti of the New Mexico Municipal League with host Lorene Mills of Report From Santa Fe. Courtesy Photo
This week’s guest on Report From Santa Fe is Bill Fulginiti, Executive Director of the New Mexico Municipal League. Fulginiti serves as the Vice Chair of the New Mexico Finance Authority and the Water Trust Board.
Recipient of the Governor’s Distinguished Public Service Award and the New Mexico Distinguished Public Administration Award, Fulginiti’s public service experience also extends nationally with his two terms on the Board of the powerful Read More
Unconventional Natural Gas Supplies Subject of Wednesday “Focus On” Meeting
The meeting is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1 at Mesa Public Library (upstairs meeting rooms 1 & 2.)
Nearly 8,000 in Rural N.M. Getting High-Speed Internet Access
Medicaid, New Mexico, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
This is the second — somewhat delayed — column on Medicaid. This column discusses Medicaid’s future in New Mexico.
The June 28 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) decision by the Supreme Court makes the Medicaid issue even more timely and important.
Let’s start with a review of Medicaid’s importance and its basic structure. Medicaid matters for two major reasons.
First, it provides about 560,000 New Mexicans with health coverage. Second, health care is the fastest growing part of New Mexico’s budget and Medicaid funding Read More
Udall Advocates Constitutional Amendment to Rein in Flood of Secret Money
FBI Seeks Identity of Woman Found Dead in Shiprock
FBI News:
The FBI and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an adult female whose body was found in an irrigation canal in the Paradise area of northern Shiprock in New Mexico.
The body was discovered at approximately 8 a.m. Sunday, July 22.
The woman is believed to have been Native American, approximately 25 to 40 years old. She was about 5’3” to 5’6” tall and weighed approximately 150 to 170 pounds.
She was wearing a yellow T-shirt, blue denim shorts, and Nike running shoes. Her hair was braided.
The cause of death is not being released at this Read More