First Regular Los Alamos Farmers Market Of 2022 Season Opens Thursday At Ashley Pond Park!
New Mexico Representatives Tour Southern Border
House Majority Leader Javier Martínez
STATE News:
SANTA TERESA — New Mexico House Majority Leader Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque), and State Rep. Raymundo Lara (D-Chamberino) toured the border industrial complex Thursday in Santa Teresa.
Lawmakers were invited by the Border Industrial Association to tour the area and learn about the growing manufacturing and distribution center. The border area is important to New Mexico’s cultural identity, given the states strong historic and cultural ties to Mexico, and to the economy, as the largest export base and the second largest industrial Read More
Serve New Mexico Commission Awarded Funding To Build Public Health AmeriCorps
NMDWS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Serve New Mexico Commission announced Friday that it has received a Public Health AmeriCorps grant of $257,048 from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism.
The grant will allow The Rio Arriba County Health and Human Services Department and Roadrunner® Food Bank of New Mexico to deploy AmeriCorps members to support COVID-19 pandemic responses by assisting in health outreach and education to families and assisting community members with resource navigation, referrals, and warm hand-offs to other providers.
After their term Read More
New Mexico Departments Of Workforce Solutions & Tourism Join Forces To Support Hiring Event Wednesday May 18
NMTD News:
SANTA FE — The State of New Mexico is teaming up with Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to host a job fair May 18, exclusively for New Mexico leisure and hospitality employers.
The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD), the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) and New Mexico Workforce Connection are joining forces to host and promote a job fair for New Mexico’s leisure and hospitality sector to assist tourism businesses in filling job vacancies for the peak travel season.
The job fair will be hosted 1-4 p.m., May 18, at the CNM Workforce Training Center at 5600 Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: At El Parasol Drive-Thru
On the job in Los Alamos are Alejandra Lerma and Bernardo Torres serving customers today at the drive-thru window at El Parasol at 1903 Central Ave. The restaurant offers Northern New Mexico and Mexican traditional favorites. Visit https://elparasol.com/. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
New Mexico Politicians Directly Benefit From Oil & Gas
NMEW News:
Partly due to massive revenues from oil and gas operations in the state, New Mexico will start sending a one-time $500 rebate to state taxpayers.
But in addition to those checks, many politicians here already are benefiting in a more direct way from the oil and gas industry.
With the recent filing of the first campaign finance reports in the 2022 elections in New Mexico, it’s clear that the oil and gas industry is continuing its tradition of generously contributing large amounts of campaign cash to candidates in this state.
According to an analysis of oil and gas contributions by New Mexico Read More
Los Alamos-Based UbiQD And SWM International Agree To Co-Develop Next Generation Quantum Dot Interlayers For Electricity-Producing Windows
UbiQD solar windows during manufacture at the factory onsite in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Courtesy/UbiQD
UbiQD solar windows delivered to a job site on a local glazier’s truck onsite in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Courtesy/UbiQD
Business News:
Collaboration leverages UbiQD’s quantum dot technology with SWM’s domain expertise and industry leadership in polymer interlayers for laminated glass
LOS ALAMOS, NM and ALPHARETTA, GA – UbiQD, Inc., a ‘deep-tech’ advanced materials company spun out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE:SWM), a Read More
Chamber Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Wheeed
From left, Wheeed LLC owners/operators Jonathan LeDuc and Eric Laskie, property owner Janet Lavato and County Council Chair Randall Ryti at the ribbon cutting ceremony April 20 at 555 Oppenheimer, Suite 101A. Courtesy/Chamber
CHAMBER News:
At 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of Los Alamos’ first retail cannabis store, Wheeed LLC, with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Wheeed is at 555 Oppenheimer, Suite 101A and sells cannabis and related merchandise, such as locally sourced glass pipes and locally designed merchandise.
The business is Read More
2022 Chamber Business Awards Voting Has Opened!
CHAMBER News:
There are so many great local businesses and organizations nominated this year, but only the top five Chamber member businesses in each category move on to the voting phase, which is now open.
Voting is open to the public and will be open until 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 11.
Join us in recognizing great Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Businesses and vote now! Vote at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HNCWGT5
Categories and the nominated businesses:
2022 Retail Business of the Year Award
Nominees: Cricket Window, Flowers by Gillian, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos Cooperative Market, Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: April 29-May 5
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for April 29 through May 5:
Friday, April 29
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
- 11 a.m. — Budget Hearing Replay 4-26-22
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Senior Center – “Chair Yoga with Jacci”
- 7 p.m. — JROMC presents
