Council Chair Sharon Stover is explaining that the County has $100 million worth of projects to consider yet there is a decline in revenue so extreme care has to be taken as to which projects are funded. Six Capital Improvement Projects, (CIP) are being presented during this evening’s Los Alamos County Council meeting in Council Chambers. Projects include Ashley Pond, Golf Course, Ice Rink, Nature Center, Teen Center and White Rock Civic Center. The sponsors of each project get 15 minutes floor time to make their final case to Council. COuncil members will take another 15 minutes to ask questions Read More
Police and Fire Join Special Olympics Torch Relay Thursday
Los Alamos Police Sgt. DeWayne Williams and Los Alamos Fire Chief Doug Tucker (Retired) ran in the 2009 Special Olympics Torch Relay. Local police officers and firefighters participate in the annual Special Olympics Torch Relay running from the back gate to Jemez Springs. They will do so again on Thursday as a part of the fund raising efforts that they do for the Special Olympics. Courtesy/LAPD Read More
Early Voting Begins Saturday!
By Carol A. Clark
Voting early begins from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at both the Los Alamos Community Building, 475 20th St. and the White Rock Fire Station #3, 129 N.M.4.
Early voting will continue at both locations 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the following Tuesday, May 22 through Saturday, May 26 and Tuesday, May 29 through Saturday, June 2.
Also, Election Day has never been easier with Voting Convenience Centers (VCC) that will scattered throughout Los Alamos County.
VCC’s are Election Day polling locations available to any registered voter of Los Alamos County regardless of their designated precinct. Read More
LANL Scientist Heads to India for Climate-Monitoring Research
LANL News:
Los Alamos scientist Manvendra Dubey selected as Fulbright-Nehru Fellow. Courtesy/LANL
Manvendra Dubey, a Los Alamos National Laboratory climate scientist, has received a J. William Fulbright scholarship to conduct monsoon-related research in India.
The Divecha Center for Climate Change and Center for Atmospheric Science at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will host the researcher in late 2012 for several months. Dubey will give lectures on the role of atmospheric science in developing technologies to solve environmental problems, such as acid rain, air pollution, Read More
How the Affordable Care Act is Working for New Mexico
By Sen. Jeff Bingaman
In the two years since Congress passed the health insurance reform law, called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has been a lot of debate about its merits. As we move closer to implementing some of the most significant pieces of that law, I’d like to highlight reasons why New Mexico will be one of the nation’s biggest winners from the improvements in the ACA.
Nearly one in five New Mexicans lacks health insurance, making New Mexico the state with the second-highest rate of uninsured in the country. The cost of treating the uninsured is being passed along to those who have insurance, Read More
League of Women Voter’s Forum is Thursday
On June 5, New Mexico will hold its 2012 Primary Election. Although many offices will appear on the ballot, only five offices have contested primary races.
In order to inform the electorate about these contests, the League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will host a forum on May 17 at UNM-Los Alamos in the Lecture Hall in Building 2 to introduce the community to the candidates:
6:30 p.m. – refreshments served / meet the candidates
7 p.m. – forum begins
All 12 candidates have accepted the League’s invitation.
The candidates include:
- U.S. Congressional District 3 (two Republicans)
Fuller Lodge Art Center Hosting ‘Naked’ Reception
“Eve, God’s Creation” done in conte crayon by Ron Barsano from Arroyo Hondo. Courtesy/Fuller Lodge Art Center
Rotary Sponsored South African Contingent Tours NEDO Project
Manager John Arrowsmith of the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) gives a presentation, to a visiting South African contingent, of a project in which DPU, Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Los Alamos National Laboratory teamed up to develop a smart grid technology test bed to solve the nation’s overburdened and antiquated power grid. The project is located on the former landfill on East Jemez Road. The Los Alamos Rotary Club hosted the South Africans last week including Robin Gilfillan, the team leader, to the immediate left of Heinrich Endorsed by ABQ Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News in Democratic Primary
Two major New Mexico newspapers published endorsements Sunday for U.S. Senatorial Candidate Martin Heinrich for the June 5 primary election. Courtesy photo
Editorial: Journal Primary Picks For U.S. Senate
Albuquerque Journal (editorial)
May 13, 2012
https:////www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/05/13/opinion/journal-primary-picks-for-us-senate-house.html
Heinrich for Senate — Democrat
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Martin Heinrich says he wants to work across the aisle to solve problems for New Mexicans and to fight Read More
Wilson Endorsed by ABQ Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News in GOP Primary
Two major New Mexico newspapers published endorsements Sunday for U.S. Senatorial Candidate Heather Wilson for the June 5 primary election. Courtesy photo
Editorial: Journal Primary Picks For U.S. Senate
Albuquerque Journal (editorial)
May 13, 2012
https:////www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/05/13/opinion/journal-primary-picks-for-us-senate-house.html
Wilson for Senate — Republican
With Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s upcoming retirement, New Mexico will have gone from having two senior members of the U.S. Senate to having none in a short time span. Democratic Sen. Tom Udall is Read More