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Annual Pueblo Independence Day Celebration Aug. 11

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Ruins of San Jose de Los Jemez Mission, Jemez Historic Site. Courtesy/New Mexico Historic Sites 
 
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner. Courtesy/New Mexico Historic Sites 
 
NMHS News:
 
SANTA FE ― New Mexico Historic Sites is hosting two major commemorative events in August.
 
The 16th annual Pueblo Independence Day celebration is Sunday, Aug. 11, in the village of Jemez Springs. The event commemorates the events of Aug. 10, 1680, when the Pueblo People of New Mexico and Arizona launched a successful rebellion against Spanish colonization.
 
Later
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Kirtland Air Force Base Releases RFP For New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System

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Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operational test. An unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:42 a.m. Pacific May 1, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ICBM is the follow-on to the aging Minuteman III, which first became operational in the mid-1960s. The GBSD program is managed by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah.  Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubree Milks
 
KAFB News:
 
KIRTLAND AFB ― The Air Force released a request for proposals Tuesday
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Lunch With A Leader: Terry Priestly June 18

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LWV News:
 
The League’s monthly community event, Lunch with a Leader is at 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, in Mesa Library. The speaker-leader will be Terry Priestly.
 
Terry and his wife, Robin, along with their 3 kids, have been Los Alamos residents for just over 20 years. Terry is currently the Chair of the Los Alamos County Personnel Board and the Chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
 
Growing up, Terry had the opportunity to live in several states and Puerto Rico. Moving every 2-3 years, Terry attended 12 schools before graduating High School.
 
Terry has
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NM Delegation Lauds Decision To Grant Request For Major Disaster Declaration For Navajo Nation

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New Mexico Congressional Delegation News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― After historic snowstorms and flooding in local Navajo communities that occurred in February, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján, and U.S. Representatives Deb Haaland and Xochitl Torres-Small, lauded the decision to grant the request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the Navajo Nation.
 
This declaration will trigger the release of federal funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designed to help weather-affected
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Letter To The Editor: Support Pride Los Alamos

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By ANNA DILLANE
Los Alamos
 
Every community has its defining moments. Los Alamos has had a few. One recent defining moment occurred in June of 2018.
 
I had the honor of being part of a small group of dedicated people who put together the first-ever Los Alamos celebration of Pride. For the first time in Los Alamos history, this community was given an opportunity to stand up and tell our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer + (LGBTQ+) family members, friends, coworkers and neighbors; “We see you! WE SUPPORT YOU! You are one of us!”
 
Hundreds of people, from babies
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Final Update Tonight On Fire In Los Alamos Canyon

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News Alert:
 
Los Alamos Firefighters made good progress by sundown today on the fire in Los Alamos Canyon.
 
Firefighters are mopping up and will be monitoring throughout the night the area where an approximately 3-acre fire ignited about 4:30 p.m. today near the Canyon Rim Trailhead east of N.M. 502 and across from the Co+op Market and Holiday Inn Express.
 
This will be the last update this evening.
 
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Scenes From Girls Softball Game

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Coach Robbie Harris goes over the line-up and game strategies before the Los Alamos Hilltoppers take to the field to play the Moriarty Pintos in Moriarty this past Tuesday. On paper the two teams seemed to by evenly matched, but as the game progressed that was not the case.  The Toppers scored 4 runs in the first inning and kept slugging away to the 5th inning when the game was called by the mercy rule at 18-3. With this win the Toppers are 8-7 overall. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Savana Luster pitched the four innings and allowed six hits and had three strikeouts. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Legislative Roundup: Feb. 22

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Angelica Montoya of Las Vegas, N.M., a Highlands University freshman, sings during a performance by the Vaqueros de Highlands University mariachi group Thursday in the Capitol Rotunda. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
 
SFNM News:
 
Days remaining in the session: 22
 
Mandela visit: The grandson of the late South African president Nelson Mandela will appear Mondayat the state Capitol.
 
Ndaba Mandela, 36, will address a joint education committee of the state Legislature. A writer, he will be on his first visit to New Mexico.
 
House Majority Leader
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