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Booth Reservations Are Open For Los Alamos Pride Festival

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Scene from a previous Los Alamos Pride Festival. Courtesy/FLAP

FLAP News:

Friends of Los Alamos Pride (FLAP) announces that this year marks the sixth Los Alamos Pride Week (June 11-17) and fourth in-person Pride Festival. The festival is scheduled 3-7 p.m. Friday, June 16. The festival will take place on the lawn in Central Park Square (adjacent to Boese Bros. and the Y Express).

LGBTQ+ affirming organizations are invited to join in celebrating the Los Alamos LGBTQ+ community by hosting a free information booth to talk about what their organization has to offer the community. Those hosting Read More

Finding Blackdom-Mittie Of South Virginia Street June 24-26

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Writer Dr. Timothy E. Nelson and Producer Marissa Roybal. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas will present a staged reading of Finding Blackdom-Mittie of South Virginia Street, a historical dramedy written by Dr. Timothy E. Nelson, and produced by Marissa Roybal and Blackdom LLC.

Historical facts:

In September 1903, thirteen black men led by Isaac W. Jones and Francis M. (Frank) Boyer, signed the Articles of Incorporation to establish the Blackdom Townsite Company to build the only incorporated all-Black town of Blackdom, New Mexico. By 1919, the town struck Read More

Gov. Lujan Grisham To Pursue Anti-Hazing Legislation

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

STATE News:

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement following the filing of another lawsuit against a public higher education institution related to sexual abuse:

“I am appalled by the allegations at New Mexico public universities involving hazing and abuse – outrage doesn’t go far enough. It is the responsibility of higher education leadership and governing boards to establish a safe, healthy environment for students, and I’m incredibly disappointed that it does not appear to be a priority at some of the state’s public colleges and universities. Read More

County Historic Preservation Advisory Board Meets May 3

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Historic Preservation Advisory Board meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 in room 110 at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave.

The meeting is open to the public.

The agenda packet is accessible on the County’s Boards and Commissions website. Also, hard copies are available within the Community Development lobby. Read More

New Mexico Delegation Announces $9.5 Million For Schools, Roads, Emergency Response Svcs., Forest Health Projects

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CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a total of $9,588,527 to support public schools, roads, emergency services on national forests and grasslands, and for developing community wildfire protection plans for New Mexico.

The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Secure Rural Schools program. The Secure Rural Schools program provides critical funding for schools, roads, Read More

AFT Hosts Retirement Workshops

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AFT News:

Are you thinking about the end of your career of serving our students and communities? This process can be difficult to navigate, and we want to help you plan and prepare for your retirement when you are ready.

To provide clear guidance and useful tips, AFT New Mexico and the AFT New Mexico Retirees are partnering with the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board to host two different workshops where you can learn and ensure that you have taken the necessary steps to retire on your own timetable.

Even if you don’t have a firm date in mind about when retirement is right for you, we invite you to Read More

FBI: Woman Pleads Guilty After DUI Leads To Child’s Death

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Evelyn Bustamante has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Bustamante, 59, of Sanostee, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to the plea agreement and other court documents, July 1, 2021, Bustamante lost control of the vehicle she was driving, causing it to crash and ejecting Read More

Pets Of The Week: Meet Muffin And Julius

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Muffin was nearly strangled to death in a coyote snare two weeks ago. Upon arrival at Española Humane, his face and neck were so swollen he was hardly recognizable as a dog, and the shelter couldn’t even see the metal cable deeply embedded within the edema caused by strangulation. After sedating him, the shelter surgeon was able to cut through the metal cable to free his airway and neck. Thanks to quick thinking Good Samaritans and response by Animal Control officers, Muffin didn’t also suffer more life-threatening injuries or hemorrhaging – but he did require wound care and other treatments. Read More

Stansbury Joins Buttigieg To Announce Infrastructure Law Funding Opportunities To Prevent Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

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U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury speaks on wildlife-vehicle collision prevention Tuesday at Santa Ana Pueblo with from left, Gov. Michelle Luján Grisham, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Santa Ana Governor Nathan Garcia. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:

ALBUQUERQUE — Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) joined U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to announce millions in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding opportunities to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions. New Mexico’s Wildlife Read More

Saint Job Announces Holy Week Services Schedule

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Saint Job of Pochaiv News:

Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church shares its Holy Week services schedules:

Divine Liturgy for the Entrance into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

          • 10 a.m., Sunday, April 9

Bridegroom Matins

          • 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 10

Bridegroom Matins

      • 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 11

Bridegroom Matins

      • 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 12

Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil

      • 9 a.m., Thursday, April 13

12 Passion Gospels and the placing of the corpus

      • 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 13

Royal Hours

      • 9 a.m., Friday, April 14

Vespers with the placing of the plashchnitza

      • 3 p.m., Friday, April 14

Lamentations Read More