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New Mexico Man Participates In World’s Largest International Maritime Warfare Exercise

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Ensign Collin Johnson

NAVCO News:

PEARL HARBOR — A 2017 V. Sue Cleveland High School graduate and Placitas, New Mexico native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC).

Ensign Collin Johnson serves aboard USS Chafee, operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

As an ensign, Johnson is responsible for electronic warfare monitoring for the ship while handling and processing signals from Navy vessels.

Today, Johnson uses skills and values similar to those learned in Placitas.

“I’ve learned it’s the Read More

Amateur Naturalist: Fire Ecology Of Ponderosa Trees

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(Picture 1) A disbursed grove of mature ponderosa trees with no young trees growing among them. One single young tree is growing outside of the grove in direct sunlight. Photo by Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Ponderosa trees do not tolerant shade. 

Young ponderosa seedlings close to adult ponderosa trees grow slowly or not all in the shade of adult trees.  A grove of ponderosa trees therefore spreads out with few or no young trees growing among them. Low intensity forest fires reinforce this arrangement by burning low growing trees and shrubs. (A low intensity fire does not burn the upper Read More

Pets Of The Week: ‘Composer’ Bizet, Debonair Scoobert

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Bizet is named for the French composer of the most beloved opera of all time: Carmen. The Santa Fe Opera launches its 2022 opera season this week, and in celebration of the season, Española Humane will be naming pets for the composers, characters and librettists of each opera. As the Santa Fe Opera inspires passion for a living art form, Española Humane is passionate about saving lives. Their little orange frizz here has the brilliant fur of an electric master of his craft; in addition to composing music on the piano, he also sings and shows a promising percussive instinct for purring. Bizet has been Read More

LAHS Hilltalkers Compete At National Tournament

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Hilltalkers celebrate being at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament in Louisville, Ky. Front row from left, Philippa Fung, Yunseo Kim, Uxue Sansinena and Talyor Kanzleiter. Back row from left, Luke Favorite, Maximus Posada, Rylee Mechum and Keturah Sherrill. Courtesy/LAPS

Yunseo Kim with Hilltalkers Coach Margo Batha, finished 7th out of 235 competitors in the Program Oral Interpretation event. This is the strongest finish the Hilltalkers have ever had in Interpretation Events. Courtesy/LAHS

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltalkers Speech and Debate Read More

2022 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship: Kate Whitley

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2022 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship recipient Kate Whitley. Courtesy/Jessica Booton Photography

LAPS News:

The Friends of the Los Alamos County Libraries, in partnership with the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, have awarded the 2022 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship to Kate Whitley for her review of the book Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains, edited by Robert Julyan and Mary Stuever.

The scholarship was created to honor those who love books. Applicants were asked to write a personal narrative concerning an age-appropriate book that was not required for school and that has Read More

VIDEO: Santa Fe Opera Announces 2023 Season & Reveals Details Of Its 19th World Premiere Slated For 2024

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SFO News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Opera (SFO) General Director Robert K. Meya announced Wednesday, the repertory and casting for the company’s 2023 Season and revealed its 19th world premiere slated for 2024.

Opening the opera’s 66th Festival Season will be Puccini’s Tosca and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, followed by Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Dvořák’s Rusalka and Monteverdi’s Orfeo with a world premiere orchestration by American composer Nico Muhly.

In 2024, the company has commissioned a new opera by two of America’s most exciting talents, composer Gregory Spears and former Read More

Heinrich Welcomes Announcement By Biden-Harris Administration To Increase Pay For Wildland Firefighters

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement welcoming an announcement by the Biden-Harris Administration to increase pay for wildland firefighters.

The announcement today includes unprecedented actions Sen. Heinrich has advocated for on behalf of the wildland firefighter workforce that is funded by $600 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

“For months, I’ve been pushing to implement a pay raise and more support for our wildland firefighter workforce. These brave men and women are battling Read More

National Hispanic Cultural Center Hosts Grand Opening For Its New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center Friday June 24

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NHCC News:

The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) has announced the grand opening of its New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center 9 a.m. Friday, June 24.

The New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center offers a central location where visitors to NHCC’s 20-acre site can get oriented, buy tickets for movies and live performances, and learn about the Center’s history.

The New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center is connected to the Torreón, or “watchtower”, which contains the majestic “Mundos de Mestizaje” fresco, one of the largest frescos in North America.

People attending the grand opening event will have the Read More

LAMC Hosts Ceremony For M.A.S.H. 2022 Graduates

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After completion of the M.A.S.H. program, Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) held a graduation ceremony outdoors Tuesday, June 7, with parents and siblings present. LAMC calls this program a success and continues to educate students on all possible healthcare careers and looks forward to doing this again next year. M.A.S.H. stands for Multiple Avenues for Success in Healthcare. It is a program where LAMC partners with local high schools to invite students to come in and participate in a program where they are exposed to many different aspects of healthcare careers. LAMC has been conducting Read More