Chris Clark

Udall, Heinrich Welcome $5.7 Million To Build Veterans Cemetery At Fort Stanton

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have announced that they have secured $5,741,388 to cover the full cost of construction for a veterans cemetery near Fort Stanton.
 
Currently, the state has only two veterans cemeteries — located in Santa Fe and at Fort Bayard — and many veterans and their families have to travel a great distance to honor loved ones. 
 
The new cemetery at Fort Stanton will serve more than 7,500 veterans and their families. Ground breaking for the project is expected this coming Veterans Day, Nov.
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Inmate Craftsmanship & Trades Fair Today

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People gather around many different crafts at the annual Inmate Craftsmanship and Trades Fair. Courtesy photo
 
NMCD News:
 
The New Mexico Corrections Department is hosting its third Inmate Craftsmanship and Trades Fair.
 
This annual event brings inmate artists and the community together in a way no regular art show can. The event is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., today, Oct. 3, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico, 4311 N.M. 14 in Santa Fe.
 
Tickets are $5 and can be purchased online. There will be tickets available at the door as well, but will be limited. Credit
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NNSA Awards Mo-99 Cooperative Agreement To General Atomics

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NNSA News:
 
WASHINGTON, DC ― Wednesday Sept. 30, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced that it will award a cooperative agreement to General Atomics (GA) to support its project for domestic production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) without highly enriched uranium (HEU).  
 
Mo-99 is the parent isotope of technetium-99m, which is the most widely used radioisotope in medical diagnostic imaging and is used in approximately 80 percent of nuclear diagnostic imaging procedures in the United States,
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Rotary Gathers At Bathtub Brewing Co-op

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Alison Pannell, president of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, accepts a banner from Los Alamos traveler, David Griggs, who recently joined the Rotary Club of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Photo by Hal Davis
 
Rotarians gathered Tuesday for a tour of the Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op in Central Park Square. Photo by Hal Davis
 
During Tuesday’s Rotary Club tour, Jason Fitzpatrick, general manager of the Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op, described the process of creating and brewing beer. Photo by Hal Davis
 
Hector and Jason, brewers with the Bathtub
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FBI: Roswell Fugitive Arrested, Another Added In Multi-Agency Drug Investigation

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FBI News:
 
Susana Ceballos, 35, of Roswell, who was wanted in connection with a multi-agency drug investigation, has been arrested in Roswell by the FBI.
 
Javier A. Madrid, 27, of Roswell, has been added as a fugitive in connection with this operation. Madrid is 5’7”, weighs approximately 168 pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair.
 
This investigation is led by the FBI, DEA, Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force, Roswell Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State Police.
 
Anyone with information about Madrid’s whereabouts is asked to
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First National To Deliver Home Loans Through Affiliate Guardian Mortgage Company

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FNBSF News:
 
DALLAS — Guardian Mortgage Company and First National Bank of Santa Fe, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Strategic Growth Bancorp Incorporated, have announced a new partnership to deliver primary home loans throughout First National’s New Mexico and Colorado footprint that is effective immediately.
 
Guardian Mortgage Company, a Dallas, Texas-based mortgage originator and servicer with more than 50 years in the business will now provide all primary home loans for First National Bank of Santa Fe (“First National”), which operates
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WIPP Emergency Response Team Member Earn Advanced Training Certifications

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WIPP News:
 
Recovery activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant continue to move in a positive direction.
 
As part of increased emergency response capabilities, the WIPP Fire Department and Emergency Response Team are participating in advanced training, improving overall capabilities and receiving advanced certifications.
 
Training and validation testing has included written examinations, as well as intense physical and practical testing. All WIPP firefighters are certified at Firefighter Level I/II. In addition, 90 percent are
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AG Urges Passage Of Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act For Heroin And Opioid Addiction Epidemic

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Attorney General Balderas
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
SANTA FE  ― Tuesday Sept. 29, Attorney General Balderas and attorneys general from 36 states plus the District of Columbia sent a letter to the leadership of the Committee on the Judiciary for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives urging passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 (S. 524/HR 953).
 
This comes as New Mexico and other states continue to address the epidemic of heroin and opioid-based painkiller abuse and addiction and its devastating effect on public health and
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LAHS Girls Golf Team Hits Qualifying Mark

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From left, Ashlynn Glover, Malorie Apgar, Jennifer Necker, Emily Moulton, Leah Mountain and Liz Lockhart (lying down). Courtesy photo

 

SPORTS News:

 
The Los Alamos High School Girls Golf team played the challenging Ladera Golf Course Sept. 29 in Albuquerque for their second tournament of the Fall season.
 
The golf course doesn’t look challenging but many of the fairways are narrow, the rough can be hairy, and balls off-fairway end up in desert-like conditions. The girls were shooting for individual state qualifying scores of 97 and a team state qualifying
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