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Ravens Among Smartest Of All Birds

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Perched high on a utility pole, this Common Raven has a bird’s eye view of homes on Zuni Street in Los Alamos. Photo by Cory Lueninghoener

Staff Report

The intriguing Common Raven has accompanied people around the Northern Hemisphere for centuries, following their wagons, sleds, sleighs and hunting parties in hopes of a quick meal.

Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists.

Not just large but massive, with a thick neck, shaggy throat feathers, and a Bowie knife of a beak. In flight, Read More

Udall, Heinrich Announce $3.3 Million For Support Services At College Campuses Across New Mexico

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced 13 grants totaling more than $3.3 million to fund the TRIO Student Support Services program, which helps provide additional support for low-income and first-generation college students, as well as students with disabilities.
 
College campuses across New Mexico will receive funding to provide services designed to help students stay in school and graduate, such as tutoring, personal counseling, mentoring, and financial guidance. 
 
The New Mexico schools
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Pet Of The Week: Annie The Cat

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Annie the cat is looking for a new home. Courtesy photo
 
 
SHELTER News:
 
Annie is a 9-year-old spayed female who just loves being petted! She has a very pretty black/gray, orange, and white coat with short hair.
 
Due to medical care needed by her owner, Annie is now at the shelter looking for a new home. She can sometimes be a bit shy with shelter visitors, but she quickly warms up with some belly rubs.
 
The Los Alamos Animal Shelter at 226 East Road, 505.662.8179, has a great selection of adoptable pets; see the Petfinder website for photos here. All adoptable pets
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Letter To The Editor: ‘Dearth Of Humming Birds Lately?’

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By JIM GOURDOUX
Los Alamos
 
Since there have been a few letters regarding hummingbirds this year, here is our input. 
 
We live in Pajarito Acres. We have seen more hummingbirds this year than we have ever seen before. We have four feeders out and are filling them almost every day. 
 
We have also had a wider variety. We see Black Chinned, Rufous, Calliope and Annas every day.
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Classic Air Medical Helicopter Landing At Nature Center

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​Classic Air Medical helicopter on a mission. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
Classic Air Medical will bring their rescue helicopter to the Los Alamos Nature Center at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, as part of PEEC’s Summer Family Evenings program, sponsored by Del Norte Credit Union. The helicopter will touch down in the nature center parking lot.
 
PEEC’s Summer Family Evenings have been going strong in 2015. Los Alamos families have enjoyed wolves, rattlesnakes, baby goats and more at these Wednesday evening events.
 
For July
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Sneak Peak At White Rock Youth Activity Center

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Here is a sneak peak of the newly remodeled Youth Activity Center in White Rock set to have a grand opening at 11 a.m., July 31. Tables, chairs and other furniture have arrived and finishing touches are underway. Courtesy photo
 
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Staff Report
 
The Youth Activity Center in White Rock has been relocated to the White Rock Municipal Complex – Town Hall Building to allow for remodeling of  the Youth Activity Center Building on Sherwood Boulevard.
 
Site work for the Library building began in late August 2014 and the overall
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Letter To The Editor: Heads-up To Quemazon Homeowners

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By CHRISTINA CAUDILL
Los Alamos
 
I want to give my former neighbors in the Quemazon communities a heads-up about some exorbitant fees you may be unaware that you will face when/if you decide to sell you home within the Quemazon Master Association or its Woodlands Homeowner Association (HOA). I suspect the other HOAs within Quemazon have similar fees. 
 
We recently sold our home on Sinuoso and much to our surprise we were hit with an additional $800+ expense from the management company of the Quemazon Master and Woodlands HOAs added to our closing costs.
 
Following
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Udall, Heinrich Announce $6.1 Million In FAA Grants For New Mexico Airports

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M. and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. announced Thursday, that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded more than $6.1 million for rehabilitation and development projects for airports across New Mexico.
 
These grants will be used for the construction of a new airport at Zuni Pueblo, runway rehabilitation, airport planning, and perimeter fencing.
 
“These grants will improve and expand airports throughout New Mexico,
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Luján Statement On 70th Anniversary Of Trinity Test

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement Thursday on the 70th anniversary of the first test of an atomic bomb detonation at the Trinity test site in southern New Mexico:
 
“Today, we honor the memory of those who have fallen ill or passed on due to radiation exposure from the Trinity test. On this day 70 years ago, rural New Mexico became ground zero for the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. While it would usher in the start of the atomic age, it also
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Report Shows Nuclear Trumped By Renewables Worldwide

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BEYOND NUCLEAR News:
 
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — The 2015 edition of an annual empirical analysis of the state of nuclear power globally, confirms a continued decline that belies claims to a “nuclear renaissance.”  
 
Instead, the report shows, solar energy in particular, is soaring ahead while nuclear stagnates and falters.
 
The findings of the 2015 World Nuclear Industry Status Report, published July 15 in the UK and available on-line, illustrate, as Forum for the Future trustee, Jonathon Porritt, wrote in the foreword:
 
“The impressively resilient
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