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AGU: Reduction In Commercial Flights Due To COVID-19 Leading To Less Accurate Weather Forecasts

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A commercial airplane on a runway. Courtesy/Bilal EL-Daou from Pixabay

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Weather forecasts have become less accurate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the reduction in commercial flights, according to new research.

A new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the world lost 50-75 percent of its aircraft weather observations between March and May of this year, when many flights were grounded due to the pandemic.

Aircraft typically inform weather forecasts by recording information about air temperature, relative humidity, air pressure Read More

DOJ Releases Indicators Of School Crime And Safety

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DOJ News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics has released Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2019.

This report is the 22nd in a series of annual publications produced jointly by BJS and NCES.

It provides official estimates of school crime and safety from a variety of data sources, including national surveys of students, teachers, principals and post-secondary institutions.

TITLE: Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2019 (NCJ 254485)

AUTHOR: Ke Wang, American Institutes Read More

NNMC Announces Scholarships For 2020-2021 School Year

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NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) has announced that it is providing scholarships for current and prospective students to help cover the cost of education for the 2020-2021 school year.

Northern will provide 100 students with $1,000 scholarships that can be applied toward the student’s account.

Scholarships also are available via the Maley Fund for students pursuing degrees in nursing, and for aspiring teachers via the Teacher Preparation Affordability and the Grow Your Own Teachers scholarship programs. 

To be considered for general scholarships, applicants Read More

New Mexico Film Industry Soars To No. 3 In Favorability

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Annual survey finds broad support for New Mexico film and television. Courtesy/NMFO

NMFO News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The film and television industry has a 70 percent favorability rating across New Mexico, making it the third highest rated industry of the 17 surveyed, according to an analysis released Monday by the Garrity Group Public Relations.

The Garrity Group has commissioned Research and Polling, Inc. to do its Perception Survey since 2011, but 2020 marks the first time that the film and motion picture industry was included in the analysis. Of the 17 industries, film tied with community colleges Read More

Lovington MainStreet Local Innovators Institute Thrives

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The Local Innovators Institute food truck. Courtesy/EDD

EDD News:

LOVINGTON — Lovington MainStreet welcomed five entrepreneurs to the first cohort of the Local Innovators Institute in February 2020.

After successfully completing seven weeks of educational and hands-on training, Lovington is getting to taste a variety of cuisines in downtown.

Since May, each entrepreneur is getting a chance to occupy the Local Innovators Institute’s food truck for two weeks in order to build their business and sell their product.

The main goal of this program is to position Lovington as a destination by Read More

World Health Organization Announces Independent Panel To Evaluate Global Response To COVID-19 Pandemic

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO News:

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In remarks to WHO Member States, Dr. Tedros said the Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark and former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Prime Minister Clark went to on lead the United Nations Development Programme and President Sirleaf is a recipient Read More

FBI: Woman Gets 33 Months In Prison For Selling Heroin

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Savannah Secatero, 37, of Alamo was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Albuquerque to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin.

Secatero previously pled guilty to this offense Dec. 11, 2019. According to her plea agreement, Secatero admitted receiving weekly shipments of heroin at her home on the Navajo Nation Alamo Reservation from August to December 2017.

Secatero sold the heroin locally.

Dec. 18, 2017, Secatero possessed a handgun, drug ledger, and drug packaging at her residence while waiting Read More