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Student From Los Alamos Dillon Alexander Graduates College … Prepared To ‘Tackle Almost Anything’

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Los Alamos native Dillon Alexander fighting forest fires. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos native Dillon Alexander is graduating with a degree in fire management. Courtesy photo

By KASSANDRA TUTEN
University of Idaho Communications

Dillon Alexander spent his childhood exploring the juniper woodlands and ponderosa pine forests near his home in northern New Mexico.

Now, he graduates with a degree in fire management from the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho, building on a fascination that began in his youth in 2000.

That year, the Cerro Grande Fire burned 43,000 acres of the Read More

AGU: New Study Predicts Doubling Of United States Population Exposed To Extreme Climate Events By 2050

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The map displays projected changes in human exposure to extreme climate events at a 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) scale from 2010 to 2050, which range from minor decreases in rural and suburban areas to moderate and major increases in densely populated urban centers. Courtesy/Adam Malin/ORNL, DOE

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — By 2050, the United States will likely be exposed to a larger number of extreme climate events, including longer droughts, more intense floods, and more frequent waves of extremely hot days and warm nights, which can lead to greater risks for human health, ecosystem stability Read More

Wiemann: Planning For Your Own Incapacity

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By SHELLY WIEMANN, CFP®
Founder, Wiemann Wealth Strategies, LLC
Financial Advisor, Raymond James

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, killing more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined – in fact, one in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia1.

These statistics, combined with the fact that Americans are living longer and are having smaller families, mean that planning for incapacity has become just as important as (or even more important than) end-of-life planning.

In the absence of planning, losing the ability Read More

Civil Air Patrol Cell Phone Forensics Team Marks 1,000th ‘Find’ Credited By Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

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Lt. Col. Vic LaSala is an analyst trainee with Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team. Photo by Capt. Margot Myers/Arizona Wing

CAP News:

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Civil Air Patrol’s award-winning National Cell Phone Forensics Team achieved another major milestone, recording its 1,000th find of a lost or missing person on the way to its 656th life saved since the innovative technology was developed.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, conducts approximately 90 percent of all search operations within the United States as assigned by the Read More

SFNF: Bad Behavior On The Santa Fe National Forest – Too Many Visitors Ignore Campfire Ban, Locked Toilets

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Despite the campfire ban that went into effect April 15 for all five national forests in New Mexico, patrols on the Santa Fe ­­National Forest (SFNF) last weekend found illegal campfires from the Jemez Mountains to Pecos Canyon.

Too many of those campfires were not properly extinguished, and an abandoned campfire jumped the fire ring and started a wildfire that required firefighter response.

Law enforcement and recreation patrols reported additional examples of visitor misuse, including garbage left behind and piles of human waste outside locked toilet facilities. Read More

U.S. Sen. Heinrich Advocates For Dedicated Flexible State, Local, Tribal Government COVID-19 Emergency Funding

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) has joined 32 Senate colleagues to advocate for state, local, and tribal governments to receive dedicated, flexible funding in the next COVID-19 emergency funding package.

The senators wrote, “On behalf of our state, local, and tribal governments, it is essential that you include robust, dedicated, and flexible funding to all units of state and local government in the next interim emergency coronavirus package to support their ongoing efforts in the fight against this pandemic. Not only are Read More

LAHS Students Hear Talk By Dr. Lee Francis IV

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Just before the Los Alamos Public Schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the LAHS Native American Club presented Dr. Lee Francis IV, center, with an autographed photo of club members and LAHS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus taken during a Feb. 7 visit to the New Mexico Legislature for American Indian Day. Courtesy/LAHS

Los Alamos High School Native American Club members Muira Mowrer, center, and Leah Mountain introduce Dr. Lee Francis IV to students attending his talk on ‘Native Representation in Popular Culture’. Courtesy/LAHS

Dr. Lee Francis IV poses with members Read More