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New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board Adopts New Regulation Implementing Greenhouse Gas Emission Standard For Coal-Fired Power Plants

NMED News:

SANTA FE — Today, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) adopted regulations that implement a new air quality standard to strictly limit the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants in the state.

The standard, which was adopted by the Legislature in the Energy Transition Act of 2019, applies to new and existing power plants and limits CO2 emissions from those facilities to no more than one thousand one hundred pounds per megawatt-hour on and after Jan. 1, 2023.

As specified in the amendments made to the Air Quality Control Act by the Energy Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Pianist Michael Tortorella Nov. 4

TGIF News:

What: Michael Tortorella, piano

Music: Griffes and Skryabin   

Date: Nov. 4

Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15 p.m.)

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Admission: Freewill offering and open to all

For More Information call 982.8544 

Program: 

  • Three Tone Pictures – Charles Griffes (1884-1920)
    -The Lake at Evening

    -Vale of Dreams
    -The Night Winds
  • Two Poems, op. 32 – Aleksander Skryabin (1871-1959)
  • Sonata no. 4 in F# Major, op. 30 – Aleksander Skryabin (1871-1959)
    -Andante

    -Prestissimo volando

First Presbyterian offers weekly recitals 5:30-6 p.m. Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: At Allure In Central Park Square

On the Job in Los Alamos this afternoon at Allure Hair and Nail Salon, 148 Central Park Square, are stylists from left, Emma Kusserow and Sarafina Aguino and lash tech Lynette Duran, and seated from left, stylists Alex Hinckley and Debbie Hinckley and owner/stylist Sharon Romero. Not pictured, receptionist Mary Pacheco. For information and to make an appointment, call 505-662-hair (4247). Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

UWNNM Hosts Appreciation Lunch For County Workers

UWNNM hosts a frito pie lunch Friday for Los Alamos County employees. Photo by Jenn Bartram

UWNNM News: 

The United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) hosted a thank you lunch Friday, Oct. 28, for its annual Employee Giving Campaign at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building.

UWNNM’s goal to raise $500,000 for next year’s nonprofit grantees has been greatly influenced by the generous donations from workers around Los Alamos and has reached more than $430,000 thus far.

The Employee Giving Campaign lunch was a way for UWNNM to give back to workers who have donated money through the automatic deduction Read More

AG Balderas Announces Pretrial Detention Of Serial Organized Retail Criminal Lovelea Degeer Who Enlisted Help Of Her 15-Year-Old Daughter

Attorney General Hector Balderas

From the Office of the Attorney General:

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has announced that at a pretrial detention hearing Monday afternoon, Judge Cindy Leos granted the State’s pretrial detention motion on Lovelea Degeer.

Judge Leos determined Degeer will be held pending trial and found that Degeer showed “terrible judgment” through her pattern of conduct, which includes Degeer’s current criminal charges and the allegation that she stored a gun under the bed of her 12-year-old son. Judge Leos concluded that no release conditions Read More

Los Alamos Co+op Hires New GM Andre Chavez

From left, Co+op Board Members Joshua Faulconer, Alysia Dahlby and Terra Louise Hite, New General Manager Andre Chavez and Co+op Board Members Debbie DiSimone, Holly Aikin, Jeff Jensen and Kristoffer Eriksen. Not pictured is Tim Morrison. Photo by Skip Wecksung

Co-Op Market News:

The Los Alamos Cooperative Market (Co+op) Board of Directors has announced the hiring of Andre Chavez as new general manager (GM).

Throughout ​their search for a new GM, Operations Manager Sarah Chiri and the staff have kept the doors open through many challenges.

“​We sincerely appreciate how Sarah has put her Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: Showing Halloween Spirit At CHRISTUS St. Vincent Sports Medicine On Trinity Drive

On the job in Los Alamos getting into the Halloween spirit this morning are Lorie Gardner, Marna Riedel and Glen Banks of CHRISTUS St. Vincent Sports Medicine at 2237 Trinity Dr. Ste. D2. CHRISTUS St. Vincent Sports Medicine provides physical medicine for adults and kids. To learn more, click here. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Marna Riedel and Lorie Gardner of CHRISTUS St. Vincent Sports Medicine. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Wrapping Up 2022 & Y Impact Report

‘Wrap up the year with a gift to the Y’. Courtesy/The Y

The Y is hosting a family movie night fundraiser Dec. 9. Courtesy/The Y 

From The Y Management:

The public is invited to attend or sponsor any of these year-end activities to help The Family YMCA (the Y) raise a final $20,000 to meet our financial assistance needs this year:

  • 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 26: Small Business Saturday, the Y is hosting a Vendors’ Market in our gym and food trucks in our parking lot.
  • Nov. 29, Giving Tuesday, a national day of philanthropy, please think of our Y. Let us know if you’d like to make a “match” gift to try to double.
  • 7 p.m.
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Shin: Sirphey Lawsuit Demonstates Councilor Ryti & Hand’s Questionable Support For Small Businesses

By LISA SHIN
Los Alamos

Sirphey’s $5M lawsuit demonstrates yet another devastating casualty for our small business community, and in a rare and unprecedented manner, our local entrepreneur is fighting back.

So far, it’s not looking too good for the County. Separate from the $5M lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, in the 1st Judicial District Court of Los Alamos, County attorneys were ordered to pay all legal fees to Sirphey’s attorneys, which could cost upwards of $30,000.

Sharon Dry, candidate for County Council, pointed out that, “The recent decision and supporting comments by Judge Lidyard Read More

Scenes From Halloweekend At Allure Hair & Nail Salon

Scene from Halloweekend Friday with, from left, Benny, Sarafina (stylist) and Natalie Martinez at Allure Hair & Nail Salon at 148 Central Park Square. Courtesy photo

Getting into the Halloween spirit during Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet is Mimi, a 10-year-old chiweenie disquised as a small cow Friday at Allure Hair & Nail Salon at 148 Central Park Square. Courtesy photo Read More

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