Chart 638: COVID-19 Diagnoses For LAPS April 23-29, 2022
This chart displays the number of COVID-19 diagnoses by school for the past week. Source: Los Alamos Public Schools. Created by Eli-Ben-Naim Read More
Public Utilities Board Work Session Wednesday May 4
COUNTY News:
The Board of Public Utilities will hold a work session, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4.
This meeting will be conducted remotely; citizens may attend and provide public comment via Zoom.
The agenda, complete packet, Zoom link, Webinar ID and call-in mobile/phone numbers are available online: https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Read More
Possible Action At Council Meeting Tuesday May 3
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Council will meet at 6 p.m., Tuesday in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave.
NOTE: This meeting is in person and open to the public. However, for convenience, the following Zoom meeting link and/or telephone call in numbers may be used for public viewing and participation:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83486513778
Telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 720 707 2699 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 834 8651 3778
Items on Read More
Heinrich-Backed Legislation To Boost Outdoor Recreation Signed Into Law
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is celebrating that bipartisan legislation he cosponsored to digitize public land mapping records to increase outdoor recreation and improve hunting and fishing access for sportsmen and women has been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act will enhance access to the nation’s outdoor recreational opportunities by digitizing and standardizing mapping information like Read More
CSD Director Issues Response To Concerns Expressed About Pueblo Canyon Trail Conceptual Plan Process
By CORY STYRON
Director
Community Services Department (CSD)
During the past week, the County received several letters about the Pueblo Canyon Trail Conceptual Plan process.
First, regarding my comments at a January staff meeting about this project, I want to apologize for my poor choice of words. In the grander context beyond what was represented in the meeting video, those comments do not reflect my professional commitment to a public process for project decision making, respect for all feedback, and my inherent advocacy for improving our community’s recreational infrastructure and Read More
Lujan Grisham Administration Announces End Of 35-Year ‘Jackson’ Lawsuit
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the State of New Mexico announced Thursday the historic culmination of Jackson, et al., vs. the Los Lunas Center for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, et al., one of the longest-running institutional reform lawsuits in the country.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Robbenhaar granted the state’s motion to dismiss Wednesday, recognizing the extensive and effective measures the state has employed to not only remedy the original violations, but to establish and maintain a successful community-based system that Read More
Heinrich, Hoeven Introduce Chronic Wasting Disease Research And Management Act
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) introduced bipartisan legislation to support both the research and management of chronic wasting disease (CWD).
The bill would authorize $70 million per year, split evenly between these dual purposes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would administer the funds through cooperative agreements with state and Tribal wildlife agencies and agriculture departments.
“Chronic wasting disease is a direct threat to the wildlife that New Mexicans cherish, particularly deer and elk,” Heinrich, Read More
New Mexico Politicians Directly Benefit From Oil & Gas
NMEW News:
Partly due to massive revenues from oil and gas operations in the state, New Mexico will start sending a one-time $500 rebate to state taxpayers.
But in addition to those checks, many politicians here already are benefiting in a more direct way from the oil and gas industry.
With the recent filing of the first campaign finance reports in the 2022 elections in New Mexico, it’s clear that the oil and gas industry is continuing its tradition of generously contributing large amounts of campaign cash to candidates in this state.
According to an analysis of oil and gas contributions by New Mexico Read More
Rep. Georgene Louis Pays State Ethics Commission $250 Settlement Demand For Violating Governmental Conduct Act
Rep. Georgene Louis
State Ethics Commission News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The State Ethics Commission (Commission) announces that in response to a demand letter, Dist. 26 Rep. Georgene Louis, D-Bernalillo, paid the Commission $250—the amount of the statutorily available fine for violation of Section 10-16-3(A) of the Governmental Conduct Act—in exchange for the Commission’s agreement not to file a civil enforcement action against her.
The night of Feb. 13, a Santa Fe Police Department (SFPD) sergeant stopped Rep. Louis on Saint Francis Drive and subsequently arrested her.
After reviewing the Read More
Warren: Some County Staff Need Attitude Adjustment
By BRUCE WARREN
Los Alamos
Los Alamos Federated Republican Women Host Baby/Diaper Drive For HOPE Pregnancy Center
The Los Alamos Federated Republican Women (LAFRW) hosted a Baby/Diaper Drive in March and donated the items to HOPE Pregnancy Center. LAFRW members Donna MacDonald, Dianne Coane, Kim Ferguson (staff), Jolyn McTeigue, Cathy Walters, Heather (staff) and Joanne Lestone (staff). Courtesy/LAFRW
LAFRW members and staff carry items from their Baby/Diaper Drive into HOPE Pregnancy Center. From left, Dianne Coane, Jolyn McTeigue, Cathy Walters, Donna MacDonald, Kim Ferguson (staff). Courtesy/LAFRW
Some of the items donated to the HOPE Pregnancy Center from the Los Alamos Federated Republican Read More
Public Invited To Conceptual Design And Layout Plan Meetings For Pueblo Canyon Trail May 5,10
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Community Services Department (CSD) is working with Design Office, a professional consulting service to provide a conceptual design and layout for new and renovated trails in Pueblo Canyon.
CSD held several focus group meetings with citizens and user groups in January through March of this year, to provide residents the opportunity to share thoughts and input to help develop and prioritize conceptual designs for projects that will be shared with Los Alamos County Council for funding considerations.
The Community Services Department and Design Office has Read More
New Mexico First Reconvenes Redistricting Task Force
New Mexico First News:
New Mexico First officially launched the second phase of the New Mexico Redistricting Task Force, a statewide, citizen-led group working to strengthen the transparency, accountability, and fairness of political redistricting.
Cedric Page of the Santa Fe Branch of the NAACP and Tom Garrity of The Garrity Group Public Relations co-chair the task force.
At the virtual relaunch of the task force April 20, 2022, Page thanked Justice Ed Chavez and Judge Roderick Kennedy, the co-chairs of the previous iteration of the group for their leadership and expertise on redistricting. Read More
Los Alamos Teacher Rescues Mom At Ukrainian Border
LAMS teacher Inna Bohn with her mother Lyubov Girman safely out of Ukraine and in the airport in Bucharest, Romania in March waiting to fly home. Courtesy photo
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
“The scariest moment for me was not knowing how things would work out logistically,” said Los Alamos Middle School teacher Inna Bohn during a recent interview with the Los Alamos Daily Post. “I like to plan things out, but I had no idea if my mom would have the stamina … and I was getting conflicting information … some people said she would be there at the border for two or three days. Read More
Governor: $10 Million In Grant Funding For Food Security In New Mexico
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
STATE News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday the availability of $10 million in grant funding for food security efforts around the state.
“This administration has prioritized tackling food insecurity since Day 1, and we are seeing success: New Mexico has one of the most improved food insecurity rates in the country,” Gov. Lujan Grisham said. “But there’s more work to do, and this funding empowers communities to do even more to eradicate hunger in New Mexico.”
“This is a unique opportunity for local governments and nonprofits Read More
Chart 637: Latest Vaccination Statistics Show New Patterns Associated With Booster Status
This chart displays the diagnoses rate, hospitalization rate and the death rate by vaccination status for the four-week period ending April 18, 2022. Unvaccinated individuals continue to have highest diagnoses, hospitalization and death rates, although the disparity between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated has diminished. Among those who are vaccinated, unboosted individuals now have lower diagnoses and hospitalization rates compared with boosted individuals. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim 
This chart displays the diagnoses rate, the hospitalizationHolsapple: Observations On A County Project
By KEVIN HOLSAPPLE
Los Alamos
I attended a focus group in January and listened in on an Internal Department Review Committee in April concerning potential Acid, Pueblo, and Walnut Canyon developments that were said to be related to a desire to provide a “bike skills park”, a bike racing competition venue, and another high bridge over Pueblo Canyon to make it faster to travel from the roundabout to town via trails.
First, because I suspect the inputs and concerns I expressed in the focus group were grouped into a category referred to in one of the meetings as input from “old-timers who don’t want change”, Read More
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Rotary Club Features State Rep. Christine Chandler
New Mexico State Rep. Christine Chandler speaking recently to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos about the 2022 Legislative Session. Photo by Linda Hull
By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
In early April, before filling her summer calendar with more legislative work on behalf of her constituents in District 43, New Mexico State Rep. Christine Chandler graciously found time to speak with the Rotary Club of Los Alamos about the 2022 Legislative Session.
“It was an extraordinary session,” began Rep. Chandler as she explained that this year’s session, falling in an even numbered Read More
Luján Joins U.S. Secretary Of Education Cardona To Tour Santa Fe High School And Speak With Students And Educators About Mental Health
Scene of a discussion Thursday at Santa Fe High School on mental health support in schools with U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Courtesy photo
U.S. SENATE News:
SANTA FE — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to tour Santa Fe High School and participate in a discussion Thursday with students and school counselors on the importance of mental health support in schools.
The Senator also discussed the COVID-19 relief funding he delivered through the American Rescue Plan and other legislation that increased Read More
