New Mexico Health Care Authority Provides Emergency Food Assistance For SNAP Customers Impacted By Flooding
HCA News:
SANTA FE — In light of the recent severe flooding in Chaves County and other affected areas, the New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA) is providing emergency support to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) customers. This assistance includes replacing lost food benefits, reissuing EBT cards and temporarily allowing hot food purchases.
SNAP customers in Chaves County who experienced food loss due to the storm and flooding have until today, Nov. 25 to report their loss and request replacement benefits. Replacement benefits are available for households in the following Read More
County Crew Beautifies White Rock Community Garden
Laurie Hixson, a Summit Garden Club member, gave a big shout out to Anthony Lovato, Anthony Jaramillo and Jonathan Black of Los Alamos County Traffic & Streets who installed large stones Friday at the White Rock Community Garden. The garden on N.M. 4 across from the White Rock Visitor Center, is owned by the County. It is maintained by the County and the Los Alamos Master Gardeners, community members and has been taken on as a special project of the Summit Garden Club. ‘It’s amazing how simple rocks can add so much dimension to the garden! Thank you all!,’ Hixson said. Photo by LaurieDaily Postcard: Williamson’s Sapsucker … Not A Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker … But A Sapsucker With A Yellow Belly
Daily Postcard: Not a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker but a Sapsucker with a yellow belly! Summertime woodpeckers in Los Alamos County, Williamson’s Sapsuckers prefer deep evergreen forests but make occasional appearances in town. A good place to see them is along the reservoir road in Los Alamos Canyon. The Williamson’s Sapsucker is named after Lt. Col. Robert Williamson, leader of a surveying expedition for the transcontinental railroad in the mid 19th century. Local wildlife photographer Jonathan Dowell, Ph.D. took this photo of the Williamson’s Sapsucker in October at a backyard fountain Read More
Suggestions For Composting In Bear Country
Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
It is hard to keep compost from being an attractant. There are different compost configurations and set-ups users can consider that may limit the attractant. Composting in an enclosed (mostly enclosed) container can be a good approach. Portable, barrel-type composters that can go inside a garage or shed can really help reduce the chance of encounters.
The next best option would be to use in-ground compost bins that can be buried, limiting scent dispersal. Another tool to help is electric fencing, which works well at deterring bears.
Another approach is to be selective Read More
LANL: AI Algorithms Deployed On-Chip Reduce Power Consumption Of Deep Learning Applications
Neuromorphic deep learning algorithm deployment may herald a low-power processing solution for artificial intelligence. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Brain-inspired algorithm on neuromorphic hardware reduces cost of learning
Recent generations of machine learning, the methodology supporting artificial intelligence, have drawn inspiration from natural neural systems. These algorithmic approaches that mirror the complex pathways of human brains are often paired with integrated circuits to provide fast processing. Now, new research by a team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More
New Mexico Delegation On Biden’s Request For $1.5B To Boost Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Disaster Recovery
Congressional News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced Monday that President Biden’s disaster supplemental request includes $1.5 billion to help New Mexicans recover from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
If President Biden’s disaster supplemental request is approved by Congress, Luján, Leger Fernández and the New Mexico Congressional Delegation will have secured $5.45 billion to help New Mexicans recover and rebuild since the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in April 2022. Read More
All Shall Be Well: Give Yourself Grace
Magestic view Thursday, Nov. 21 from the Main Hill Road. Photo by Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, The Rev. Lynn Finnegan, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry and Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Welcome to November dear ones. Have you exhaled? Have you found moments of hope even as we struggle with our ongoing division and rhetoric that does not meet its full potential? Did you join the movement of decorating for Christmas as soon as Halloween Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Can Congress Again Use Truths That Cut Close To The Bone?
Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air & Water
Can Congress Again Use Truths That Cut Close To The Bone?
Now and then a broadside of humor gets the point across better than crude acrimony.
Bureau babble has been a butt of public ridicule for ages. A classic case affected clean air, as you will see. The sharpest players in the affair are the former U. S. senator from New Mexico, the Honorable Clinton P. Anderson, and the master skewerer, Mark Twain.
The story begins in earnest, April 1970. I began writing to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the agency then overseeing Read More
Daily Postcard: Quiet Walls Of San Jose de Gracia Church
Daily Postcard: Spending peaceful moments beside the quiet walls of the San Jose de Gracia Catholic Church in late October in Las Trampas. This beautiful chapel has sheltered and protected its people for 264 years. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
Daily Postcard: Migrating Sandhill Cranes At Overlook Park
Daily Postcard: Migrating Sandhill Cranes flying past Overlook Park last week with snowy Caballo Mountain in the background. Photo by Suzanne Frary Read More
Lecture On Rocks At Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Nov. 24
Photo by Jim O’Donnell
NMHS News:
Matthew J. Martinez, Executive Director of Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, presents the lecture, “Geographies of the Sacred” for the Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites monthly lecture series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche in Bernalillo.
Despite the ongoing misrepresentation of Indigenous people as being non-literate, they have always been skilled at documenting stories. Tewa people view themselves within a larger ecological system interconnected to all things living.
This free talk will highlight Read More
Curious Wilson’s Warbler Checks Out Camera While Passing Through Los Alamos On Way To Winter In Central America
Passing through on its way to winter in Central America, this Wilson’s Warbler checked out the camera in October deep in the ravine of Los Alamos Canyon. These tiny birds breed in the high mountains of Colorado and north all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Wilson’s Warblers prefer wet forests, bogs and brushy thickets near streams where they hunt for insects. Look for them in Los Alamos particularly in May and again from August through October. Photo by local wildlife photographer Jonathan Dowell. See more of his photos on Instagram @SnowyEgretPhotography Read More
Two Water Breaks Causing Pressure Issues Expected To Spread Throughout White Rock And Last All Day
COUNTY News:
There are two water breaks in White Rock impacting water pressure for customers in and near the Rover Boulevard/Meadow Lane loop.
The repairs are expected to take all day and the pressure issues are expected to spread throughout all of White Rock.
A car or truck is believed to have hit a fire hydrant near Rover Boulevard and Meadow Lane around midnight, knocking it off its base. The force of this break caused a water hammer, leading to another break near Bryce Avenue and Aragon Avenue.
Once the damage is isolated by Department of Public Utilities (DPU) water crews, the residents in the Read More
Daily Postcard: Turkeys Strutting Around Valles Caldera
Daily Postcard: A couple of turkeys are spotted strutting around Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP). Valles Caldera’s vehicular entrance and visitor facilities will be closed Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving. Visitors may still access the park via the seven trailhead entrances along the N.M. 4 corridor. More information, including a map of park entrances, can be found at www.nps.gov/vall/planyourvisit/park-entrances.htm. Courtesy/NPS Read More
Los Alamos County Council Approves Climate Action Plan
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The world is getting hotter, the weather angrier and the fresh water scarcer. How to respond to this is daunting. Where to even begin? Locally, Los Alamos County Council decided its first step would be to adopt a plan.
The Climate Action Plan was approved 5-2 with Councilors Melanee Hand and David Reagor opposed, during the regular meeting Nov. 12.
Work on the plan started in the summer of 2023 with the objective of providing a roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing climate resilience. However, the community Read More
Daily Postcard: Good Morning From Velarde
Daily Postcard: Good morning from Velarde … a change in weather is coming as spotted across the sky in late October. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
Office Of State Engineer And Interstate Stream Commission Call On Lawmakers To Approve $114 Million Budget To Secure New Mexico’s Water Future
STATE News:
SANTA FE – The Office of the State Engineer and Interstate Stream Commission are calling on lawmakers to approve their $114 million budget request to fund operations and special appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026.
This funding will support the agency’s efforts to implement Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s 50-Year Water Action Plan and efficiently manage New Mexico’s water resources, proactively responding to predictions that New Mexico’s water supplies are expected to decrease by 25 percent as a result of climate change over the next 50 years.
“This budget request is centered Read More
UbiQD’s Quantum Dot Technology Awarded Technical Assistance From Los Alamos National Laboratory Through New Mexico’s TRGR Initiative
Scientist at work in onsite lab. Courtesy/UbiQD
Quantum dots glowing with various colors in vials. Courtesy/UbiQD
UbiQD News:
- Technology Readiness Gross Receipts Initiative Provides Funding for Los Alamos National Lab to Help Companies like UbiQD Accelerate Deployment of Licensed Technology
UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, announced today a new technology assistance award with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under the Technology Readiness Gross Receipts (TRGR) Initiative. This collaboration focuses on leveraging Read More
UCLA: ‘Kiss The Ground’ Movie & Discussion Night Nov. 22
UCLA News:
“Kiss The Ground” movie and discussion night is 6-8:30 p.m., Nov. 22 at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos (UCLA), 1738 North Sage Loop St.
The community is invited to watch a movie which offers viable Solutions to the Climate Crisis. Watch activists, scientists, farmers and politicians turn to regenerative agriculture to save the planet’s topsoil and combat climate change.
Free admission and Free Organic Popcorn will be provided! Read More
Luján: USDA Programs To Strengthen Specialty Crop Sector
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of new programs that will provide $2 billion to support U.S. specialty crop producers.
“Across New Mexico, specialty crop producers provide high-quality, nutritious produce to feed our nation and the world and support our trademark crops from pecans to chile. The Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops and Commodity Storage Assistance programs will Read More
