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TechSource Named DOE Small Business Of The Year

TechSource officials accepting the DOE Small Business of the Year Award Tuesday in Minneapolis from left, Deno Photinakis, VP for Technical Solutions and Deputy Managing Director, NCR PMO; Kristi Daugherty, Deputy Director for Operations, LA PMO; Brian D’Andrea, Chairman and CEO and Jim Rhone, Senior VP and Managing Director, NCR PMO. Courtesy/TechSource

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

TechSource, Inc, headquartered in downtown Los Alamos, has been named the Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business of the Year, a prestigious recognition of its “outstanding Read More

LRG First Tuesday Breakfast June 4 Moved To El Parasol!

LRG News:

Lab retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) monthly breakfast social between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 4 at El Parasol, 1903 Central Ave. (Note new location for June meeting)

LRG will pay for attends coffee and tea. Individuals will pay for their breakfast and other drinks.

Contact sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497 for more information.

More information about the LRG can be found at https://lalrg.org. Read More

LAPS Board Selects Ryan Adams To Fill Dist. 2 Vacancy

Ryan Adams

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools Board of Education has selected Ryan Adams to fill the vacancy in District 2, which resulted from the resignation of former School Board President Antonio Jaurigue. District 2 includes Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock.

Adams will be sworn in at the start of the June 11 School Board meeting.

Board members cited Adams’ “fresh perspective and new eyes” as well as his experience in accounting as reasons for their selection. Adams is a relative newcomer to Los Alamos. He has children attending elementary, middle and high school.

“I am humbled Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Notorious Smogs In Donora And Desert Parks Keyed Air Research

Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water, Inc.

Our citizens group learned the ways of air issues, inside and out. Large issues are part history, law, science, business, and emotions. Each of these has its own jargon, which impedes the exchange of information. Clean air made headway after events helped break these barriers. A notorious case was Donora.

Donora was a hilly town of industrious folks on a horseshoe bend in the Monongahela River 24 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Donora and nearby Webster were home to U.S. Steel  Corporation’s Donora Zinc Works Read More

J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee Announces 2024 Scholarship Award Recipients

Attending the presentation of JROMC scholarships at Los Alamos High School are from left, JROMC member Vivien Chen, Rebecca Li, John Cawkwell, Max Posada, Shiv Antar Khalsa, Deeanna Foster, Emma Frost, Chloe Li and JROMC member Jeanne Robinson. Not shown: Daniel Kim, who was competing at the state track meet. Photo by Steven Bullock for Los Alamos Public Schools

JROMC News:

The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) has announced the 17 winners of this year’s scholarship awards for Los Alamos and regional high school seniors.

Los Alamos High School

Rebecca Li: The J. Robert Oppenheimer Read More

Rep. Vasquez Advances Billions For Military Installations, Families In Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez:

          • Vasquez advocated for RECA and prioritized common-sense initiatives that improve the lives of service members and ensure New Mexico’s military installations remain at the forefront of national defense

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On May 22, 2024, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) secured major wins for New Mexico and voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to the House Floor for consideration.

“As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Read More

Heinrich Presses Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm On Housing Shortages In Los Alamos, Questions Proposal To Build Transmission Line Through Caja Del Rio, Emphasizes Need To Invest In American-Made Grid Components, Highlights New Mexico’s Potential To Lead In Geothermal

VIDEO: Heinrich questions Secretary Granholm at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to review the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Jill Hruby on a number Read More

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