NMED Releases Quarterly Performance Report
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) released its third quarter (Q3) performance assessment report for fiscal year 2025 (FY25) that offers the public, stakeholders, and legislators the opportunity to track the department’s progress in protecting public health and the environment between Jan. 1 and March 31.
The report also provides insights on budget and staffing challenges impacting performance, community investments made, and other notable accomplishments by NMED staff.
Third quarter accomplishments highlighted in the report include:
- Drafting and
AMA Statement On Sec. Kennedy’s Removal Of All 17 Members Of Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices
By Bruce A. Scott, M.D.
President
American Medical Association
Note: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that he is removing all 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with new members. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations on the safety, efficacy and clinical need of vaccines.
“For generations, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been a trusted national source of science- and data-driven Read More
Dannemann: Dental School To Open In NM This Month
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann
New Mexico is about to have a school of dentistry. That is potentially very big news. Meanwhile, New Mexico has done apparently nothing to develop a program that was supposed to provide dental care around the state. The dental therapy program, which was pushed hard by healthcare advocates several years ago, is not happening.
The new dental school is opening in late June and will offer low-cost dental care to the public, provided by advanced students under the supervision of dentists. The school has come to us by an unusual route. Read More
FBI: Dulce Man Pleads Guilty To Abusive Contact With Minor
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE – A Dulce man pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor involving the use of force.
According to court records, on or about Sept. 13, 2023, Cisco Cruzito Pinto, 38, an enrolled member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, engaged in sexual contact with a minor who was between the ages of 12 and 16 at the time. When the victim resisted, Pinto used force to maintain control.
Pinto will be detained pending sentencing. At sentencing, Pinto faces any term of years and up to life in prison. Upon his release from prison, Pinto will be subject to a term of supervised release of not less than Read More
New Mexico Opens $5.3M Energy Efficiency Loan Program
EMNRD is accepting applications for loans to finance energy-efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings that serve a community purpose. Learn more here. Courtesy/EMNRD
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) is accepting applications for loans to finance energy-efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings that serve a community purpose.
EMNRD received $5.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to create an Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund (EERLF), which offers low-interest loans ranging from $250,000 to $1 million Read More
New Mexico Supreme Court Affirms Convictions Of Man For Fatal Shooting In Ruidoso
NMSC News:
The New Mexico Supreme Court (NMSC) Thursday affirmed the convictions of Travis Nolan for first-degree murder, armed robbery and tampering with evidence for the 2019 shooting death of a man in Ruidoso.
The Court remanded the case to the trial court for resentencing because the justices concluded that a one-year sentencing enhancement – rather than three years – should have been imposed on Nolan for using a firearm to commit a noncapital felony such as armed robbery. State law requires a one-year firearm enhancement if the offense is the defendant’s first felony.
Nolan was sentenced Read More
Posts From The Road: Coastal Views
Hills & Pastures: Lush green hillsides provide pastures for cattle near Cambria, Calif. While the area is a more rural setting with farms and ranches, the coastline and Pacific Coast Highway are just beyond the distant ridge in the photo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Crashing Wave: A wave crashes against the rocky and rugged shores at Cambria, Calif. This closer view gives viewers an idea of the size and magnitude of the waves as they crash against the central California coastline. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
After an Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Rescinds Stage 1 Fire Restrictions
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) leadership decided to lift Stage 1 Fire Restrictions across the forest, effective at 8 a.m. June 6.
This decision was influenced by several factors that significantly reduced fire risk in the area.
These include:
- Consistent rainfall throughout May and into June;
- A precipitation outlook indicating above-normal levels for northern New Mexico;
- Fuel moisture levels that are wetter than average for this time of year;
- A sustained low to moderate fire danger over the past week, which is expected to continue for the next two weeks; and
- There have
Los Alamos National Laboratory: Understanding Quantum Computing’s Most Troubling Problem
In a new paper, Los Alamos scientists collect and review years of work on barren plateaus, a mathematical dead end that has plagued variational quantum computing. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
In variational quantum computing, a barren plateau represents a mathematical point from which quantum algorithms reach a dead end, stalling progress and wasting time and resources.
For the past six years, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has led the world in trying to understand one of the most frustrating barriers that faces variational quantum computing: the barren plateau.
“Imagine a landscape Read More
Fr. Glenn: Go And Bear Fruit
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
One of the beauties that we see up in the Jemez Mountains and in many places around New Mexico is the seed-bearing cotton from alamos (cottonwoods) lazily drifting to the final resting places unknown—evolutionarily hoping to take root like their parents, grow strong and produce their own “kids” to go off into the world in the future. Driven by winds strong or slight, that resting place to which they finally arrive will either be a blessing or bane for its future. Of course, as cottonwoods tend to require a lot of water to grow strong, many of those driftings inevitably end in places Read More
