LAHS XC Teams Dominate 2AAAAA District Championship
District 2AAAAA runners negotiate the single track trails at the base of the Sandias early in the Boys race. Photo by Blake Wood
Individual District Champion Hayden Walker leads the pack early in the Boys race, closely followed by John Rees. Photo by Blake Wood
The ‘Topper boys display a little Halloween spirit in their socks. Photo by Blake Wood
Sunday: Turn Clocks Back Or Forward?
Time And Date News:
Sunday at 2 a.m. is Daylight Saving Time (DST) when clocks are turned back one hour. To remember which way to set your watches and clocks, keep in mind “spring forward, fall back”. Set your clock forward in the spring when DST starts (= lose one hour), and back one hour when DST ends in the fall (= regain one hour).
Many countries use DST to make better use of the natural daylight in the evenings, and many don’t. The difference in light is most noticeable in the areas close to the poles, i.e. furthest away from the earth’s equator.
Some studies show that DST Read More
NMED Joins 5-State Challenge To EPA’s Ozone Rule
NMED Secretary Ryan Flynn
NMED News:
NMED Joins Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and North Dakota to Challenge EPA’s Ozone Rule Change
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department with the States of Arizona, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Oklahoma are challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to set more stringent, one-size-fits-all federal air quality standards for ozone (Arizona v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 15-1392, 10/27/15).
The five states filed the lawsuit Oct. 27 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
“The Environmental Read More
Feds Deny NM Drivers Licenses Extension
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security informed New Mexico this week that the state will not be granted an additional extension of time to comply with federal driver’s license standards under the Real ID Act passed by Congress in 2005.
A letter on behalf of DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to Demisia Padilla, Secretary of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department finds that “New Mexico has not provided adequate justification for continued noncompliance with the REAL ID standards that would warrant granting your request for another extension.” Read More
Cultural Affairs Deputy Secretary Michael Delello Receives New Mexico Library Leadership Award
DCA Deputy Secretary Michael DelelloAG And 12 NM Tribal Governments Meet To Improve Public Safety & Law Enforcement Partnerships
Attorney General Hector Balderas meets with Tribal leaders across New Mexico. Courtesy photoNMED Questions Independence Of DOI Probe
NMED News:San I. Mother And Daughter Die In Tragic Accident
New Mexico 599 southbound near accident site. Courtesy photoTwo residents of San Ildefonso Pueblo, a woman and her adult daughter, were struck and killed Wednesday night, Oct. 28 on the 599 Relief Route around Santa Fe.
Santa Fe City Police report that the women, identified as Kimberly Atencio, 37 and Kisha Pino, 20, were traveling southbound on the 599 relief route and stopped their car. A third person in the car with the women reportedly told police that the pair were arguing about Pino’s driving. They allegedly stopped alongside the road to allow Atencio Read More
Halloween Skies To Include Dead Comet Flyby
This image, bearing an eerie resemblance to a skull, of asteroid 2015 TB145, a dead comet, was generated using radar data collected by the National Science Foundation’s 1,000-foot (305-meter) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The radar image was taken Oct. 30, 2015, and the image resolution is 25 feet (7.5 meters) per pixel. Courtesy/NAIC-Arecibo/NSF
JPL News:
The large space rock that will zip past Earth this Halloween is most likely a dead comet that, fittingly, bears an eerie resemblance to a skull.
Scientists observing asteroid 2015 TB145 with NASA’s Infrared Telescope Read More
Udall Votes For Bipartisan Budget Agreement
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
