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Twenty Individuals From 10 Countries Take Oath During Saturday’s Naturalization Ceremony At Fuller Lodge

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 4, 2015

Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo conducts the Oath of Allegiance during the Naturalization Ceremony sponsored by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Saturday morning at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Twenty individuals from 10 countries take the Oath of Allegiance during Saturday’s Naturalization Ceremony at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

Los Alamos Daily Post

Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo conducts the Oath of Allegiance for 20 individuals from 10 countries during

Santa Fe National Forest Issues Closure Order To Protect New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 4, 2015

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. Courtesy/fws.gov

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest today issued a closure order for four areas on the Jemez Ranger District that have been identified as occupied habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.

The closure areas are located along the Rio Cebolla and San Antonio Creek in the Jemez Mountains. In October 2014, the Forest constructed temporary fences in marshy areas along the Rio Cebolla and San Antonio Creek to protect the mouse’s habitat. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) listed the mouse as an endangered species Read More

NNSA Awards Mo-99 Cooperative Agreement To General Atomics

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2015

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, DC ― Wednesday Sept. 30, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced that it will award a cooperative agreement to General Atomics (GA) to support its project for domestic production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) without highly enriched uranium (HEU).

Mo-99 is the parent isotope of technetium-99m, which is the most widely used radioisotope in medical diagnostic imaging and is used in approximately 80 percent of nuclear diagnostic imaging procedures in the United States,

FBI: Roswell Fugitive Arrested, Another Added In Multi-Agency Drug Investigation

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2015

FBI News:

Susana Ceballos, 35, of Roswell, who was wanted in connection with a multi-agency drug investigation, has been arrested in Roswell by the FBI.

Javier A. Madrid, 27, of Roswell, has been added as a fugitive in connection with this operation. Madrid is 5’7”, weighs approximately 168 pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair.

This investigation is led by the FBI, DEA, Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force, Roswell Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State Police.

Anyone with information about Madrid’s whereabouts is asked to

WIPP Emergency Response Team Member Earn Advanced Training Certifications

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2015

WIPP News:

Recovery activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant continue to move in a positive direction.

As part of increased emergency response capabilities, the WIPP Fire Department and Emergency Response Team are participating in advanced training, improving overall capabilities and receiving advanced certifications.

Training and validation testing has included written examinations, as well as intense physical and practical testing. All WIPP firefighters are certified at Firefighter Level I/II. In addition, 90 percent are

AG Urges Passage Of Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act For Heroin And Opioid Addiction Epidemic

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2015

Attorney General Balderas

CONGRESSIONAL News:

SANTA FE ― Tuesday Sept. 29, Attorney General Balderas and attorneys general from 36 states plus the District of Columbia sent a letter to the leadership of the Committee on the Judiciary for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives urging passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 (S. 524/HR 953).

This comes as New Mexico and other states continue to address the epidemic of heroin and opioid-based painkiller abuse and addiction and its devastating effect on public health and

LAHS Has Eight Commended Students In 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 2, 2015

LAHS students named Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program here with Principal Brad Parker are from left, Camille Rousculp, Kaelan Prime, Faith Koh, Julia O’Brien, Nathan Delgado, Sydney Schoonover, Faith Montano and Val Jackson-Hundley. Courtesy/LAPS

LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School Principal Brad Parker announced that seven students at the school have been named Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program.

“We are very pleased to recognize the academic achievement of these students and congratulate them on this honor,” Parker Read More

Udall, Markey, Durbin Announce Agreement On Chemical Safety Reform Bill

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 2, 2015

U.S. SENATE News:

Markey, Durbin to cosponsor after Senate vote, bringing total support to 60 senators

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, as the full Senate prepares to begin debate on a historic bill to overhaul the broken Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass. and Richard Durbin, D-Ill. announced they have agreed on new improvements to the bill.

With the changes, Markey and Durbin have agreed to support the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which Udall wrote with U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La. Their cosponsorship

Women Veterans Asked To Take Online Survey

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 2, 2015

NMDVS News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services is asking women veterans in New Mexico to take a brief online survey to help the agency assess the needs and level of care provided for the state’s women military veterans.

All women veterans—regardless of war or peacetime era served, length of service, or rank achieved–are invited to take the nineteen-question survey, which should only take a few minutes to complete.

The survey can be accessed by clicking here. It is taken anonymously–no name or contact information will be asked

Los Alamos Artist Featured At New Mexico State Fair Gathering Of Counties

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 1, 2015

Steve Kopelman, Sharon Stover, Frank Blackwell, Bill Lee, Chuck Brown and Dan Mourning gather together Sept. 17 at the annual Gathering of Counties Day at the New Mexico State Fair. Courtesy photo

NMAC President Sharon Stover, left, with Los Alamos artist Janice Parker Muir hold the water color painting by Parker Muir that she donated to the State Fair Commission and it will be displayed permanently at the State Fair. Photo by Adriana Ortiz

NMAC News:

A New Mexico State Fair and NMAC joint celebration

For the past 12 years, the New Mexico State Fair has partnered with the New Mexico Association Read More

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