Gov’t. To Stockpile 75 Million Doses Of Anthrax Vaccine
Pfenex is a leading-edge biologics company. Courtesy/pfenex.com
HSNW News:
San Diego, California-based Pfenex Inc. has announced that it has signed a five year, cost plus fixed fee contract valued at up to $143.5 million with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for the advanced development of Px563L, a mutant recombinant protective antigen anthrax vaccine.
“This contract for the development of Px563L offers the potential for a dramatic improvement in the rapid production of large amounts of Read More
Upper Gold King Mine Spill Still Not Cleaned Up
Mine Wastes on Animas River bank rocks in Durango Aug. 14, 2015. Courtesy/Dr. Jack NyhanThe ghost town of Gladstone is found in one of the most stunningly beautiful areas of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, located at the head of Cement Creek about 6 miles north of Silverton.
Proceeding south along the Animas River from Silver City leads to the most beautiful farmland in all of Colorado and New Mexico adjacent to the Animas River. So, from Gladstone, it’s 6 miles to Silverton, and then 47 mi to Durango Read More
Bandelier Waives Fees On NPS Founders Day Aug. 25
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Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Tuesday, Aug. 25, is a special day in more than 400 very special places all over the country – Founders Day, the anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS) Aug. 25, 1916.
Every year it is celebrated with free admission to all the parks, national seashores, national monuments, and the many other kinds of areas in the park system, including, of course, Bandelier National Monument. And this is the 99th birthday of the NPS, so it’s extra special, leading up to next year’s Read More
SFNF Releases Final EIS For Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and draft Record of Decision (ROD) for one of the largest forest restoration projects in the Southwest.
The Southwest Jemez Mountains (SWJM) Landscape Restoration Project is a long-term collaborative effort to restore forest ecosystems at the landscape scale and improve resilience to major disturbances, including fire, insects and disease, and climate change.
SFNF Supervisor Maria T. Garcia said the plan of action selected for the SWJM project is based Read More
Los Alamos Rotary Exchange Student Nicholas Criscuolo Spending Year In Holland
Rotary Club of Los Alamos outbound student Nick Criscuolo, bottom row third from left, with other exchange students spending this school year in Holland. For more information on hosting or being an exchange student, contact Lisa Harris or Rob Metcalf at losalamosrye@gmail.com. Courtesy photo Read More
DOE Selects U.C. Berkeley To Lead Consortium For U.S.-China Research Center’s Energy-Water Track
DOE News:Former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell Charged With Grand Theft And Scheme To Defraud
Former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell. Photo/Personal Profile Page
Staff Report
Police in Miami have arrested former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell and charged him with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud.
According to court documents, Kimbrell used his corporate credit card, which belonged to the airline’s parent company Pacific Wings, to make $22,791 in fraudulent purchases between January 2014 and January 2015.
Los Alamos County severed ties with New Mexico Airlines in January. New Mexico Airlines began canceling flights last November, Read More
Los Alamos MainStreet Awarded Spirit Of Preservation
Los Alamos MainStreet Executive Director Suzette Fox accepts the Spirit of Preservation Award from the New Mexico MainStreet Program. Courtesy photo
LA MAINSTREET News:
Los Alamos MainStreet recently received the Spirit of Preservation Award from the New Mexico MainStreet Program for its advocacy of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.
New Mexico MainStreets gathered in Artesia, Aug. 13, with local affiliates and public and private partners to celebrate 30 years of MainStreet’s economic development and revitalization efforts in New Mexico.
“Governor Susana Martinez Read More
Laboratory Looking Into Employee Email Addresses Linked To Ashley Madison Website
Staff Report
Hackers made good Tuesday on their threat to release 9.7 gigabytes of account and credit card information from 37 million users of Ashley Madison, a dating website marketed at would-be adulterers.
Five of the email addresses released in the data dump are Los Alamos National Laboratory email addresses.
“The Lab is aware of the Ashley Madison hack involving LANL email addresses. We take the matter seriously and are looking into the matter,” a LANL spokesman said.
Cyber security experts are making it clear that just because these email addresses were apparently used to register or Read More
New Mexico True Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail Wins Top Honor In USA Today’s ’10Best’ Readers’ Choice Awards!
Chile Cheeseburger. Courtesy/New Mexico True
STATE News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Tourism Department announced today that its New Mexico True Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail has been honored with the top spot in the “Best Food Trail” category by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
Beating out 19 other tough contenders like the Mississippi Seafood Trail, Oregon Cheese Trail and Arizona Salsa Trail, the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail remained in the top spot during most of the voting period, proving that readers know nothing in the nation beats a juicy, spicy New Mexico green chile cheeseburger. Read More
