Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Earns 4-Star Rating
LAVNS Executive Director Georgina Mesibov, center, with her staff and United Way Executive Director Kristy Orgtega, right. Courtesy/UWNNM
As of July 16, the Centers for Medicare Services updates Home Health Compare with 5-Star Rating system to give consumers the opportunity to see how agencies performed against each other.
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service received four out of five stars, which places them above both the New Mexico and national averages in comparison to other agencies.
“I was not surprised by the four-star rating, I would expect Read More
Scenes From LANL’s 2015 Hazmat Challenge
C-130: This exercise was a mass casulty event caused by an ‘IED’ tossed into the hatch of a med-evac plane. In the exercise, the bomb landed on top of person in top bunk … the mission was to save victims two and three including a flight medic who was wounded and a person on a bottom bunk. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
C-130: Med-evac plane used in last week’s HazMat Challenge at LANL. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
LANL News:
Hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Missouri and Nebraska tested their skills last week in a series
LANL Foundation Offers Professional Development For Inquiry Science Teachers
Teachers participate in the LANLF’s Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) program July 27-30 at El Camino Real Academy in Santa Fe. Courtesy/LANLF
Teachers participate in the LANLF’s ISEC program. Courtesy/LANLF
LANLF News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation’s Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) program offered its annual Summer Teachers’ Institute July 27-30 at El Camino Real Academy in Santa Fe.
Teachers in grades K–6 from Dulce, Española, Mesa Vista, Peñasco, Pojoaque and Santa Fe school districts were in attendance to learn to teach the curriculum Read More
Udall On Improving Voter Access For Native Americans
U.S. SENATE News:Valles Caldera PyroClassic XC Bike Race Underway
Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
The second annual Valles Caldera PyroClassic XC Mountain Bike Race got underway this morning.
Considered one of the most scenic and challenging mountain bike races in New Mexico, the race courses for Pro/Cat1, Intermediate/Cat 2, and Beginners/Cat3 cover the stunning landscape of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, winding through valley meadows and climbing over the flanks of the volcanic upheaval of 11,000 foot Redondo Peak.
The PyroClassic offers race categories for everyone. Read More
Voting Rights Act Turns 50 Thursday – Congress Must Restore Its Protections
LWVNM News:
Aug. 6 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). This landmark civil rights legislation has protected voters from discrimination for nearly half a century.
The VRA is one of the most significant laws ever passed by Congress and it changed America. But today, the Voting Rights Act does not offer the same protections it did in 1965.
Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted key provisions of the VRA in its Shelby County v. Holder decision, weakening vital voter protections. Since then Congress has done nothing to repair the damage. Congress currently Read More
Heinrich Secures Key Provisions For New Mexico Labs
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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. ─ Sen. Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, secured key provisions for New Mexico in the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, a bipartisan energy package that cleared the committee by a vote of 18-4.
Heinrich successfully included in the package a bill he introduced to authorize $50 million to cover the federal share of establishing off-campus microlabs that would serve as the “front-door” to national laboratories, including Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. Read More
Udall In Appropriations Subcommittee: VA Must Restore Accountability, Protect Whistleblowers
U.S. SENATE News:Last year, Udall
SFNF Awards $1 Million Plus In Restoration Grants
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – As part of its Collaborative Forest Restoration Program, the Santa Fe National Forest has awarded more than $1 million in grants to restore riparian forests and watersheds, allow for the purchase of equipment to better utilize small-diameter trees and conduct the planning analysis for future restoration work.
The grants are going to the following recipients:
- An award in the amount of $360,000 to Ohkay Owingeh tribe to conduct riparian restoration projects within the jurisdictions of three northern New Mexico Pueblos.
- An award in the amount of $360,000 to Santa Fe-based
Luján And Welch Introduce National Renewable Energy And Efficiency Standard Legislation
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
