Governor Announces Additional $3.5 Million For Major Watershed Restoration
STATE News:
- New Funding Helps Rehabilitate Watersheds from Unprecedented Drought, Fire, and Floods
RIO RANCHO – Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced $3.5 million in additional funding for watershed restoration on public lands throughout New Mexico.
These funds help restore and rehabilitate vulnerable watersheds throughout the state, improving water quality and quantity.
“This additional funding will help us build on our progress in restoring and rehabilitating our most vulnerable watersheds,” Martinez said. “New Mexicans know all too well the powerful one-two punch of wildfires Read More
Searchers Recover Body Of Missing Hiker Walter Scheib
Walter Scheib
NMSP News:
TAOS – Search and Rescue workers located the body of Walter Scheib Sunday evening in the expanded search area where he went hiking June 13 near Taos.
Scheib was the White House executive chef from 1994 until 2005 and had recently moved to the area. His body was discovered approximately 1.7 miles from the base of the Yerba Canyona Trail.
The New Mexico State Police coordinated a search and rescue mission that involved numerous agencies and resources after a family member reported him missing June 16 to the Taos Police Department.
Scheib’s vehicle was discovered June 16 in Read More
President Shares Thoughts On Father’s Day
President Barack Obama plays with Ella Harper Rhodes, daughter of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes during an Oval Office visit. Official White House/Pete Souza
WHITE HOUSE News:
President Barack Obama issued the following comments today in honor of Father’s Day:
This Father’s Day, I want to take a moment to thank all of the dads across the country — and across the world — who aren’t just “around,” but are deeply involved in the lives of their kids.
But today also reminds me of the countless children whose Read More
General Leslie R. Groves’ Grandson Visits Los Alamos
At Thursday’s gathering from left, Mark Rayburn, Fuller Lodge/Historic Districts Advisory Board Chair; Nancy Bartlit, WWII author and former President of the Los Alamos Historical Society; John Bartlit, advocate for Los Alamos Historical Society and environmental columnist; Nina Johnson, Executive Director of Cornerstones Community Partners; Dick Groves, Grandson of General Leslie R. Groves; Paul Millar, friend and business partner of Dick Groves Photo by Tom Sandford, Los Alamos Historical Society board member and historical district tour guide. Photo by Tom Sandford/Los Read More
LAPS Announces Prizes In State Reading Challenge
LAPS News:
Los Alamos School Board has announced additional student incentives to help address the “summer slide” in reading skills.
The idea began at an Aspen Elementary School kickoff when Gov. Susana Martinez announced a statewide reading challenge encouraging students to read more books over the summer break. Reading is the foundation for learning and when our students read well, they are better positioned to succeed academically, in the workplace and in life.
Los Alamos Public Schools, Los Alamos County, Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, LANL Foundation and Los Alamos Read More
FBI: Pima Salt River Tribe Member Pleads Guilty In NM
FBI News:Son Of Los Alamos Athletes Named 2014-15 Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Athlete Of The Year
Jackson Morris
SPORTS News:
CHICAGO — In its 30th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, announced Friday that Jackson Morris is its 2014-15 Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
Morris is the son of Los Alamos athletes Mark Morris (88) and Angie Morris (89). He attends Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque and is a rising junior. He won New Mexico high school state track and field championships in 5A in discus, javelin and shot put as well as the discus competition in discus for the Read More
Search And Rescue Mission Underway For Walter Scheib
Walter S. Scheib III
NMSP News:
TAOS – The New Mexico State Police is actively engaged in and monitoring a coordinated search and rescue mission for missing person Walter S. Scheib III.
This mission is ongoing and involves numerous agencies and resources.
Scheib reportedly went hiking Saturday, June 13 near Taos. He was the White House executive chef from 1994 until 2005 and had recently moved to the area. When Scheib did not return home, a family member reported him missing June 16 to the Taos Police Department.
Scheib’s vehicle was discovered Tuesday, June 16, in a parking area Read More
Los Alamos Senior Olympians Honored At Luncheon
Los Alamos athletes at Friday’s luncheon include, front row from left, Carmen Gill, Jackie Peckham, Dave Delanoy, Terry Goodwin, Susan Krohn, Ernie Bryant Ann ReVelle: Back row from left, Roy Cope, Bob Gill, Mike Benelli, Laura McClellan, Selmo Jaramillo, Abel Castillo, Jackie and Duane Marr and Ted Williams. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos athlete’s with their state medals, front row from left, Carmen Gill, Jackie Peckham, Dave Delanoy, Terry Goodwin, Susan Krohn, Ernie Bryant and Ann ReVelle. Back row from left, Roy Cope, Bob Gill, Mike Benelli, Laura McClellan, Selmo Jaramillo, Read More
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Launches July 19
SFCMF News:
The musically robust 2015 season of the celebrated Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival launches July 19 and extends through Aug. 24 with 42 performances in Santa Fe and Albuquerque concert halls.
Festival concerts this summer by more than 75 world-renowned ensembles and musicians include the return engagement of Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, as artist-in-residence. Acclaimed musicians from across the world will perform nearly 90 brilliant compositions from Bach to Tchaikovsky to highly regarded composers of today.
“We are continuing our long-standing Read More
