DOE Invests $60 Million To Aid Nuclear Technology
DOE News:FBI: Career Criminal Sentenced To 272 Months
FBI News:New Mexico ‘Summer of Encore Mentoring’ Events For Entrepreneurs Age 50 And Older
SBA News:Lightning Sparks Commissary Fire On SFNF
SFNF News:
Lightning sparked the Commissary Fire over the weekend in San Miguel County, approximately 13 miles east of Pecos in the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest.
- Start Date: June 5, 2015, reported Saturday, June 6, 2015
- Size: Approximately 25 acres
- Percent Contained: 0
- Cause: Lightning
- Personnel Assigned: 30
- Growth Potential: Low
- Vegetation: Ponderosa pine, grass and brush
Summary: The lightning-caused Commissary Fire was reported by the Barillas Lookout Tower June 6, and has grown to approximately 25 acres. The Commissary Fire is a slow-moving ground Read More
Ski New Mexico Boasts 19 Percent Increase In Visits
SKINM News:Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Plain Writing & Its Benefits
NRC News:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has an important mission. We regulate, license, and oversee the Nation’s civilian use of nuclear materials to protect both people and the environment.
Because this mission is so important, we want you to be informed about — and have a reasonable opportunity to participate meaningfully in — our activities. We see plain writing as a key to achieving that goal. After all, how can you become informed and involved if you don’t understand what we say and write? More importantly, why should you trust us to achieve our mission if we can’t Read More
Los Alamos High School Graduate Studying At WTAMU Receives Gilman Scholarship For Study In Brazil
Shalee Britton of Los Alamos
EDUCATION News:
CANYON, Texas—It’s been Shalee Britton’s lifelong dream to study the fauna and flora of tropical regions, and that dream will come true for the West Texas A&M University student when she travels to Brazil in the fall as the recipient of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
Britton, a junior wildlife biology major and Attebury Honors student from Los Alamos is one of 860 American undergraduate students from 332 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the award, Read More
MPNHP Field Team ‘Clearly Saved Best Site For Last’
MPNHP Field Team leader Arthur Knox wowed the crowd Tuesday at Fuller Lodge when he said, ‘This is our team’s third stop on the tour of the Manhattan Project National Historic Park sites … it is clear that we saved the best for last.’ Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Council Chair Kristin Henderson, center, presents the Keys to the County to MPNHP Field Team leader Arthur Knox and DOE Under Secretary Laurie Morman. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The Manhattan Project National Historical
Snodgrass: Fixing A Hole Where The Blame Gets In … The Dangerous Gap Between An Act Of Nuclear Terrorism And An Informed Response
Radiological Dispersion Device. Courtesy/ready.gov
Fixing A Hole Where The Blame Gets In
- The dangerous gap between an act of nuclear terrorism and an informed response
By ROGER SNODGRASSThe specter of a nuclear 9/11 may have diminished in the last five years with the partial dismantlement and dispersal of the Islamic militant organization al-Qaida. But the threat of nuclear sabotage as one of the worst imaginable disasters has found a new sponsor in the al-Qaida offspring, the apocalyptic Islamic State, now enjoying battlefield successes in Iraq and Syria and Read More
Legislative Interim Committee Meetings June 8-12
STATE News:
SANTA FE – The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of June 8-12.
June 8, 2015 @ 10:00 a.m. – Economic and Rural Development Committee
State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Review of 2015 Committee-Endorsed Legislation; Work Plan and Meeting Schedule
MAY BE CANCELLED AND RESCHEDULED DUE TO SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
June 9, 2015 @ 10:00 a.m. – Jobs Council
State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Review of Jobs Council’s Process and Findings; Previously Approved Jobs Council Initiatives; Proposed Work Plan and Meeting Read More
