Heartland Financial USA To Acquire Community Bancorporation Of New Mexico
BANKING News:
DUBUQUE, Iowa—Heartland Financial USA, Inc. announced Thursday on its website that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Community Bancorporation of New Mexico, Inc., parent company of Community Bank in Santa Fe.
According to terms of the Agreement, Heartland will acquire Community Bancorporation in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $11.3 million. Heartland expects the transaction to be accretive to its earnings per share within the first full year of combined operations.
Under terms of the Merger Agreement, which has been unanimously approved Read More
DOE Issues WIPP Radiological Release Phase II Investigation Report
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) released Thursday the Accident Investigation Board (AIB) Phase II Report related to the Feb. 14, 2014, radiological event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad.
The AIB completed an exhaustive investigation at WIPP and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to examine the cause of the radiological release at WIPP and identify managerial controls and safety measures necessary to prevent or minimize the probability or severity of a recurrence of this type of accident.
Based Read More
New Awards For Advanced Nuclear Energy Development
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Building on the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy and efforts to expand clean energy innovation, the Department of Energy today awarded more than $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering degrees and other nuclear science and engineering programs relevant to nuclear energy.
The awards include 59 undergraduate scholarships and 32 graduate-level fellowships for students at American colleges and universities.
“The awards announced today will directly help support the future of the nuclear energy research Read More
Attorney General Announces Free Trainings To Students
Attorney General Hector Balderas
STATE News:
- Trainings offered with the intention of teaching New Mexico students how to be financially responsible
SANTA FE – Today, Attorney General Hector Balderas announced the launch of a new financial literacy program, Your Financial Well-Being.
The program, created with New Mexico high school and college students in mind, will help students build a strong foundation and understanding of how to be fiscally savvy. Topic areas in the training will include avoiding identity theft, buying a car, building credit, taking on student loans, and using credit Read More
No Sales At Santa Fe National Forest Offices April 21
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Sales to the public, including passes, maps and firewood permits, will be suspended at all Santa Fe National Forest offices for one day only Tuesday, April 21.
The temporary suspension is due to required training for customer service staff. Sales of permits, passes and maps will resume at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 22.
Customers may want to call the Forest Headquarters 505.438.5300 or Ranger District Offices in advance to confirm the availability of permits. Read More
New Mexico Congressional Delegation Responds To WIPP Accident Investigation Board Report
NM CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján issued the following joint statement on the report by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Accident Investigation Board, analyzing the direct cause of the of the Feb. 14, 2014, radiological incident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP):
“According to today’s report, a series of critical failures of leadership at every level led to the very serious accident and release that put numerous New Mexicans at risk, shuttered
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LAHS Navy JROTC Are State Drill Champions
The Los Alamos High School Navy JROTC won their first state drill championship. The teams took first place trophies in unarmed regulation, unarmed inspection, armed regulation, armed inspection, male fitness, female fitness and male color guard. Second place in precision air rifle and female color guard and third place in armed and unarmed exhibition drill. Many of the cadets participating in the drill competition also earned individual medals as well. Courtesy photo
The Los Alamos High School Navy JROTC won their first state drill championship. LAHS Navy JROTC Senior Naval Read More
Breidenbach Replaces McQuinn As NWP President And Project Manager At WIPP
Philip Breidenbach
NWP News:
CARLSBAD – Philip Breidenbach, a nuclear expert with more than 30 years of experience in Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear and high-hazard operations, will replace Bob McQuinn as president and project manager of Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), the management and operating contractor at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
“Bob has done a tremendous job leading the recovery effort at WIPP since he arrived in March 2014,” said James Taylor, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Nuclear and Environment for AECOM’s Management Services Group. “Under Read More
Luján Addresses Holocaust Remembrance Day
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“More than 70 years ago, millions of Jews were persecuted, imprisoned, and millions more were murdered because of their faith, heritage, and identity. To this very day, the terrible atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis shock the conscience of humanity. Today we remember all those who lost their lives and the survivors, whose stories and perseverance help provide us with the strength to combat Read More
