USDVA Approves $15.6 Million For New Mexico State Veterans’ Home
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved $15.6 million conditional funding for the New Mexico State Veterans’ Home in Truth or Consequences to construct a new 59 bed facility.
The construction and expansion project includes 39 Alzheimer’s beds, a 20 bed Skilled Nursing Unit, a new rehabilitation section for inpatient and outpatient services and a new pool.
The N.M. State Veterans’ Home must complete Read More
Tech Trek Summer Camp Returns To New Mexico
Tech Trek summer camp July 12-18 at New Mexico Highlands University. Courtesy/NMHU
NMHU News:
Tech Trek, a week-long summer camp focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) for girls going into eighth grade, is returning July 12-18 for the second year to the campus of New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas.
Elizabeth Ratzlaff is the camp director. The Tech Trek summer camp is sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), both nationally and in New Mexico. Tech Trek builds on AAUW’s research report Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering Read More
Carnaval 2015: Port To Port
NHCC News:
Frank Leto and PANdemonium with the Odara Dance Ensemble, in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), continue the Center’s annual celebration of Carnaval with “Carnaval 2015: Port to Port” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14 in the NHCC’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
If you’ve ever wished you could hop on a cruise to the hottest Carnaval locations in the world, now is your chance. “Port to Port” transforms the theatre into a Carnaval cruise liner, and you are invited to join the party, from the port of New Orleans to Cuba, to Trinidad, and your final destination—Rio Read More
NMPW: ‘The Power Of Storytelling’
NWPW News:
- Annual Conference April 24-26 at Ghost Ranch Retreat Center
New Mexico Press Women will present its annual conference, “The Power of Storytelling,” April 24-26 at the Ghost Ranch Retreat Center in Abiquiu.
It is geared for all journalism, marketing and media professionals.
“This conference in the unique setting of Ghost Ranch promises to be one of the most interesting and fun,” 2015 Conference Chair Sherri Burr said.
Conference attendees can stay at Ghost Ranch with room rates ranging from $40 to $92 a night.
The weekend will kick off Friday, April 24, with a dinner, included Read More
Sanchez Proposes Bill Raising Minimum Wage
STATE News:
SANTA FE – This week Sen. Clemente Sanchez, D-Cibola, Socorro, McKinley and Valencia counties, introduced Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) proposing a minimum wage increase to $8.30 an hour.
New Mexico’s minimum wage is $7.50 an hour.
“People who are working at a minimum wage need all the help they can get. Seven fifty an hour is not enough to live on when considering mortgages or rent, bills and loans, especially when one adds children to the equation,” Sanchez said.
According to the bill, new employees will earn the current minimum wage of $7.50 an hour, while in training, for no longer than six Read More
Bi-Partisan Bill Streamlines Ride-Sharing Regulations
Rep. Monica Youngblood
STATE News:
Santa Fe – Republican Rep. Monica Youngblood and Democratic Sen. Phil Griego are introducing legislation to regulate ridesharing companies, such as Uber and Lyft, in New Mexico.
The ridesharing services, which were introduced in Albuquerque and Santa Fe over the past year, have expanded safe, reliable transportation options for New Mexicans. In addition, they provide valuable economic opportunities.
Sen. Phil Griego
“Ride-sharing services provide a safe ride home and good jobs,” Youngblood said. “Putting this law on the books will not only expand Read More
Winter Storm Watch Tonight Into Weekend
NWS News:
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch including heavy snow for tonight into the weekend for the northern and central portions of New Mexico.
Winter Storm Watch
A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM HEADING FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA WILL BRING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE TO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. ADDITIONALLY…A SURFACE COLD FRONT ARRIVING TODAY WILL COOL TEMPERATURES CONSIDERABLY.
THE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM THIS LONG DURATION WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE Read More
Former Los Alamos Scientist Sentenced To 60 Months For Atomic Energy Act Violations
Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez for the District of New Mexico, Assistant Director Randall C. Coleman of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division announced that Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, a scientist formerly employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), was sentenced this morning for Atomic Energy Act and other violations relating to his communication of classified nuclear weapons data
IRS Commissioner: Bad Bet Hiding Money Offshore
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
IRS News:
PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today said avoiding taxes by hiding money or assets in unreported offshore accounts remains on its annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2015 filing season.
“The recent string of successful enforcement actions against offshore tax cheats and the financial organizations that help them shows that it’s a bad bet to hide money and income offshore,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “Taxpayers are best served by coming in voluntarily and getting their taxes and filing requirements Read More
LAHS Students Compete In North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad Thursday
LAHS News:
Several students from the newly formed Los Alamos High School Linguistics Club will compete Thursday in the first round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad.
Each student will complete a paper-based test, which consists of several complex linguistics problem sets. Students who pass this Open Round will have the opportunity to advance to the Invitational Round with the chance of being selected to participate in the International Linguistics Olympiad.
Professionals in the field of linguistics created the NACLO to engage high school students in current problems Read More
