NCRTD Assumes Operation Of Taos Express Jan. 1
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD “Blue Bus”) will assume operation of the Taos Express, currently operated by the Taos Chile Line Jan. 1. At the same time, service to UNM Taos from the Town of Taos will be taken over by the Chile Line.
The RTD Taos Express provides residents and visitors with weekend bus transit between Taos and Santa Fe. As an added service, the NCRTD will commence a stop in Española at its RTD bus stop located in front of the Santa Claran Hotel by the Century Bank. The RTD Taos Express provides connecting service to the New Mexico Rail Runner Express, Santa Read More
Udall Welcomes Passage Of Bill To Begin Reform Of Federal Information Technology Systems
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
- Udall authored reform legislation to improve how citizens interact with government, save billions of taxpayers’ dollars, increase transparency in IT purchasing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, announced that a bill he has helped champion in Congress, to begin needed reforms of federal information technology (IT) purchasing and management, has passed Congress as a part of major defense legislation.
The Federal Information Technology Read More
Bandelier Proposes Entrance Fee Increases
Bandelier back country. Photo by Sally King/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Beginning in mid-January 2015, Bandelier National Monument will be seeking public comment on proposed changes in their fee schedule.
In the summer of 2014, National Park Service (NPS) areas that charge fees were authorized to consider increases in entry fees, which could be implemented as early as sometime in 2015. These changes align with the NPS’ new standard entrance-fee schedule.
At Bandelier and most other NPS areas, fees have not been updated since 2006. An increase to these fees can only be made after each Read More
Tribal Youth Contribute To Fish Passage Project On Pueblo Lands
TYCC member Xavier Lovato helps NMFWCO staff member Jason Davis position large rocks in order to stabilize the bank of the lower Santa Fe River as part of a Fish Passage project on New Mexico’s Cochiti Pueblo. Courtesy USFWS
TYCC member Dominic Bailon, center, loads up buckets of rock alongside NMFWCO staff members Jason Davis, right, and Kjetal Henderson, left, during a Fish Passage project on the lower Santa Fe River on New Mexico’s Cochiti Pueblo. Courtesy USFWSAsk a group of teenagers their idea of fun and you might get answers Read More
Saturday Mail Delivery Continues But Congress Leaves Postal Service In Limbo
NNA News:
The National Newspaper Association (NNA) this week celebrated the continuation of Saturday mail delivery through the federal fiscal year ending Sept. 30, but lamented the passage of another congressional session without postal reform.
NNA President John Edgecombe Jr. called on publishers to attend NNA’s Leadership Summit March 19 in Washington to urge quick action in the next Congress.
“If common sense had prevailed, a reform bill would have been completed. We had a solid proposal that provided USPS with financial relief, preserved service and implemented health cost reforms. Read More
Public Comment Sought On Tsankawi Management Plan
The Ancestral Pueblo people who lived at Tsankawi Pueblo carved a network of trails into the volcanic tuff mesa. Courtesy/NPS
The present-day trail around Tsankawi includes several ladders to get visitors up and down the mesa where the pueblo was built. Courtesy/NPSBANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument Superintendent Jason Lott announced today that the public is invited to review and comment on the park’s Tsankawi Unit Management Plan and Environmental Assessment.
The plan and environmental assessment evaluate a range of alternatives to improve resource Read More
Terry Brunner Addresses Affordable Care Act
Terry BrunnerLiving in a rural community shouldn’t have to come with a hefty price tag for healthcare. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, it no longer has to.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is already making a difference in the lives of millions of rural Americans, including families right here in New Mexico Prior to the ACA, many rural families had a hard time finding affordable insurance coverage, paying an average of nearly half of their costs out of their own pockets.
Today, thanks to the ACA, families in New Mexico can choose from a variety Read More
Study Shows Cataclysmic Event That Killed Dinosaurs Also Profoundly Effected Mammals
NMNHS News:
The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is thought to have paved the way for mammals to dominate, but a new study shows that many mammals died off alongside the dinosaurs.
Metatherian mammals–the extinct relatives of living marsupials (“mammals with pouches”, such as opossums) thrived in the shadow of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period. The new study, by an international team of experts on mammal evolution and mass extinctions, shows that these once-abundant mammals nearly followed the dinosaurs into oblivion.
When a 10-km-wide asteroid Read More
CEMRC Releases Final Summary Report On WIPP
WIPP News:
The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC) has posted its final summary report regarding the Feb. 14 radiological event that occurred at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
CEMRC is a division of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University that provides independent monitoring of the WIPP facility.
Following the radiological release that occurred at WIPP, CEMRC increased its monitoring activities – both at the WIPP site and in the surrounding area. This included accelerated analyses of WIPP exhaust and ambient air samples, as well as Read More
Los Alamos County Recount Numbers Issued In New Mexico Commissioner Of Public Lands Race
Presiding Judge Sanchez, center, explains recount procedures to recount election clerks Dec. 11 for the New Mexico Land Commissioner race. From left, District Judge Designee George Chandler, Recount Election Clerk Peggy Pendergast, Sanchez and Recount Election Clerk Stephen Ciddio. Courtesy photo
STAFF REPORT
The original Los Alamos County totals in the Dec. 11 recount for the New Mexico Land Commissioner race were 3,781 for incumbent Ray Bennett Powell, a Democrat, and 3,741 for Republican challenger Aubrey Dunn. The final totals are Powell 3,782 and Dunn 3,743.
Before Read More
