Rosetta’s Philae Probe Lands On A Comet
Rosetta’s deployment of Philae to land on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Courtesy/ESA
Touchdown of Philae. Courtesy/ESA
ESA News:
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved. Watch video here.
After a tense wait during the seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03 CET). The confirmation was relayed via the Rosetta orbiter to Earth and picked Read More
Con Alma Awards Grants In 17 Counties, Two Tribal Communities
CON ALMA News:
SANTA FE – Con Alma Health Foundation announced today it is awarding $475,000 in grants to nonprofits that work toward sustainable changes that improve New Mexicans’ health.
The state’s only private foundation dedicated solely to health is providing four $50,000 multi-year grants and more than a dozen small grants to communities across New Mexico. The grants include $150,000 to 14 nonprofits that serve people in Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and northern Santa Fe counties through a partnership between Con Alma and the Hospital Auxiliary for the Los Alamos Read More
Taos Man Charged With Trafficking Controlled Substance
NMSP News:
New Mexico State Police officers were sent to assist New Mexico State Probation and Parole officers Nov. 7 at a residence on Camino De Albino in Taos County.
State Police were informed that the officers where conducting a home visit at Daniel Herrera Jr.’s residence. During the visit, the officers and New Mexico State Police officers found items consistent with the trafficking of suspected cocaine and heroin; including scales, records, drug sale ledgers, cell phones, U.S. currency, a digital recorder and various other Items.
Daniel Herrera Jr., 41, was arrested on Read More
Report: Half Of NM Families With Young Children Are Low Income
NMVC News:
- Casey report recommends connecting families with early education services
ALBUQUERQUE—More than half of New Mexico families with children under age eight are low-income. A new KIDS COUNT report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation looks at the challenges faced by the 10 million families nationwide who are just trying to make ends meet. The report looks at two-generation solutions, meaning they address the needs of both the young children and their working parents.
“The early years in a child’s life are so critical to shaping that child’s future,” said Veronica C. García, executive Read More
State Of LGBT Equality In Five New Mexico Cities
Municipal Equality Index. Courtesy/HRC
HRC News:
- Many municipalities extend vital protections to their LGBT citizens and employees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today released its third annual report assessing LGBT equality in 353 cities across the nation, including five in New Mexico.
The 2014 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), the only nationwide rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy, shows that cities across the country, including New Mexico, Read More
Sustained Winds Postpone Valles Caldera Prescribed Burn
VCNP News:
Today’s prescribed burn scheduled for the Valle Grande on the Valles Caldera National Preserve has been postponed.
Sustained winds prevented the late morning scheduled ignition and are not expected to dissipate in time to complete the project today. Therefore, the prescribed burn is postponed and will be rescheduled for a date later in the season when conditions permit. Read More
Governor Appoints Brigadier General Jack Fox Cabinet Secretary Of NM Department Of Veterans Services
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Susana Martinez announced today that New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Cabinet Secretary Tim Hale will leave his post. Hale has served as DVS cabinet secretary since 2011 and is leaving after nearly four years of service to New Mexico veterans.
Martinez has appointed retired Brigadier General Jack Fox to succeed Hale as DVS cabinet secretary. Fox brings a long and distinguished military career to the department.
“Secretary Hale has served New Mexico’s veterans well,” Martinez said. “Thanks to his able leadership, Read More
My Hero, My Dad
Wendell Goffe Armour
My hero, my Dad
Army First Sergeant Wendell Goffe Armour was 92 years old when he left this world June 26, 2014. He was a brave solider and a man proud of country. He experienced the horrors of war, and once said to me, “you don’t know what its like to have a buddy die in your arms.”
At 17, he joined the 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard in Pittsburgh. They were called to active duty in February 1941 to Europe, but because he had a mother living in Germany, the Army sent him to the South Pacific. He joined the Army Air Corps and spent WWII Read More
International Scientific Society Reacts To L’Aquila Seismologists Acquittal
Christine McEntee
AGU News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The following statement is attributable to Executive Director/CEO Christine McEntee of the American Geophysical Union (AGU):
“The October 2012 conviction of Italian scientists on manslaughter charges in connection with the L’Aquila earthquake was alarming to the worldwide scientific community, and today’s acquittal is an important step in sanctioning the role scientists play in advising governments and communicating the results of their research to the public. Scientists must be able to exchange data and information Read More
SFNF Plans Gallinas Watershed Prescribed Burn
USFS News:
SANTA FE—Fire managers at Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a prescribed burn in the Gallinas Watershed on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District.
The Gallinas Watershed burn may be conducted from Nov. 12, through the month of December only on favorable days as conditions allow.
A total of 1,000 acres may be treated in the Gallinas Canyon area approximately 20 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Small blocks may be treated each day to decrease the daily smoke volume.
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools available to resource managers for restoring Read More
