NM Delegation Welcomes Photonics Manufacturing For DOD Innovation Institute Competition
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham welcomed an announcement by the White House to award more than $200 million in public and private investment to create an Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute, led by the Department of Defense (DoD), and the second of four new institute competitions to be launched this year.
This selection comes just four months after the delegation wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressing their strong support Read More
Energy Department Officials Kick Off National Energy Action Month
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will kick off National Energy Action Month with events in New York and Texas to highlight President Obama’s recent proclamation calling on stakeholders across the country to work together to combat climate change while spurring job creation and a low-carbon energy future.
Throughout the month of October, Moniz and other Energy Department officials will participate in events across the country to emphasize the important role that the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy plays in strengthening
Lujan Grisham Statement On Negotiations Between Smith’s And Employee Union
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement on negotiations between the Smith’s Food and Drug grocery chain and its employee union:
“I am deeply concerned about the stalled labor negotiations between Smith’s grocery stores in New Mexico and the employee union – UFCW Local 1564 – representing more than 2,000 workers who continue to work without a new contract.
“New Mexico is struggling to break out of a double-dip recession and it is more important than ever that those who have jobs Read More
I-25 Bridge Rehabilitation Work Underway At Waldo Canyon
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) began bridge rehabilitation work on I-25, mile maker 267 at Waldo Canyon, approximately one mile north of the La Bajada Rest Area south of Santa Fe.
The I-25 northbound and southbound lanes is now reduced to one lane 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. There will be NO work scheduled on the weekends of Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 in observance of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
The bridge rehabilitation project is scheduled to be completed Oct. 19; weather permitting. NMDOT thanks you for your patience during Read More
LAHS NJROTC Hosts New Mexico Tri-Meet
LAHS NJROTC Sporter marksmen competing in the Northern New Mexico Tri-Meet from left, Victor Kim, Jodi Thomas, Tom Hanlon, Jacob Torres, Stephanie Nielsen and Felicity Kubic. Photo by JoAnna O’Neill
LAHS NJROTC News:
Los Alamos High School NJROTC unit hosted Albuquerque’s La Cueva High School and Farmington’s Piedra Vista High School for the Northern New Mexico Tri-Meet for marksmanship Saturday.
Some 23 cadets competed in the event and participated in an informal orienteering activity.
SBA Awards $547,000 For Research Innovation Cluster
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $547,000 to support a Regional Innovation Cluster in southeastern New Mexico.
The award to Emerging Technology Ventures (ETV), a New Mexico company, supports work to create an unmanned systems research center that provides specialized tech transfer assistance, which both Udall and Heinrich have championed. ETV, in partnership with state and local partners, will establish an 85,000 square-foot innovation hub that Read More
DOE Issues Draft Loan Guarantee Solicitation For Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy has issued a draft solicitation that would provide up to $12.6 billion in loan guarantees for Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects, supporting the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy and bringing the nation closer to its low-carbon future.
Once finalized, these loan guarantees will provide critical financing to help commercialize advanced nuclear energy technologies, supporting projects that are often unable to secure full commercial financing due to their scale and use of innovative technology.
This draft solicitation Read More
Learn About Foster And Adoptive Parenting Oct. 21
CYFD News:
ESPANOLA – The public is invited to an information meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 to learn about foster and adoptive parenting opportunities with New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department.
The information meeting will be held at the CYFD office at 912 N. Railroad in Espanola.
Currently, there are 44 children in Rio Arriba/Los Alamos counties in the foster care system. There is an urgent need for more foster parents in these communities. Anyone may qualify to become a foster parent if committed to caring for children, single, married or cohabitating, 18 or older, Read More
LANL: Team Advances Understanding Of Greenland Ice Sheet’s Meltwater Channels
An international team of researchers deployed to western Greenland to study the melt rates of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Photo by Matthew Hoffman/LANL
LANL News:
An international research team’s field work, drilling and measuring melt rates and ice sheet movement in Greenland is showing that things are, in fact, more complicated than we thought.
“Although the Greenland Ice Sheet initially speeds up each summer in its slow-motion race to the sea, the network of meltwater channels beneath the sheet is not necessarily forming the slushy racetrack that had been previously considered,” said Matthew Read More
DOE Secretary Hosts Energy Security Symposium, Honors Dr. Daniel Yergin With First Schlesinger Medal
Daniel Howard Yergin
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—To commemorate the 37th anniversary of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) opening in 1977 and to kick off National Energy Action Month, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today hosted the first Schlesinger Medal Ceremony and Symposium on Energy Security.
The Secretary began the event by presenting the new James R. Schlesinger Medal to world-renowned energy expert and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Dr. Daniel Yergin. Then two distinguished panels convened to discuss and debate critical energy security issues from the past and looking toward the Read More
