Chamisa’s Adelaide Jacobson Attends Robotics Academy At Carnegie Mellon University
Chamisa teacher Adelaide Jacobson is among those who participated in the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy. Courtesy photoLAPSF News:
Funded by a Professional Development Grant from the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, Chamisa Elementary School teacher Adelaide Jacobson joined a diverse group of educators from around the United States, Indonesia, Ireland, Madagascar, Qatar and Viet Nam for a week in July at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Robotics Academy in Pittsburgh, PA..
Of the 24 “teacher students” in the course, Jacobson estimates that about 75 percent teach Read More
SFNF: Managed Pino Fire Proceeds According To Plan
Firefighters use hand and aerial ignitions to direct the Pino wildfire to control features, removing hazardous fuels and minimizing the threat of future high intensity wildfires. Photo by Ryszard Wasilewski/jemezdailypost.com 
Photo by Ryszard Wasilewski/jemezdailypost.com SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Fire managers were very pleased with the activity on the Pino Fire Tuesday. Firefighters used hand and aerial ignitions to direct the wildfire to control features, removing hazardous fuels and minimizing the threat of future high intensity wildfires.
The lightning caused Pino wildfire
Governor Breaks Ground On New Healthcare Clinic
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Gov. Susana Martinez participated in a groundbreaking Tuesday on a new primary care clinic in Albuquerque’s North Valley. University of New Mexico leaders joined Martinez for the groundbreaking.
The 16,000-square-foot facility will be staffed with faculty physicians, residents, nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants, and will feature about 20 exam rooms, an onsite lab and pharmacy. The new clinic is expected to open in late spring 2015. UNM estimates that when fully operational, it will serve 1,500-1,800 patients per month.
Following Read More
New Mexico Museum of Art Taps Carmen Vendelin As New Curator of Art
Carmen Vendelin
NMMA News:
Carmen Vendelin was recently the Curator of Art at La Salle University Art Museum in Philadelphia, Penn. Previously, she was at the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, and at the Art Institute of Chicago.
She has more than 13 years of museum experience, 10 of those curatorial. Her area of specialization is 19th and 20th century American and European art with particular emphasis on the years between the 1870s and World War II. At the New Mexico Museum of Art, she will be working mainly with collections before 1955.
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Scenes of Pino Fire Smoke From Santa Fe
Smoke from the Pino Fire was visible Tuesday evening from a home on the north side of Santa Fe. The Pino Fire was started by lightning within the planned Paliza prescribed fire area. The Pino Fire is burning on Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District, south of N.M. 4 and six miles east of Jemez Springs. It is now 164 acres in size. Photo by Jim Gautier
Smoke from the Pino Fire as seen Tuesday evening from the north side of Santa Fe. Photo by Jim Gautier Read More
WIPP: Employees Can Enter Radiological Buffer Areas
WIPP News:
Work continues to recover areas of the WIPP underground facility and steadily move toward resuming normal operations.
Radiological control technicians and geophysical engineers enter the facility regularly to evaluate the different zones for radioactive contamination and structural integrity. Zones determined to be structurally sound and within release limits for radioactive contamination are reclassified as radiological buffer areas.
Employees can enter radiological buffer areas in the underground facility without respirators and will be able to start restoration Read More
Large Smoke Column From Pino Fire Visible in Los Alamos and White Rock
Smoke from the Pino Fire near Jemez Springs was visible throughout the county today and this large column of smoke was spotted around 7 p.m. looking west past the Visitors Center from N.M. 4 in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
SFNF News:
Conditions were very favorable today for fire managers to ignite areas around the Pino Fire to achieve desired resource objectives.
The Pino Fire was started by lightning within the planned Paliza prescribed fire area. Hand and aerial ignitions were used today to direct the Pino Fire to existing fire lines that were created for the Paliza Read More
Spanish Immersion Program Debut
El Rito Campus of Northern New Mexico College. Courtesy/BLSI
BLSI News:
Bilingual Strategies Language Institute (BLSI) is launching its innovative Spanish Immersion Program at the picturesque El Rito Campus of Northern New Mexico College.
Be part of the inauguration weekend sessions and get in on the special debut rate. Learning another language or polishing already established skills is a rewarding experience whether your goal is to communicate more effectively, become more valuable to your business, interact with Spanish-speaking clients, family or friends, travel abroad Read More
Udall Announces $2 Million Grant For New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services
U.S. SENATE News:New pilot program seeks to improve veterans’ access to health care and benefits in rural and underserved communities
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced that the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services has been selected to participate in a new pilot program to help better serve rural veterans.
The department will receive $2 million in federal grants to increase access to health care and benefits for veterans and their families living in rural and underserved New Mexico communities. The N.M. Department of Veterans’ Services was one of five entities selected
Video: Shelter Puppies Tailgating Party
PrintScreen of puppie tailgating party.
SFAS News:
The Santa Fe Animal Shelter created the following video of their shelter puppies having fun at a tailgating party. Evelyn Viechec of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter said that the video was requested Monday evening by the producers of Good Morning America for possible nationwide airing.
“This is just another cute way to bring attention to the countless homeless animals in our communities who are looking for good homes,” Viechec said.
