WIPP Performs Weekly Shaft Inspections
WIPP News:
In accordance with Mine Safety and Health Administration requirements, WIPP employees continue to perform inspections of the mine shafts.
Shaft inspections are required on a weekly basis and prior to allowing personnel to ride the conveyances, or elevators, into the underground facility. Currently, both the Salt Handling and Air Intake Shafts are inspected every Monday. Once the Waste Shaft is returned to service it will be added to the weekly inspection schedule.
In addition to the weekly inspections, crews also perform checks of the equipment on a daily basis to ensure the continued Read More
Heinrich Votes For Highway And Transportation Bill Critical To Keeping New Mexicans On The Job
I-25 map. Courtesy/wikipedia.com
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., voted Tuesday to pass H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, a bill that will prevent an immediate reduction of nearly $129 million in annual funding for construction on roads, bridges, and transit systems in New Mexico, which will support more than 1,600 jobs in the state.
The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 79 to 18 and now goes back to the House.
“Investments in public transit, paved roads, and other transportation infrastructure are critical to providing Read More
Momentum Builds For Heinrich’s Bill to Improve Hunting and Fishing Access on Public Lands
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich’s, D-N.M., bill to improve hunting and fishing access on public lands received a key hearing Wednesday in the Public Lands, Forests and Mining Subcommittee.
The Hunt Unrestricted on National Treasures (HUNT) Act, introduced by Heinrich last September, would unlock countless public lands in New Mexico and grow the outdoor recreation economy. Hunters and anglers alone spend more than $465 million per year in New Mexico, and outdoor recreation as a whole contributes $6.1 billion to the state’s economy. Read More
Back to School Tax-Free Weekend Begins 12:01 a.m. Friday to Midnight Sunday
STATE News:
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New Mexico Tax Holiday Saves Children and Families $4 Million in Preparing for Upcoming School Year
ALBUQUERQUE — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez encouraged New Mexico families to take advantage of the annual tax-free weekend, to save money and prepare their children with clothes and supplies to return to school this fall.
“We want our children to start this school year off on the right foot,” Martinez said. “This tax-free weekend helps our families save money on much–needed supplies and clothes, so that students will be prepared to get back in the classroom. Not only is this good for Read More
Corrections Event Aimed at Ending DWI
STATE News:
Did you know there are nearly 500 people serving time in a New Mexico prison for a DWI? Of those 98 were convicted for vehicular homicide or causing great bodily harm.
The New Mexico Corrections Department, in an effort to commit ourselves to ending DWI, has reached out to our brothers and sister in law enforcement and partners in private agencies for a statewide initiative.
Join us at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 30 at Target Uptown, 2120 Louisiana Blvd NE (on the south side of the building, outdoors).
This event is held by New Mexico Corrections Department, along with other agencies to include: Read More
Heinrich Statement on New VA Secretary
VA Secretary Robert McDonald. Courtesy/Wikipedia
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., released the following statement July 29 after voting to confirm Robert McDonald as the next U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA):
“Robert McDonald’s military and private sector experience will help him provide the leadership and management needed at the VA. I am confident he will contribute to restoring accountability and transparency at the Department of Veterans Affairs and also hire a well-qualified permanent director at the New Mexico VA Medical Center. Read More
New Mexico Majority Whip Tim Keller Selected CSG Toll Fellow
Sen. Tim Keller. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
Sen. Tim Keller, who serves as New Mexico’s majority whip, is one of 48 state policymakers from across the country selected as a Council of State Governments’ Henry Toll Fellow for the Class of 2014.
The 48-person class of 2014 Toll Fellows represent 35 states and Puerto Rico, with 35 serving in the legislative branch, four serving in the judiciary and nine hailing from the executive. A nine-member committee of state leaders, many who are Toll Fellows themselves, reviewed a record number of applications to select the class.
“The Henry Toll Fellowship Read More
GOP’s Star Parker to Speak in Santa Fe Aug. 9
Star Parker. Courtesy photo
SFFRW News:
Star Parker is the honored guest speaker for the Santa Fe Federated Republican Women’s (SFFRW) Gala 6-10 p.m., Aug. 9 at the La Fonda Ballroom.
Parker is founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), a regular commentator on CNN, TBN, CSPAN and CBN.
When she commands the stage, it is hard to believe that for seven years she participated in robbery at gunpoint, defrauding the government welfare system, habitual drug use, and had multiple abortions.
Parker is currently sought-after as a social policy consultant on Capitol Read More
‘Comb on a Chip’ Powers New NIST/Caltech Atomic Clock Design
NIST physicists Scott Diddams, left, and Scott Papp with a prototype atomic clock based on a chip-scale frequency comb. Courtesy/ NIST
NIST News:
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated a new design for an atomic clock that is based on a chip-scale frequency comb, or a microcomb.
The microcomb clock, featured on the cover of the inaugural issue of the new journal Optica, is the first demonstration of all-optical control of the microcomb, and its accurate conversion of optical frequencies Read More
Cutting Edge Breast Cancer Screening Comes to Santa Fe
MEDICAL News:
According to the American College of Radiology (ACR), more than 40 percent of all U.S. women have dense breast tissue, and women in the highest dense-breast category established by the ACR are four to six times more likely to get breast cancer compared to women with low breast density.
Breast ultrasound uses sound waves to generate a picture of the breast tissue, and no compression is necessary. Santa Fe Imaging (SFI) Radiologist Monica Saini, M.D., emphasized that breast ultrasound does not replace mammography, which is still the gold standard, but ABUS is a new and important Read More
