Pajarito Brewpub & Grill Named SBDC Success Client
From left, District Director John Woosley of U.S. Small Business Administration Albuquerque District Office, Director Ted Lopez of Small Business Development Center at Los Alamos, Emily Blumenthal and Brewpub co-owner Patrick Mockler-Wood and their baby Emma, co-owners Dorota Listwan and Pawel Listwan and State Director Russell Wyrick of New Mexico Small Business Development Center Network. Courtesy/SBDC
SBDC News:
The Pajarito Brewpub & Grill has been selected as the New Mexico Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Success Client, and was honored and recognized at this Read More
Governor Acts on Nine Pieces of Legislation
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
SANTA FE—Gov. Susana Martinez signed House Bill 51 and Senate Bill 182 into law.
House Bill 51, Right to Farm Nuisance Changes, protects New Mexico farmers and ranchers from encroaching urban sprawl and unfair nuisance lawsuits by stipulating that agricultural operations that have been in existence at least one year shall not be considered a nuisance, unless operated negligently or illegally.
Senate Bill 182, Corrections Industry Division Product Sales, authorizes the Corrections Industries Division of the New Mexico Corrections Read More
Los Alamos TV Series ‘Manhattan’ Enters Production Late March
Physicists at a Manhattan District-sponsored colloquium at Los Alamos in 1946. Front row from left, Norris Bradbury, John Manley, Enrico Fermi and J. M. B. Kellogg. Robert Oppenheimer, in dark coat, is behind Manley; to Oppenheimer’s left is Richard Feynman. Courtesy/wikipedia
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez announced Thursday that “Manhattan,” an original one-hour drama series, will begin production in New Mexico later this month.
The series is set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history Read More
Udall, Heinrich, Pearce Press Energy Secretary Moniz on Next Steps for WIPP
DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.–U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce met Thursday with Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the agency’s ongoing response to the incident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad.
The lawmakers together reiterated the message that it is critical for the DOE to be as open and responsive to the Carlsbad community, where residents understandably are concerned about health and safety in the wake of the accident. Additionally, they pressed Read More
Congressional STEM Academic Competition March 19
Courtesy/stemedcoalition.org
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, NM-01, announced that she will host the first annual Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic Competition, “The House STEM App Challenge.”
This competition seeks to promote innovation in STEM fields by inviting high school students in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District to submit ideas for a software application or “app” for mobile, tablet or computer devices and present their design in a two-minute YouTube video. Read More
Wildfire Funding Reform in President’s Budget
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich applaud the news that President Obama incorporated into his Fiscal Year 2015 budget proposal a plan based on a bill they cosponsored to reform federal wildfire policy.
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich 
The change, which still must be approved by Congress, would fund major wildfires the same as other natural disasters and free up funding to prevent future fires.
“Wildfires are as devastating in New Mexico and the rest of the West as hurricanes are on the East and Gulf coasts, and our Read More
Estevan López Nominated To Lead Bureau of Reclamation
Estevan R. López, P.E.
STATE News:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall welcomed news that Estevan R. López has been nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. López, a native New Mexican and a graduate of New Mexico Tech, is being nominated replace outgoing Commissioner and Las Cruces native Michael Connor. Connor was recently confirmed as Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
“Estevan López is highly qualified to lead the Bureau of Reclamation. With his experience in public service and the private sector, he brings a wealth of knowledge Read More
Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project DEIS Available For Public Comment
Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE—Forest Supervisor Maria T. Garcia announced today that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project (SJMLRP) is available for public comment.
The DEIS seeks to authorize treatments that include:
- Prescribed fire;
- Mechanical forest restoration treatments;
- Meadow and riparian rehabilitation; and
- Archeological site protection within Santa Fe National Forest’s 110,000-acre portion of the project.
The public is invited to attend one of three “Open House” meetings next Read More
‘The Wall That Heals’ Vietnam Memorial Wall Replica Spending Six Days in Santa Fe
One panel of ‘The Wall’, displaying some of the names of fallen U.S. service members from the Vietnam War. Courtesy/wikipedia
NMDVS News:
SANTA FE—A half-size replica of the National Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., is traveling to Santa Fe for a six-day stop. The Wall That Heals is scheduled to arrive at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 18 at Ft. Marcy Park.
The 18-wheel truck carrying the Wall will be escorted by motorcycle-riding members of the American Legion Riders Post 26 and the Patriot Guard Riders on the Wall’s last leg of its arrival into the city. The truck will Read More
Heinrich: Senate Intelligence Committee Oversees The CIA, Not The Other Way Around
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its congressional oversight:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee oversees the CIA, not the other way around. Since I joined the Committee, the CIA has refused to engage in good faith on the Committee’s study of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. Instead, the CIA has consistently tried to cast doubt on the accuracy and quality of Read More
