Udall Secures Support for Critical PILT Funding
U.S. SENATE News:N.M. Delegation Announces Federal Drought Assistance
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON – Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that 27 counties in New Mexico will qualify for emergency loan assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) due to losses caused by the ongoing drought. A full list of counties is included below.
The designation makes producers, farmers and ranchers in these counties eligible for Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans, provided eligibility requirements are met. Funds are available for up to a maximum of $500,000 and Read More
Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol Member Garners National Recognition
Nathan Phillips
PMSP News:
Los Alamos High School senior Nathan Phillips is the runner up for Outstanding Young Adult Patroller in the nation. He received a Silver Merit Star and was recognized in the recent issue of the National Ski Patrol magazine.
Phillips has been a member of the Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol (PMSP) for four years, helping provide safe snow sport recreation on the mountain. He and the rest of the local Young Adult Ski Patrol are attending the Rocky Mountain Division Young Adult seminar at Winterpark, Colo., in March.
Young adults ages 15-18 interested in more information about Read More
Luján Votes for Government Funding Package that Rolls Back Sequester Cuts
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District voted Wednesday for the omnibus appropriations bill that funds the government for fiscal year 2014. As a result of the budget deal that was passed in December (see here), the appropriations bill rolls back the sequester cuts that have negatively impacted New Mexico.
“For too long Congress has had to legislate from one crisis to the next as House Republicans shutdown the government and used the appropriations process to make extreme demands,” Luján said. “With Read More
Student Shoots Two Classmates at Roswell School
Staff Report
A 12-year-old boy shot a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy at about 7:30 a.m. today at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell. The injured students were airlifted to a Lubbock, Texas hospital.
News reports indicate that the girl has been upgraded to serious condition but the boy, who was shot in the face, remains critical.
At a press conference this afternoon, New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kasseta said the seventh grader opened fire with a shotgun on a group of students in the gymnasium before school started. A staff member also suffered minor injuries when he stopped the Read More
India Celebrates Three Polio-Free Years
ROTARY News:
India, once considered the hardest place to eradicate polio celebrated three years without a case Jan 13, with official WHO certification occurring in late March and a high-level celebration planned for Feb. 11.
The third anniversary provides an opportunity to recognize the importance of India ’s achievement, highlight the power of vaccines and encourage continued political and financial support for polio eradication.
Rotary International and its partners have reduced polio cases by 99 percent worldwide since its first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines Read More
Design the Mudd Volleyball Pig
CTHF News:
ALBUQUERQUE—One of Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation’s (CTHF’s) largest fundraisers, Mudd Volleyball, is celebrating its 20th year in 2014. In honor of the event, CTHF is hosting a “Design the Pig” contest to redesign its mascot, the Mudd Volleyball pig.
Entries will be accepted though Friday, Jan. 31. The winning entry will be chosen and announced Feb. 10.
“The Mudd Volleyball pig mascot has taken on many forms in the past 20 years, but has continued to represent the same goal each year – to raise essential funding for Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation, which directly benefits Read More
Upcoming Santa Fe National Forest Prescribed Burns
Prescribed burn illustration. Courtesy photo
SFNF News:
SANTA FE—Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest plan to conduct several prescribed fires across the forest over the next few weeks to reduce hazardous fuels, provide community protection, and restore forest health.
The start dates and duration of the burns are subject to change depending on favorable conditions. Through hand ignition firefighters will burn slash piles and conduct broadcast burns (burning surface fuels in a mosaic pattern.) Smoke may be visible intermittently through the coming weeks.
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New Mexico Receives $1.6 Million for Road Repairs
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham have announced that the New Mexico Department of Transportation will receive a $1.6 million grant for repair and reconstruction of roads around the state damaged in last year’s floods.
The grant funds will be used to restore major highways and roads on federal lands that were damaged by the severe flooding in September. The record-breaking rain and storms caused damage in about two-thirds of the state.
In October, at the urging Read More
LANL Foundation CEO to Lead Statewide Organization
Susan Herrera
LANLF News:
Susan Herrera, CEO of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, has been elected chair of the Board of the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers.
The Association serves foundations and private philanthropists throughout New Mexico. It hosted a conference “Finding Common Ground: Joining Together to Improve New Mexico” late last year at Tamaya Resort for grantmakers and nonprofits. The conference was partially funded by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Herrera has served as CEO of the LANL Foundation since 2008 and, in this capacity, manages a current Read More
