Comments Sought On State Transportation Improvement Program
NMTD News:
SANTA FE ─ The public is invited to comment on the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s second amendmentto the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The program will serve as a four year plan for the state’s federal aid highway program.
The STIP contains proposed road and bridge projects and is required under the federal legislation. Projects on the list are on federal and state highways (roads with I, U.S. or NM designations).
The NMDOT has posted the 2014-2017 STIP amendment on the internet asking for public comment until Dec. 5. In addition, NMDOT will be soliciting Read More
Australian Rotarian’s New Book Has Los Alamos Connections
Rotary District Governor John Kevan from Perth, Australia visited Los Alamos in 2011. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
John Kevan, Rotary District Governor from Perth, Australia visited Los Alamos in May 2011. He made a special point to visit Los Alamos on his way to the Rotary International Convention in New Orleans.
Kevan contacted Los Alamos Rotarian Linda Hull, club secretary at the time, who arranged for Georgia Strickfaden of Buffalo Tours to meet him at the ABQ airport and give him tours of Lamy, Santa Fe, Bandelier and Los Alamos. Kevan was surely the very first Australian to be photographed Read More
Los Alamos Aquatomics Swimmer Sets State Record!
Ming-Yuan Lo, 8, of the Los Alamos Aquatomics set state record in the 100 yard butterfly Saturday. Courtesy photoGeoengineering The Climate Would Reduce Vital Rains
Monsoon rainfall wets Beijing streets and passersby in 2011. New research indicates geoengineering to reduce global warming would also reduce average global precipitation. Photo by Sierra F
AGU News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although a significant build-up in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would alter worldwide precipitation patterns, a widely discussed technological approach to reducing future global warming would also interfere with rainfall and snowfall, new research shows.
The international study finds that a massive increase in greenhouse gases and warming of the planet would Read More
Udall Addresses Employment Non-Discrimination Act
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Monday issued the following statement after the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) cleared an important procedural step in the U.S. Senate, winning a bipartisan filibuster-proof 61 votes for the first time in history and moving a significant step closer to passage:
“Today the Senate has taken an important step toward protecting LGBT Americans from workplace discrimination. Clearing this procedural hurdle with a bipartisan vote shows the progress we’ve made in the Senate and in our country.”
“I Read More
Winter Weather Advisory
NWS News:
…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY.
* LOCAL IMPACTS…TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO WET SNOW AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS ALONG N.M. 4 BETWEEN LA CUEVA TO LOS ALAMOS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 84 BETWEEN TIERRA AMARILLA TO THE COLORADO BORDER.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7,500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7,500 FEET. LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 9,500 Read More
Rising Temperatures Challenge Salt Lake City’s Water Supply
Dell Creek in Parley’s Canyon, is a source of water for Salt Lake City. A new study shows how climate change is likely to affect the various creeks and streams.Photo by Patrick Nelson/ SLC DPU
CIRES News:
WASHINGTON, DC—In an example of the challenges water-strapped western cities will face in a warming world, new research shows that every degree fahrenheit of warming in the Salt Lake City region could mean a 1.8 to 6.5 percent drop in the annual flow of streams that provide water to the city.
By midcentury, warming western temperatures may mean that some of the creeks and streams that help slake Salt Read More
Quality New Mexico Targets Performance Excellence
QNM Chair Bill Wadt of Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comBill Wadt of Los Alamos is chairman of the Board of Quality New Mexico (QNM.) He stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post’s downtown headquarters recently to talk how about the non-profit organization helps businesses achieve performance excellence.
“QNM is 20 years old and has always had strong bipartisan support,” Wadt said. “Through Executive Order, Gov. Susana Martinez made QNM the official administrator of the New Mexico Read More
Lujan Grisham Honors New Mexico Law Enforcement Officers, First Responders
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham. PrintScreen photo
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M. Dist. 1, spoke on the House floor Wednesday to honor the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officials and first responders in the wake of the recent shootings of police officers in New Mexico. Below is a transcript of her remarks and a link to the video.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and thank the brave men and women in law enforcement who risk their lives every day to keep us safe.
“In the past week alone, seven law enforcement officials Read More
Key Proposal for NM Water Source Development Draws Legislative Panel Interest
Courtesy/APR
APWP News:
- Augustin Plains Ranch Water Project Holds Potential to Supply Middle Rio Grande Valley With Abundant Water for Centuries
LAS CRUCES — In response to a positive hearing with the New Mexico State Drought Sub-Committee in Las Cruces in October, Augustin Plains Ranch Project Director Michel Jichlinski released the following statement:
“We are very encouraged to hear that key leaders in the Legislature and in other areas of water law and policy in New Mexico view our proposal as viable, deserving of further investigation, and in need of an active role by the State. This is Read More
