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Los Alamos National Laboratory Fuel Cell Commercialization Program Issues Call For Partners

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The L’Innovator 2.0 program pairs Los Alamos innovation with resources to help commercialize fuel cell technology. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

            • L’Innovator 2.0 Program offers access to catalyst and electrode structure intellectual property

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is issuing a Call for Commercialization Partners to join its L’Innovator 2.0 program, which seeks to accelerate the commercialization of cutting-edge hydrogen and fuel cell innovations. The program works on a collaborative model, as commercial partners develop minimum viable products through a Cooperative Read More

Travel: Relax At The Spa At Sec-He In Palm Springs

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Enter a haven of healing at The Spa at Séc-He in Palm Springs, one of the most luxurious hot mineral spring spa destinations in the country. Photo by Debbie Stone

Salt cave at The Spa at Séc-He. Photo by Debbie Stone

By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Palm Springs is a desert oasis, known for its hot springs, amenity-rich resorts, top-notch golf courses, eclectic boutiques, vibrant food scene, and easy access to nature. It’s also a wellness mecca, offering numerous spas where you can soak and get pampered to your heart’s content.

Only one of these spas, however, has a natural, mineral Read More

NMDWS Hosts Event To Expand Workforce Outreach

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NMDWS Deputy Secretary Marcos Martinez addresses Community-Based Organizations at Connecting You: Engaging NMDWS Services for Effective Client Support event. Courtesy photo

NMDWS News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) hosted an event Thursday in Albuquerque bringing together Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to strengthen partnerships and enhance outreach for Unemployment Insurance and re-employment services.

The event, Connecting You: Engaging NMDWS Services for Effective Client Support, highlighted efforts to bridge gaps in Read More

Senate Bill 88 Introduced To Create $2 Billion Medicaid Trust Fund

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From Think New Mexico:

Senate Bill 88 has been introduced to establish a $2 billion permanent trust fund for Medicaid. The bill is sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chair George Muñoz (D-Gallup); Senate Minority Leader Bill Sharer (R-Farmington); and Senate Minority Whip Pat Woods (R- Curry, Harding, Quay & Union counties).

The bill is supported by the nonpartisan think tank Think New Mexico, which proposed a similar fund in its recent report, How to Solve New Mexico’s Health Care Worker Shortage.

Since 1973, New Mexico legislators have created a dozen permanent funds to provide Read More

Disappointing Conditions On Display At Smith’s Marketplace

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Conditions found in an aisle around 11 a.m. on a recent Monday at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Ann McLaughlin

Conditions found in an aisle around 11 a.m. on a recent Monday at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Ann McLaughlin

Conditions found in an aisle around 11 a.m. on a recent Monday at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Ann McLaughlin

By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
Los Alamos

When it opened ten years ago, Smith’s Marketplace was a huge, almost glittering, improvement over its predecessors. There were understandable problems during the pandemic, but conditions in the store have not improved. In some ways they Read More

NM Unemployment Rate Was 4.4% In December 2024

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NMDWS News:

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in December, unchanged from the rate in November and up from 4.0 percent in the previous year. The national unemployment rate in December was 4.1 percent, down from 4.2 percent in November and up from 3.8 percent in December 2023.

Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 13,100 jobs, or 1.5 percent, between December 2023 and December 2024. The majority of gains came from the private sector. The private sector was up 11,700 jobs, or 1.7 percent, while the public sector was up 1,400 jobs, or 0.7 percent. Within Read More

United Way Of Northern N.M. Holds 2025 Board Retreat

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United Way Of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) Board of Directors and staff gathered Saturday for their 2025 Board Retreat at the Rio Arriba County Offices in Española. Pictured from front left, Board Member Christine ‘Teeny’ Bustos – Rio Arriba County Economic Development Director, Board Vice President Mike Holtzclaw – UNM-LA Chancellor, Executive Director Cindy Padilla, Board Secretary Sandy Jones – Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director, UWNNM Director of Corporate & Community Engagement Donna Milanovich, Emeritus Board Member Liddie Martinez, Board Member Read More

Nominees Announced For 2025 CommUNITY Asset Awards

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The Spirit of the West Award, handcrafted by Richard Ronquillo of Rich Welding, LLC. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The nominations have been made for the 2025 CommUNITY Asset Awards. Richard Ronquillo of Rich Welding, LLC has once again handcrafted the Spirit of the West Award, named for former Los Alamos County Councilor Jim West.

All nominees will be recognized at a small, private event taking place soon. Champions of Youth Ambitions is the sponsor of this program, this year with the support of 100 Men Who Care.

Nominees for 2025 CommUNITY Asset Awards:

  • Shannon Cde Baca
  • Anne & Brad Cooke
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Medical Center CEO Tracie Stratton Addresses Kiwanis

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Tracie Stratton, CEO of Los Alamos Medical Center, speaks at Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

KIWANIS News:

Jan. 20, Kiwanian Tracie Stratton, CEO of the Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC), gave an update to the club on the current concerns and issues facing the facility and the actions that are being taken to address them. She has been working with recommendations from Think New Mexico to focus on helping promote solutions, both locally and at the state level.

One of the most critical problems, said Stratton, both for LAMC and hospitals across the state, is the very high rates and low availability Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Optimizing The Use Of Low Cost Air Sensors

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

Optimizing The Use Of Low Cost Air Sensors

Notable remedies for public conflicts begin with new information. New approaches lead to better answers to perennial problems.

Yet, contentious times bring all manner of outcomes when we choose a topic and line up two speakers from different entities for a public program. Legions of talks set out to dispute contradictory facts. At the end, the dispute stands where it began. Loads of talks are pep talks for one side of an issue, which offer nothing new.

Talks that help a breadth Read More