Education

ABC Hosts Suicide Prevention Training At Mesa Library Monday

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HEALTH News:
While everything may look merry and bright, the holidays can bring extra stress and pressure and stir up feelings of overwhelming grief and loneliness. People can make a difference by checking in and reaching out to friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors who are showing signs of distress or are in crisis.
The next ABC Suicide Prevention Partner class will take place, noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 15 in the upstairs classroom at Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos. Ask, Be Present, Connect is a 60 minute class that addresses how to prevent suicide. During the class participants
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What Is Generative AI? Share Your Thoughts!

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Los Alamos Daily Post News:

Have questions about generative AI? Wonder where it gets its information or why it can get things confidently wrong?

Scroll through the cards below for a quick breakdown of what Large Language Models (LLMs) are, why data sources matter, and how misinformation (hallucinations) can creep into AI-generated content.

 

 

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Martinez: Challenges Of Grandparents, Kin Raising Children

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Jeramay Martinez

By JERAMAY MARTINEZ
Health Care Specialist
Los Alamos County

Most of us know how the adoption and foster care system works, but kinship care is somewhere in the middle. It’s when grandparents, extended family members or even family friends take in, become legal guardians, and care for the children when their parents can’t. Kinship care is more common than you may think in New Mexico. A recent report from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation found that 8 percent of all kids in New Mexico are in some type of kinship care arrangement. That is more than double the national Read More

New Mexico Higher Education Budget Expands Tuition-Free College, Loan Forgiveness

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NMHED News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico’s higher education budget sustains tuition-free college programs driving statewide enrollment growth while adding new investments in adult education and loan repayment for teachers and health professionals. 

The New Mexico Higher Education Department budget recommendation maintains funding for the Opportunity Scholarship and introduces initiatives to help more New Mexicans complete their education and enter high-demand careers. Among the new investments is $1.25 million to cover testing fees for high school equivalency tests, removing a financial Read More

NMAITC Names Christine Kane Of Dixon Elementary School The 2025 Teacher Of The Year

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Christine Kane of Dixon Elementary School, center, is the 2025 NMAITC Teacher of the Year. Courtesy/NMAITC

NMAITC News:

DIXON — New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom (NMAITC) announces Christine Kane of Dixon Elementary School as the 2025 NMAITC Teacher of the Year. The annual award honors a K-12 educator who is not an agriculture teacher by trade but who meaningfully integrates agricultural literacy across the curriculum.

Kane serves the rural community of Dixon in northeast Rio Arriba County, where she teaches K-6 special education, works as the school’s speech-language pathologist, Read More

Los Alamos Schools Credit Union Wishing Community ‘Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays’ With Festive Display

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Los Alamos Schools Credit Union (LASCU) is wishing the community ‘Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays’ with this festive display created by artist Andrew Sandoval on the front windows of its building Thursday at 1010 Central Ave . Learn more about LASCU at lascu.org. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Artist Andrew Sandoval creates a festive display on the front windows of the Los Alamos Schools Credit Union building at 1010 Central Ave. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Another view of the festive window display created by artist Andrew Sandoval on the front of the Los Alamos Schools Read More

ECECD Seeks $1.2 Billion To Expand Universal Child Care, PreK

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ECECD News:

SANTA FE ∞ New Mexico is seeking $1.2 billion to strengthen and expand its early childhood system, including universal childcare and universal preschool for 3-year-olds. 

The Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) presented its fiscal year 2027 budget request to the Legislative Finance Committee, proposing a $196.2 million increase to expand access, improve quality and build lasting infrastructure for New Mexico’s youngest children and their families. 

Of the $1.2 billion total, $662 million supports childcare assistance, $278.6 million funds New Mexico Read More

New $60M Workforce Training Program Boosts Workforce For New Mexico’s Highest-Demand Fields

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NMHED News:

SANTA FE — A new state workforce training initiative exceeded expectations in its first year, with more than 6,200 New Mexicans completing career-focused programs in health care, transportation, construction and other high-demand fields.

The Government Results and Opportunity Trust (GRO) program achieved a 94 percent completion rate across 224 distinct workforce training programs at 19 higher education institutions statewide, backed by a $20 million investment in Fiscal Year 2025. The 6,249 enrolled students pursued training in pharmacy technology, welding, HVAC, Read More

State Seeks To Hire Hundreds Of Child Welfare Workers, Expand Kids’ Mental Health Services

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Valerie Sandoval
Acting Cabinet Secretary

CYFD News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico is seeking to hire hundreds of child welfare workers, expand substance abuse and infant mental health programs, and strengthen safety nets for vulnerable children and families under a proposed $422.3 million state budget.

The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) fiscal year 2027 budget represents a 4.7 percent increase and seeks $43.1 million of General Fund investments to replace expired federal health services grants, to add wrap-around services in communities and to broaden alternative Read More

Daily Postcard: Early Morning Beauty Of Pajarito Mountain Ski Area

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Daily Postcard: The early morning beauty of Pajarito Mountain Ski Area at 397 Camp May Road. Opening day is tentatively set for Dec. 12 and season passes are on sale now. Also, registration is now open for Pajarito’s popular multiweek lessons, including: Camp Bluebird, the four-week, Saturday only lessons for kids ages 7-12; Master the Mountain, the four-week, Sunday only lessons for all ages 7 & up;  Women’s Clinics every Thursday; and Senior Clinics every Thursday. Visit https://www.pajarito.ski/. Courtesy/PMSA Read More