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New Mexico State Police Checkpoints & Saturation Patrols In Counties Across State In October

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NMDOT News:

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of October 2022.

NMDOT is bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the Read More

An Open Book: Day Of Remembrance

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos

The anniversary of my father’s passing, or Yahrzeit in Yiddish, is a date that I have to track carefully on the Jewish calendar. On this modified lunar calendar, the observance of June 6, 2009 changes a few days forward or backward each year, and I have to look it up regularly.

But for my mother’s Yahrzeit, there is no tracking required. She died on October 3, 2016, the first day of the Jewish year 5777. So, when we set the dinner table last Sunday night to observe and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, “the Head of the Year,” with the two lit tall candles, the ceremonial glass of wine, Read More

WRPC Donates Parking Lot Sale Proceeds To Self Help

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WRPC Pastor Deb Church, right, presents a check designated for the ‘Techo Fund’ to Self Help Executive Director Diane Smogor Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com

WRPC News:

In April of this year, White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC) officially “came out” as publicly affirming and unhesitatingly welcoming of LGBTQIA+ persons. As one of their efforts to not only welcome and affirm this community but also to be an active ally, WRPC sponsored a “parking lot sale” in August, to raise awareness and funds for Self Help’s “Techo Fund” – a fund designated especially for housing Read More

United Way Shows Appreciation For County Workers

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In appreciation for all of their hard work, the United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) provided Frito pies to County workers at lunchtime today at Pajarito Cliff Site. County workers line up to receive their Frito pies as UWNNM volunteer Amadeo Irlando-Wildman, Live United Intern Tony Carmona and UWNNM volunteer Cheo Irlando-Wildman assemble the pies. Photo by John McHaleladailypost.com

UWNNM Executive Director Monica Griego greets County workers, sharing literature and answering questions about the United Way and its programs during a lunchtime Frito pie event today at Pajarito Read More

Posts From Abroad: Excursions Around Zermatt

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During their excursion last week around the Swiss alpine town of Zermatt, Los Alamos residents Bill Priedhorsky and Melissa Bartlett hike down from the top station of the Gornergratbahn, the highest train in Europe, with the Matterhorn in the background. 2019 LANL summer student Clara Rittman, center, joined Priedhorsky and Bartlett on the way from her home institute in Freiburg, Germany, on the way to a conference in Milan. Courtesy/Bill Priedhorsky

View Sept. 22 from above Zermatt, Switzerland. The Breithorn (13,661 feet) on the right, Castor and Pollux in the middle, and the Grenz Glacier Read More

Budget Proposal Includes Rep. Leger Fernández Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, $2.5 Billion To Compensate Survivors

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez announced that the budget proposal to fund the government through December includes the authorization of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act and $2.5 billion to compensate survivors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.

The provisions were included in the proposed FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (“CR”), which would keep the government funded through Dec. 16. The CR still needs to be voted on and passed in both the Senate and the House Read More

Fall Fiesta Returns To Bandelier Saturday Oct. 8

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Cultural demonstrators from nearby Pueblos will showcase their work including handmade pottery, jewelry, drums and carvings, which will be available for purchase during the Fall Fiesta Oct. 8 at Bandelier. Courtesy/NPS

The Oak Canyon Dancers from the Pueblo of Jemez are scheduled to present traditional dances during the Fall Fiesta Oct. 8 at Bandelier. Courtesy/Oak Canyon Dance Group

BANDELIER News:

Saturday, Oct. 8, Bandelier will host its first Fall Fiesta since 2019. The event is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Frijoles Canyon in the main picnic area and around the Bandelier Visitor Center.

Throughout Read More