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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

LARSO Could Be Effected By Freeze In Federal Funding

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Staff Report

Any recipient of federal grants and loans – nationwide – is feeling the impact of the Trump Administration’s freeze on federal funds that was issued Monday. It’s a bit unclear whether the freeze is still in place but if it is, recipients include numerous nonprofits such as local Senior Activity Centers.

Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) receives federal funding from the Older Americans Act (OAA).

Funding includes:

  • Day out: $7,426.64;
  • Congregate Meals: $13,737.23; and
  • Home Delivered Meals: $9,017.23.
  • Total: $30,181.10

LARSO Executive Director Jacci Gruninger Read More

Luján Named Ranking Member Of Agriculture Subcommittee On Nutrition And Specialty Crops

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STATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) was named Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research for the 119th Congress. Luján will serve alongside Subcommittee Chairman U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

“Across New Mexico and the nation, federal nutrition assistance programs help feed our families and children, while our specialty crop growers put high-quality, nutritious produce for our tables,” Luján said. “I am honored to have been Read More

Luján, Wyden, Finance Democrats Press RFK Jr. To Reject Big Pharma Pause On Medicare Negotiation

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and all Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Finance sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressing him to answer nearly a dozen questions regarding his views on Medicare drug price negotiation and confirm he will not pause negotiations, as CEOs representing the largest pharmaceutical companies have requested.

“As a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed without a single Republican vote, Medicare drug price negotiation is a powerful tool Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s James Owen Leaving Lab After Distinguished 30-Year Career To Enter Private Sector

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From left, Associate Laboratory Director Weapons Engineering James Owen, Laboratory Director Thom Mason and TechSource Vice President/Managing Director Curtis Christensen at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit Monday in Washington, D.C. Owen is being recognized in front of a national audience for his service to LANL and the nuclear weapons complex. Courtesy photo

From left, NNSA Deputy Assistant Deputy Administrator Robin Noyes, Kellenberger Chief Sales Officer Jeremy Michael, Associate Laboratory Director Weapons Engineering James Owen, Laboratory Director Thom Mason and TechSource Read More

Heinrich, Cassidy, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking Of Fentanyl Act

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Heinrich:

          • Bipartisan legislation would permanently place fentanyl-related substances into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, helping law enforcement combat fentanyl trafficking, while advancing scientific and medical research

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act.

This Read More

Minnesota State College Southeast 2024 President’s List

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MSC News:

Minnesota State College Southeast in Red Wing and Winona, Minnesota, is proud to announce the President’s List for Fall Semester 2024.

A total of 347 students were named to the Fall 2024 President’s List. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 letter-graded credits during an academic term and achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above. 

Students come from across the country to study at Minnesota State College Southeast. While most of the students on the President’s List are from Minnesota (251) and Wisconsin (50), students came to Southeast from California, Read More

President Trump Issues Order Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under Military’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

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From the White House:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  On August 24, 2021, the Secretary of Defense mandated that all service members receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  The Secretary of Defense later rescinded the mandate on January 10, 2023.  The vaccine mandate was an unfair, overbroad, and completely unnecessary burden on our service members.  Further, the military unjustly discharged those who refused the vaccine, regardless of the years of service given to our Read More

Los Alamos Police Chief Answers Immigration Policy Questions From Local Community

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By Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone:

The Los Alamos Police Department has received questions from the community regarding our immigration policy given the recent coverage of immigration enforcement at the federal level. 

Although the federal administration has changed, our policy has not. 

The Police Department works with all our federal partners and provides assistance as prescribed by law, or as a matter of public and officer safety. 

With specific respect to immigration, the Department has a responsibility to properly identify and make Counsular notification of any foreign Read More

Korean War Army Soldier Pfc. Arthur A. Clifton To Be Laid To Rest After His Remains Identified Nearly 75 Years Later

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Army Private First Class Arthur A. Clifton

VA News:

Korean War Army Private First Class Arthur A. Clifton will finally be laid to rest after his remains were identified almost 75 years later.

All are invited to attend the ceremony and pay their respects. The service, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, will include full military  honors and caisson.

Clifton was a Korean War soldier who fought in the “Frozen Chosin”. The service is 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in the  Assembly Area, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209.

Background 

On Thanksgiving Read More