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Jeremy Davis Shares Volunteer Experience With Catch-A-Dream Hunt On Valles Caldera

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Catch-a-Dream hunter Tyler Gunlogson
 
Catch a Dream in 2014
By Jeremy Davis

Jeremy Davis is from Bluff Dale, Texas and a vegetation ecologist for the Valles Caldera Trust. He writes about his volunteer experience with Catch-A-Dream hunt on the Preserve.

There was only one thing was bigger than 15 year old Tyler Gunlogson’s size 15 hunting boots on the morning of the 28th of September; his smile. Why was he all grins? Well, that’s just what happens when you fulfill a lifelong dream within a 24 hour span of time. This is his story.

Mornings start early in the hunting camp but that didn’t seem to Read More

Udall, Heinrich Announce More Than $780,000 To Spur Entrepreneurship, Economic Development

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have announced more than $780,000 in federal funding for two projects to spur economic development in New Mexico.

These funds, made available by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), will increase access to microloans for small businesses and support the renovation the iconic Santo Domingo Trading Post.

The EDA has awarded $270,000 to support the implementation of ACCION New Mexico’s Presto Loan program to promote and develop entrepreneurship throughout New Mexico. The program, which provides Read More

Udall, Heinrich Announce $15 Million For Expanded Telehealth Services Through UNM Health Sciences Center

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center has been awarded $15,120,767 to test expansion of their telehealth infrastructure system that will provide 30 hospitals statewide with remote emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations.

The funding is being awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center. The award will support the Access to Critical Cerebral Emergency Support Services Read More

Council On International Relations Sponsors Lecture On East/West Ukraine Conflict Oct. 14 In Santa Fe

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Dr. Eugene Rumer

CIR News:

The Santa Fe Council on International Relations, (CIR) whose mission is to engage citizens in Santa Fe and surrounding communities on the subject of world affairs, has announced its Fall international lecture series.

CIR is bringing several distinguished scholars and statesmen to Santa Fe to discuss the current crisis in Ukraine. CIR is a nonpartisan 501c(3) non-profit organization.

CIR’s forthcoming lecture will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at The Santa Fe Women’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe. The guest lecturer is Dr. Eugene Rumer, Read More

WIPP’s Primary Hoist Begins Inspection Processes

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WIPP News:

The waste hoist, which is the largest and primary conveyance into the WIPP underground facility, is undergoing the final inspections necessary to return to operation.

The conveyance consists of a large enclosed platform, similar to an elevator, that transports people, equipment and waste containers from the surface to the WIPP underground facility.

The waste hoist has not been operated since the Feb. 5 fire event because of soot that accumulated on electrical components. These components were carefully cleaned and an electrical transformer was recently replaced to make the Read More

New Mexico Delegation Welcomes President’s Disaster Declaration For Summer Floods

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CONGRESSIONAL News:

  • Lawmakers had urged ‘prompt action’ to help state recover from widespread storm damage 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that President Obama has declared a major disaster for the state of New Mexico for the severe storms and flooding July 27 through Aug. 5.

The declaration means the president has ordered federal aid to help state, tribal, and local recovery efforts. The first round of assistance will be available on a cost-sharing basis for damage Read More

Los Alamos Chamber Of Commerce Manager Nancy Partridge Trains For 2014 Avon Walk For Breast Cancer

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Nancy Partridge at the 39-mile mark of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in 2013 in Santa Barbara, Calif. The ‘Every Three Minutes’ ribbon she is wearing represents the statistic that every three minutes, there is a new diagnosis of invasive breast cancer in the United States. Courtesy photo

STAFF REPORT

When Chamber of Commerce Manager Nancy Partridge is not at work, chances are, you’ll see her walking around North Mesa, around Barranca Mesa, around Northern Area, around Western Area, around Downtown and back again.

Partridge is training to walk the 2014 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Read More

Udall, Heinrich Announce More Than $550,000 To Strengthen Markets For New Mexico Produce

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $550,750 in grants to strengthen markets for New Mexico produce by providing tools and resources to help agricultural producers successfully enhance their competitiveness and expand their operations. 

The funding is being awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Specialty Block Grant Program, and grants will be administered through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grants are authorized through the 2014 Farm Bill, which Udall and Heinrich strongly Read More

NM Delegation Welcomes Photonics Manufacturing For DOD Innovation Institute Competition

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U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham welcomed an announcement by the White House to award more than $200 million in public and private investment to create an Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute, led by the Department of Defense (DoD), and the second of four new institute competitions to be launched this year.

This selection comes just four months after the delegation wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressing their strong support Read More

Energy Department Officials Kick Off National Energy Action Month

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will kick off National Energy Action Month with events in New York and Texas to highlight President Obama’s recent proclamation calling on stakeholders across the country to work together to combat climate change while spurring job creation and a low-carbon energy future.

Throughout the month of October, Moniz and other Energy Department officials will participate in events across the country to emphasize the important role that the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy plays in strengthening

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