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Stansbury Visits State Of The Heart Recovery Center

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury, left, speaks with members Wednesday at State of the Heart Recovery Center. Courtesy photo

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) toured State of the Heart Recovery Center, a nonprofit focused on treating substance abuse, and spoke on the importance of addressing the addiction crisis in New Mexico. 

“Communities in New Mexico are suffering at the hands of addiction,” Rep. Stansbury said. “It’s my duty as a Member of Congress to help address this, and that is why I am committed to working on the federal level as well as partnering with Read More

Air Force Research Laboratory’s SPIRRAL Launch On SPX-31 Revolutionizing Space-Based Thermal Systems

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AFRL News:

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward solving thermal challenges for space vehicles while on-orbit.

VEMs are surface finishes that act like color-changing paints, however, the changes in coloration are only in the infrared light spectrum and are not visible to the human eye. VEMs can either reject or retain heat Read More

State Receives $18.6 Million To Keep Homes Warm This Winter

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HCA News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA) has announced that it has received $18.6 million of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds to help New Mexicans stay warm and safe during this winter season.  

“No New Mexican should have to choose between staying warm and putting food on the table,” said Niki Kozlowski, director of Income Support Division. “This funding ensures that many families with limited income won’t have to make that choice.” 

LIHEAP is a federal program administered by the Health Care Authority and currently provides utility assistance Read More

Los Alamos High School Cheerleaders To Perform In Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade In December In Hawaii

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LAHS Varsity Cheerleaders selected to perform in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in December in Honolulu, Hawaii, from left, Sophia Sisneros, Jazmyne Gray, Ashley Casados and Alessandra Valencia. Courtesy photo

LAHS Varsity Cheerleader News:

Los Alamos High School Cheerleaders Ashley Casados, Jazmyne Gray, Sophia Sisneros and Alessandra Valencia have been selected to perform in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in December in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Cheerleaders and dancers invited to perform in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade are part of a select group of All-Americans identified at Read More

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill To Offer Relief To Americans Facing Medical Bankruptcy

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-VT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation designed to ease the burden on Americans forced into bankruptcy because of unforeseen medical expenses.

The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2024 reforms the bankruptcy process to alleviate the strain on debtors and make the bankruptcy court system work better for Americans.  

“Far too many families face crippling medical Read More

New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez Mourns Death Of U.S. Sen. Fred Harris

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Sen. Fred Harris at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2018. Photo by Jay Godwin

From the Office of Speaker Javier Martínez:

SANTA FE – Following the news that former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris (D-Oklahoma) had passed away Saturday, New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) issued the following statement: 

“Throughout his long, distinguished career, Sen. Fred Harris was guided by a strong moral compass. In the United States Senate, he was a fearless champion of civil rights, tribal sovereignty, and working people. Later, as a political science professor at the University of New Read More

New Mexico Delegation On Biden’s Request For $1.5B To Boost Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Disaster Recovery

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Congressional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced Monday that President Biden’s disaster supplemental request includes $1.5 billion to help New Mexicans recover from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.

If President Biden’s disaster supplemental request is approved by Congress, Luján, Leger Fernández and the New Mexico Congressional Delegation will have secured $5.45 billion to help New Mexicans recover and rebuild since the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in April 2022. Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Can Congress Again Use Truths That Cut Close To The Bone?

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Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air & Water

Can Congress Again Use Truths That Cut Close To The Bone?

Now and then a broadside of humor gets the point across better than crude acrimony.

Bureau babble has been a butt of public ridicule for ages. A classic case affected clean air, as you will see. The sharpest players in the affair are the former U. S. senator from New Mexico, the Honorable Clinton P. Anderson, and the master skewerer, Mark Twain.

The story begins in earnest, April 1970. I began writing to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the agency then overseeing Read More

Catch Of The Week: Amazon Hacked?

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos 
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

We used to all go to Walmart or Target, but now when you need something, it’s usually easier to go to Amazon and click “Add to cart” whether it’s a cute christmas outfit for your cat, or a new filter for your cat’s fancy water fountain (because water from a bowl is apparently too bougie), or even something completely non-cat related and boring like toilet paper. 

But what if … Amazon got hacked?? Sorry for the click bait headline – thankfully customer data wasn’t impacted, but yes Amazon did recently suffer a data breach thanks to Read More

Travel: ‘Walks Tours’ Shares Grand Central Station Treasures

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Celestial mural on the ceiling of the Main Concourse at Grand Central Station. Photo by Debbie Stone

Main Concourse at Grand Central Station. Photo by Debbie Stone

Grand Central Station marquee lights – a nod to Broadway. Photo by Debbie Stone

By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

More than 750,000 people transit Grand Central Terminal – colloquially called Grand Central Station – on a daily basis. It’s a busy place and typically no one stops to consider the history of this world famous train terminal. Or appreciate this New York City gem and its rich past.

On Walks Tours’ Official Read More