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FBI Dallas Recognizes Six Abilene Police Investigators For Heroic Rescue Of Kidnapped Infant Whose Mother Was Murdered In Clovis

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FBI News:

          • Young Victim’s Mother Was Murdered in Clovis

ABILENE, Texas—FBI Dallas Acting Special Agent in Charge P. J. O’Brien and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Geoffrey M. McGuire recognized six Abilene Police Department (APD) law enforcement officers with FBI Director Certificates on Friday, September 27, 2024 for rescuing a kidnapped infant and arresting double homicide suspect.

On the evening of May 5, 2024, the officers were contacted by the FBI’s Abilene Resident Agency and were requested to assist agents with a double homicide/kidnapping suspect who was believed to be hiding Read More

Posts From The Road: Touring Aspen, Colorado

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Mill Street Mall: Mill Street Mall is one of two pedestrian malls in downtown Aspen, Colo. Shops and eateries line the mall which also serves as a space for public events, shopping, and an entrance to Aspen Mountain Ski Area. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Paradise: Paradise Bakery & Gelateria was a popular resting spot for people to enjoy a cold drink, snack or gelato including the bird in the seat on the left who was also taking part in the afternoon gathering. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

Nestled among the peaks of the Elk Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Founders Feared These Festering Acts That Endanger Democracy

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Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
Los Alamos

In their own writings, our Nation’s founders expressed their fierce distrust of political parties and the extreme power they need to acquire from the people. Critical discourse comes from our Nation’s first forward-thinking president in George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796). TV reports his warnings, President Washington’s farewell words ring true. Thomas Jefferson’s trenchant insight told us: “If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”

Fast forward to now. We voters need more efficient pollution controls; Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Applauds White House Executive Order To Tackle Gun Violence In New Mexico And Nation

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SENATE News:

          • Executive action builds on progress made with Heinrich’s legislation to crack down on gun trafficking & straw purchasing
          • Department of Justice has charged over 600 criminals under Heinrich-authored legislation

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the core bipartisan group of lawmakers who negotiated and passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, applauded President Biden’s executive order to tackle gun violence in New Mexico and across the country by combatting emerging threats of machine gun conversion devices and unserialized, 3D-printed Read More

SFNF Waives Fees Today For National Public Lands Day

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will waive fees at many day-use recreation sites for National Public Lands Day (NPLD) today, Sept. 28.

As the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, NPLD is a great opportunity for more Americans to get outdoors and connect with their public lands. Use the National Environmental Education Foundation’s event-finder tool to find a National Public Lands Day volunteer opportunity near you.

The Forest Service participates in fee-free days with other federal agencies to encourage all to visit their public Read More

CHESS Receives Workday Technology Trendsetter Award

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SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) has announced that its Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services (CHESS) Inc. was selected to receive the Technology Trendsetter Award from Workday for its pioneering efforts to build a community of support and collaboration, while streamlining hundreds of business processes, and supporting member colleges’ communities in New Mexico.

The award is a result of CHESS’s work to implement the Workday Human Capital Management, Finance, and Payroll Platforms with its six member colleges – Central New Mexico Community College Read More

More Political Signs Damaged This Time Targeting Heinrich

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Following recent damage to Republican Trump/Vance political signs in White Rock and Los Alamos, late last week this Democrat Martin Heinrich for U.S. Senate political sign on Trinity Drive was damaged. Photo by Scott Havemann

Scott Havemann placed this Martin Heinrich for U.S. Senate political sign on Trinity Drive and noticed just a few days later on Monday that it was down on the ground. Photo by Scott Havemann

Scott went to put it back up on Tuesday morning and found that it had been intentionally cut. The strings through the grommets were still tied to the post just as he had put them there, but Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Announces Major Wins For New Mexico In Bipartisan Senate Agreement

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that, in addition to strong investments in New Mexico’s military installations, national labs, and service members, he has successfully included major priorities within the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) “manager’s package,” a bipartisan agreement that was just announced. 

The agreement includes 93 amendments that have been agreed to by Senate leadership as part of the overall legislative package that Senate negotiators will now work to include Read More

NMED: Threat Actors Continue To Exploit Water & Wastewater System Operational Technology And Industrial Control Systems

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NMED News:

The New Mexico Environment Department: (NMED) announced that the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert Sept. 25, 2024, that there has been additional pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity at water systems using the same techniques as earlier attacks.

CISA continues to respond to active exploitation of internet-accessible operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) devices, including those in the Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector.

Exposed and vulnerable OT/ICS systems may allow cyber threat actors to use default Read More

Leger Fernández On Passage Of Continuing Resolution

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U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting for H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, which passed the House tonight by a widely bipartisan vote of 341-82.

“For weeks, extreme Republicans and Trump threatened a government shutdown unless a Continuing Resolution (CR) necessary to keep the government open included a radical Project 2025 proposal that would have made it harder to register and vote,” Rep. Leger Fernández said. “While this CR Read More