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DEA: Don’t Give Your Information Away

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Scam Alert Warning with Cybersecurity Icons. Courtesy/DEA

DEA News:

The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of fraud where scammers impersonate DEA officials. Scam tactics may change, but they share many of the same characteristics.

Callers often use fake names and badge numbers. They also use the names of well-known DEA officials or police officers in local departments. Additionally, they may:

  • Use an urgent and aggressive tone
  • Threaten arrest, prosecution, or imprisonment
  • Demand money via wire transfer or gift card numbers 
  • Ask for personal information (Social Security
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Los Alamos High School Students Qualify For 2025 International DECA Competition

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Students from Los Alamos High School gather for a group photo at the New Mexico State DECA Career Development Conference in Albuquerque. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos High School (LAHS) students have qualified to participate in the International DECA Career Development Conference and Competition. Seniors Zane Kretz and Eva Gerber, juniors August Ovaska, Jasmine Heft, and Alyssa Sun, and freshman Silas Iverson will compete in DECA Competitive Events later this month at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Fla.

All six of these students ranked in the Read More

Luján Joins Booker’s Marathon Floor Speech Highlighting Trump Administration Policies Hurting NM Farmers

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Luján Highlights How the Trump Administration Is Hurting Farmers, Compromising Food Safety, and Raising Costs for Consumers. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) during his marathon floor speech standing up for the American people. Luján discussed how the Trump administration is devastating the agricultural community, compromising food safety, and raising costs for New Mexicans – all to pass the Trump Tax Scam 2.0.

An excerpt of Luján’s remarks are below:

Having fresh food in a grocery store Read More

Heinrich Opening Remarks During Nomination Hearing For James Danly For Energy Deputy Secretary & Katharine MacGregor For Interior Deputy Secretary

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During opening remarks in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee nomination hearing to consider James Danly for the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), and Katharine MacGregor for the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, sought commitments from the nominees to follow the law as enacted by Congress.

Heinrich began his remarks by sounding off on reports that Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Read More

Junior Golfer Luke Ainsworth Of White Rock To Compete In Drive Chip & Putt National Championship Sunday!

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Luke Ainsworth of White Rock began golfing at age 2 and has now qualified and will compete at the Drive Chip & Putt National Championship Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. The Golf Channel will air the Championship 6-11 a.m. MT on Sunday. Courtesy/DCP

GOLF News:

RIO RANCHO – Sun Country Golf House has announced that junior golfer Luke Ainsworth of White Rock has successfully qualified and will compete at the Drive Chip & Putt National Championship on Sunday, April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

Ainsworth qualified in the Boys 7-9 age division by way of Read More

Luján, Colleagues Urge AG Bondi To Appoint A Special Counsel To Investigate Trump Administration Signal Chat National Security Breach

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 28 Senate Democrats in urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a Special Counsel to thoroughly and impartially investigate whether any of the government officials involved in the Signal chat security breach violated federal criminal law.

March 24, The Atlantic’s editor in chief reported that President Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz had included Read More

Stansbury Reintroduces America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act

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U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), continued their fight to protect American wilderness by reintroducing the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act.  

Read the bill here.

Forty-one members of Congress signed on to co-sponsor the legislation.  

“I am proud to reintroduce legislation protecting some of America’s most iconic landscapes, the Red Rocks Wilderness,” Rep. Stansbury said. “Protecting Read More

LWVUS Responds To Anti-Voter Executive Order

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LWVUS News:

The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s signed executive order, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” that threatens Americans’ freedom to vote and tramples states’ constitutional authority to run their own elections.

“Let’s keep it real: this order is not about protecting elections; it is about making it harder for voters — particularly women voters — to participate in them,” said Celina Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of the League of Women Voters Read More

Luján, Colleagues Press USDA To Not Take Food Away

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more information about the cancellation of previously-approved funding through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for food banks and other emergency food providers.

This would take food away from hungry Americans Read More

NNSA-Los Alamos Field Office Manager Briefs Council

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NNSA-LA Field Office Manager Ted Wyka

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Despite the significant changes being churned out at rapid speed in the federal government, NNSA-Los Alamos Field Office Manager Ted Wyka assured Los Alamos County Council that within the field office and in Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), it is business as usual.

Wyka made his report to County Council during its work session March 18.

When Councilor Beverly Neal-Clinton asked if any of the federal initiatives will affect LANL’s role, Wyka said no.

“I think the work that we’re doing Read More