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OBAE Receives 66 Applications For $675 Million In New Mexico Broadband Infrastructure Grants

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CONNECT NM News:

SANTA FE — Today, the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) announced that 18 entities have submitted a total of 66 applications for $675 million in New Mexico grants through the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

Entities competing for BEAD funding include 10 internet service providers, five cooperatives and three Tribal communities. Sixteen of those applied for projects in more than one location.

The total amount requested is more than $719 million. OBAE will review applications and award grants from the $675 allocated by the federal Read More

‘Los Alamos Indivisible’ Chapter To Join Protest April 5

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Los Alamos Indivisible News:

Los Alamos is launching an “Indivisible” chapter, brought together to resist the Trump agenda.

Indivisible is a movement of thousands of group leaders and more than a million members taking regular actions to resist the Trump/Musk regime, elect local champions and fight for progressive policies. The goal is to build real democracy – of, by and for the people.

Los Alamos Indivisible is planning its first events. The local group will be going to the Hands Off! protest at noon Saturday, April 5 at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. The group will gather to make signs, 6-7:30 Read More

Exciting Opportunities For Pet Smart National Adoption Week

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Inara & “Teddy” at Santa Fe Animal Shelter may be just some of the dogs on display at Pet Smart Thursday through Sunday at National Pet Smart Adoption Week. Courtesy photo

SFAS News:

This week is Pet Smart National Adoption Week, and Santa Fe Animal Shelter invites you to participate in some exciting opportunities.

Thursday through Sunday their mobile adoption unit will be available for site seeing at Pet Smart, located at 3561 Zafarano in Santa Fe. The 12-3 p.m. event will feature a variety of dogs and puppies available for adoption. Volunteers are happy to highlight their furry friends and Read More

Denish: Let’s Talk About The Postal Service Again…

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By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner

It looks like we need to talk about the Postal Service again. Eighteen months ago I wrote a column about the U. S. Postal Service recounting some of its history and its challenges.

Here is some of what I wrote:

The post office was founded by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, and Benjamin Franklin was the first postmaster general. Seventeen years later, the Post Office Department was created, and local postmasters began to be appointed, creating jobs in communities. Two major changes to the USPO designation have occurred over time. In 1872 it became a cabinet Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Technology Approved For US Military Marketplace Website

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LANL: Geothermal energy is reliable and cost-efficient. Courtesy/Dreamstime

LANL News:

  • The partnership will allow the US Air Force to utilize cutting-edge geothermal energy

Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, a platform for technology assessed by the Department of Defense for use on U.S. military bases, recently announced that Project GeoForce is pre-approved and ready for deployment.

Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered with the other members of Project GeoForce including Anthem Energy Partners, New Era Advisors, Homestead Resources, Texas A&M University and Power Planet Read More

LANL Foundation Issues Statement On Executive Order To Close U.S. Department Of Education

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By GWEN PEREA WARNIMENT, PhD
President & CEO
LANL Foundation

As New Mexico’s largest foundation dedicated exclusively to education, the LANL Foundation joins many of our fellow nonprofits, educators, students, and families in expressing deep concern over the recent executive order to effectively close the U.S. Department of Education. In this moment of uncertainty, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to New Mexico’s students, educators, and communities, recognizing the strengths and resources that will sustain us in the years ahead.

Since our founding in 1997, the LANL Foundation Read More

Vote Run Lead Action To Hold ‘Run As You Are’ National Training For Candidates & Campaign Managers April 24-27

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POLITICAL News:

Vote Run Lead Action is holding a “Run As You Are” National Training program, April 24-27 in Atlanta, Ga.

Vote Run Lead Action is a national non-partisan, non-profit powerhouse that trains women and gender-expansive individuals to run for office and win. Attendees include hundreds of aspiring candidates and their campaign managers from across the country.

The Vote Run Lead Action National Training is an immersive training event featuring hands-on workshops that provides tools, strategies and confidence to step up, lead with authenticity and take office. Read More

New Mexico State Land Office Named A National Top Workplace By USA Today For Second Year In A Row

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Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, holding award, and her staff gather for a group photo to celebrate being named a Top Workplaces by USA Today for the second year in a row. Courtesy/NMSLO

NMSLO News:

SANTA FE — USA Today has announced that the New Mexico State Land Office (NMSLO) has won a Top Workplaces USA award for midsize organizations (with between 150-499 employees) for the second year in a row. more than 2,220 organizations participated in anonymous employee surveys as part of the national challenge.

The State Land Office previously won a 2023 and 2024 Woman-Led Organizations Read More

GOP: New Mexico Democrats ‘Playing A Game Of Chicken’ With Trump On Some Bills

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State Rep. John Block, R-Alamogordo, sits among his President Donald Trump campaign memorabilia in his shared office with Rep. Stephanie Lord, R-Sandia Park, at the Roundhouse Thursday, March 13, 2025. Photo by Michael G. Seamans/The New Mexican

By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
The Santa Fe New Mexican

As the sponsor of a bill that would prohibit the state from releasing driver data to help enforce federal civil immigration law, Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque, said she’s not trying to rile the Trump administration.

“I’m trying to protect our people,” said Sedillo Lopez, one of the most progressive Read More