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Bandelier Waives Fees On NPS Founders Day Aug. 25

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Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/NPS

BANDELIER News:

Tuesday, Aug. 25, is a special day in more than 400 very special places all over the country – Founders Day, the anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS) Aug. 25, 1916. 

Every year it is celebrated with free admission to all the parks, national seashores, national monuments, and the many other kinds of areas in the park system, including, of course, Bandelier National Monument.  And this is the 99th birthday of the NPS, so it’s extra special, leading up to next year’s Read More

SFNF Releases Final EIS For Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and draft Record of Decision (ROD) for one of the largest forest restoration projects in the Southwest.

The Southwest Jemez Mountains (SWJM) Landscape Restoration Project is a long-term collaborative effort to restore forest ecosystems at the landscape scale and improve resilience to major disturbances, including fire, insects and disease, and climate change. 

SFNF Supervisor Maria T. Garcia said the plan of action selected for the SWJM project is based Read More

DOE Selects U.C. Berkeley To Lead Consortium For U.S.-China Research Center’s Energy-Water Track

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the University of California, Berkeley to lead a consortium of university, nonprofit, utility, and national laboratory partners in a new technical track under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) that addresses water-related aspects of energy production and use.
 
Once the award is finalized, the U.S. consortium will match or exceed DOE funding of $12.5 million and work with their Chinese counterparts to bolster collaborative efforts to ensure energy, water, and environmental security
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Former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell Charged With Grand Theft And Scheme To Defraud

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Former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell. Photo/Personal Profile Page

Staff Report

Police in Miami have arrested former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell and charged him with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud.

According to court documents, Kimbrell used his corporate credit card, which belonged to the airline’s parent company Pacific Wings, to make $22,791 in fraudulent purchases between January 2014 and January 2015.

Los Alamos County severed ties with New Mexico Airlines in January. New Mexico Airlines began canceling flights last November, Read More

Laboratory Looking Into Employee Email Addresses Linked To Ashley Madison Website

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Staff Report

Hackers made good Tuesday on their threat to release 9.7 gigabytes of account and credit card information from 37 million users of Ashley Madison, a dating website marketed at would-be adulterers.

Five of the email addresses released in the data dump are Los Alamos National Laboratory email addresses.

“The Lab is aware of the Ashley Madison hack involving LANL email addresses. We take the matter seriously and are looking into the matter,” a LANL spokesman said.

Cyber security experts are making it clear that just because these email addresses were apparently used to register or Read More

IRS: Check Out Back-To-School College Tax Benefits

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― With another school year just around the corner, the Internal Revenue Service  reminds parents and students that now is a good time to see if they will qualify for either of two college tax credits or other education-related tax benefits when they file their 2015 federal income tax returns.
 
In general, the American Opportunity Tax Credit or Lifetime Learning Credit (https:////www.irs.gov/) is available to taxpayers who pay qualifying expenses for an eligible student.
 
Eligible students include the taxpayer,
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New Santa Fe Institute Director David Krakauer Has No Plans To Keep A Low Profile

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New SFI President David Krakauer wants to move the organization beyond first gear. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

David Krakauer’s tenure as president of the Santa Fe Institute is barely three weeks old, but he is already maneuvering to shake things up.

On Wednesday, Krakauer invited a score or so of media types for an open-ended discussion at the Cowan Campus in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains overlooking Santa Fe. The purpose, he said, was to get a sense of the community, but he also asked what they might like to see from Read More

WIPP: New Hybrid Bolting Machine Ready For Service

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New hybrid bolting machine assembled at Wipp. Courtesy/WIPP

 

WIPP News:

WIPP’s new hybrid bolting machine was recently transported to the WIPP underground, where it was reassembled by site personnel.

The bolter is designed to run on either diesel or electricity. The unit was inspected and acceptance tested at the manufacturer’s site before it was disassembled and transported to the WIPP site. Operational checks have been completed, and the automatic fire suppression system has been installed on the unit.

Before the bolter can be placed into service, portable power units that will Read More

New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana Receive $2.4 Million In FEMA Preparedness Grants

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FEMA News:
 
DENTON, Texas―Fire departments in Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico have been awarded more than $2.4 million in preparedness grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
 
The grant in New Mexico totals $169,000 and pays for tuition and educational assistance plus several other programs for the Mayhill Volunteer Fire Department.
 
In Arkansas, the grants total $413,524 and cover firefighting equipment for the Lake Village Fire Department and the Lone Rock Volunteer Fire Department in Norfork.
 
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Sierra Club Applauds New Methane Pollution Standard

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SIERRA CLUB News:
 
The Obama Administration Tuesday introduced the first-ever proposed methane pollution standards for new and modified oil and gas facilities, a landmark announcement that will blunt the projected growth of methane and smog-forming pollution produced by the industry in New Mexico.
 
The newly proposed standards will help to safeguard public health and put the United States closer to being on track to meet the Administration’s goal of reducing oil and gas methane pollution by 40 to 45 percent by 2025.
 
“New Mexicans were shocked to hear about the country’s
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