By COREY NEW
Newly elected NNMCAB Chair Gerard Martínez y Valencia
NNMCAB News:
The Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board (NNMCAB) has elected new officers for Fiscal Year 2017.
Gerard Martínez y Valencia was elected Chairman of the Board and Angelica Gurulé was elected as Vice Chairman of the Board.
Newly elected NNMCAB Vice Chair Angelica Gurulé
Martínez y Valencia, a resident of Santa Fe, is the career technical advisor for the School of Trades, Technology, Sustainability and Professional Studies at Santa Fe Community College.
“As our new Consent Agreement with the State is in Read More
By The League Of Women Voters New Mexico:
During the last regular session of the Legislature, the League of Women Voters wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House expressing our appreciation for the open and transparent way that he conducted the business of the House. Agendas went up with as much notice as possible and most committee meetings were scheduled with plenty of notice and were usually held at the time posted. This made it much easier for citizens to participate in the legislative process.
Given our past praise for the Speaker, you can appreciate our dismay at the way the business of the Read More
By Anne NobileLast winter I became aware there would be an opportunity to continue being of service to Los Alamos County in a capacity I would enjoy. With the encouragement of longtime friends and fellow volunteers, I soon applied.
I was appointed by the County Council June 21 for a term lasting until Dec. 31.
My letter of interest reviewed my experience as a paralegal, applying government regulations, such as OSHA and ANSI, in my job at the Lab and volunteering as a Planning & Zoning Commissioner for six years. I described additional volunteer work such as 13 years Read More
By PETE SHEEHEYWhat do I have to offer the citizens of Los Alamos, if re-elected to County Council? I have learned a lot in my first term on Council, and worked for the things residents told me they wanted when I knocked on their doors four years ago: to go ahead with the most important investments for our future, but don’t spend too much, and make sure we get good value for taxpayers’ dollars. We went ahead with projects like the Teen Center, the Nature Center, and the new White Rock Library, Senior and Youth Centers, and we have still maintained Read More
North end of Yucca Flat, where most tests have been conducted. Courtesy/wikipedia
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) this week hosted diplomats from 10 countries and two international organizations at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and at the National Atomic Testing Museum (NATM) in Las Vegas, Nev.
The visit provided an up-close demonstration of NNSA’s science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP), through which the U.S. Read More
By LAURA and RANDY ERICKSONWe urge you to support Sharon Stover for House District 43 State Representative. We have worked with Sharon on the United Church’s Mexico Mission for years, and through that experience, we saw her dedication and leadership in action.
The Mexico Mission mobilizes volunteers from Los Alamos to build homes in a remote area in Mexico. There is no electricity in this area, and all the construction must be done manually. Over 140 homes have been completed in the past 30 years.
Sharon has participated in this effort many times. She has always been willing to help with Read More
By RICK REISS
Los Alamos County Council Chair
Exciting times are coming for Los Alamos. Between changes in the management of the laboratory and implementation of the new Legacy Remediation campaigns, we find ourselves working hard at the state legislature and with the federal legislators and bureaucrats. A combination of skills is necessary to coordinate with state and federal legislators. I find the efforts in Washington to be important, difficult and demanding.
Councilor Steven Girrens has demonstrated keen awareness of issues and data while representing Los Alamos in Washington. Read More
BLM News:
By SHELLI MORGAN