Politics

NM Delegation Welcomes Photonics Manufacturing For DOD Innovation Institute Competition

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U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham welcomed an announcement by the White House to award more than $200 million in public and private investment to create an Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute, led by the Department of Defense (DoD), and the second of four new institute competitions to be launched this year.

This selection comes just four months after the delegation wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressing their strong support Read More

Election 2014: Voting Machine Certification A Success

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Chief Deputy Clerk Adrianna Ortiz tests the audio-visual ballot marking interface component on the ICE voting machine during Friday’s certification. From left, Ortiz, attorney George Chandler, GOP Chair Robert Gibson and Councilor Rick Reiss. Also in attendance, but not pictured were DPU Board member Paul Frederickson, Sheriff Marco Lucero and his campaign chair James Leach. Photo by Sharon Stover

County Clerk staff from left, Bureau of Elections Manager Gloria Maestas, Senior Deputy Clerk Ona Trujillo and Deputy Clerk Jocelyn Warner perform certification procedures on the Read More

GOP Women Host State, Local Candidates Oct. 9

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LAFRW News:

The Los Alamos Federated Republican Women will hold its regular monthly meeting noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Ridgepark Clubhouse. All registered Republican Women are urged to attend.

The public is invited to attend the noon-12:30 p.m. portion of the meeting to meet some of the Republican candidates, including Jefferson Byrd for U.S. House of Representatives Dist. 3, Robert Aragon for State Auditor, Geoff Rodgers for New Mexico House of Representatives Dist. 43 and many local candidates.  

LAFRW Officers for the 2015-2016 term also will be elected at the Read More

Los Alamos County Poll Workers Undergo Training

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During poll worker training Thursday in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover demonstrates how it takes 8 seconds for the new voting machines to scan and accept two-sided ballots and once accepted, a bell sounds to let the voter know ‘all is well.’ Poll workers were trained for the Nov. 4 General Election. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

From left, Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover, Senior Deputy Clerk Ona Trujillo and Deputy Clerk Jocelyn Warner at Thursday’s poll worker training in Council Chambers. The Read More

Council Hopefuls Share Messages With Citizens

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Fuller Lodge was filled to the rafters for Thursday’s County Council Candidates Forum sponsored by the County and conducted by the Los Alamos League of Women Voters. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

League of Women Voters President Barbara Calef introduces Council candidates from left, Republicans James Chrobocinski, John Bliss, Bill McKerley and Rick Reiss and Democrats Michael Redondo, David Izraelevitz, Andrea Cunningham and Susan O’Leary. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos League of Women

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SBA Awards $547,000 For Research Innovation Cluster

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $547,000 to support a Regional Innovation Cluster in southeastern New Mexico. 

The award to Emerging Technology Ventures (ETV), a New Mexico company, supports work to create an unmanned systems research center that provides specialized tech transfer assistance, which both Udall and Heinrich have championed. ETV, in partnership with state and local partners, will establish an 85,000 square-foot innovation hub that Read More

Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard Addresses Omaree’s Law And Changes At CYFD

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By REP. STEPHANIE GARCIA RICHARD
Dist. 43: Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Rio Arriba

I have spent the last four years of my professional career with nine year olds for six hours a day, 180 days out of the year. I spend more time with them during the school year than their families do. So it came as a particular blow to me to hear the tragic news of the death of Omaree Varela. A kid who could have been one of my kids.

Of course we all remember the tragic story of 9-year-old Omaree Varela who died at the hands of an abusive mother, despite the fact that law enforcement officers had just recently intervened in his Read More

Letter to the Editor: There’s More To This Election Than Campaign Signs And Selfies

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By MIKE WISMER
Los Alamos

If you are a regular commuter on Trinity Drive like I am, you’d have to wonder if the upcoming election is really all about the best candidate or who can out position the other candidate with more and colorful signs in what I call the sign cemetery along our main vehicle traffic corridor. 

This year’s cemetery postings include a competition to see who can post the biggest selfie and not get caught committing a felony Municipal Code violation. I have to say that this year’s winner has to be the real estate agent who uses the company truck to plaster the biggest selfie possible Read More

New Missile Defense Work Coming To New Mexico

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Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. announced Wednesday that IEC-SoCal Braiding and Continental Machine were awarded contracts to manufacture missile defense components in Albuquerque.

The contracts are part of a $149 million contract awarded to Raytheon by Rafael for the Iron Dome Weapon short-range rocket defense system. 

“New Mexico plays a pivotal role in our national security and defense,” Heinrich said. “This work is a good start and reflects our state’s unique capabilities. I am hopeful that Read More

Udall, Heinrich Announce Nearly $15 Million For New Mexico Community Colleges

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U. S. SENATE News: 

  • The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos to receive $579,961

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that 11 community colleges in New Mexico will receive $14,999,863 in federal funding to provide innovative training programs, in partnership with local businesses, to help New Mexican adults advance into high-wage careers.

The funding, provided under Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) competitive grant program, will allow these community colleges to expand and improve their Read More