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Christmas Tree Cutting Permits Go On Sale Monday

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SFNF News:

Santa Fe National Forest offices and various vendors in Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Pecos and Las Vegas will sell personal-use Christmas tree permits for $10 beginning Monday, Nov. 19 through Dec. 24. Christmas tree cutting also begins Nov. 19.

Anyone planning to cut their tree Thanksgiving Day must purchase a permit ahead of time because all Forest Service offices will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

Vendor Locations & Contact Information:

Los Alamos Historic Society & Gift Shop, 1921 Juniper, Los Alamos, (505)662-4493

REI, 500 Market St., Santa Fe, (505)-982-3557

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State Transportation Commission Meeting in Carlsbad

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NMDOT News:

Santa Fe – The StateTransportation Commission will hold its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Pecos River Conference Center, 1711 Muscatel Ave. in Carlsbad.

Agenda items for the meeting include:

  • A request for additional $1,456,029 for the Transit and Rail budget
  • Additions and deletions from the State Highway System
  • Introduction of our new commissioner Robert Wallach who is representing District 2 in southeastern New Mexico

The meeting will be webcast live on Gov. Susana Martinez’s website, www.governor.state.nm.us/

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State’s Former Chief Medical Officer Now Practicing in Los Alamos

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Dr. Grant Gerner, Dr. Erin Bouquin, center, and Dr. Barbara Medlin of Los Alamos Urgent Care. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By Carol A. Clark

Within a matter of days, Dr. Erin J. Bouquin went from being forced to resign as Chief Medical Officer at the New Mexico Department of Health to an exciting new position on the medical team at Los Alamos Urgent Care.

“Working at the state was an incredible experience and I wouldn’t change a minute of it … I knew going into it that it wouldn’t be a long experience but I never imagined it would be that short,” Bouquin said. Read More

Lujan Honors Nation’s Veterans

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VETERANS DAY News:

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement in honor of Veterans Day and the men and women who have served in our nation’s armed forces.

“All across the country this weekend, communities will come together to celebrate Veterans Day, an opportunity to take time out of our busy schedules and pause to reflect on the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform have made to protect our freedom and ensure the safety of our great nation.

“We thank them for their extraordinary service and sacrifices that they and their families have made Read More

Valles Caldera Trust Identifies Visitor Center Site / Final Environmental Impact Statement Released

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VCT News:

Jemez Springs — The Valles Caldera Trust (Trust) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Public Access and Use Plan (PAUP.)

The plan aims to expand visitor access while preserving the natural and cultural resources of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

In June of this year, the Trust opened a 60-day public comment period on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that featured six public access alternatives.

A total of 125 written comments from agencies, pueblos, organizations and individuals were submitted.

The DEIS was revised Read More

Udall to Participate in WIN Forum at Intel

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ALBUQUERQUE – Friday Nov. 9, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will be the featured guest at a Women at Intel (WIN) forum in Rio Rancho to discuss the importance of providing women and girls with skills to succeed in the workforce.
 
At Intel Corporation, Udall will meet with senior staff and participate in an open forum hosted by Women at Intel Network (WIN), an employee organization.
 
He will emphasize the importance of encouraging more women and girls to enter into the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM.)
 
Saturday Nov. 10, Udall will have classified meetings
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Photojournalist Tony O’Brien’s ‘Contemplative Landscape’ on Display at NM History Museum

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A Quiet Moment, Monastery of Christ in the Desert. Photo by Tony O’Brien

NM HISTORY MUSEUM News:

After covering the lives of drug addicts and prostitutes in America and the struggle of Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets – including a stint as a prisoner of war – Santa Fe-based photojournalist Tony O’Brien turned to Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu to restore his spirit.

During the year he spent living with the Benedictine monks, they allowed him to document their daily activities and rituals, both contemplative and secular.

O’Brien’s work from that era now forms the heart of a new Read More

Palace’s Front Door to Close for Renovation Project

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PALACE News:

Visitors can still visit via the History Museum and Palace Courtyard

Santa Fe—A long-awaited maintenance project to refinish or replace some of the floors in the entryway of the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors will temporarily inconvenience visitors accustomed to entering themuseum complex through its doors.

As of Friday Nov. 2, the Palace doors facing the Santa Fe Plaza are closed as workers begin deconstruction in the entry and front-desk area.

Visitors are asked to come in through the New Mexico History Museum, just around the corner at 113 Lincoln Ave.

The work is expected Read More

Osprey Executes Touch and Go at Los Alamos Airport

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CV-22 Osprey out of Kirtland Air Force Base flew over a Los Alamos neighborhood en route to the Los Alamos Airport on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

An Osprey touches down at the Los Alamos Airport Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

CV-22 Osprey out of Kirtland Air Force Base takes off from the Los Alamos Airport Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com Read More

Who Calls the Shots When it Comes to Vaccines?

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Local moms discuss parental rights with Rep. Jim Hall. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

By Mandy Marksteiner

Kristy Mack had concerns about giving her son the chicken pox vaccine when she was eight months pregnant because she didn’t want to risk harming her unborn child.

The doctor agreed to delay the shot. Her son eventually received all of his shots. But if he had been attending preschool, he would have had to file a vaccination exemption with the State Department of Health.

If his waiver had been denied, he wouldn’t be able to go to preschool.

The waiver forms have been changed. Now parents are required Read More