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Connect New Mexico Landmark Broadband Infrastructure Pilot Program Is Completed

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STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) has announced that a landmark broadband infrastructure project in a remote subdivision in Chaves County is complete, providing high-speed internet to 52 rural homes in the Cherry Decker subdivision near the community of Hagerman.

With the project completed, these residents can now sign up for high-speed internet service.

The Chaves County project is OBAE’s first grant project to reach 100 percent completion and the first Connect New Mexico Pilot Program project funded through the federal American Rescue Plan Read More

Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office In Mora Reopens After Power Outage Closure

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CLAIMS OFFICE News:

SANTA FE — The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office reopened Tuesday after closing Monday because of an area-wide power outage.

Power was restored Monday afternoon after being out most of the day in Pecos and much of Mora and San Miguel counties.

The helpline is open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT, Monday through Thursday. The public is encouraged to leave a voice message on the helpline any time at 505.995.7133 and the calls will be returned during regular business hours.

The Claims Offices’ regular hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT, Monday through Thursday and for appointments only Read More

Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, State Dignitaries Celebrate Rural Student Broadband Connections In Silver City

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OBAE News:

SILVER CITY — Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, state dignitaries, TWN Communications, Silver Consolidated Schools and the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) will take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony at Silver High School at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 7 to launch hundreds of broadband connections that will provide high-speed internet to rural students.

TWN Communications is hosting the event after OBAE awarded the company $1.5 million through its Student Connect grant program to build fixed wireless service for nearly 500 students in the Silver Consolidated Schools Read More

New Cell Phone Tower Erected In Totavi

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The San Ildefonso Pueblo is erecting and will operate this new cell tower that has appeared recently in Totavi. This is part of Los Alamos County’s major Community Broadband Network (CBN) project. Construction on the County-owned, open-access fiber system is planned to start this summer. Key to this project is an 11-mile ‘middle mile’ fiber link with San Ildefonso Pueblo, providing critical redundancy off the hill. This project aims to improve speed, reliability, and competition for homes and businesses, replacing the single existing line. Courtesy photo Read More

LANL Grad Student To Teach STEMarts LIVE CODING Bootcamp Kicking Off On Saturday Jan. 24

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STEMarts Lab News:

STEMarts LAB in Santa Fe is kicking off the new year with its first LIVE CODING Bootcamp on Jan. 24 featuring Kelcey Davis, graduate student/LANL astrophysicist, who will be teaching students how to analyze data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to understand galaxies.

https://stemarts.com/2025/11/24/stemarts-live-coding-lab-in-2026/

More About STEMarts Lab Bootcamps:

  • Bootcamp 1, Jan. 24, 2026
  • Visualizing galaxy data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

This Bootcamp introduces students to astrophysics through data from the James Webb Space Telescope Read More

LANL Co-Design Summer School Trains Next Generation Of Interdisciplinary Scientists

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Julien Loiseau designed the logo for the school himself, including a prickly pear and symbols for each of the main disciplines. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

            • Built as both a training ground and talent pipeline, program prepares students for breadth of computing work

For graduate students interested in high-performance computing, few problems today can be solved in isolation. Modern scientific challenges demand collaboration across disciplines — researchers working together to design software and algorithms that run efficiently on the world’s most powerful machines.

That philosophy Read More

Santa Fe Institute: Constructing A Science Of Stories

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SFI Research News:

From Beowulf to Pride and Prejudice to the classic sitcom Friends, all stories share a common purpose: to convey knowledge about how to navigate the world.

“Stories are everywhere,” said SFI External Professor Peter Dodds, a systems scientist at the University of Vermont. “Even sports, or the differential equations that describe fluid dynamics, are kinds of storytellers. Stories that people tell and retell almost always involve characters and events that are connected and unfold over time, wrapped around essences of power, danger, and survival.”

Dodds has co-organized Read More

LATA Celebrates 50 Years Of Service With Commitment To The Future

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LATA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — LATA proudly marks its 50th anniversary, celebrating five decades of protecting people and natural resources through technical excellence, integrity, and trusted partnerships. Since its founding in 1976, LATA has played a vital role in addressing some of the nation’s most complex environmental and engineering challenges while remaining grounded in the principles that shaped the company from the very beginning.

Established on a foundation of honesty, fairness, superior performance, and respect for people and partnerships, LATA’s early leaders believed Read More

Now Completed Critical Broadband Project Ends Frequent Blackouts In Gallup And Surrounding McKinley County

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CNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) has announced that a critical broadband project designed to eliminate high-speed internet outages in Gallup and surrounding McKinley County is complete.

The project’s completion is the result of a partnership between OBAE, Lumen Technologies and Ethos Broadband and means tens of thousands of residents in Gallup and McKinley County will no longer see frequent high-speed internet blackouts. 

“This upgrade reduces isolated outages and keeps families connected to critical health information and everyday necessities, Read More

Catch Of The Week: Spotify Scraping

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

In a reminder that the internet will always try to copy anything that isn’t nailed down, Spotify is investigating claims that a self-described “pirate archivist” group managed to scrape a massive portion of its music catalog. We are talking hundreds of terabytes of data, millions of tracks, and enough metadata to make any data hoarder weep with joy…Yikes!

The group, known as Anna’s Archive, says it scraped Spotify at scale using unauthorized accounts and automation. Not a dramatic smash-and-grab through a blinking server room, Read More