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Udall, Heinrich Announce $6.5 Million For Construction And Maintenance At 11 NM Airports

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have announced more than $6.5 million in grants for maintenance and construction projects at 11 New Mexico airports.
 
The grants were awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Analysis, and fund runway rehabilitations, building and fencing construction, and other safety improvements.
 
“New Mexico’s airports help drive the local economies of many of our communities, and these
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Atomic City Transit Provides Special Event Bus Service In Los Alamos And White Rock July 4

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COUNTY News:
 
Atomic City Transit will provide special bus service to the fireworks event Monday, July 4 at the Overlook Park in White Rock.
 
The fare free buses depart from Sullivan Field in Los Alamos, and travel to the event at Overlook Park. Park-and-Ride bus options in White Rock depart every 10 minutes, 4-8:30 p.m., from the White Rock Visitor’s Center and Piñon Elementary School.
 
The final bus leaves Overlook Park at 11 p.m. following the annual event.
 
Folded strollers and small coolers are allowed on the bus for the fireworks event.
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RTD Mountain Trail Route Up Hyde Park Road Resumes Service July 1 To Aug. 31 For Summer Pilot Phase

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NCRTD News:
 
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that it will resume service on its pilot RTD (“Blue Bus”) Mountain Trail route Friday, July 1 and run through Aug. 31.
 
The Mountain Trail route provides service from South Capitol Rail Runner Station to stops through Downtown, Fort Marcy Park and then up Hyde Park Road to recreational areas and businesses along N.M. 475 concluding at Ski Santa Fe. Free park and ride options for local residents are available at South Capitol station and on the north side of Fort Marcy Park in the parking
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NCRTD To Provide Special Event Bus Transit Service For Santa Fe Wine Festival At Las Golondrinas

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NCRTD News:
 
The North Central Regional Transit District’s (NCRTD) RTD “Blue Bus” will provide special event bus transit services for the Santa Fe Wine Festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, July 2-3.
 
The fare free service will include a downtown shuttle providing three roundtrips per day beginning at 11:10 a.m. with stops at Sheridan Street Transit Center, the New Mexico Visitor Center lot at Paseo de Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail, South Capitol Rail Runner Station and the Santa Fe Place Mall (south side) transit hub to connect with the Santa
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Udall, Heinrich Announce $5.2 Million For Artesia And Roswell Airports

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have announced $5,290,000 in grants to support air transportation infrastructure projects at airports in Artesia and Roswell.
 
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded the grants to fund airport rehabilitation projects. 
 
The Artesia Municipal Airport will receive $3,150,000 and the Roswell International Air Center will receive $2,140,000 to rehabilitate and maintain their existing runways. These airports
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Rockhound Geology Outing: Shark’s Tooth Ridge

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Join geologist Patrick Rowe June 18 to uncover shark teeth samples in Cabezon. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Shark teeth in New Mexico? On Saturday, June 18, local geologist Patrick Rowe will lead an outing to Cabezon in search of fossils. Participants can expect to find shark teeth from the Cretaceous Period.

The group will meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 8 a.m. before carpooling to the site. If you live in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, you are welcome to meet us at the gas station just as you enter San Ysidro on US 550 at 9 a.m. This program is organized by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center Read More

Graduating Seniors Leave On 14-Day European Tour

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Los Alamos High School graduating seniors left town with their teacher Lynn Ovaska at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, flew to Atlanta and are now on their flight to Madrid. The group will spend 14 days touring Spain, France and Italy. Trip highlights include Madrid, Barcelona, Carcassonne, Provence, Avignon and the Roman Ruins in France, Nice, Pisa, Florence, Assisi, Rome, Pompeii, and Capri. The young travelers are most excited to visit the Prado museum (since the Louvre is closed in Paris), Sagrada Familia, Roman ruins in southern France, experience European championship football excitement, culture Read More

Dangerous ABQ Road To Get Major Facelift

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From the Office of Albuquerque City Councilor Patrick Davis:

ALBUQUERQUE – One of Albuquerque’s most dangerous roadways is getting a major facelift this week to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety.

Zuni Road in Southeast Albuquerque is one of the city’s most heavily traveled urban roadways and the location of a disproportionate number of pedestrian casualties. A 2011 study of traffic data found that the rate of pedestrian and bicycle accidents along the route were more than twice the area average.

“Just since I took office in December, news reports have chronicled at least Read More