Travel

State Officials Plead For Absolutely No Travel In 18 Hardest-Hit N.M. Counties From Winter Storm

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez, law enforcement, and state emergency personnel are pleading for absolutely no travel in the 18 hardest-hit counties until weather conditions improve.

They are: Colfax, Union, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Quay, Guadalupe, Torrance, De Baca, Roosevelt, Curry, Lincoln, Chavez, Lea, Eddy, Otero, Socorro and Santa Fe counties.

In those counties, emergency personnel will actively try to keep people off roadways and in their homes. Driving is strongly discouraged throughout the rest of the state.

“Law enforcement and state emergency personnel Read More

Governor Puts National Guard On Standby To Respond To Weekend Storm

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Gov. Susana Martinez

STATE News:

  • Gov. Martinez Orders Several State Agencies to Monitor, Prepare, Respond to Storm

SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez announced that she has put the New Mexico National Guard on standby to respond to a winter storm that is expected to hit the state through the weekend.

In addition, the Governor ordered the Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to work closely together to monitor, prepare, and respond to the storm to ensure the safety of New Mexicans. The governor also urged New Mexicans to prepare for the storm, Read More

NMDOT Announces Anti-DWI Electronic Highway Signs To Deter Drunk Driving

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NMDOT News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Department of Transportation announced that for the first time in New Mexico, electronic highway signs will display strategic messages aimed at deterring drunk driving.
 
The signs are traditionally used to provide motorists with traffic conditions and weather updates. Signs around the state will now display the new anti-DWI messages, as well.
 
“Too often we hear about crashes that are all too avoidable, if only an individual had not made the terrible decision to drink and drive,” NMDOT Secretary Tom Church said. “We’ve
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Santa’s Veterinarian Clears Reindeer For Flight

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Santa’s veterinarian has cleared Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer to travel the world Christmas Eve with Santa. Courtesy/sciencemag.org
 
AVMA News:
 
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Following a health checkup at the North Pole, Santa’s veterinarian has given the green light to Rudolph’s red nose and the rest of the reindeer that will be traveling the world this Christmas Eve.
 
Dr. Joe Kinnarney, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, visited the North Pole today to ensure that Santa’s team of nine were up-to-date on their vaccinations and healthy enough to
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Airport Security Checks Tightened

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Full body scanner. Courtesy/wkipedia

HSNW News:

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Wednesday changes to traveler security screening at airports, allowing TSA personnel to require travelers to go through body scanners even if the passenger prefers a full-body pat-down instead.

The TSA said that the new system would be “warranted by security considerations in order to safeguard transportation security.”

CNN reports that currently, passengers may choose full-body pat-downs by TSA agents instead of going through Advanced Imaging Technologies, Read More

Atomic City Transit Service Changes Begin Jan. 25

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COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit is beginning to ramp up for some service modifications that will go into effect Monday, Jan. 25.

The service modifications are a result of the Transit Study that was approved by the Los Alamos County Council earlier this year and include adjustments to the routes and schedules to make them more efficient, as well as the implementation of ADA complementary paratransit service for the first time in Los Alamos County.

“These are the first significant adjustments to the transit service since the County took over operations in late 2007,” Transit Manager Ken Smithson Read More

RTD Mountain Trail Route Operating On Weekend Schedule Dec. 24-Jan. 1

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RTD News: 

The RTD Mountain Trail Route to Ski Santa Fe will operate on its weekend schedule, which includes seven roundtrips, each day from Thursday, Dec. 24 through Friday, Jan. 1. Ride the Mountain Trail, avoid crowded parking lots and be dropped off right at the ticket window.

The fare is $5 each way, exact change required. Riders to the Ski Basin will be given a token upon exiting the bus that can be redeemed for $5 off anything at Ski Santa Fe, with the exception of alcohol. Redeem it on lift tickets, ski school, ski shop, restaurants, etc.

The bus also includes a stop at Ten Thousand Waves Read More

NCRTD Holiday Schedule

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District RTD “Blue Buses” and RTD Chile Line Red Route and UNM Klauer buses will not be in service Thursday, Dec. 24, Friday, Dec. 25 and Friday, Jan. 1, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays respectively.

The RTD 255 Mountain Trail Route to Ski Santa Fe and the 341 TSV Green Route to Taos Ski Valley will be operating each day throughout.

The Mountain Trail Route to Ski Santa Fe will operate on its weekend schedule (seven roundtrips) each day Thursday, Dec. 24 through Friday, Jan. 1. Read More

Solo Traveler: Virgin of Guadalupe

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Juan Diego and the Archbishop in the very spot where Don Diego saw the image of the Virgin. Photo by Patti Walls
 
The old and the new Virgin of Guadalupe Basilicas in Mexico City. Photo by Patti Walls

 

Solo Traveler: Virgin of Guadalupe
By SHERRY HARDAGE

Our boat floated into a tall cave carved out of the canyon cliffs along the Sumidero River. Rachel looked up at the highly decorated wall. “And here’s yet another place to put the Virgin of Guadalupe,” she said with a sigh.

A rope ladder hung down into the water from a narrow ledge. On the ledge stood a metal ladder, precariously fastened to Read More

Heinrich Cosponsors Bill To Strengthen Security Of Visa Waiver Program

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, is an original cosponsor of bipartisan legislation introduced today to tighten the Visa Waiver Program to help prevent terrorists from entering the United States.

Currently, the Visa Waiver Program permits visa free travel to the United States for citizens of 38 countries that qualify—an average of 20 million visitors per year. The Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act makes a number of security enhancements Read More