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Amateur Naturalist: How Smart Is A Bird Brain?

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A Black Chinned Hummingbird. Photo by Bob Walker, PEEC Nature Center

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Spring is approaching and birds will be migrating in a month. 

This migration is not random flying but involves two considerations: 

  • Time; and 
  • Direction of a flight. 

The first consideration is presented in Chart 1 (below). Black chinned hummingbirds arrive routinely in the first week of April and are gone by the end of October.  

The second consideration relates to the the direction of migration. Hummingbirds know which way to fly as well as when to fly. They fly southward for the winter to Mexico Read More

Los Alamos High School Junior Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue Wins 1st Place In Congressional App Challenge

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LAHS junior Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue won 1st place in the Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. McTeigue also recently won 2nd Alternate Best of Show at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Photo by Pamela Miller

LAPS News:

Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue, an 11th grader at Los Alamos High School, won 1st place in the Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. She created the mobile app MedAssess, which evaluates the impact of medication combinations.

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced McTeigue’s win.

“My Read More

Meet New School Board Secretary Antonio Jaurigue

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Antonio Jaurigue is a relatively new representative for Los Alamos School Board, District 2. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

White Rock resident Antonio Jaurigue was elected last November to the Los Alamos School Board, representing District 2. This is his first term on the board. Let’s meet Mr. Jaurigue.

Jaurigue was born and raised in Glendale, Ariz. “I met my wife in high school and at the age of 18 I joined the Navy, married my wife and served for 9 years,” he said. “Having traveled the country, we ended up back in Arizona after finishing my service, but with two sons we didn’t have when we left. Shortly Read More

AFRL: Equipping Space Force Operators Through Innovation

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Col. Stephen Landry, director of the Space Force Integration & Digital Transformation office, discusses the Space Force coders creation of innovative, cutting-edge software to enhance warfighter capabilities at the final day of the Delta Innovation Summit held in February at the NewSpace New Mexico’s Unite & Ignite Space LaunchPad, a co-innovation hub with AFRL, in Albuquerque, joining him are space operators Tech. Sgt. Robert Cameron and Capt. Scott Hubert. Courtesy/Allen Winston

Brig.-Gen. Kevin Whale, Deputy Commanding General of Transformation, Space Operations Read More

Justice Thomson: New Mexico Supreme Court Expands Educational Program On The Rule Of Law

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By JUSTICE DAVID K. THOMSON
New Mexico Supreme Court

I am excited to announce the second year of a New Mexico Supreme Court civics education program about the judiciary’s role in our democracy and the development of the rule of law.

Last year’s program was a resounding success, reaching over 580 students in schools statewide. Students watched recordings of an oral argument before our Supreme Court and worked with learning materials about the case. I then visited classes virtually, accompanied by the prosecution and defense attorneys, to discuss the legal issues and judicial process.

As Justice Read More

Northern New Mexico College El Rito Campus And Technical Trades Program Are Coming To Life

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Plumbing Technology student Carlos Baldonado demonstrates how to use a pipe cutter. Courtesy/NNMC

Dylan Vigil takes the online OSHA 10 course as he works toward an Electrical Technology Certificate as a Dual Credit student. Courtesy/NNMC 

NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — Revitalizing a century-old legacy campus and creating a new Technical Trades program would be challenge enough for a small institution like Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), but tackling those goals during a pandemic proved even more daunting.

That did not deter staff and faculty from reopening the El Rito campus and starting Read More

U.S. Senators Heinrich, Luján Direct Millions In Funding To New Mexico Community Projects

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced funding they secured for local projects across New Mexico in the historic bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for Fiscal Year 2022.

Together, Sen. Heinrich, a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Sen. Luján secured almost $160 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for more than 75 local projects in New Mexico.

These projects, specifically requested by the Senators include:

  • $1 million for a new fire station for the Village of Questa;
  • Nearly
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SFCC School Of Art & Design Juried Exhibit Of Local High School Student Artwork Opening Reception April 18

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The Visual Arts Gallery is an elegant 1,600 square foot exhibition space that displays the work of the Department of Fine Arts’ faculty and students. A juried exhibition of local high school student artwork is April 18-28. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

The Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) School of Art and Design is hosting a juried exhibition of local high school student artwork.

The opening reception is free and will be held 4-6 p.m. Monday, April 18.

The Visual Arts Gallery is at 6401 Richards Ave. The exhibit (open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) closes Thursday, April 28. Masks are required Read More

Santa Fe Symphony Presents Discovery Concerts

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Courtesy/The Santa Fe Symphony

SFSO News:

Tuesday, March 22, The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra (SFSO) & Chorus’s Music Education Program presents its acclaimed free Discovery Concerts for area fourth and fifth graders.

Traditionally performed at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, this year’s annual Discovery Concerts were not only re-scheduled for the Spring (vs. the Fall) in light of the challenges the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic presented, they also are taking place in the gymnasium at Capital High, allowing for twice the number of students to attend! 

“We can’t wait to bring Read More

Los Alamos Family Council CountUP! Week 18

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Courtesy/LAFC

By JORDAN REDMOND
Executive Director
Los Alamos Family Council

Earlier this week the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Los Alamos Family Council owes much of its historical impact to the leadership of two great women: founder and first Executive Director Margaret Brown and most recent past Executive Director, Joy Beery.

Beery served as Executive Director for 18 years after completing a career with the Los Alamos Public Schools. Under Joy’s leadership, Los Alamos Family Council weathered a decade long financial storm, continued to meet client need, and Read More