NM Small Businessman Participates in Senate Steering Committee
SonicSEO President Arvind Raichur participates with U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., at a Steering Committee meeting July 18 on Capitol Hill. Courtesy photo
Traffic Advisory: Proceed with Caution on N.M. 4
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation will continue its chip seal work on N.M. 4 this week between mile marker 59.0 and mile marker 51.5.
Between Monday, July 23 and Thursday, July 26, minor traffic delays can be expected on that stretch of road.
Motorists will encounter one-lane road closures from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.with a flagging operation and pilot car escort.
Drivers are asked to proceed through the work zone with caution and observe traffic control signing and reduced speed limits.
Bicycling through the work zone is “highly discouraged” due to the oily surface, Read More
Asphalt Truck Bed Tips Over on N.M. 4
This photo was taken just before 3 p.m., today July 23, on N.M. 4 on the south side of Ancho Canyon near Technical Area-33. Police said the driver was working on the road at the time the rear of the truck tipped sidways. He was not cited. Police conducted traffic control until the truck was straightened back up. Photo by Alan Madsen Read More
Navajo Athletes Race Toward Future in ‘Up Heartbreak Hill’
Airing on New Mexico PBS — Ch. 5.1 – Thursday, July 26 at 9 p.m. & Saturday July 28 at 10 p.m. & on Ch. 9.1 – Thursday, August 2 at 9 p.m.
Teen Angst Typically Includes Conflict Between Past and Future—But What If the Past Is the Reservation and the Future a World Apart?
A Co-production of ITVS and Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. (NAPT.;
A Co-presentation with NAPT. Program is Part of American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen
“A refreshing, original film about the challenges of indigenous youth.” — Ryan Little, Washington City Paper
The hopes and heartbreaks Read More
“Report from Santa Fe” Airs on Sundays
At 8 a.m. on Sunday, July 22, Report from Santa Fe will air on PBS Channel 5.1.
THIS WEEK: COLONEL ANN WRIGHT, U.S. Army / U.S. State Department, Retired
- Awarded: State Department Award for Heroism, 1997
- Author: “Dissent: Voices of Conscience, Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq”
- Helped Oversee The Reopening of the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan in 2001
- Feels The Biggest Military Cover-Up In U.S. History is The Abuse of Women Soldiers
“A woman who signs up to protect her country is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire,” Read More
Barranca K-Kids Win Second at International Conference
Photo: Barranca K-Kids Winning Float. Courtesy photo
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos First Vice President Don Casperson carried a float made by students from Barranca Mesa Elementary School K-Kids Cub to New Orleans earlier this month.
The float was an entry in a contest for all K-Kids Clubs around the world in support of “Project Eliminate.”
The Los Alamos float took second place at the international convention. First place went to a float from a Kiwanis Club in Malaysia.
The Barranca K-Kids constructed their entry from a standard size shoebox.
Their float depicts the flags of the 34 Read More
Bingaman Talks About Reducing Forest Fire Threat
In June, Sen. Jeff Bingaman attended the groundbreaking for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Ptoject, which will bring water to more than 250,000 people and create more than 450 jobs through its construction. Courtesy photo
By U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman:
New Mexico has just experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons in the state’s history.
Just weeks into fire season, firefighters were hard at work battling both our largest fire, Whitewater-Baldy, and most destructive fire ever, Little Bear.
With the arrival of monsoon season, we all hope the worst of the fire season is over. Our task now is to Read More
Los Alamos Teachers Join Massive Protest in Santa Fe
Los Alamos Federation of School Employees President, Ellen Mills, center, LAFSE Vice President and State AFT Vice President Ryan Ross and LAFSE Treasurer Virginia Kachelmeier joined Colleen Goddard, Addie Jacobson and Karyl Ann Armbruster of Los Alamos and several hundred people from across the state protesting Santa Fe Wednesday against a teacher evaluation proposal in play at the governor’s office. Photo by Karyl Ann Armbruster
By Karyl Ann Armbruster
Hundreds of teachers, instructional assistants, parents, retirees, students, legislators and other community members Read More
State Youth Shotgun Competition at Sportsmen’s Club July 28
Young shooter prepares for third annual New Mexico State Youth Shotgun Competition July 28 at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club. Courtesy photo NNSA Awards First NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award to Michel McCoy from LLNL
NNSA News:
Mike McCoy shows off his NNSA Science and Technology Award to a standing ovation crowd of his peers. Photo by Jacqueline McBride
LIVERMORE, Calif. – Administrator Thomas D’Agostino of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today awarded the first NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award to Dr. Michel McCoy from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for his leadership with the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program.
McCoy serves as the program director for ASC in the Weapons and Complex Integration Principal Directorate at LLNL. McCoy is Read More