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Public Invited to Valles Caldera Trust Board Meeting

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VCT News:

Jemez Springs – The Valles Caldera Trust Board of Trustees will conduct a meeting in public scheduled from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Spa in Albuquerque.

The meeting agenda will include a year-end budget update for Fiscal Year 2012, a report on the State of the Preserve, a presentation on restoration and stewardship projects, and a review of the 2012 livestock program and public visitation.

Public comments will be heard after the last report with adjournment scheduled immediately thereafter. Links to the agenda and map to the Embassy Suites are posted Read More

Bandelier Screening ‘Canes of Power’ Dec. 4

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Courtesy/indianartsandculture.org
 
BANDELIER News:

This is an 11th-hour announcement, but all Bandelier National Monument employees and the general public are invited to Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center for a screening of “Canes of Power.”

“Canes of Power” is a documentary about the governors’ canes given to the Pueblos by President Abe Lincoln.

Cochiti Pueblo Lt. Gov. Michael Pecos will present the screening at 2 p.m. for those who gather in the Visitor Center Auditorium.

With the recent big screen production on Lincoln, there has

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NNSA Exceeds 2012 Goal for Nuclear Weapons Dismantlements

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U.S. nuclear weapons declared excess to the stockpile are sent to Pantex Plant, America’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. Pantex Plant is on a 16,000-acre site 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas. Courtesy/Pantex

NNSA’s Don Cook

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it has accomplished 112 percent of its goal for planned stockpile dismantlements in FY 2012.

“NNSA delivered on President Obama’s commitment to reduce the numbers of U.S. nuclear weapons declared excess to the stockpile Read More

Was Hurricane Sandy New Storm Breed?

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‘Inside the Megastorm’ takes viewers moment by moment through Hurricane Sandy, its impacts and the future of storm protection. Through first person accounts from those who survived, and from experts and scientists, ‘Inside the Megastorm’ gives scientific context to a new breed of storms. Courtesy/PBS

PBS News:

Was Hurricane Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes increasing in intensity due to warming climate?

Learn more at this month’s New Mexico PBS Science Café: “Inside the Megastorm.”

This Science Café will be held 10 a.m. Read More

Obama Signs Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

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President Barak Obama signs ‘long overdue’ Whistleblower Protection Act signed into law. Courtesy/examiner.com
 
CCNS News:

After a historic campaign waged by the Make It Safe Coalition, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act became law when President Obama signed it earlier this week.

The Act restores, modernizes and expands federal whistleblower protections from the original scope of the 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act.

A whistleblower is a federal employee who discloses to the public or those in authority, mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse and other illegalities Read More

Local Efforts Should Guide Decisions on Lesser Prairie Chicken

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced Friday that local conservation efforts should help guide the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proceedings on a draft rule review process that would list the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act.
 
In a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe, Udall highlighted the work of state and local efforts, which have been working in partnership on habitat conservation efforts.
 
“As you know, private citizens, companies and public land management agencies in New Mexico have
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Tonight’s Powerball Skyrockets to $550 Million

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Powerball lottery tickets are selling at a rate of 130,000 a minute across the United States today, according to reports, and the jackpot has risen to $550 million. Unlike the long lines seen in cities across the nation, local ticket sales were much slower this evening with a line beginning to form at Smiths on Central Avenue at 7 p.m. and just two people in line at Chevron on Trinity Drive. Victor Martinez is shown purchasing four tickets at 7:15 p.m. from Chevron clerk Robert Torres. “The first thing I will do if I win is help the homeless,” Martinez said. “Then I will pay off my Read More

Man Who Shot Crop Duster Plane Pleads Guilty

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Crop duster plane. Courtesy photo

FBI News:

Weilding a Ruger Number One 25-06 caliber single shot rifle with a Redfield scope, James R. Cate, 68, shot a crop duster plane as it flew over a field neighboring his land near Talpa, Texas dusting crops last February.

Before he actually shot the aircraft, Cate fired three rounds from the rifle into the air, according to documents filed in the case.

Cate admits that he threatened the aircraft to frighten the pilot away from his crops.

The last round that Cate fired hit the propeller of the aircraft, penetrated the engine cowling traveling toward the rear Read More

Udall Presents Medals to Navajo WW II Veteran

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At a ceremony held at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, Sen. Tom Udall presents Navajo veteran Wilson Halona five medals of recognition for his service to the United States Army during World War II. Courtesy photo

 

UDALL News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE – At a ceremony held at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., presented veteran Wilson Halona five medals of recognition for his service to the United States Army during World War II.
 
“Wilson Halona’s service is a wonderful example of heroism and duty,”
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Pinon Elementary Students Exceed Hurricane Sandy Fundraising Goal

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Pinon Elementary School students presented a check for $2301.14, which more than doubled the $1,000 goal they originally set to aid Hurricane Sandy victims, to New Mexico Red Cross CEO Rahim Balsara at the school Monday. Pinon Elementary Principal Jill Gonzales poses with Rahim and students including Hailey Norman, Jonathan Kieltyka, Maya Cannon, Katurah Sherrill, Rachel Norman, Kenneth Inbody, Brooklyn Belyeu and Kaya Blue. Courtesy photo Read More