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  • Mountain principal’s job in question

    Rumors were running rampant this morning that Mountain Elementary School Principal Mike Katko has been asked to resign or be fired. 

    The source of the rumors is not yet clear.

    The Los Alamos Board of Education met behind closed doors Tuesday in two executive sessions. Discussions of personnel matters was included on the agenda of both. The first session was held at 4 p.m. and the second at 5 p.m.

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  • Special Session planned for October

    SANTA FE – With a bang of his gavel, the Speaker of the House officially ended this year’s 60-day session at about noon Saturday.

    A special session will follow in order to tie up a number of loose ends left dangling.

    “There will be a special session,” said Gov. Richardson Saturday during his standard 1 p.m. press conference. “The issue will be when. It will be this fall, probably October.”

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  • School Board meets at Mountain Thursday

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  • Harvey Yates takes time to talk about the issues

    New Mexico’s new GOP chairman, Harvey E. Yates Jr., recently spent time on the phone with local GOP Chair Ron Dolin.

    “It’s a good thing I have TiVo,” joked Dolin who was watching sports on television when his phone rang. “I thought he might talk to me for maybe 15 minutes but he spent nearly an hour and I was very impressed with his knowledge and passion for the issues.”

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  • State energy fantasia shot down by Senator

    Miro Kovacevich fought for what he called a “declaration of energy independence” last month and he won at least a symbolic victory.

    Kovacevich is a former banking consultant who played a role in developing the Solar  Energy Research Park and Academy (SERPA) in Española.

    His bill passed the New Mexico Legislature with unanimous votes in both chambers, despite its ambitious price tag of $21 billion a year.

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  • Eco Station open for business

    Dirty, slimy, smelly garbage is often the image drummed up when the word landfill comes to mind.

    The Los Alamos County landfill was no different than what one might have imagined a landfill to be. However, Los Alamos County was looking for a cleaner way to get rid of garbage and found it in the idea of an Eco Station.

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  • ANALYSIS Opening round: Nuclear Facility enters the gauntlet

    As a key Congressional committee met to discuss next year’s budget for the nuclear weapons complex, a high priority project for Los Alamos National Laboratory was one of several big ticket items that shared the spotlight.

     

    LANL has a demonstrable need to get out of its obsolete, circa 1952, Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) facility and wants to relocate its capabilities to a brand new Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR).

     

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  • 2009 Legislature ends, special session looms

    SANTA FE – Some loose ends remain following this year’s legislative session, which officially drew to an end at noon Saturday.

    Lawmakers passed more than 140 bills in 60 days. The governor signed 22 bills into law. He vetoed one – SB 167 Pre-Kindergarten Program Distribution – and has until April 10 to sign dozens more sitting on his desk.

    Rep. Jeannette Wallace, R-Los Alamos, sponsored HB 70 Safer Cigarette & Firefighter Protection Act, which successfully passed the Senate Friday evening.

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  • UNM-LA’s One-Stop Career Center re-opens for business

    The One-Stop Career Center at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos is open again and ready to serve job seekers and employers in the Los Alamos Area.

    Career Development Specialist Delmeria Martinez is on duty in the office, located downstairs in Building Two (Student Services), from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30-1:30 p.m.) on Wednesdays and Fridays.

    Job seekers and employers may call 662-5919 ext. 607 to make an appointment, for information or to post a job.

    Walk-in clients are also welcome and services are free.

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  • County cautious about accepting stimulus money

    While U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is urging New Mexico police departments to apply for Department of Justice grants to help hire new officers, Los Alamos County is weighing all sides of the government’s various stimulus offers.

    County Administrator Max Baker said Thursday county staff continues to monitor a growing list of potential infrastructure improvements and programs that span a wide variety of needs throughout the county.

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