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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - As the Los Alamos National Laboratory faces thousands of job openings over the next five years New Mexico's community colleges are looking at how they can prepare their students for those jobs. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that representatives from the lab and community college presidents met in Santa Fe with...

Millennials were on the menu Wednesday, as administrators from seven Northern New Mexico colleges and universities met with community and human resources officials from Los Alamos National Laboratory to digest the implications of a generational shift that is affecting much of the country. Members of the Millennial Generation (a cohort of the...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D–N.M.) wants to boost New Mexicans’ chances of filling approximately 2,000 vacancies at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the next five years. To facilitate that goal, Heinrich gathered representatives from LANL and seven northern New Mexico colleges for a roundtable on Wednesday to discuss ways to tailor...

A small victory for Native cultures — an Acoma Pueblo shield did not go on the auction block in Paris earlier this week. After much protest from the United States, with top government officials weighing in on the side of Acoma Pueblo, the auction house pulled the shield. Now, to the bigger fight: staging a coordinated effort to return stolen...

In a phone interview with the Los Alamos Monitor Tuesday, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) discussed some recent successes in the Senate that could have both direct and indirect benefits for Los Alamos. The fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has several gains for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), including an increase in...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A New Mexico veteran is being honored for his work helping other veterans. George Perez is a volunteer at Disabled American Veterans in Albuquerque. Friday, Senator Martin Heinrich presented an American flag to Perez, who has worked over the past 12 years to help connect veterans to their benefits. Perez says he started...

An amendment added recently to a federal energy bill would create two wilderness areas within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Thank you, Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, for looking out for Northern New Mexico. The Energy Police Modernization Act still needs to be reconciled with a House version before it can go to the...

DEMING — In light of recent safety concerns in the boot heel region of New Mexico, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) toured the area with local U.S. Border Patrol agents inspecting safety measures in place. In addition, Sen. Heinrich allowed time during his visit to sit and talk with local ranchers about their safety concerns in the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque-based engineering firm Aquila has won a $25 million contract to deploy nearly 300,000 wrist-worn radiation detection devices to the Army National Guard.The technology, developed by Aquila, will replace aging, Cold War-era radiation detectors that the military still uses, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M, said...

As 1,200 miles of road inside the Gila National Forest will inevitably be closed in July as the Gila National Forest Travel Management Plan takes effect, Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich is pushing legislation at the national level to allow public lands to be more “public” and accessible to the average person. Heinrich traveled to...

In the past 55 years, the U.S. has spent more than $6 billion researching how to apply “focused energy technologies” — which include lasers, microwaves and electromagnetic radiation — for use in military weapons, an enterprise that has been growing in New Mexico. Last month, programs to develop directed-energy weapons at...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Most travelers KRQE News 13 spoke with say they feel safe at the Sunport but they also feel a terrorist attack – like the one in Brussels – could easily happen here. That’s why senator Martin Heinrich is backing Democratic legislation that would enhance security in the non-secure areas of the airport...

In the Southwest, water is the lifeblood of our economy and culture. Access to adequate clean and affordable water means that our cities can bustle with activity, our farmers can grow local food, and our rivers can sustain the cottonwoods and wildlife we all know and love.   In exchange for developing water downstream in the Colorado River...

Laws often resemble the proverbial barn door, which is shut after the horses have run away or been stolen. Many statutes address a crisis that is already over. Even so, it’s important to prevent repeat mistakes, which is the intent of a federal bill supported by all of the Democrats in New Mexico’s congressional delegation. They want to...

Renewable energy, economic development, water issues and veterans’ needs are a few of the discussions state and local officials held Thursday with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich during his visit to Tucumcari. Heinrich started Thursday’s visit by climbing to the top of the North American Wind Research and Training Center’s 1.5-megawatt...

Earlier this week was World Water Day. All of us in New Mexico recognize the vital importance of water. Access to adequate clean and affordable water means that cities in eastern New Mexico can bustle with activity, our farmers and ranchers can grow local food, and Cannon Air Force Base can continue to play a vital role in protecting our national...

Earlier this week was World Water Day. All of us in New Mexico recognize the vital importance of water. Access to adequate clean and affordable water means that cities in eastern New Mexico can bustle with activity, our farmers and ranchers can grow local food, and Cannon Air Force Base can continue to play a vital role in protecting our national...

As preparations were being made last week for the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, two announcements were made looking toward the future of the range. On Thursday, Army Brig. Gen. Eric L. Sanchez, a 1987 distinguished military graduate of New Mexico State University and native of Santa Fe, was named as the next...

The people of New Mexico elected me to the Senate to uphold and defend the Constitution. And that is both an oath and a responsibility I take very seriously. A basic part of my constitutional duty is to consider and vote on presidential nominees. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution states that the president, “shall nominate,...

GALLUP — The city of Gallup has extended its contract with Na’Nizhoozhi Center Inc. for operation of the detox center through the end of the fiscal year. NCI’s contract ran from Oct. 2 to Feb. 29, and the new four-month extension will keep doors open until June 30. City Attorney George Kozeliski said the city will put out a...