ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala recognized for contributions to engineering * * * Two Sandia National Laboratories researchers, Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala, have been elected as members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. They are among the 114 new members and 21 international members to be inducted as the class of 2024.  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: Bernalillo County has been awarded $4 million in federal funding to support a reconstruction project along Atrisco Vista Boulevard from Double Eagle Road to Paseo Del Norte Boulevard. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and Sen. Martin Heinrich secured the Community Project Funding request which was included in the final funding bill for fiscal year 2024 (FY24). "Securing funding for the reconstruction of Atrisco Vista Bou  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque, along with global health organization Vital Strategies, are seeking request for proposal applicants for a short-term consultant to support strategic planning for opioid settlement funds. The monies were awarded as part of litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against pharmaceutical distributors that inflicted damages through the marketin  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 4 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Legislation sponsored by Senator Nick Hinrichsen, D-Pueblo, that would protect Colorado's elections by punishing future attempts at "fake elector" schemes cleared the Senate today. HB24-1150 would make it a crime of perjury or forgery to create, serve in, or conspire to create or serve in a false slate of presidential electors, punishable by up to a $10,000 fine. A person who is convi  more

HOLLOMAN AFB, New Mexico, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Holloman Air Force Base (49th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski, 49th Wing Public Affairs To keep the 49th Wing's flying mission running smoothly, detecting and removing foreign object debris-or FOD-is necessary. Before conducting any air operations, Airmen from different units across the base gather in large numbers to perform a FOD walk. This involves Airmen picking up various forms of debris li  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) task force, removed from the United States on April 1, three unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitives wanted for rape. Aurelio Coy-Quib, 41, Byron  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Raspberry Simpson, a Lawrence Fellow in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate, has been named a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Kavli Fellow. As a new Kavli fellow, Simpson participated recently in the annual NAS Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium in Irvine, California. NAS   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: Three of the eight defendants indicted following a joint enforcement operation last year in Carlsbad, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal drug offenses. Carlos Venegas, Jr., 24, of Carlsbad, pleaded guilty on March 4, 2024, to one count each of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, 400 grams and more of fentanyl, and 500 grams and  more

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico, April 4 -- Space Base Delta I issued the following news release: The Air Force Safety Center released a new strategic plan outlining new goals and focus areas to align with Department of the Air Force priorities. The DAF Safety Strategic Plan establishes the requirements for the enterprise to achieve its vision in support of national and department-level guidance. The plan will be used to identify resource requirements, prioritize activities, align manpower, and provi  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Illegal dumping of oil and gas wastewater disrupts the microbes in desert ecosystems of southeast New Mexico and West Texas, according to a U.S. Geological Survey-led team that included researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso and the Bureau of Land Management. The study sampled five sites, from a set of illegal dump sites identified   more