Trade Alliance opens registration for trade mission to Taiwan

Submitted by Adrienne Creager on Tuesday, June 18th, 4:35 pm

Registration is now open for the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Trade Alliance’s mission to Taiwan. This trip aims to provide local businesses with opportunities to find customers and business partners in Taiwan. From Sept. 1-9, Bernalillo County Commission Chair, Maggie Hart Stebbins, will lead the trade mission.

“Over the last couple of decades, Taiwan has evolved into a Who’s Who location for multinational corporations to do their product research and development” said Stebbins. “Our New Mexico companies are developing the technologies they are looking for.”

The trade mission will focus on SEMICON Taiwan, a large semiconductor tradeshow that covers a variety of subsectors, but is not limited to companies interested in SEMICON Taiwan.

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Josh Turner Concert Tickets Now Available

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Monday, June 17th, 11:40 am

Recording Artist Josh Turner is bringing Country to Albuquerque Saturday, June 29 at 8 pm at Sandia Casino Amphitheater.

Josh Turner has made several country music chart toppers such as, “Time Is Love”, Long Black Train”, “Your Man” and “Would You Go With Me” to name a few.

Tickets are sold from $35 to $115 depending on seating and availability. Accessible seating is available in Level 2 of the amphitheater. Companion seats are available up to applicable ticket limit.

Tickets may be purchased at Sandia Resort and Casino Amphitheater Box Office located at I-25 and Tramway, www.ticketmaster.com, www.JoshTurner.com. Cash, Visa, and MasterCard are accepted ways of payment.

Turner has five studio albums and has been nominated for 18 different awards winning six of them.

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Congress Member Grisham Hosts Facebook Town Hall for Residents

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Monday, June 17th, 11:08 am

New Mexico Congress Member, Michelle Lujan Grisham will be hosting a ‘Facebook Town Hall’, June 18 between 5 pm to 6 pm.

“As your representative in Congress, I am always looking for new ways to connect with my constituents,” said Grisham, “Hearing directly from you about the issues that matter to you helps me ensure that my work is directly benefiting the residents of New Mexico’s First Congressional District.”

If you are interested in participating in Facebook Town Hall and making your voice heard there are four steps to follow.

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Registration for Television Production Class Now Open

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Monday, June 17th, 9:47 am

A class for citizens to learn about introductory television production has been scheduled by RioVision on July 17 through July 18 from 4 pm to 7 pm at Rio Rancho City Hall.

Rio Rancho City Hall is located at 3200 Civic Center Circle.

The fee for the class is $75 and participants are asked to bring their class payment receipt to both sessions.

The class will cover public access and its role in the community, becoming a RioVision community access producer, the producer process, lighting techniques and information on editing and capturing video.

The class instructors will be Ed Smith, owner of Edit House Productions, LLC, and Kealy Williams, Edit House employee and RioVision station supervisor. "This class is designed for individuals or groups who would like to learn about television, and who want to produce programs to share with the Rio Rancho community," said Smith.

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Free music performaces tonight

Submitted by Avicra Luckey on Sunday, June 16th, 3:43 pm

Enjoy an evening of music beginning tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Haynes Park Rotary Club BBQ Pavilion.

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Father's Day Gifts For All Dads

Submitted by Sydney Hernandez on Friday, June 14th, 11:41 am

Father’s day is just around the corner and if you haven’t found that perfect dad gift yet, we have you covered.

Many retailers are offering special discounts for those special men in our lives. Sears is having a 15 % off discount for all men’s clothing and accessories through June 16 with the code DAD13.

Macy’s will provide free shipping on orders of $100 or more with the code 2STYLE.

Kohl’s is also removing 15 % off select men’s clothing and shoes through June 16 with promo code DADSDAY15.

If dad is the gadget genius, check out Best Buy stores which are holding father’s day sales without any codes. Headphones or a portable car charger for his cell phone might be ideal.

For the outdoorsy dad, Wal-Mart is a great place for grills, hiking equipment, and fishing gear.

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Gallup detoxification center set to close doors

Submitted by Sara Montoya on Friday, June 14th, 11:33 am

New Mexico's largest social detoxification center says that it’s closing down due to unavailable funding.

Jay Azua is the program manager for the Na'Nizhoozhi Center Inc. in Gallup. He says that the facility projects that they will only be able to operate another 30-90 days without committed donors.

Azua said. “We will offer the detox program until we go broke. However dietary and short-term housing programs will cease to exist.”

In 2009 the center was made aware that they would no longer receive ongoing congressional funds. Since then, Na'Nizhoozhi said they have done their best to scale back on certain programs for budgeting purposes.

“For example, we used to offer transportation services for members of the detox program.

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