Albuquerque Journal

1 day ago | abqjournal.com | Megan Gleason

Sandia National Laboratories on Thursday announced plans to lay off up to 510 employees. The news comes nearly two months into the tenure of new Director Laura McGill, who told the Journal when she started in May that the "workforce is in a good place."kAm%96 A=2? H:== C65F46 $2?5:2VD H@C<7@C46 @7 ?62C=J `f[___ 3J 36EH66? `T 2?5 bT[ H9:49 H@F=5 C6AC6D6?E `f_ E@ d`_ H@C<6CD] %96 QC62=:8?>6?EQ D9@F=5 7:?:D9 3J 62C=J 72==[ DA@<6DA6CD@? z6??J ':8:= D2:5 G:2 6>2:=] xE’D ?@E 4=62C H96?

2 days ago | abqjournal.com | Alanna Durkin Richer

WASHINGTON — A top Justice Department official nominated to become a federal appeals court judge said Wednesday that he never told department attorneys to ignore court orders, denying the account of a whistleblower who detailed a campaign to defy judges to carry out President Donald Trump’s deportation plans.

3 days ago | abqjournal.com | Megan Gleason

The New Mexico Environment Department and state Department of Justice this week filed another lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force, wielding new legislatively authorized powers to order the cleanup of contamination around Cannon Air Force Base in eastern New Mexico. The state for years has tried to get the Air Force to clean up per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, that spread in water systems and soil around Clovis as a result of water discharges.

3 days ago | abqjournal.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

Attorneys on Tuesday offered jurors two starkly different accounts of an encounter between three former Albuquerque firefighters and a woman who accused them of raping her in 2023. Defense attorneys described the incident as “a consensual sexual experience” at an Albuquerque apartment following a charity golf tournament. kAm!C@D64FE@CD D2:5 E96 >6? A=:65 96C H:E9 2=4@9@= 2?5 C2A65 96C 27E6C @?6 @7 E96 >6? :?G:E65 96C E@ 9:D 2A2CE>6?E 4@>A=6I 7@C 5C:?<D 2?5 2 DH:> :?

3 days ago | abqjournal.com | Megan Gleason

The quantum industry might seem futuristic and distant, but it’s already establishing a strong foothold in New Mexico. Experts from different science-based industries spoke about what brought them to the Land of Enchantment and what they need in return from leaders to make New Mexico a top place to do business, at the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting at Sandia Golf Club on Tuesday. kAm“}6H |6I:4@ :D ?@E E96 3:886DE DE2E6[ 3FE :E ?665D E@ 36 E96 72DE6DE DE2E6[” D2:5 {249=2?