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Eat the Rainbow
Pair seafood and seasonal produce for colorful, healthy recipes Focusing your menus on health-conscious recipes that look as good as they make you feel is key to making positive lifestyle changes. Adding big flavors that satisfy cravings to easy, go-to recipes can be...
Ask a Health Care Professional – Alzheimer’s Disease
By Latha Raja Shankar, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico As we age, natural changes in the brain occur. These may result in slower processing speeds and greater difficulty multi-tasking, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
Journey to Health – The Microbiome – Why It’s Important
By Eli Follick The microbiome consists of trillions of organisms of thousands of different species mostly located in the small and large intestines. These include bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses, which synthesize vitamins in the gut, including thiamine,...
Ann Baur Joins SLFCU as Vice President of Retail Transformation
Financial Services Executive Brings 16 Years of Varied Banking Experience to Credit Union ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Ann Baur has joined Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union (SLFCU) as Vice President of Retail Transformation. In her new position, Baur is responsible for...
SLFCU Accepting Applications For Annual Scholarship Competition
Competition Ends May 31, 2023 ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union’s (SLFCU) 2023 Scholarship Essay Competition is open through May 31, 2023, for students enrolled full-time in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program, with a top award of $4,000. This...
SLFCU Partners with Sandia National Labs to Collect More Than 7,500 Books for ABQ Children
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union (SLFCU) partnered with Sandia National Laboratories to collect more than 7,500 books for children throughout Albuquerque and the surrounding area for the Read to Me Abq Network. The network is a regional,...
Prime Time Founder Remembered, Hailed as ‘Renaissance Man’
By Tania Soussan Emmy award-winning journalist Arthur Alpert worked for a news wire service in Paris, covered combat in Vietnam and produced network TV coverage of the Apollo 11 moon mission. But it was in New Mexico that he chose to settle, first as news director at...
Some Little Leagues at Risk Without Community Support
Little League was the first organized youth sports program in the world. It was founded on the belief that youth baseball and softball have the power to teach life lessons that build stronger communities and individuals. Carl E. Stotz, a resident of Williamsport,...
Los Coloniales Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Love of dance has for centuries been an integral part of the lives of the Spanish people, especially in Northern New Mexico. Refugees who fled their homeland during the Polish Revolution in the early 1790s and other European settlers in Mexico introduced many...
Press Release – SLFCU Breaks Ground on 12th Branch in NM Near Old Town in ABQ
Credit Union Reaffirms Commitment to Provide Personal, Hands-On Service to Communities It Serves ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union (SLFCU) formally broke ground today on a new branch office at 1100 Rio Grande NW just north of I-40. “We are very...