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  • 'Heroes Hiring Heroes' job fair set for Aug. 30

    The fourth annual "Heroes Hiring Heroes" job fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 30 at Hotel Albuquerque, 800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. Registration is required and can be done online at www.heroeshiringheroes.com or on site the morning of the event beginning at 8 a.m.It's open to veterans,

  • Event recycling is picking up on base

    Patrons at the 2012 "Summer Bash" may have used or at least noticed the many portable recycling containers for plastic bottles and aluminum cans set up Aug. 3 throughout Hardin Field. That was the most recent outdoor event on base that included them, under an initiative to divert more recyclable

  • Fight the bite this season

    It's a warm summer evening and you stroll outside your home to enjoy the night. Suddenly, you're being eaten alive. Swatting wildly, you retreat into the house. Mosquitoes are everywhere this time of year. We all know how pesky mosquitoes can be, but we also need to be aware that some of them carry

  • Stay safe during lightning storms

    While lightning can be fascinating to watch, it is also extremely dangerous. In the United States, 54 people are reported killed each year by lightning, on average. According to the National Weather Service, there have been 18 lightning-related deaths in 2012. Although lightning strikes can happen

  • 130 Team Kirtland Airmen selected for staff sergeant

    More than 13,400 senior airmen -- 40 percent of those eligible -- have been selected for promotion to staff sergeant.To see the list, visit http://www.afpc.af.mil/promotions/ssgt.asp.Staff sergeant is the first noncommissioned officer rank. Those selected will be promoted beginning in September,

  • Electronic timecards coming

    Paper time cards recording Air Force civilian employee attendance will soon take their place alongside rotary-dial phones and floppy disks. Nearly all Air Force civilians are slated to transition to the new Automated Time Attendance and Production System, a Web-based electronic recordkeeping method,

  • Base reaches out to small businesses

    The Kirtland Air Force Base Small Business Office and the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce will team up to present the inaugural "Small BizOps Day" Aug. 23. The event, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, is part of an expanded outreach by Kirtland's Small Business Office