Op/Ed: What Is This Town Like?
By JIM GOURDOUX
White Rock
In response to the recent Op/Ed on “Los Alamos Lab Culture For Outsiders” (link):
Back in the days when the settlers were moving to the West, a wise man stood on a hill outside a new Western town. As the settlers came from the East, the wise man was the first person they met before coming to the settlement. They asked eagerly what the people of the town were like.
He answered them with a question: “What were the people like in the town you just left?”
Some said, “The town we came from was wicked. The people were rude gossips who took advantage of innocent people. It was filled with Read More
Daily Postcard: Trees Bloom Together In White Rock
Daily Postcard: Two trees merge into full bloom on the corner of Aragon Avenue and Garver Lane Wednesday in White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
McQuiston: Should I Have An Umbrella Insurance Policy?
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Anyone who wishes to protect themselves from major claims or lawsuits, or would like to protect their assets or earnings would benefit from an umbrella insurance policy. Insuring your future is what an umbrella insurance policy can help with by safeguarding your future earnings, your home or cash savings.
When Would I Use My Umbrella Insurance Policy?
A personal umbrella insurance policy covers you when your auto, home or other personal lines insurance policy is exhausted by a covered insurance claim.
Example: You get Read More
TSoM Alumni Perform In Taos With Nina Lee April 20-21
TSOM News:
This upcoming weekend is one of the most exciting of the year for the TSoM! We’re bringing back to Taos four recent School alumni to perform several concerts and teach local elementary students in Taos. Mentoring and performing alongside the alumni is faculty member Nina Lee, cellist of the acclaimed Brentano Quartet. The ensemble has been hard at work preparing on the East Coast, and they’re thrilled to see you in Taos.
The TSoM is committed to engaging with the Taos community throughout the year, and we’re proud of the impact this visit will have. The alumni will share Read More
PEEC 2024 Earth Day Festival Saturday At Los Alamos Nature Center
Piñon Elementary School Students Compete In National History Day State Contest At University Of New Mexico
Audrey Deines, left, and Sarah Sanders competed in the Junior Group Exhibit category with a rotating exhibit exploring the impact of Gutenberg’s printing press. Courtesy/LAPS
Brandon Keller, center, took first place in the Junior Paper category and will be competing at the NHD National Contest in June. Evan Cunningham, left, and Isaac Light, right, won third place in the Junior Group Documentary category, and are alternates for the National Contest. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Five Piñon Elementary School 6th grade students were among more than 200 students across the state who competed Read More
DPU: Cloudy Water In White Rock Is No Cause For Alarm
COUNTY News:
The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is receiving calls from White Rock customers concerned about cloudy water coming from their pipes. The cloudiness is simply air in the line and shouldn’t cause alarm.
Crews from the DPU’s Water Production crews repaired a large transmission main near White Rock that was leaking earlier this week. The repair required draining the main, which caused air to enter the line.
Residents who see cloudiness, such as in a glass of water, can set the water aside for a few minutes and the cloudiness will dissipate. Read More
FBI Honors Albuquerque Community Organization ‘Assistance Dogs Of The West’ With 2024 National Award
An Assistance Dogs of the West dog trained for criminal justice settings to ease the stress felt by children and adult victims in the court system, and often aid prosecutors to achieve convictions. Courtesy/FBI
FBI Director Christopher Wray presents Assistance Dogs of the West Founder Jill Felice with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for its service to the people of Albuquerque, during a special ceremony today at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Courtesy/FBI
FBI News:
Today, April 19, FBI Director Christopher Wray presented Assistance Dogs of the West with the FBI Director’s Read More
Op/Ed: Los Alamos Lab Culture For Outsiders
By STEPHEN DEROSIER
Los Alamos
This transplanted guy has had it with Los Alamos.
Scenically, it’s a geological utopia. Honeycombed with breathtaking hiking trails. Indescribably beautiful. A nearly perfect climate. Snow accumulation? New Englanders—as well as northern tier states—would be laughing at us. Coloradans too. Northern New Mexico almost always gets a peck on the cheek while they take the full facial blow, winter after winter.
But. Talk about having effectively rushed a college fraternity row of houses for over seven years…
People on this Hilltop, by and large, are not friendly. Read More
Watershed Work To Limit Reservoir Access Starting April 22
Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir and the road leading to it will be closed starting Monday, April 22, through mid-June for watershed mitigation work on the damaged stream channel. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir and the road leading to it will be closed starting Monday, April 22, through mid-June for watershed mitigation work on the damaged stream channel.
The reservoir and road will be closed to hiking on weekdays until the work is complete, however they will open for foot traffic on weekends. Hikers should park at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink as parking is not allowed Read More
Update On Police Activity Near Presbyterian Española Hospital
Update: The area around Presbyterian Española Hospital is now open and all lockdowns have been lifted.
Rio Arriba County Emergency Services News:
Rio Arriba County Emergency Services had issued an alert at 10:09 a.m. today of police activity in the area of Presbyterian Española Hospital at 1010 Spruce St.
North Coronado Avenue was shut down two blocks in both directions. Española Public Schools in the area were also placed on lock down.
Rio Arriba County Emergency Services i=issued an update at 10:49 a.m. today that the area around Presbyterian Española Hospital is opened and all lockdowns Read More
Los Alamos High School NJROTC 2024 State Champions!
Los Alamos High School NJROTC 4A JROTC 2024 State Champions … What a year! Courtesy/NJROTC
By c/LTJG Alana Hinojosa
Public Affairs Officer
LAHS NJROTC
This past weekend Los Alamos NJROTC traveled to Cibola High School to participate in the New Mexico State Military Skills Competition. Even though this was Topper Company’s fifth competition of the year, it was extra special since it was for the state championship and final competition for the 2023-24 season.
C/MCPO Seth Javernick, Command Master Chief and marksmanship team commander, said, “I’m super proud to have competed alongside Read More
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Cosponsors Legislation To Expand SNAP Eligibility For Social Security Recipients
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the COLAs Don’t Count Act, legislation to exempt annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) from impacting the benefits of those who utilize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance.
This would help ensure participants of SNAP are not losing benefits to the added costs of inflation and allow families to keep food on the table.
“With costs on the rise, we should be making it easier, not more difficult, for New Mexicans receiving SNAP benefits to put Read More
CommuniTREE Reflects Generous Giving So Far In April
Generous contributions from the community, reflected on the CommuniTREE in the Municipal Building, provide much needed assistance to low-income residents. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Throughout April, the CommuniTREE in the Los Alamos County Municipal Building is becoming greener as every one-time contribution to the Utilities Assistance Program (UAP) triggers a leaf being placed on the tree.
Through Friday, April 12, $1,543 in one-time contributions to the program were received. This total includes money received from account holders who round up or add onto their payment stubs when Read More
Learn The ‘Old Ways’ To Make Herbal Remedies April 27
NMHS News:
The Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) is offering a hands-on plant and local herb identification and remedy workshop 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at Los Luceros Historic Site, 253 County Road 41 in Alcalde. Find directions online.
Participants will learn to identify the important parts of the plants, understand the medicinal properties the herbs have, and make remedios, or remedies, with locally foraged healing herbs.
Students will prepare salves, poultices, and tinctures. Information, materials, and local herbs will be provided.
The class is $50 per Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers’ April 23 Meeting Features Talk By Rick Rubio On Climbing Ecuador’s Highest Peaks
Rick Rubio and his party on the glaciated summit of Chimborazo, the highest peak in Ecuador. Courtesy/Mountaineers
By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers
Rick Rubio will speak about climbing Ecuador’s volcanoes at the April 23 Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting. Rubio, along with five friends, climbed five of Ecuador’s volcanoes in December 2023, culminating with a climb of 6,263-meter (20,548 foot) Chimborazo.
Chimborazo, 39th highest summit in the Andes, is farthest point on Earth’s surface from the Earth’s center, due to its location along the planet’s equatorial bulge. It was Read More
County Details New Standards To Limit PFAS In Drinking Water
COUNTY News:
For the first time ever, national standards regarding forever chemicals in tap water are being rolled out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Collectively called PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, these chemicals have been used since the 1940s and are now found everywhere—in air, water, soil and blood. They are often called forever chemicals because it takes thousands of years for them to break down.
What is the source of these chemicals? PFAS are found in a wide variety of products, such as cookware, food packaging, contact lenses, clothing, Read More
Daily Postcard: Northern Saw-whet Owl Near LA Reservoir
Daily Postcard: A Northern Saw-whet Owl spotted recently along the road to the Los Alamos Reservoir. A tiny owl with a catlike face, oversized head and bright yellow eyes, the Northern Saw-whet Owl is practically bursting with attitude. Where mice and other small mammals are concerned this fierce, silent owl is anything but cute. One of the most common owls in forests across northern North America (and across the U.S. in winter), saw-whets are highly nocturnal and seldom seen. Their high-pitched too-too-too call is a common evening sound in evergreen mountain forests from January through Read More
Obituary: Jonathan Porter March 25, 1938 – March 26, 2024
JONATHAN PORTER March 25, 1938 – March 26, 2024
Jonathan Porter, Professor Emeritus of Chinese History and Asian Studies at the University of New Mexico, died peacefully at home on March 26, 2024 in Chupadero, a rural community in Santa Fe, after surviving more than two decades with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 86.
Jonathan was born on March 25, 1938 in Boston to Eliot Furness Porter, a photographer, and Aline Kilham, a painter. In July 1946, the family drove out west to move to Tesuque, New Mexico. Eliot would later write, “When we crossed the border into New Mexico, we stopped by the roadside Read More
All Three Los Alamos Odyssey Of The Mind Teams Garner First Place Finishes At Colorado State Competition
Members of the Los Alamos Odyssey of the Mind teams celebrate their wins at the Colorado state Odyssey of the Mind competition. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Three Los Alamos Odyssey of the Mind (OMer) teams recently competed in the Colorado state tournament, with all three earning first place honors in their divisions.
The Division 1 and 2 teams are heading off to the Odyssey of the Mind World competition at the end of May to compete against teams from all around the world.
In addition, the Division 2 team won an OMer award for the trials and tribulations they went through building their set.
All the teams Read More
