Carol A. Clark

County: Keeping An Eye On The Weather? Use The Local Weather And Storm Alert System

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COUNTY News:

When lightning is detected within 10 miles of a Weather Station during operation hours, audible and visible alerts will activate.

The alert remains active for 30 minutes from the most recent lightning strike, with a visible countdown timer showing when it is safe to resume outdoor activities.

Local Weather Stations are located at Ashley Pond Park, Los Alamos County Golf Course, North Mesa Sports Complex, Overlook Park and Piñon Splash Pad in White Rock.

Visit the “Weather and storm alert system” page to view current conditions: https://www.losalamosnm.gov/Community/Alerts-current-conditions#section-7 Read More

Local Youth Roller Hockey ROLLS In The Summer Fun At Los Alamos County Ice Rink

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Coach Joe Artnak provides instruction and demonstration on proper skating techniques Wednesday, June 10, at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Cayden Gong reaches in to try and steal the ball from Samuel Klumpp before he shoots Wednesday at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

SPORTS News:

Los Alamos County Parks and Recreation and the Los Alamos Hockey Association (LAHA) have partnered once again to bring another summer season of youth roller hockey to the Los Alamos community!

The kickoff session for the Summer 2026 season Read More

McQuiston: When The Smoke Shows Up … A Wildfire Guide For Los Alamos Families

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

You usually smell it before you see it. A sharp pine smell drifts in through a window. Or a smudge of smoke shows up over the Jemez that wasn’t there the day before. You step outside, look west toward the forest, and reach for your phone to find out where it’s coming from.

If you’ve lived on the hill for long, you don’t need to be told this matters. Los Alamos has watched fire come over the ridge before. The dry weeks of late spring and early summer, before the monsoon rains arrive in July, are when it happens here. Most years it stays in

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Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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Los Alamos Public Library Announces Special Silent Book Club Event At Ashley Pond Park Wednesday June 17

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Scene of the Silent Book Club at Ashley Pond Park. The next gathering is Wednesday, June 17. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Public Library invites readers to participate in a special summer session of Silent Book Club, held outdoors on the Central Avenue side of Ashley Pond Park. The free event will take place from 6–7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 17.

The library has hosted Silent Book Club for two years. The group meets twice a month to read, journal or craft quietly, free from the stress and electronic interruptions of daily life. Participants read for an hour, then informally discuss books Read More

Op-Ed: One Million Metric Tons—What It Took And Why It Matters

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By AMANDA HEHR
COO
Kathairos Solutions

On May 30, Kathairos Solutions crossed a milestone we have been working toward since the company was founded: one million metric tons of CO2 equivalent eliminated through our nitrogen venting elimination systems. I wanted to take a moment to explain what that number means, how we got here, and why we think it matters beyond our own balance sheet.

Methane venting during oil and gas operations is one of the more tractable emissions challenges in the energy sector. It is not a problem that requires shutting in production or waiting on breakthrough technology. Read More