Carol A. Clark

New Business ‘Stable Minded Solutions’ Offers Equine Assisted Psychotherapy And Equine Facilitated Learning

Stable Minded Solutions owner Karla Palmer offers Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Facilitated Learning services in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

By KARLA PALMER
Owner
Stable Minded Solutions

Mental Health is a hot topic these days. Who needs it. How to find a provider. What kind of therapy might work for YOU. After working in the mental health field for more than a decade, I am excited to announce the availability of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Facilitated Learning services here in Los Alamos County through my business Stable Minded Solutions.

What is Equine Assisted Psychotherapy? Read More

N.M. 118 Roadwork Underway Church Rock To Wingate

NMDOT News:

MILAN — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) District Six along with Kachina Trucking Service Inc (Contractor) roadway and shoulder work is underway to clear out sand along portions of N.M. 118 between Church Rock and Wingate.

Work began Tuesday on the westbound section of the corridor at mile marker 29.5 (East of Church Rock) and will continue east to mile marker 33.5 (Wingate). All traffic will be diverted onto I-40 along the corridor while work is in progress.

The contractor’s work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Drivers should expect minor Read More

Los Alamos County Comprehensive Health Plan Update Identifies Challenges And Offers Short-Term Solutions

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

There’s a lot to celebrate in Los Alamos, but as Los Alamos County Council discovered during its March 26 meeting, there also is no shortage of challenges.

County Social Services Division Manager Jessica Strong, in her update on the development of the Comprehensive Health Plan to council, listed some of the challenges the Los Alamos Health Council identified after conducting 200 interviews with various community members as well as some of the immediate actions that can be taken to address these challenges.

These challenges Read More

NMRLD New Mexico Cannabis Control Division Reminds Public To Consume Safely Ahead Of Springtime Events

NMRLD News:

Santa Fe – The weather is warming up and the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department’s (NMRLD) Cannabis Control Division is urging cannabis consumers to follow the laws and practice safe consumption this spring.

“Springtime is when we start seeing more outdoor events and an uptick in public consumption,” Cannabis Control Division Director Todd Stevens said. “We want to remind the public and our licensees that it is illegal to consume cannabis in public spaces like festivals, expos, and even at a licensed dispensary that doesn’t have an official consumption lounge license.” Read More

Toppers Place Second In Academy Invitational

Nicholas Witkowski displays the trophy as the team poses with coaches Hari Viswanathan, Travis Gibson and Timur Khazaratkulov. Photo by Gowri Srinivasan.

Sofia Parra beat Astrid Quinonez of Sandia 7-5, 6-2. Photo by Lindsay Gibson.

SPORTS News:

The Academy Invitational Tournament was held April 12-13, 2024 in Albuquerque, with 9 varsity teams participating from around the state. The boys placed second overall clinching several impressive wins along the way. The boys also became the first team to win matches against Albuquerque Academy this season. The girls won key matchups including Read More

Verus® Research Announces $1 Million Contract With Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate

VERUS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Verus® Research, a New Mexico-based team of scientists and engineers specializing in advanced research and development, announces the award of a two-year, $1 million contract from the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

The contract is a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) agreement for the next iteration of Verus Research’s Satellite Software for Anomaly Monitoring (Sat-SAM) software. The software receives satellite telemetry and runs analysis to detect, identify and predict causal indicators for failures Read More

Encore Earth Day Presentation Of Eclipse Stories With Chick Keller At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium April 20

PEEC News:

Saturday, April 20, at the PEEC Earth Day festival, Dr. Chick Keller will share stories of eclipse missions in the 1970s.

Dr. Keller will share insights about the 1970s airborne studies of the sun’s corona during total solar eclipses – conducted at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

By taking the eclipse observations airborne, lab scientists, including Keller and Art Cox, were able to extend their study of totality, as well as reduce interference from the atmosphere.

Dr. Keller will talk about the successes and failures of some of these missions, sharing fantastic photographs Read More

Catch Of The Week: Road Toll Smishing Scams

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

On Friday, April 12 the FBI warned of a massive ongoing smishing scam themed towards unpaid road tolls.

What is smishing? Smishing is phishing via SMS – text message, as opposed to phishing, which is when they try to trick you into giving up sensitive information via email attack.

These attacks started in March and thousands of people have already reported the attacks.

“Since early-March 2024, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received more than 2,000 complaints reporting smishing texts representing road Read More

Daily Postcard: Silhouetted Wood Duck Watches Sunrise

Daily Postcard: A Wood Duck is silhouetted in its perch high in a tree where it watches the sunrise Monday in the Española Valley. Wood Ducks owe their common name to the fact that they are one of the few waterfowl species that perch and nest in trees. Sharp nails on their webbed feet allow them to balance on branches and maneuver into tree cavities that they use for nesting. Source: audubon.org. Photo by Rick Martinez Read More

Body Discovered Behind Building In Downtown Los Alamos

Scene behind the building at 1247 Central Ave. today where the body of a man was discovered lying on the ground in the area near the stairs at left. Los Alamos police officers arrived at the scene to investigate a call of an unresponsive male in his mid-20s. Police confirmed that the man was deceased and reached out to the Office of the Medical Investigator. Police said they are investigating this as an unattended death. The identity of the man is not yet known. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene behind the building at 1247 Central Ave. today where the body of a man in his mid-20s was discovered Read More