Summer Family Evenings: New Mexico Wildlife Center
Meet an Owl Ambassor at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/New Mexico Wildlife CenterPEEC News:
Join PEEC at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 19, for a special visit from the New Mexico Wildlife Center.
This Summer Family Evening program, sponsored by Del Norte Credit Union, is perfect for families who want to learn about local habitats, responsible rehabilitation, conservation and biology, and what to do if you find an injured wild animal. The Wildlife Center will also bring along its rescued raptor and owl ambassadors, allowing participants to meet these
Read More ScienceFest Curiosity Challenge Goes Live!
ScienceFest News:
This year ScienceFest attendees will have the chance to compete with one and other in an exciting and interactive scavenger hunt.
Participants can accumulate points by completing challenges and experiencing all of the entertainment ScienceFest has to offer. The person or team with the most points at the end of the challenge will win a brand new Yeti cooler!
Joining the challenge is easy. All you’ll need to do is download the “Goosechase” app on your smartphone or tablet, and then search for the “ScienceFest Curiosity Challenge.” From there you’ll register and be all set to Read More
DREAM BIG: Free Screening Reel Deal 10am Saturday
BECHTEL News:
What does it mean to be an engineer? Bechtel Corporation, one of the lead teammates of Los Alamos National Security LLC, is joining with Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos ScienceFest to present a free, one-day-only showing of an inspirational movie about engineering called “Dream Big: Engineering Our World.”
The movie is showing at IMAX theaters and science museums across the country but we’ve arranged for a screening in Los Alamos as part of the ScienceFest celebration.
Dream Big takes viewers on a journey of discovery from the world’s tallest building to a bridge Read More
LAFD Ends Stage 1 Fire Restrictions At Noon Today
COUNTY News:
Fortunately, recent precipitation and milder temperatures have produced a decrease in the fire danger for Los Alamos County. The Los Alamos County Fire Department (LAFD) will lift Stage 1 restrictions today at noon.
The previous fire restrictions were based on dry conditions and higher-than-normal temperatures. Several criteria are utilized to determine when to impose or lift fire restrictions, which include current and predicted weather, fuel moisture, fire activity levels and available firefighting resources. The arrival of monsoonal moisture has eased the dry conditions Read More
Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo Has Died
Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, a 2010 Nobel peace laureate and 2004 RSF press freedom laureate, died Wednesday … he had been imprisoned in China since 2008. Courtesy photoRSF News:
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply saddened by the news of the death of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, who was the 2010 Nobel peace laureate and 2004 RSF press freedom laureate. RSF holds the Chinese authorities responsible and urges them to end the house arrest of his wife, Liu Xia.
The embodiment of resistance to oppression and the
ScienceFest Schedule: Friday July 14
ScienceFest News:
Today’s shedule of activities for ScienceFest 2017:
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
SCIENCEFEST CONCERT: The Peterson Brothers Band
Ashley Pond Park Stage
7-10pm
FREE admission
FULLER LODGE LAWN FAMILY CAMP OUT
Fuller Lodge Lawn
Bring your family tent and sleeping bags to take advantage of this once in a life-time opportunity to camp at Fuller Lodge Lawn. Art & crafts, snacks, campfire songs and S’mores Wars!
7pm-7am
Fuller Lodge Lawn
Bring your family tent and sleeping bags to take advantage of this once in a life-time opportunity to camp at Fuller Lodge Lawn. Art & crafts, snacks, campfire songs and S’mores Wars!
7pm-7am
FREE admission
FLIGHT OF THE ORIGAMI CRANES!
Los Alamos History Museum
Each year the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and
Sky Scenes From White Rock
The sky following rain showers Wednesday evening near Rover Boulevard and Kimberly in White Rock. Photo by Kat Kolleen
A double rainbow fills the sky following rain showers Thursday in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Jaret McDonald
A double rainbow spotted Thursday from Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Jaret McDonald Read More
Letter To The Editor: Cautions About Hemp/Cannabis
By DENNIS LITTLELos Alamos
Saying it’s legal (hemp) cannabis is at least misleading and may end up getting someone fired and/or arrested (link). It is legal by New Mexico law but is still a federal crime and the current administration has made it clear they will go after users/sellers even if the state says it’s OK with it.
LANL also has a no-tolerance policy for drugs, so first offense can lead to immediate termination. While the article says that it’s unlikely to show up in testing, they also cover themselves by saying they don’t guarantee it and you can be sure that LANL won’t take an excuse of “they Read More
Representative Asked To Leave Closed Door Meeting On Aamodt Water Settlement And Rights-of-way Issues
Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Valley Daily Post
NAMBE – New Mexico State Rep. Carl Trujillo (D-Santa Fe County) and residents of northern Santa Fe County, were asked to leave a Thursday meeting organized by the federal Department of the Interior to discuss the controversial Aamodt water settlement and the rights-of-way issues that affect the residents of the area.
Rep. Carl Trujillo
When asked by Rep. Trujillo why they must leave the meeting, the expelled residents were told, “they had not been invited”.
“Their exclusion is odd, given the discussion centered around the Aamodt settlement Read More