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Los Alamos Staff Help Improve U.S. Capability To Detect Underground Nuclear Explosions

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LANL geophysicist Catherine Snelson
 
LANL News:
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory staff were instrumental in the fifth conventional explosion experiment as part of the NNSA’s Source Physics Experiment (SPE) series.
 
The SPE series, conducted at the Nevada National Security Site, advances the United States’ verification mission for detecting and understanding underground nuclear explosions.
 
“The goal of SPE is to understand the generation of S-waves from explosive sources,” said Catherine Snelson, a geophysicist at Los Alamos that led the Laboratory’s team.
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Police Chief Dino Sgambellone Discusses Annual Crime Report On Voice Of Los Alamos Radio Show Noon Today

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Police Chief Dino Sgambellone discusses his newly released annual crime report for Los Alamos County today at noon on ‘The Voice of Los Alamos’ on 101.5 FM. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

Police Chief Dino Sgambellone is discussing his newly released annual crime report for Los Alamos County today at noon on “The Voice of Los Alamos”.

“The Voice of Los Alamos” is hosted by Carol A. Clark of the Los Alamos Daily Post and airs noon to 1 p.m., every Friday on 101.5 FM. The topics covered give listeners on and off “The Hill” a glimpse of life in the Atomic City. Weekly Read More

‘Sewing With Knits’ Workshop Offered In Biodidact’s New Space At ‘Los Alamos Makers’ May 27

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Makeup bag by Veronica Magnelind. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
 
Veronica Magnelind
 
By MANDY MARKSTEINER
Los Alamos
 
Veronica Magnelind is addicted to fabric. And sewing.
 
Her enthusiasm and love for sewing is infectious. You can’t help but get excited when you take  in all the dresses, cardigans, pants and pillows that she has made for herself and her family.
 
“I want Emma (daughter) to have colorful and fun clothes,” said Magnelind, who will be teaching a Sewing with Knits workshop at Biodidact’s new co-work space on Orange Street.
 
Magnelind’s
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Letter To The Editor: Thank You To County For Beautiful Gift To Community

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By HOLLY BATES
Los Alamos
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Chamisa Fourth Graders Celebrate New Mexicans

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Chamisa fourth grader Alanna Fresquez chose Frank Chavez of Duke’s Car Club in Albuquerque as the subject of her Wax Museum portrayal. The fourth grade classes pick important New Mexicans to impersonate. They research the figures and tell visitor’s their story. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Rafael Matt-Jinks as Forrest Fenn. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The third and fourth grade students at Chamisa Elementary presented the annual Wax Museum Wednesday.

The students dressed in costume and performed the part Read More

Letter To The Editor: Thank You To Los Alamos And White Rock Community From Greg Fisher’s Family

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The family of Greg Fisher will always be grateful to the friends, neighbors, colleagues, council members, teachers, counselors, and young people who made his life and his daughter’s joyful and productive in Los Alamos and White Rock.

Your response to his tragic early death has been heartwarming, comforting, and reassuring to us. We honor each of you who played a role in Greg’s life as the County’s Economic Vitality Administrator and in the daily lives of both Greg and Maya.

Thanks especially to those who grieved alongside us. The private words and public voices of the gathering at the ski lodge Read More

League Of Women Voters Honors Barbara Calef

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Longtime League President Barbara Calef is recognized and celebrated for her leadership and inspiration. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Barbara Calef is stepping down from her role as president of the League of Women Voters of Los Alamos after leading the organization for a total of 10 years.

Calef served as president beginning in 2002 through 2005 and again in 2010 through this spring. She is being recognized and celebrated for her leadership and inspiration. She explained why she is drawn to the organization.

“I feel that we are doing Read More

Letter To The Editor: Voters … Now Is Your Chance

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By DOUG PIPPIN
Los Alamos
 
I applaud Mr. Khal Spencer’s letter to the editor concerning the four council members with their NO vote for an independent audit. As the old saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s a fire”, and what I, like Mr. Spencer and others, would like to know is, “why the no vote?”, do we have a fire deep within our county?
 

I know the money spent on the past law suits by us, the county, were paid for by our insurer(s), but we pay the insurance premiums, and at last reported our insurance premiums had not gone up due to these

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Atomic City Transit Upcoming Schedule Changes

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Atomic City Transit bus. File photo

 

COUNTY News:

Monday May 23, Atomic City Transit schedules will be adjusted in order to better provide connections with the Northern New Mexico Park and Ride buses. 

More specifically, the entire schedule will be rotated forward by 5 minutes, which will affect the timing at each bus stop. As an example, if you currently catch the bus at 7 a.m., you will catch the bus at 7:05 a.m. beginning Monday.

The new transit service plan, implemented Jan. 25, has succeeded in enabling the operators to deliver the published service schedule with excellent “on-time” Read More

LAHS Intel ISEF Results

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Los Alamos High School students Sophia Li (10th grade) and Jovan Zhang (12th grade) recently placed 4th with their team project in the Computational Biomedical and Bioinformatics Category at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 7-13 in Phoenix, Ariz. Zhang is a three-time Intel Finalist and winner. He and Li represented the State of New Mexico and competed against 1,760 students, in grades 9-12th, from 76 countries, regions and provinces across the globe for $5 million in prizes and awards. The week-long competition was hosted by Intel in conjunction with Society for Read More