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Council Defines Path Forward For Town Tagline

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Los Alamos County Administrator Harry Burgess briefs Council Tuesday evening on the effort that began in 2005 to find an effective way in which to market Los Alamos to those living outside the community. County Attorney Rebecca Elher, center, ensures Council stays within the guidelines of its current contract with Atlas. Senior Deputy Clerk Ona Trujillo documents the meeting. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos County Council removed ‘Live Exponentially’ and is adding ‘Where Discoveries Are Made’ to the list of possible taglines to market to Read More

Los Alamos DWI Planning Council Meets Thursday

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Recently the committee gathered to celebrate their work and look at future projects and goals. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

DWIPC News:

Education is key in the prevention of drinking and driving or other impairments and the local DWI Planning Council (DWIPC) has been working on the issue for a decade in our community.

In order to apply for and receive this grant money, the Los Alamos County Council established the DWIPC through a resolution in 2004. The DWIPC advises the County Council on its DWI plan and spending of DWI grant funds. 

 

The DWIPC will receive $64,000 for 2015 and the Read More

‘Live Exponentially’ Has Died

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Following weeks of public outcry through emails, telephone calls and letters to the editor expressing opposition, the Los Alamos County Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to scrap the tagline ‘Live Exponentially’. Seated from left listening to community members speak out against the unpopular tagline at Tuesday’s Council meeting, Councilors Fran Berting, Steven Girrens, David Izraelevitz, Chair Geoff Rodgers, Vice Chair Kristin Henderson and Pete Sheehey. Councilor Rick Reiss attended the meeting via telephone. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Local Strategic Partnership Expands Business News

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Chamber Manager Nancy Partridge, left, Los Alamos Daily Post Pubisher Carol Clark and LACDC Executive Director Patrick Sullivan shake hands on their strategic partnership to expand coverage of local business news through ‘Los Alamos Business,’ a LA Daily Post page devoted to business coverage. Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

Today, the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce and Los Alamos Daily Post are announcing a strategic partnership to launch Los Alamos Business, a page on the LA Daily Post that is dedicated to local business news. Read more at www.LosAlamosBusiness.com.

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Business Community Briefed On Legislative Agenda

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Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard gives a legislative report at Thursday’s Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast at UNM-Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce members listen to Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard’s legislative report at Thursday’s Business Breakfast. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval and Rio Arriba counties, briefed the local business community on the 60-day session

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Plateau Property Announces Apartment Contest Winners

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A newly renovated Plateau Property apartment. Courtesy photo
 
By NANCY PARTRIDGE
Los Alamos Chamber Manager

Plateau Property Management is holding a grand opening and ribbon cutting for two of its apartment properties 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17. The grand opening and ribbon cutting will be held, snow or shine, at 3000 Trinity Dr. #62.Signs for Ponderosa Pines and the Cottonwoods at Gold Street will be unveiled during the celebration that will include tours, music, refreshments and a special presentation of awards to the winners of the apartment complex naming contest. Read Read More

Heinrich Remarks On Release Of Report On CIA Detention, Interrogation Program

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, will deliver the following remarks today on the release of the executive summary and the findings and conclusions of the committee’s five-year review of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. Senator Heinrich has been a leading proponent of declassifying the report. 

A copy of the report is available HERE.

Heinrich’s remarks as prepared for delivery are below:

U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE’S

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Los Alamos Physicist Hockaday Honored For National Security Contributions

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LANL’s Associate Director for Experimental Physical Sciences Mary Hockaday is the recipient of two significant honors. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Associate Director for Experimental Physical Sciences Mary Hockaday of Los Alamos National Laboratory is the recipient of two significant honors this week. She earned a 2014 fellowship from the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and also a Distinguished Alumni Award from the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Alumni Association.

“I have been truly surprised, humbled and honored by these awards; I greatly appreciate Read More

Letter to the Editor: Los Alamos Should Be Visited By The World – Not Shrouded In Secrecy

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By MIKE WHEELER
Los Alamos

It’s always surprising to me the many experts who come out against initiatives of the council never having bothered to even make a cursory review of the issue.

The branding effort by the council is another way that the rest of the world can be encouraged to visit our community. The proposed brand was not developed to appease the local population but to give the world a more inviting phrase that will encourage visitors rather than turning them away as does the “atomic city” brand. I personally like the atomic city; however, I am not running a business dependent Read More