County Council Chair David Izraelevitz provides a State of the County Address Wednesday afternoon at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Izraelevitz touched on a number of highlights the County experienced in 2017. These included renovating Fuller Lodge and the Los Alamos History Museum as well as dedicating several pieces of public art including ‘Denizens of the Deep’ at the Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center and ‘Carry the Light’ at the Los Alamos Golf Course Clubhouse. Izraelevitz also mentioned the proclamation the County Council passed in recognition of Los Alamos Summer Concert Organizer Russ Gordon’s final year putting on the free summer concerts and the creation of the Friends of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A crowd Wednesday afternoon at the Betty Ehart Senior Center waits to hear County Council Chair David Izraelevitz deliver the annual State of the County Address. Besides listing a number of highlights, Izraelevitz touched on some major issues the County faced in 2017 including increased activity in the code enforcement program, modifying the permitting process, a larger presence of bears in town and of course, the lab contract. Izraelevitz noted that everything in town depends on the laboratory and the County is keeping a close eye on the process that will award a new contract to operate the laboratory. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com