Summer Fun Underway At Splash Pad In White Rock
Kids cooling off at the splash pad Wednesday at Rocket Park in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Kids having fun at the splash pad Wednesday at Rocket Park in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Kids having fun at the splash pad Wednesday at Rocket Park in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Pig + Fig Cafe At Los Alamos Farmers Market Today
Pig + Fig Cafe is hosting a booth at the Los Alamos Farmer’s Market starting at 7 a.m. today, July 7, until they sell out of food! The community is invited to stop by for pastries, quiches and cookies. Courtesy/P+F Read More
New Mexico Governor To Launch Deployment Of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Celebrate Key Investments
STATE News:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham at 1 p.m., today in Socorro will launch the deployment of $10 million in electric vehicle charging stations secured in the December 2021 special session for communities across New Mexico.
The governor is celebrating the first of them being built in Socorro.
She also is celebrating state infrastructure investments in Valencia County, including flood mitigation efforts and a veterans memorial park. Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: At Peach Valley Produce Stand
On the job in Los Alamos Wednesday are Matt Hauser and Ryan Kuhn of Peach Valley Produce selling fresh Colorado produce, pies, syrups and treats from their stand in the parking lot across from the Los Alamos High School. Corn and melons are scheduled to arrive soon. For information, call 720.810.3735 or email Mrhauser83@gmail.com. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Customers check out the offerings at the Peach Valley Produce stand Wednesday in the parking lot across from the Los Alamos High School. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Daily Postcard: Tangerine Colored Clouds Fill Sky
Peanut Brittle & More At Farmers Market Thursday
DPU Offers Introduction To Induction
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) launched a new program this week to introduce customers to the concept of cooking by induction—an idea that could have a positive impact on the environment.
DPU’s Induction Cooktop Loaner Program puts portable induction cooktops into the hands of customers who would like to try out using induction as an alternative to gas or electric stoves. An induction cooktop uses electromagnets to produce heat through a high frequency oscillating magnetic field.
Eddy currents produced by this magnetic field encounter resistance in iron-based Read More
Flood Advisory For Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval Counties Until 4 P.M. Today
Rio Arriba County Emergency Services News:
There is a Flood Advisory in effect for Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Sandoval counties until 4 p.m. today.
* WHAT…Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE…A portion of north central New Mexico, including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Sandoval.
* WHEN…Until 400 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS…Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS … At 156 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms tracking towards the northeast. This will cause arroyo Read More
Attorney General Announces Successful Judicial Order In TX v. NM To Finalize Historic Water Settlement Agreement
Attorney General Hector Balderas
AG News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has announced that the Court has agreed to put off the trial in the long-running dispute between Texas, New Mexico and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over the waters of the Rio Grande River.\
The delay is due to the Parties having agreed to continue negotiating a settlement agreement that could finally resolve the case and could save taxpayers potentially millions of dollars in litigation fees and costs.
“We assembled the best legal and scientific team in the nation to disprove that our farmers and Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: July 6, 2022
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The recent monsoon rains have helped New Mexico bounce back nicely from a hot and dry spring. Streamflows are in much better shape in the smaller tributaries of the Rio Grande, Rio Chama, Pecos River and Jemez River. The main stem of the Rio Grande remains well-below normal.
The flow into New Mexico from Colorado is just 157 cubic-feet-per-second. Normal flow would be 605 cubic-feet-per-second. Unfortunately, this low flow eliminates the popular Rio Grande Box run for kayakers and rafters.
The recent rains have allowed New Mexico to open Read More
Daily Postcard: Golden Sunrise Covers White Rock
SFNF Implements New Closure Order For Hermits Peak And Calf Canyon Fire Area
The SFNF has announced a new closure order for the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fire area that went into effect at 8 a.m. today. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — A new closure order that went into effect at 8 a.m. today reopens some areas on the west side of the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District that were closed under an earlier order, which terminates today, that restricted access to the entire district due to extreme fire danger.
Monsoonal precipitation and additional containment of the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires have reduced the risk and allowed the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District to Read More
NMDVR: Summer Work Program For Youths With Disabilities
NMDVR is sponsoring a unique summer work program for nine youths with disabilities. Courtesy/NMDVR
NMDVR News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Nine young people from the Albuquerque area are taking part this summer in a work-based program supporting youths with disabilities, sponsored by The New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (NMDVR).
The eight-week learning experience involves working at both a farm/garden and a Habitat for Humanity Neighborhood Revitalization project.
“The program was developed to give the youth a practical experience of work and place them in an environment that
Grass Installed Saturday Near Leisure Lagoon Project
Rolls of sod are installed Saturday at the Aquatic Center as part of the Leisure Lagoon construction project on Canyon Road. Photo by Amy Birnbaum Read More
Collared Lizard Spotted During Hike At Chimney Rock
A collared lizard spotted during a recent hike at Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado. The collared lizard is a small lizard known primarily for its pair of dark bands or collars. The females are normally a grey green color while the males can be bright green, olive, blue and yellow. Both males and females of the species have quite large heads and pale bellies. This lizard is particularly quick and can rear up on its hind legs to sprint away. They have been known to reach speeds of 15 mph when threatened. They normally thrive in areas with numerous cracks and holes in which they can hunt and hide. Read More
Daily Postcard: Crimson And Gold Sunrise Illuminates Sky
Daily Postcard: A crimson and gold sunrise illuminates the sky Saturday over White Rock. Photo by Jim Gourdoux Read More
Fossil Of Oldest Known Species Of Tree-Climbing Reptile Discovered Near Chama In Northern New Mexico
A rendering of the ancient tree-climbing reptile Eoscansor. A fossil of Eoscansor was discovered in Northern New Mexico in rocks dating back 305 million years. With this discovery, Eoscansor becomes the oldest tree-climbing reptile on record. Courtesy/Matt Celeskey
NMDCA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A team of paleontologists, including several from New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), have uncovered a fossil in New Mexico from the oldest tree-climbing reptile on record.
Research from NMMNHS and Carnegie Museum of Natural History describing the 305-million-year-old Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Fire Ecology Of Ponderosa Trees
(Picture 1) A disbursed grove of mature ponderosa trees with no young trees growing among them. One single young tree is growing outside of the grove in direct sunlight. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Ponderosa trees do not tolerant shade.
Young ponderosa seedlings close to adult ponderosa trees grow slowly or not all in the shade of adult trees. A grove of ponderosa trees therefore spreads out with few or no young trees growing among them. Low intensity forest fires reinforce this arrangement by burning low growing trees and shrubs. (A low intensity fire does not burn the upper Read More
Closeup Of Dragonfly At Ashley Pond
A dragonfly on the wing hovers just long enough for the photographer to snap this photo recently at Ashley Pond. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Daily Postcard: Fourth Of July 2022 Sunrise!
Daily Postcard: Fourth of July 2022 sunrise viewed looking east toward the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
