Laboratory Earth Day Trails Tour Open To Public
Participants in last year’s spring tour. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
In celebration of Earth Day, the Trails Management Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a hiking tour the morning of April 14 at Lower Water Canyon and Lion’s Cave Trails.
Laboratory archeologist and biologists will provide information about the landscape and its cultural and biological resources as well as geology.
The 3.5-mile hike has an overall gradual 300-foot elevation change and is estimated to take three hours to complete. Participants should bring water and snacks and have appropriate footwear for Read More
Judge Sentences Richard Atencio
Richard Atencio, left, was sentenced Monday in District Court. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
Under the terms of a plea bargain in the First Judicial District Court Monday, Richard Atencio pleaded no contest to charges of larceny and attempting to tamper with evidence in connection with a Los Alamos National Laboratory property theft case from 2015.
Atencio was accused of stealing lab property valued at more than $2,500 and less than $20,000. Judge T. Glenn Ellington handed Atencio a 364-day suspended sentence for each charge with each Read More
WIPP: Preparations Continue For TRU Waste Shipments
Idaho State Trooper and commercial vehicle enforcement officer Tony Anderson speaks to attendees March 27 at the kick-off of the WIPP Road Show for the western corridor shipping route at Fort Hall, Idaho. Courtesy photoUdall, Heinrich, Lujan Grisham Announce $1.6 Million To UNM To Train STEM Students And Workers For Labs Jobs In Microsystems Technology
U.S. SENATE News:More Than 100 Students Receive Scholarships From Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund
2017 Gold Scholar WilburWang of Los Alamos High School. Courtesy/LANLF
LANL FOUNDATION News:
ESPAÑOLA—Charlyna Gonzales of Peñasco High School, Khaled Khweis of Taos High School and Wilbur Wang of Los Alamos High School are recipients of the 2017 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund top-level Gold Scholarships.
They are among 111 student winners from the seven-county Northern New Mexico region selected to receive 117 scholarships totaling $660,250.
2017 Gold Scholar Charlyna Gonzales of Penasco High School. Courtesy/LANLF
Scholarships are funded by Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More
Luján Visits LANL Today; Discusses Range Of Issues
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today visited Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to meet with lab employees and discuss issues of interest to the Labs.
He was briefed by LANL personnel and discussed topics including tech transfer, the Labs infrastructure and workforce needs and expanding regional capacity.
“Our nation faces a wide range of threats including environmental challenges, the emergence and spread of infectious disease, the need for increased energy independence, the spread of nuclear weapons, Read More
Bill Safeguards Faith-Based Community Centers
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Brian Mast (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Katko (R-NY) introduced bipartisan legislation today to increase penalties for making bomb threats, and provide $20 million in additional funding to the Department of Homeland Security to safeguard faith-based community centers.
The bill, which already has the support of 28 other members, would provide $20 million in additional funding to the Department of Homeland Security under the existing Read More
