Los Alamos High School AP® Results, Awards For 2020
LAHS News:
Despite the closure of school in mid-March and the need for online testing, 305 Los Alamos High School (LAPS) AP students took 520 AP® exams this past May.
This year, 73 percent of students received scores of 3 or higher on their exams.
“We are proud of our students on their AP accomplishments,” LAHS Principal Carter Payne said. “This was an unusual year and they handled the switch from paper and pencil to online testing well.”
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, Read More
FOSCA Invites Community To Register For Virtual Dog Jog
The 2020 winning Dog Jog logo entry created by Neal Sander. Courtesy. FOSCA
FOSCA News:
Calling all dogs and their humans … get ready for the first-ever Virtual Los Alamos Dog Jog!
Registration is open for the Virtual 2020 Los Alamos Dog Jog. Everyone who registers or donates will receive a 2020 Dog Jog t-shirt, which features a logo designed by Aspen fifth-grader Neal Sanders.
Registration is open at https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/friends-of-the-shelter-2020-virtual-dog-jog and will be open through 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Registration is $20 for adults and $5 Read More
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham On Hispanic Heritage Month
Chart 185: COVID-19 In New Mexico Sept. 15
Overall COVID-19 risk in New Mexico by county. The nonprofit organization Covid Act Now monitors daily diagnoses, infection rates, testing positivity, ICU headroom, and contacts traced. The overall COVID-19 risk is based on these five metrics. Map credit: mapchart.net. Source: covidactnow.org. Created Eli Ben-NaimNMED: New Mexico Communities Awarded More Than $776K For Recycling, Illegal Dumpsite Clean-Up Projects
NMED Cabinet Secretary James Kenney
NMED News:
New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has announced the latest round of recipients of Recycling and Illegal Dumping (RAID) grants for fiscal year 2021.
Communities, tribes and pueblos around the state – many in rural areas – received more than $776,000 for projects related to recycling, cleaning up illegal dumpsites, conducting community outreach and education and scrap tire and household hazardous waste collection, among others.
“This funding allows rural communities of New Mexico to complete projects that ultimately protect human Read More
LAHS Topper Girls Volleyball Practice Gets Underway
Coach Joe Palmer checks players before practice begins. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Coach Natalie Passalacque sanitizes equipment between practice sessions. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Coach Joe Palmer sets up the practice routines for the night. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Setter Kalen Melton sets the ball for Michaela Gonzales to spike. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Michaela Gonzales shows her winning form as she spikes the ball. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Coach Joe Palmer gives Nadia Gallegos a few pointers during practice. Photo Read More
Jewish Life In New Mexico And Beyond: A Mosaic Of Stories
NMJHS News:
SANTA FE — “Jewish Life in New Mexico and Beyond: A Mosaic of Stories” is the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society’s theme for its virtual 2020 fall conference Oct. 24-25.
Both Saturday and Sunday 2-4:30 p.m. Zoom.com programs will feature two sessions each day, led by noted New Mexicans.
Zoom pre-registration will be required. Contact: admin@nmjhs.org or call (505).348.4471. The Oct. 24 program includes in Session 1: “The Spanish Flu Epidemic in N.M. and the role of Rabbi Bergman”, led by Naomi Sandweiss and Richard Melzer, followed by Session 2, “The Jewish Catskills: Read More
New Mexico Delegation Warns Census Bureau’s Operation Could Result In Undercount, Costing State Hundreds Of Millions In Federal Funding
NEW MEXICO DELEGATION News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small are raising concerns in a letter to U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham about the Census Bureau’s ongoing operational strategy and engagement with the state of New Mexico.
The delegation criticized the Census Bureau’s sudden reversal of previous plans to extend its operations in light of the coronavirus pandemic. This reversal, which ends census data collection Sept. 30, 2020—one month earlier than the previous Read More
D’Anna: Trump And Trump Republicans Must Be Replaced
By JOE D’ANNA
White Rock
For nearly four years psychiatrists and psychologists have publicly warned the American people that President Trump is impaired by one or a combination of severe personality disorders, variously described as narcissism, malignant narcissism, or antisocial personality disorder.
Consistent with those warnings, Trump is self-centered, grandiose, unethical, manipulative, vindictive, paranoid, unempathetic, and – due to his personality impairments – he projects those qualities upon others.
Trump endlessly praises himself, shamelessly exaggerates his Read More
Daily Postcard: Hoary Comma Butterfly At Pajarito Ski Hill
Daily Postcard: A Hoary Comma butterfly is spotted feeding on Purple Asters Sunday afternoon at the Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Marc BaileyRoundabout Connection To Central And 4th Taking Shape
The N.M. 502 roundabout and how it will connect with Central Avenue and 4th Street is beginning to take shape as viewed today at the construction site. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
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Downtown Master Plan Design Workshops: Survey Opens
- Public invited to review August Visioning Workshop information and take survey before upcoming Design Workshops on Zoom
COUNTY News:
As part of the Downtown Master Plan project, the County and project team Dekker Perich Sabatini has released a 15 question survey online to ask for community input on goals and action items
The goals listed in the survey are the product of the Visioning Workshops held in August.
The survey info will help shape and inform the work to be accomplished during the two virtual Design Workshops Sept. 21 (White Rock) and October 5 (Los Alamos). The survey is available on Read More
Medio Fire Burns 4,010 Acres; Now 100 Percent Contained
SFNF News:
This is the final update on the Medio Fire on the Rio en Medio Trail in the Española Ranger District unless conditions change.
The 4,010 acre Medio Fire, sparked by lightning Aug. 17, is now 100 percent contained. Firefighters are monitoring the perimeter to ensure the lines are holding and the edges are cold.
As temperatures warm this week, crews will watch for hot spots in the fire’s interior that may cause visible smoke. Crews will continue to monitor the Medio Fire over the next few days.
A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team is assessing the Medio Fire’s potential effects on Read More
George Chandler: Los Alamos Ought To Demand And Receive Accurate Information From NuScale SMR
By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos
geo_c@cybermesa.com
Los Alamos continues to receive carefully spun information on the SMR project. For example, the “approval” of the NuScale SMR “design” ballyhooed in recent news stories is actually only the Final Safety Evaluation Report of the Design Certification Application by NRC staff and a recommendation to the NRC Commission, which will meet later to consider approving it.
This action tentatively approves only the safety aspects of the design, which seems at odds with a report in Reuters Events on September 1, which quoted NuScale: “A certification Read More
Gila River Wild & Scenic Designation And Cerro De La Olla Wilderness Bills To Be Considered In Hearing Wednesday
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At 2:30 p.m. ET/ 12:30 p.m. MT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will participate in a Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing on bills he introduced to designate portions of the Gila River as Wild and Scenic and establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.
Sen. Heinrich and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall introduced the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act to designate portions Read More
New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 81 New Cases, Total Now At 26,842 With Zero New Deaths And 14,470 Patients Recovered
STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 81 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County remains at 29 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update announces zero new deaths reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:
- 22 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 9 new cases in Chaves County
- 1 new case in Colfax County
- 5 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 3 new cases in Lea County
- 15 new cases in Luna County
- 1 new case in Otero County
- 3 new cases in Sandoval County
- 11 new cases
Family Invites Community To Share In Birthday Card Shower
Warren Slice, shown here with his wife Bea, will celebrate his 90th birthday Sept. 27, 2020. His family would like to invite the community to share in a birthday card shower for him. He worked and lived in Los Alamos from 1976 until 1998 when he retired. Mail cards to: Warren Slice, 1617 Aspen Street, Hull, IA 51239. Courtesy photoRickman: Sustaining Our Better Nature … What’s Really Important?
By JAMES RICKMAN
Libertarian Candidate
Los Alamos County Council
For years, Los Alamos has appeared in numerous “best-places-to-live” surveys. It’s easy to understand why. Our community has numerous amenities that provide residents with outstanding quality of life. We enjoy recreation opportunities that cater to a diversity of activities ranging from hockey to horseback riding, and everything in between.
Our crime rate is low, our schools are good, our air and water are clean, our open spaces are a treasure that provide opportunity for unstructured time alone or with friends, our night Read More
Broad-Tailed Humming Bird Lifting Spirits In Los Alamos
This Broad-Tailed Humming Bird is lifting spirits today on Sycamore Street and around Los Alamos. The metallic wing-trill of the male Broad-tailed Hummingbird is a characteristic sound of summer in the mountain west. This sound is often heard as a flying bird zings past unseen. The birds are seen easily enough, however, at masses of flowers in the high meadows, where they hover and dart around the blossoms, often fighting and chasing each other away from choice patches. Source: www.audubon.org. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Chart 184: COVID-19 In New Mexico Sept. 14
Overall COVID-19 risk by state. The nonprofit organization Covid Act Now monitors daily diagnoses, infection rates, testing positivity, ICU headroom, and contacts traced in each state. The overall COVID-19 risk is based on these five metrics. Map credit: mapchart.net. Source: covidactnow.org. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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