Dogs Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos: Meet Quincy
Quincy is 8 weeks old and is bringing lots of snuggles and kisses to her new family. She’s tiny but thinks she can play with the big dogs. Quincy is a member of the Kristen Martines family and loves lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Courtesy photo Read More
U.S. Senate Passes Bill For Land & Water Conservation Fund
NMW News:
ALBUQUERUQE — The United States Senate has passed legislation co-sponsored by Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich to fully and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
S.3422, the Great American Outdoors Act, would also provide funds to address the maintenance backlog for the National Park Service (NPS) and other federal public land agencies.
“The Senate’s passage of this legislation is a bright spot during an otherwise difficult time, as we are now one step closer to realizing the full potential of the nation’s premier conservation program,” said Mark Allison, executive Read More
LAMC Enacts Strict Measures To Help Keep Community Safe
LAMC Screener Anita Vigil checks Geniece Courtright’s temperature as part of the screening process before entry into the hospital. LAMC Infection Preventionist Joyce Richins, RN, is in the background observing the process. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) began enacting strict measures in March in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
While other communities have seen high numbers of COVID-19 cases in New Mexico and across the nation and world, Los Alamos has seen Read More
Pongratz: ‘These Are The Times That Try Men’s Souls’
By MORRIE PONGRATZ
Former County Councilor
The new year, 2020, has brought forth an oil price war that wrecked the State of New Mexico budget, the COVID-19 virus that threatens our lives, instances of racism that are an affront to our values, and a stock market crash that challenges our financial security.
On the local front we find that radioactive waste put a hold on plans to build housing on DP Road, we’re surprised to learn that the Mari Mac shopping center will be razed and that we’ve once again asked for land from the feds, we see the future of the Family Strengths Network in jeopardy, two mainstays Read More
Los Alamos Small Businesses Need Community Support
Owner Catherine Richmond, right, and employee Sydney Turner are smiling behind their masks. They’re happy to be open again at Seeking Chameleon, 35 Rover Blvd. in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
It’s been a tough road for local small businesses. Some, like Bliss and the Reel Deal didn’t make it. Others are struggling.
“So many businesses are barely getting by,” said Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director Ryn Herrmann. “If we should see another closure, some may not be able to reopen. I’m urging everyone Read More
Offensive Phone Calls Disrupt House Rules Committee
By ROBERT NOTT
JENS GOULD
SFNM
A House committee charged with creating rules for running the special session got an earful Wednesday when some telephone callers into the meeting criticized social protests and uttered racial epithets.
The scene, legislators on both sides of the aisle said, pointed to the challenge of running a nontraditional session of the Legislature.
Members of both political parties expressed outrage at the calls, which effectively ended any effort to take public comment by phone during Wednesday’s meeting of the House Rules and Order of Business Committee at the Roundhouse. Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Seeks Community Support
Participants in a past historical walking tour. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Summertime is typically the Los Alamos Historical Society’s busy time. Visitors walk through the exhibits at the history museum, participate in the historical walking tours and shop in the museum’s gift shop. COVID-19 changed all that.
The museum is empty, and a lot of its activities and programs moved online. While the Historical Society has adapted to accommodate the state’s public health order; the pandemic has made the organization Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: June 10 To June 16, 2020
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
MARK D. HENINS
June 10 at 11:26 a.m. / Police arrested Mark D. Hennis, 53, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Municipal Court warrant.
JAMES DANIEL LUJAN
June 11 at 12 a.m. / Police arrested James Daniel Lujan, 59, of Española on 1410 North Paseo De Ornate and charged him with harboring or aiding a felon and bribery/intimidation/retaliation Read More
BSMA Hosts Los Alamos Trivia Virtually During Pandemic
A question appears on the screen during the wildly popular Los Alamos Trivia event hosted virtually June 11 by the Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA). Learn more at www.bradburyassociation.org. Courtesy photo
Categories for the Los Alamos Trivia event hosted virtually June 11 by the BMSA. Courtesy photo Read More
Governor Announces Wide-Ranging Agenda For Session
By JENS GOULD
SFNM
It’s official: The Legislature will tackle much more than just state finances in its special session beginning today.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham released an agenda Wednesday for the emergency gathering that includes a broad array of initiatives from economic measures to voting and criminal justice reform.
“New Mexico families, workers and businesses have been suffering as a result of this pandemic, and it is our duty not merely to shore up the state budget — although that is imperative — but to deliver them whatever immediate relief we can as a state,” Lujan Grisham said. Read More
Betty’s Birthday Benefit Raises Funds For Senior Centers
The Betty’s Birthday Benefit raised $447.51 for the Los Alamos and White Rock senior centers. A grant through Los Alamos MainStreet helped the nonprofit promote the event. LARSO agreed that every penny raised would be spent at Los Alamos and White Rock businesses. Gifts for the birthday drawing were donated by Lisa Hudston, Florence Riebe and Aimee Kern Neu. Ukulele players performing in White Rock include Doris Ford, Kathleen Logan and performing in Los Alamos Ellie Springfield Patricia Rathbone, Janet Harris, Elise Lee, Greg and Christine Rand. Courtesy photo
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New Mexico Game Commission Meets Virtually June 25
NMGF News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico State Game Commission will meet virtually Thursday, June 25.
The full agenda and other information will be available on the Department of Game and Fish website before the meeting.
If you are interested in participating and providing comments, you are encouraged to pre-register to attend the meeting on the Zoom Webinar platform. More information, including how to join the meeting by phone, is available on the Department’s website.
The New Mexico State Game Commission meeting will also be available to view via a live webcast on the Department’s website. Webcast Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 82; Tonight’s Low Around 55
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 82 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 55. Courtesy/NWS
Smoke from wildfires over Arizona and southwestern New Mexico cause an air quality advisory today for San Juan County and a health alert for Bernalillo County. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Virgin Mesa In Jemez Mountains
Daily Postcard: Cliffs and old cabins from logging days in the 1920s and 30s viewed from recent trip to Virgin Mesa in the Jemez Mountains off Forest Road 607. Photo by Shari Mills
Regrowth of pine trees after fires at Virgin Mesa. Photo by Shari Mills
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Bayo Canyon Trailhead Closed 7 A.M. To Noon Thursday
The Bayo Canyon Trailhead at the San Ildefonso roundabout is centrally located on the Los Alamos Trail Network. Trails lead in all directions. To the east are the Bayo Benches and Bayo Canyon. The Dot Grant Trails are just through the tunnel and connect with the Perimeter Trail. To the south, across the roundabout, the East Fork Trail leads to destinations in Pueblo Canyon and to the downtown area. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Bayo Canyon Trailhead will be closed 7a.m. to noon to enable Southwest Fire Defense to safely bring down two dead pine trees.
Direct questions to the Open Space and Trails Read More
County Customer Care Begins Limited In-person Business
COUNTY News:
While citizens are able to conduct most Los Alamos County business with the Customer Care Center via phone or email, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the work week, citizens will now be able to conduct in-person transactions, too.
Starting Monday, June 22, Customer Care representatives will open two of the three windows in the Municipal Building lobby 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Work stations and the municipal building lobby, at 1000 Central Ave., are modified to comply with the May 15, 2020, All Together New Mexico, COVID-safe practices for individuals and employers, which Read More
Governor Includes Business And Tax Relief, Public Safety Reform, Election Changes, More For 2020 Special Session
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will ask the New Mexico Legislature to consider tax relief for individuals, loans for small businesses and local governments, police reform and election improvements, among other topics, when it meets in a special session beginning Thursday.
Lawmakers will be asked to consider those bills in addition to modifying the state budget that takes effect July 1, the main purpose of the special session.
As a result of the global pandemic, projected state revenues declined steeply following the legislative session earlier this year, leaving a gap Read More
Udall Calls On White House To Withdraw Nancy Beck Nomination Following Opposition By Republican Senators
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) issued the following statement today calling on the White House to withdraw the nomination of Nancy Beck to serve as the chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), after two Republican senators indicated that they would oppose her nomination:
“Nancy Beck is the absolute wrong choice to be the nation’s top consumer watchdog, and that is now a bipartisan conclusion. It is becoming clear that Dr. Beck’s nomination faces a likely impossible path in the Senate because she is too extreme Read More
Chart 95: COVID-19 In New Mexico June 17
The cumulative number of diagnoses and deaths in the state of New Mexico versus date. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 10,065 With 5 More Deaths And 4,351 Patients Recovered
STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 138 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County remains at 7 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 5 additional deaths reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:
- 20 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 2 new cases in Chaves County
- 3 new cases in Curry County
- 18 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 6 new cases in Lea County
- 20 new cases in McKinley County
- 1 new case in Otero County
- 2 new cases in Rio Arriba County