NWS: Today’s High Near 83; Tonight’s Low Around 55
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon and tonight’s low around 55. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Eastern View From Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: View looking east Sunday from the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Charter School Fate Decided Thursday
EDUCATION News:
The Public Education Commission meeting to vote on the application of Polaris Charter School to be chartered by the State of New Mexico is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 in Mabry Hall, 300 Don Gaspar in Santa Fe.
Polaris is applying for a state charter in Los Alamos to serve grades 6-8 and represented by founders, Elizabeth Martineau, Bill Hargraves, Scott B. Johnson, Branden Wilman-Kozimor and Amy Bartlett-Gaunt.
A report prepared by New Mexico Public Education Department staff recommends denial of the application, however, this is only a recommendation and the Public Read More
Secret City Summer Concert: Last To Know Band & The Boomroots Collective At Ashley Pond Pavilion Friday
Last to Know plays Friday night at the Ashley Pond Pavilion. Courtesy photo
SUMMER CONCERT News:
The Los Alamos County Secret City Summer Concert Series features Last to Know Friday night at the Ashley Pond Pavilion.
Based in Taos, Last to Know is a seven-piece band blending the heartiest world rhythms with jam-band passion, while muddying the lines between Americana roots music, country, disco, funk and bluegrass.
They have played the Main Stage at the annual Taos Solar Music Festival – a stage graced by Los Lobos, Michael Franti and Spearhead, String Cheese Incident, Richard Thompson, Read More
The Family YMCA Announces New Sports, Youth & Family Director Espinoza
Sharleen Espinoza
Y News:
The Los Alamos Family YMCA announced that Sharleen Espinoza has accepted the position of Sports, Youth & Family director; she will begin her new position immediately.
Espinoza has worked for The Family YMCA since 2012, first as a Welcome Center representative and then as the Member Services coordinator before leaving last year to continue her education.
The Y said that she is passionate about coaching youth sports and has extensive coaching experience working with elementary-aged children through young adults. Adding that she believes that children introduced Read More
National Park Service Awards More Than $2.8 Million In Grants To Preserve And Interpret World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites
Among the new grant projects, the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will continue to restore the only remaining root cellar at the site. In 1942, incarcerees constructed the root cellar to store produce grown as part of the center’s agricultural program. Courtesy/Heart Mountain Wyoming FoundationObituary: Robert E. Morrison July 14, 1947-July 21, 2019
ROBERT E. MORRISON July 14, 1947 – July 21, 2019
Robert E. Morrison died July 21, 2019, at home in Los Alamos seventy-two years and one week after his birth on July 14, 1947, in Logan, Utah.
His family moved often and he had been enrolled in thirteen schools by the time they returned to Los Alamos for Bob’s high school years. As a member of Bob Cox’s track team, he set the LAHS pole vault record in 1965, a mark that held until 1993. Bob walked down to Sullivan Field during practice to congratulate the young man who broke it.
After serving in Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive Read More
On The Job At FBI National Academy: Oliver Morris
On the job at the FBI National Academy is Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris. As a part of the FBI National Academy program, Cmdr. Morris traveled to New York City recently to visit New York Police Department (NYPD) Police One Plaza headquarters. ‘We learned about how precinct commanders address crime in their area and are held accountable through ‘compstat’. We were able to view a joint operations center and viewed how NYPD and various public safety partners manage emergencies. We also toured various locations and learned how the NYPD responds to crime, emergencies and implements Read More
Tourism Department Launches Statewide Effort To Build New Mexico Destination Development Roadmap
Flowers Splash Color In Garden On Barranca Mesa
Flowers splash a symphony of elegant color throughout the garden of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Beverly Leasure
Flowers frame the winding walkway through the garden of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Beverly Leasure
Flowers fill the garden of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Beverly Leasure Read More
Celebration Of Life For Paul Patrick Whalen Saturday
Paul Patrick Whalen, March 1, 1931-April 30, 2019
COMMUNITY News:
The community is invited to join the Whalen family for a celebration of Paul Patrick Whalen’s life, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at Fuller Lodge. Read More
100+ Women Who Care Meets At Cottonwood Thursday
COMMUNITY News:
The 100+ Women Who Care volunteer advisory committee invites local women to attend the open quarterly philanthropic dinner 5:30-7 pm, Thursday, Aug. 22 at Cottonwood on the Greens.
A free meal, sponsored by TechSouce, will be provided to those who attend the event.
Attendees will hear 3 5-minute presentations from local nonprofits about their needs, and attendees will vote with their dollars to support one organization with the majority votes.
Attendance does require a philanthropic donation per votes, described below.
One vote equals $100, or a team Read More
LAAC Hosts Special Brown Bag Show Wednesday
Los Alamos Pianist Juanita Madland
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos Arts Council is hosting a special Brown Bag performance noon Wednesday at Fuller Lodge.
This will replace the regularly scheduled show first Wednesay of the month. Join the arts council in welcoming Juanita Madland, a frequent guest of Los Alamos Arts Council, as she performs a selection of pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms.
Madland is an accomplished musician, who has been playing since age 3. She has played hundreds of concerts in the U.S., Caribbean and Europe. Just some of her winning contests were the New Read More
Robotics Night At Bradbury Science Museum Aug. 23
DOI Treats Over 1.2 Million Acres This Wildfire Season
DOI News:Scenes From Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites Hike
Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites: The Tsankawi section of Bandelier National Monument is on N.M. 4, some 12 miles from the main section of Bandelier National Monument and where hikers can walk the same trails used by the Ancestral Pueblo people. The hike includes a 1.5 mile walk along a mesa, viewing of cavates, petroglyphs and the Ancestral Pueblo village of Tsankawi. Ladders are a required part of this trail. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
Flower along the trail. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
View along the Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites trail. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
View along the Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites trail. Read More
Upcoming Events For Former Los Alamos, Sandia, DOE Workers And Hiring Events For Nurses
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Registration: 8th Grade Washington Spring Break Trip
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Courtesy photoRegistration opens for this year’s annual 8th grade spring break trip to Washington, D.C. This trip is available to Los Alamos Middle School and home school 8th grade students.
The trip is a private trip and not school sponsored.
Sign up online at www.worldstrides.org using ID Number 173688 or call 1.800.468.5899 using the same ID Number.
Game & Fish: Deadline To Apply For Sandhill Crane And Pheasant Hunts Is Fast Approaching
Sandhill craneNWS: Today’s High Near 83; Tonight’s Low Around 58
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 30 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 p.m. Tonight’s low around 58. Courtesy/NWS Read More