Letter To The Editor: Dispelling Subtle Lie And Scaremonger Tactics
No, Brady Burke does NOT pay enough in taxes. (link)
Compared to most of New Mexico, Los Alamos County property tax rates are low; compared to most of the developed part of the country, our rate is absurdly low. I once looked into the big LA rate, which was about five times ours, if I recall correctly.
AG Creates Project OPEN: Opioid Prevention & Education Network … Training Jan. 11
Scenes From Thursday’s Broomball At Ice Rink
Players wear tennis shoes and push the ball down the ice with brooms during Thursday’s broomball game at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from Thursday’s broomball game at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Score! Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
SPORTS News:
Players gathered Thursday evening for a rousing game of broomball at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink.
Broomball is a game that incorporates some hockey and soccer strategies. The game is played on the ice with two teams consisting of six players Read More
Letter To The Editor: It’s Time To Reclaim Our Streets, Parks And Trails!
By LYNN HANRAHAN
Los Alamos
Yesterday’s letter (link) in the Los Alamos Daily Post concerning dog attacks brought back memories. Almost 14 years ago when my youngest daughter was a newborn, I remember sitting through a Los Alamos Animal Control Task Force meeting with her on my lap while my fellow citizens screamed at each other. Dog owners insisted they had the right to allow their pets to run free as God intended while those advocating common sense restrictions on this “right” disagreed.
An exchange involving two ladies sitting behind me became practically
Bandelier Encourages Travelers To Get A Pass
2017 Interagency Annual Pass and Bandelier Pass. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
About now, many people begin making plans for travels in the new year. According to Bandelier National Monument Superintendent Jason Lott, “The more than 400 areas in the National Park System are great places to go, and visits are even better if you have an annual pass to get in free at either a particular park or for areas all over the country.”
Two annual passes available at Bandelier can be purchased by anyone. The Interagency Annual Pass is $80 and provides free entrance to National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Read More
LANL On Weather Delay: Employees Should Report To Work Between 10-10:30 a.m. Today
Los Alamos National Laboratory is on a delayed opening today due to the winter snow storm.
Employees should report to work between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Read More
PEEC Recognizes Volunteer Dr. Galen Gisler
By CHRISTA TYSON
PEEC Volunteer Coordinator
One of PEEC’s most creative volunteers is Dr. Galen Gisler.
Gisler was born under the dark and starry skies of New Mexico. As a child he read about Saturn floating on water, an analogy from one of his well-loved science books. He imagined the planet floating in his bathtub in Clovis, where he was raised. In that moment of wonder and curiosity, a seed was planted. It grew into a passion for astronomy, one that would last a lifetime and enable him to share his knowledge and curiosity with others.
The key thing Read More
Weather Alert: UNM-LA On 2-Hour Delay
UNM-LA is on a 2-hour delay today due to the winter snow storm. Read More
LANL Boosts Performance Grade To Very Good
The Los Alamos National Laboratory complex at dawn with a backdrop of the Jemez Mountain range. Courtesy/LANS
While improvement arrives too late to make up for inadequate performance evaluations of the last two years, the National Nuclear Security Administration scored Los Alamos National Laboratory higher on the whole this year, with six out of six ratings of “good” or better.
The lowest marks came in the highest weighted category, which was operations and infrastructure. The previous year’s low-mark of 49 (out of 100) percent in operations Read More
Heinrich Questions Intelligence Officials On Russian Hacking Of U.S. Election
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich questions senior intelligence officials on foreign cyber threats. ScreenShot/LADP
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned senior intelligence officials about cybersecurity threats, including Russia’s hacking of the U.S. presidential election.
The committee received testimony from Director Of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr.; Under Secretary Of Defense For Intelligence Marcel J. Lettre II and Admiral Michael
Weather Alert: SFCC And SFHEC Closed Friday
SFCC News:
Due to road conditions and weather forecast in the area, Santa Fe Community College and the Santa Fe Higher Education Center will be closed Friday, Jan. 6. Read More
SRO Crowd Gathers For Grand Re-opening Of Los Alamos History Museum And New National Park Affiliation
A standing room only crowd turns out for Friday’s grand re-opening of the Los Alamos History Museum. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Harry S Truman is the guest speaker at Friday’s grand re-opening of the Los Alamos History Museum. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The ribbon is cut Friday, Dec. 30, officially re-opening the newly renovated Los Alamos History Museum on Bathtub Row. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
It was standing room only at Friday’s grand re-opening of the Los Alamos Read More
Letter To The Editor: Vote NO To Doubling A Property Tax
It’s true. You are being asked to double one of your property taxes. Your property taxes are made up of lots of individual tax burdens.
This whole LAPS Bond issue has been focusing on how there will not be a Tax Rate increase. Just look at the front page of Thursday’s Los Alamos Daily Post, first article (link) on the Front Page, continues onto Page 8; LAPS: No Tax Rate Increase. Only one line buried in a paragraph says that LAPS Bond is one of two items on the ballot.
The second item on the ballot is the Property Tax Poison Pill. It is the UNM-LA Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Dec. 28, 2016 To Jan. 3, 2017
Dec. 28 at 9:30 p.m. / Police arrested Quentin Dimick, 18, of Los Alamos on N.M. 4 and charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia and issued him a summons to appear in Read More
Lamphouse Sales Offers Alternative To Garage Sales
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
The idea for Lamphouse Sales came to Gary Kemp when he noticed all the garage sales taking place in Los Alamos.
“I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if there was one place to go instead of attending all these garage sales?” Kemp remembered.
His wife Caroyle Kemp ran with the idea and Lamphouse Read More
LAPS ‘No Tax Rate Increase’ Bond Election
By DR. KURT STEINHAUS
LAPS Superintendent
• It is All about the Students
Ballots for the Los Alamos Public Schools bond election were mailed to voters Jan. 3, 2017. They are due in the County Clerk’s Office no later than 7 p.m. Jan. 24. The LAPS bond is the first question on the two-item ballot. This is a continuation bond that does not increase tax rates.
All funds raised through the bond election are for school facilities to support student learning. Because of New Mexico law, the only public school funds that can Read More
New Year … Big Changes For Cottonwood On The Greens
Cottonwood on the Greens owners Pawel and Darota Listwan, center, with their Executive Chef Levi Guarello and his wife Laura Rodriguez who is a line cook at the restaurant. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
Restaurateurs Pawel and Darota Listwan and former partners Patrick Mockler-Wood and his mother Catherine Mockler have ended their partnership and divided up their two local eateries.
The foursome came together to open the Pajarito Brewpub in November 2012. They went on to open Cottonwood on the Greens in April 2014.
By mutual agreement of the four owners Read More
IHM Conducts Bags For The Homeless Ministry
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos
When temperatures drop at this time of the year, we become more aware of the homeless in our New Mexico communities when the risk of hypothermia joins the long list of other challenges they face. Since June, parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church have been putting together bags for distribution to the homeless.
Wording on the bags is a quote from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, which states, “The Divine Heart of Jesus is an ocean full of all good Read More
LAMC’s New Year’s Baby Is Nomi Chang
Los Alamos Medical Center’s New Year’s Baby is Nomi Chang. She is the daughter of mother Misa Cowee and father Jae Chang, was born at 5:55 a.m. Monday and weighed 5 pounds and 4 ounces. The baby and her parents are all doing fine. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Father Jae Chang holds his New Year’s Baby Nomi Chang, born Monday morning at Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Letter To The Editor: Off-Leash Dog Incidents Mount! Who Is Safe?
In recent days, my husband, two dogs, and I have experienced AT LEAST 23 incidences with unleashed dogs in neighborhoods and on nearby trails. Three of these encounters resulted in injuries to myself and two resulted in injuries to our leashed dogs. What can be done to stop this?
Despite the county’s leash law, many dog owners do not see the need for leashes, letting their dogs, which are not under voice control, run wild. We have been rushed and/or attacked so often by off-leash dogs, that this has become an almost daily occurrence. Consequently, Read More