Update: NM 502 & NM 4 Road Closures Saturday!
Courtesy/DOE/NNSA
DOE/NNSA News:
Westbound N.M. 502 (Main Hill Road) leading to Los Alamos will be closed to all traffic Saturday, Aug. 25 (see map in purple). The hairpin ramp connecting N.M. 4 to westbound N.M. 502 will also be closed (see map in blue).
These traffic control measures are to allow completion of mill and inlay work on an approximately one mile stretch of N.M. 502. Signage will be posted to detour traffic around the closures via East Jemez Road (truck route).
As previously announced, westbound N.M. 502 traffic (see map in red) will be narrowed to one lane beginning today, Aug. 23. Read More
Relay For Life In Los Alamos Saturday!
Scene from a previous Relay for Life. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Historical Society Annual Gala Sept. 15
Parties in Fuller Lodge, from the Manhattan Project to the Historical Society’s gala, are a historic tradition. This year’s gala will be held Sept. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society
Denny Erickson accepts the 2017 Los Alamos History Award from Historical Society Board President Michael Wheeler. The winner of the annual award will be announced at a special pre-gala reception. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society
LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society is hosting its fifth annual gala on Sept. 15, celebrating three milestone anniversaries Read More
Scenes From Los Alamos Farmers Market Today
Scene from the Los Alamos Farmers Market today at 2400 Central Ave., in the parking lot of Mesa Public Library. The Farmers Market is open 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Thursday in the summertime through Oct. 25. The Winter Farmers Market is open 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 10, Feb. 14, March 14 and April 11 inside Fuller Lodge at 2132 Central Ave. The Holiday Farmers Market is open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 inside Fuller Lodge. Farmers participating in the market include Mesa Top Farm, TomatoCulture, Big Jim Farms, Pat Montoya’s Family Orchard,, Mr. G’s Organic Produce and High Country Grass Fed Read More
Emily Holmes Serves As United States Senate Page
Emily Holmes, 16, of Los Alamos with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich this summer during her time serving as a Senate Page in the nation’s capital. Courtesy photo 
The Holmes family from left, Rich, Emily and Nan during a recent visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post to talk about Emily’s experience this summer in the United States Senate Page Program. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comLos Alamos High School student Emily Holmes spent a month this summer serving as a page in the United States Senate
Chandler: An Educational Watershed
By Christine Chandler
Democratic Candidate
House Dist. 43
First District Court Judge Sarah Singleton has launched a major transformation of New Mexico’s system of public education. The next step is going to be up to the incoming legislature and governor, who have been given a mandate and an opportunity: to break the barriers of ideology and wishful thinking that have kept New Mexico’s public schools in last-place for too long.
The Plaintiffs in Martinez & Yazzie v. the State of New Mexico claimed the State’s educational system does not satisfy the provision in the New Mexico Constitution Read More
Horse Owners Share Thoughts On Bike Flow Trail
From left, June Wall, Amy Rogers, Louis Schulte and Nancy Boudrie share their thoughts on the bike flow trail during an interview at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comAs community input on the Los Alamos County’s bike flow trail project is collected, members of the equestrian community hope their perspectivehot on the project is considered.
A few local horseback riders recently spoke with the Los Alamos Daily Post about the bike flow trail and shared their thoughts on the primary Read More
Governor Cuts Ribbon On New Facility For Homegrown Technology Manufacturing Company Ideum
Gov. Susana MartinezTOTH Opens Little Free Pantry To Curb Hunger
This Little Free Pantry by Eagle Scout Prescott Moore is now available in the parking lot at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church for those feeling hunger. Courtesy/TOTHThanks to the hard work of Eagle Scout Prescott Moore, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church is proud to be the home of a Little Free Pantry. Even though we live in a town blessed with abundance, hunger and food insecurity still afflict many beloved residents of our community.
Enter the Little Free Pantry. The Little Free Pantry Read More
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Reopens After Closure From Severe Weather Damage
BLM News:FBI Reminds Students, Parents: #ThinkBeforeYouPost
Courtesy/FBI
FBI News:
As students across New Mexico go back to school, the FBI Albuquerque Division would like to remind them and their parents of the consequences of posting hoax threats to schools and other public places.
Hoax threats are not a joke, and the FBI and our partners follow up on every tip we receive from the public.
Issuing a threat is a federal crime that carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison.
Hoax threats also drain law enforcement resources and cost taxpayers money.
When an investigation concludes there was a false or hoax threat made to a school, or another Read More
Nancy Ann Hibbs Wins Daily Postcard Contest
Los Alamos Arts Council Board Member Shashi Charles, left, presents Nancy Ann Hibbs with her prize money at the Daily Post office. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Local photographer Nancy Ann Hibb’s picture of a Columbine flower is the newest winner of the Daily Postcard contest. Photo by Nancy Ann HibbsNancy Ann Hibbs’ interest in photography began when she was a child.
“My dad had a dark room in the bathroom growing up so I guess I got it from my dad,” she said.
Additionally, Hibbs said she has a background Read More
Los Alamos Arts Council Presents ‘Rosalie Heller Annual Memorial Lecture’
Rosalie Heller. Courtesy photo
LAAC News:
Los Alamos Arts Council is hosting its first “Rosalie Heller Annual Memorial Lecture.” The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.
Guest lecturer is William McGlaughlin, performer, composer, conductor and radio host.
His talk is titled, “Remembering Lenny” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth.
A second announcement will appear closer to the date with information about how to obtain free tickets for the lecture.
The event is free but donations will be accepted. The Read More
Michelle Lujan Grisham Statement On August Consensus Revenue Estimate
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan GrishamAGU: Acceleration Of Mountain Glacier Melt Could Impact Pacific Northwest Water Supplies
Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Courtesy/National Park Service
The Olympic Mountain Province rises to an elevation of 7,980 feet. The higher peaks are covered with glaciers and snowfields, feeding the many rivers that radiate outward from the center of the range. Courtesy/Washington State Department of Natural Resource
The Nisqually Reach region has been identified as an area important for fish, aquatic mammals, and benthic habitats and an area of unique geologic processes. Courtesy/Washington State Department of Natural ResourcesHeinrich Delivers Floor Speech On Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination To The Supreme Court
U.S. Sen. Martin HeinrichDaily Postcard: View Of Valley From Main Hill
Daily Postcard: A view of the valley from the Main Hill Road. Photo by Tammy Jimines Read More
State Determines Triad National Security Will Pay GRT
The State of New Mexico finds that Los Alamos National Laboratory’s newly designated management and operating contactor Triad National Security, LLC will pay Gross Receipts Tax. Triad’s Scott Sudduth, who represents Texas A&M, center, announced at the Northern New Mexico Community Stakeholders meeting underway this evening at Fuller Lodge, that the State has determined that Triad is structured to pay GRT. When specifically asked by the Los Alamos Daily Post if Triad will pay GRT, Sudduth confirmed that the state has determined that the company is required to pay GRT. Triad is Read More
