Military & Veterans Day At State Fair Sept. 13
NAVCO News:CIR: Seminar On Modern India Postponed To Sept. 14
CIR News:Martha and Ray Wallace will offer an interactive seminar on modern India. Entitled “Current Issues in Modern India: Politics, Economics, and International Relations,” the talk will explore the country’s current issues, providing context and nuance for some of the many
Cowboy Breakfast At Posse Lodge Sunday, Sept. 4
SFCC Presents ‘Comida y Comunidad’ Thursday, Sept. 8
SFCC News:A pop-up farmers’ market and information fair will give the public an opportunity to sample and buy local produce noon to 5 p.m. in the main lobby and hallway.
Second Annual CIC Mentorship Program Gets Underway
Community Internship Collaboration Coordinator Laura Loy welcomes student intern mentors to the second annual mentorship program workshop Wednesday at UNM-LA. Photo by Nancy Coombs
Ken Holmes of Los Alamos High School and Grace Wilkerson of UNM-LA at Wednesday’s event. Photo by Nancy Coombs
Bill Gilson speaks to the group about student intern opportunities within the IT Department at UNM-LA. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
COMMUNITY News:
Student intern mentors from local businesses, the county and schools, attended a Community
LANL: Plants Found To Regulate Leaf Temperature To Boost Carbon Uptake
The thermal traits of a leaf, critical for photosynthesis, may be under strong evolutionary selection that occurs in response to environmental temperatures. Here a thermal leaf image details temperature variation, which greatly affects plant functions since temperature is closely linked to metabolic kinetics—the plant’s pathways and speed of reactions that support growth and other functions essential for survival. Photo by Benjamin Blonder
LANL News:
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Decoupling air and leaf temperatures will impact climate models
A new study has found that plants regulate their leaf temperature Read More
Los Alamos Probation Ofc. Linda Peña Speaks At Rotary
Linda Peña, the adult probation officer for Los Alamos County Municipal Court and Magistrate Court shares details of her work during last Tuesday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos at Cottonwood on the Greens Restaurant at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris, a member of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos introduces Probation Ofc. Linda Peña during last Tuesday’s lunch meeting. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Ribbon Officially Cut At Infinity Wellness
Infinity Wellness owners Dr. Carmen Solano and Mike Solano, center, with from left, Arlene Meyrayo, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, Chamber Director Nancy Partridge and Ann Perkins, cut the red ribbon to officially mark the grand opening of their new business Thursday at 1460 Trinity Dr. Suite 8. Photo by LeAnne Parsons Read More
LAHS Boys Varsity Soccer Wins Nail-biting Semi-final Match Against Valencia
SPORTS News:NNSA Picks Lockheed Subsidiary For $5B Follow-on Nevada National Security Site Operations Contract
Northeast section of the Nevada National Security Site. Courtesy/NNSA
By GovCon Wire:
A subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential 10-year, $5 billion contract to help the National Nuclear Security Administration manage and operate the Nevada National Security Site.
NNSA said Friday it chose Lockheed subsidiary Nevada Site Science Support and Technologies Corp.‘s proposal for the follow-on NNSS M&O contract through a full and open competition using a “best value” evaluation method. NVS3T will collaborate with Fluor‘s federal services business and Longenecker Read More
Daily Postcard: View After Sunday’s Storm
Daily Postcard: A rainbow shines through from Quemazon following Sunday’s storm. Photo by Elena E. GiorgiLARC, Sombrillo And Aspen Ridge Celebrate National Appreciation Events Sept. 11-17
By CYNTHIA GOLDBLATT
Community Liaison
The Los Alamos Retirement Community/LARC, Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Community and Aspen Ridge Assisted Living are celebrating Sept. 11-17, both National Assisted Living Week, and National Appreciation Week for Housekeeping, Laundry and Maintenance Employees.
Events throughout the week will be a special opportunity to bring together our residents, families and employees to recognize the unique individuals that reside at Aspen Ridge Lodge, Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Community and the staff members Read More
RTD 255 Mountain Trail Route Extended Through Thanksgiving
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that service will continue on its 255RTD (“Blue Bus”) Mountain Trail route through the fall season until Thanksgiving Day, November 24.
The summer service originally had been planned to conclude Aug. 31. Service for the upcoming winter season is still being finalized while funding contributions are being secured.
During weekends and holidays in September and Balloon Fiesta (October 1 through 10), Ski Santa Fe will be open for its Golden Days of Summer events with Fall chairlift rides, La Casa Café Read More
McDonald: I Trust Decision Of Chief, LAPD And LAPS
By JARET MCDONALDAs a resident and county council candidate, I 100 percent support the police department keeping firearm safes on campus at the high school and middle school.
If LAPD feels this is the correct avenue to help keep our schools and children safe, then we should support them. We may never appreciate this idea until it is too late.
School shootings have become more of a common evil than any of us want to admit and I welcome this defensive tactic to stop these actions before they become tragedies. I have complete trust in our chief, police department, and LAPS board in this Read More
Morrie Pongratz Of Los Alamos Sinks Hole In One
The Los Alamos Golf Association congratulates Morrie Pongratz of Los Alamos on his hole-in-one June 24. His hole-in-one was on hole #6 from 115 yards out using an 8 iron and was witnessed by Larry Baca, Nick Irwin and Andy Trottier. Upon completion, Pongratz had this to say; ‘Even a short, fat, out-of-shape 74-year-old guy with a 24 handicap can have a thrill playing golf!’ Congratulations Morrie Pongratz! Courtesy photo Read More
UNM-Los Alamos Appoints Dr. Sharon Hurley As Associate Dean Of Instruction
New UNM-LA Assistant Dean Dr. Sharon Hurley. Courtesy photo
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos is pleased to announce that Dr. Sharon Hurley has accepted the position of Associate Dean of Instruction. Dr. Hurley came to UNM-LA as an accounting and economics professor in 2003. She has served as the Department Chair of Business, Computer Science, and Information Technology since 2014.
As Associate Dean of Instruction, Dr. Hurley will assist the Interim Dean of Instruction, Kay Willerton, in the oversight of course scheduling, curriculum development, faculty hiring and supervision, budget development, Read More
LAPS Ponders Storing Firearms On Campus
Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone approached the LAPS Board of Education during a special session Thursday evening to discuss the idea of storing firearms on campus at Los Alamos Middle School and Los Alamos High School. He explained that this is a new trend in police procedure in light of shooting incidents across the country. His School Resource Officers brought back this idea from a recent training program they attended in which it was explained that having weapons secured on campus saves precious time when lives are at stake due to an active shooter. The Board directed Read More
NNSA Announces Elimination Of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) From Indonesia
NNSA Deputy Administrator Anne Harrington
NNSA News:
- All of Southeast Asia Now HEU-Free, Reducing a Major Proliferation Threat
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), Indonesian Nuclear Industry, LLC (PT INUKI), the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN), and the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) of the Republic of Indonesia announced the completion of a collaborative effort to down-blend Indonesia’s stocks of highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU).
With the completion Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Opens Auditions For Disney Peter Pan Jr. 2-4 p.m. Wednesday
ACCT News:
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ award winning after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for their elementary school production of Disney Peter Pan Jr., a two-act musical based on the Disney film and J.M. Barrie’s enchanting Broadway play.
Co-Director Daren Savage noted, “Peter Pan Jr. is a really fun show with some of Disney’s most famous characters including Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook and of course, Tinker Bell and features many memorable Disney songs including, You Can Fly, Never Read More
Why Might This Uncanny Crystal Change Laser Design?
These potassium diphosphate (KDP) crystals, which self-assemble in solution as hollow hexagonal rods, could find use in laser technology, particularly for fiber-optic communications. The scanning-electron image at right shows a crystal at higher resolution with scale added. Image by L. Deng/NIST
NIST News:
Laser applications may benefit from crystal research by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and China’s Shandong University. They have discovered a potential way to sidestep longstanding difficulties with making the crystals that
