Pajarito Mountain Finishes Season With More Days On Slopes And Increased Skier Visits!
Pajarito Mountain. Courtesy photo
PAJARITO MOUNTAIN News:
Pajarito Mountain officials tout a successful winter season and announce plans for a robust summer season filled with mountain biking and festivals. Pajarito Mountain and its sister resort Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort, near Taos, experienced a combined 23 percent increase in skier visits over the previous year.
Pajarito opened for ski season Nov. 27, one of the earliest starts in recent history, operating a total of 87 days, also a first for the resort in recent years. Pajarito offered skiers and snowboarders a consistent
Scenes From QNM Summit With Speaker Jim Collins
Many Los Alamos residents joined some 2,000 people at the 2016 Quality New Mexico Learning Summit to hear internationally renowned leadership speaker Jim Collins April 12 at Isleta Resort. From left, UNM-LA Executive Director Dr. Cindy Rooney, UNM-LA instructor Laura Loy, UWNNM Executive Director Kristy Ortega and LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus who is a new member of the QNM Board. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos National Bank is a major sponsor of the QNM Summit. LANB officials from left, Rod Pittman, Jillian Bartley, Cathe McClard, Anne Kain and CEO John Read More
Books For Babies Project Exceeds Expectations
Barranca Elementary School students gather with hospital staff this morning at Los Alamos Medical Center to celebrate the student’s success in raising $622 for their ‘Books for Babies’ Service Project. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com 
LAMC Chief Financial Officer Steve Winegeart congratulates students this morning on the success of their service project. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Barranca Mesa Elementary School 1st through 4th grade students set a goal of $500 for their “Books for Babies” Service Project. But through a well executed plan, Read More
Pig & Fig Café’s Food & Wine Pairing Benefit Los Alamos Special Olympics May 12
COMMUNITY News:UNM-LA Hosts Free Jazz Concert Friday
Lenny Tischler stands in front of a mural on the UNM-LA campus. Tischler is an adjunct lecturer at the college. He also teaches jazz in Santa Fe. Photo by Nancy CoombsGOP Statement On Cruz, Kasich Efforts In New Mexico
RPNM News:“The New Mexico Primary is going to be very important this year, and when every delegate matters, we certainly understand that campaigns will have to decide strategically where to compete, and they have every right to do so,” RPNM spokesman Tucker Keene said. “That said, we believe that every campaign should fight to win in New Mexico, because whoever
Letter To The Editor: LAPD Is An Important Community Partner And We Thank Them
By KATHERINE WATSONI would like to thank the Los Alamos Police Department on behalf on the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for the assistance they have been giving us in tracking down the vandal who has attempted to stop participation in our Passport to the Pajarito Plateau program.
PEEC designed this program as a fun way to get kids and adults outside, enjoying our many beautiful trails. People of all ages in the community are excited to hike our trails, “stamp” their passports by making a crayon rubbing of a plate on a special Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: April 20 To April 26, 2016
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.
April 20 at 7:05 p.m. / A 60-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that someone used her credit card on Diamond Drive without permission. The estimated loss is less than $300.
April 21 at 10 a.m. / Police charged a 14-year-old Espanola boy with the unlawful possession of switchblades at 2101 Hawk Dr., and referred him to the juvenile probation officer.
JUSTIN HARWOOD
April 21 at 9:52 p.m. Read More
Register For Los Alamos Youth Football & Cheer
DOE/NNSA Awards $13.1 Million Design-Build Contract To Gardner Zemke For Electrical Substation At LANL
Elements of a substation: A-Primary power lines’ side. B-Secondary power lines’ side. 1-Primary power lines. 2-Ground wire. 3-Overhead lines. 4-Transformer for measurement of electric voltage. 5-Disconnect switch. 6-Circuit breaker. 7-Current transformer. 8-Lightning arrester. 9-Main transformer. 10-Control building. 11-Security fence. 12-Secondary power lines. Source: wikipedia.com
DOE/NNSA News:
Under an interagency agreement with the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Read More
NNSA Conducts Fifth Experiment Aimed To Improve U.S. Ability To Detect Foreign Nuclear Explosions
NASA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 26, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) conducted the fifth experimental conventional explosion as part of its Source Physics Experiment (SPE) series. The SPE series, conducted at the Nevada National Security Site, improves the United States’ capability to detect and characterize underground nuclear explosions.
By conducting the experiments near the location of previous underground nuclear tests, researchers are able to better compare data from conventional and nuclear explosions. This helps to Read More
Letter To The Editor: Wow!
By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos
In February of 2014 and again in May of 2015 we were surprised by a knock on our door. A utilities crew told us they were coming into our yard to find a leak. Looking over our back fence, each time we discovered a river of the county’s water emanating from our yard and washing across our neighbors’ yards and into the street.
The water main runs through our neighbor’s backyard and connects to our delivery line there. This was followed by a backhoe and other equipment crossing our other neighbor’s yard and tearing down the fences and a couple of days of a half dozen guys digging Read More
More Scenes From Saturday’s Earth Day Festival
Scene from the annual Earth Day Festival hosted by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from PEEC’s annual Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from PEEC’s annual Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from PEEC’s annual Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Community Celebrates Earth Day At Nature Center
Hundreds of people turned out for the annual Earth Day Festival hosted by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day Festival. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day Festival. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day Festival. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day Festival. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Saturday’s Read More
American Federation Of Teachers New Mexico Files Petition To Form New Unit At Highlands University
AFT News:Pajarito Greenhouse Plant Shipment Delayed
Pajarito Greenhouse owner Dave Fox with a flower basket. Courtesy photo
BUSINESS NEWS:
Pajarito Greenhouse will be open today at 9 a.m., however the large shipment of plants they expect will not arrive until noon.
The staff suggests shoppers come around 1 p.m. to find the plant best selection. Read More
Nature Center Presents ‘We Are Stars’ To Show Friday
DPNM Commends Balderas For Working To Protect Access To Health Care Services In Northern New Mexico
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Letter To The Editor: Between Trump And Clinton…
By ROY M. MOOREPolka Dot Powerhouse Opens Newest Chapter
PDP News: