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Udall, Heinrich, Luján Comment On LANS Contract

U.S. CONGRESIONAL DELEGATION News:
 
“We have been informed of NNSA’s performance review of LANS and NNSA’s decision not to extend the LANS contract. Among the reasons cited by NNSA were a serious safety incident involving a worker and waste-handling mistakes that have had an expensive and severe impact on LANL, WIPP and DOE’s nuclear waste cleanup
 
“We have high expectations of the Department of Energy and its contractors that they will go above and beyond to ensure our communities are not endangered. DOE must hold all of its contractors accountable and be responsible stewards
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Obituary: Russell Ivan Shinn Dec. 8, 2015

RUSSELL IVAN SHINN Dec. 8, 2015

If a person is measured by the lives they touch, Russell Ivan Shinn was a legend. Russ passed away at home, surrounded by family on December 8, 2015.

He was loved, and will be dearly missed, by his wife, Suzie Frazier; brother, Art Shinn and sister-in-law, Renee; nieces, Miranda, Mary and Kayleigh; daughter, Jennifer Shinn and son-in-law Greg Sievers; stepchildren, Amy and Christian Piatt, Mateo and Melania Frazier and grandchildren, Michaela, Makaio, Mattias and Zoe. Suzie’s parents, Bonnie and Gene Frazier, her siblings, countless nieces, Read More

Santa And Elf Make 19th Annual Appearance At 113 El Gancho On Barranca Mesa Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, Santa and his Elf will be at 113 El Gancho St. on Barranca Mesa for Santa’s 19th annual appearance. The community is invited to come by for a candy cane and a chat with Santa and his Elf 5:30-9:30 p.m. We hope to see you there! Merry Christmas! Courtesy photo

Santa and his Elf will be at 113 El Gancho St. on Barranca Mesa Christmas Eve. Courtesy photo Read More

Republican Party Of Los Alamos County Holds Pre-primary Convention Jan 21

GOP News:

The Republican Party of Los Alamos County (RPLA) will hold its pre-primary convention at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 at the UNM-LA Jeannette Wallace Hall, Room 505. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and doors close promptly at 7 p.m.

A Central Committee meeting will be at 7 p.m.  At 7:15 p.m., Ward Causes will be held to elect ward delegates to the County Pre-primary Nominating Convention.

At 7:30 p.m., the County Convention will convene to elect delegates to the PRNM Pre-primary Nominating Convention.

The purpose of the RPLA pre-primary convention is to elect delegates for Read More

LAHS Hilltalkers Delgado, Mallett, McCumber Advance In International Public Policy Forum Competition

Hilltalker team members Will McCumber, Cade Mallett and Nate Delgado have advanced to the top 32 of the International Public Policy Forum competition. Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

Los Alamos High School Hilltalker coaches Margo Batha and Christine Engelbrecht are proud to announce that the team of Nate Delgado, Cade Mallett and Will McCumber has advanced to the top 32 of the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) competition sponsored by the Bickel and Brewer Foundation.

This team of Hilltalkers has submitted several extensively researched cases on the topic of “Resolved: Read More

UNM-LA Community Ed Adds 17 New Classes To Spring Schedule

Jewelry making is just one of the 17 new classes added to the UNM-LA Community Education’s Spring 2016 schedule. Courtesy/iStock

UNM-LA News:

The Community Education program at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) has added 17 new classes to the Spring 2016 schedule.

printed schedules arrived in mailboxes in Los Alamos and White Rock last week and are also available on the UNM-LA campus as well as in news stands in the area.

The perennial favorites such as yoga, digital photography, Spanish, retirement planning, and test prep classes are still in the lineup, but UNM-LA Community Read More

Atomic City Transit Service Changes Begin Jan. 25

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit is beginning to ramp up for some service modifications that will go into effect Monday, Jan. 25.

The service modifications are a result of the Transit Study that was approved by the Los Alamos County Council earlier this year and include adjustments to the routes and schedules to make them more efficient, as well as the implementation of ADA complementary paratransit service for the first time in Los Alamos County.

“These are the first significant adjustments to the transit service since the County took over operations in late 2007,” Transit Manager Ken Smithson Read More

Local Businesses Deck The Halls

Ruby K’s window all decorated Saturday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A window displaying holiday spirit at Aspen Copies, 1907 Central Ave. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Hilltop Spa holiday window decorations at 1789 Central Ave. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
CB FOX window display on Central Avenue. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

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Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Team 240-Radioactive Fireflies Wins Champions Award

The Radioactive Fireflies receiving the Champions Award. Courtesy photo
 
SPORTS News:
 
Saturday Dec. 19, at the Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament, Team 240Radioactive Fireflies from Los Alamos, won the Champions Award for the Tournament.
 
The Tournament was at Los Alamos Middle School. The Champions award is the highest award for the team that demonstrates the best all around team including their project, team values, and robot performance.
 
The top three finishers at the Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament advance
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Los Alamos High School Advances In International Debate Competition

LAHS News:

Students from Los Alamos High School have advanced to the “Top 32” round of the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF).

 

Sponsored by the Brewer Foundation and New York University, the IPPF is the first and only debate competition that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

 

By advancing, the students remain eligible to win a $10,000 grand prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City April 2.

 

“These students have distinguished themselves in this unique Read More

Letter To The Editor: About TV News…

By ROY M. MOORE
Los Alamos
 
TV news. Is it an oxymoron?
 
As a news junkie, I’m continually disappointed by the lack of news on our three “local” stations. The same stories are played over and over and the only talent I think it takes to be a news reader, is to be able to read the same story over and over and pretend it is new.
 
The best I can tell, the root of News is New. Is new news redundant? Is old news, news at all?
 
As I tune in to local news, I hear the same stories. But wait! Now they tell me they have some “real” news, but I have to wait until after the commercial before they will
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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“The Force Awakens” is, chronologically, the seventh volume in the Star Wars series. The much-hyped film opened Friday across the country. For true fans of the series, this chapter does not disappoint. It offers original Star Wars nostalgia, great humor, action sequences worthy of the genre, a new adorable droid, some new heroes and villains, and some old favorites.

Movie poster for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

J. J. Abrams was tapped by George Lucas himself to create this film. The younger Abrams made a name for himself Read More

Midday Solstice Celebration At PEEC Today

Dave Yeamans on the human sundial. Photo by Rebecca Shankland

PEEC NEWS:

Stop by the Los Alamos Nature Center at noon today and enjoy a midday solstice celebration.

Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will get out its measuring sticks and mark shadow lengths on the human sundial to document the longest midday shadows of the year. This short celebration will be the first in a series of measurements to see how shadow lengths change over the course of a year.

PEEC was founded in 2000 to serve the community of Los Alamos. It offers people of all ages a way to enrich their lives by strengthening Read More

Closing New Mexico’s Child Pornography & Exploitation Loophole: Representatives Pre-File Legislation

STATE News:
 
SANTA FE  Representatives Sarah Maestas Barnes, R-Bernalillo, Javier Martinez, D-Bernalillo and Randal Crowder, R-Curry have pre-filed legislation backed by Attorney General Hector Balderas to close New Mexico’s child pornography and exploitation loophole. 
 
The current law limits the ability of prosecutors to charge defendants who possess multiple images of children being raped, objectified, and exploited in multiple forms of media and online.
Currently, these child predators are only subject to prosecution of one count of child exploitation
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Scenes From Los Alamos Police Awards Banquet

Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, right, presents Cpl. David Boe with the 2015 Police Officer of the Year award and several other accolades for his service at LAPD and throughout the community. Sgambellone presented more than 40 awards during the annual awards banquet held Saturday at the Los Alamos Golf Course Community Room. He explained the awards ‘recognize the exceptional work of our employees’ and added, ‘It’s important for me to recognize not only the good work of our employees but the sacrifices their families make for those who choose a career in public
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Gray Matters: Making Sense (Cents) Of WIPP Incident

 
By LARRY JOHNSON
Los Alamos
 
Introduction:
 
There has been extensive media coverage of the February 2014 release of radioactive material at WIPP, which has resulted in the shutdown of the facility.
 
The purpose of this column is to examine the incident and point out that there has been a massive over-reaction to the release resulting in a tremendous waste of taxpayer’s money.
 
In more common terms it is “making a mountain out of a mole hill” and “much ado about nothing”. The incident should have resulted in a shutdown of the facility of no more than a week or two
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Manhattan Project: ‘Jupiter’ Ep. 210 Discussion

Courtesy photo
 
Los Alamos Historical Society News:
 
 
WGN MANHATTAN PROJET 
 
 
Was there a storm before the test?
 
There were thunderstorms before the test, which raised the threat of cancellation.
 
Unlike in the episode, there were weathermen monitoring the situation and advising leaders on the suitability of the conditions.
 
Jack Hubbard was the chief meteorologist, and on his recommendation the test was postponed from its planned 4:00 a.m. detonation because of rain and lightning.
 
In his journal
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Pajarito Mountain Ski Area Receives Acclaim From Skiing Magazine And National Geographic

PMS News:
 
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area recently received recognition by Skiing Magazine and National Geographic Magazine as well as New Mexico’s association of ski resorts.
 
And, the good news keeps coming for the Los Alamos ski area: thanks to this week’s winter storms that dropped nearly two feet of snow on the mountain, resort officials announced that most of the skiable terrain will be open for powder skiing this Saturday.

Two winter storms blanketed Pajarito this week with 22” of snow.

 
Pajarito expects to open three lifts and 12 trailstomorrow when
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