Los Alamos Indian Community Celebrates Annual Festival Of Diwali With Family And Friends
Diwali group. Courtesy photoUdall, Heinrich Urge LWCF Reauthorization, Funding Before Year Ends
SENATE News:SCEC Improves Understanding Of Earthquake Hazards With Supercomputers, Achieves Societal Impacts
SCEC News:Shop On The Corner Christmas Sale Dec. 2
Preparations are underway for the Dec. 2 Christmas sale at Shop on the Corner. Courtesy photoSFNF Offices Closed Thanksgiving Day
SFNF News:For additional information please contact your local Ranger District or the Forest Headquarters at 505.438.5300.
Funding For Environmental Health Internships
NEHA News:Branding Los Alamos Presentation Available Nov. 25
COUNTY News:
Atlas Advertising’s power point presentation of Los Alamos brand strapline and logo concept options will be available to the public on the Los Alamos County website’s Council Agenda page by close of business Wednesday, Nov. 25.
Atlas and the members of the Branding Review Committee will give a formal presentation to the Los Alamos County Council and the public Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Council agendas, including background information and presentations, are typically published 72 hours before the council meeting to allow council members and the public the opportunity Read More
Los Alamos Police Partner To Give Thanksgiving Dinners To 14 Local Families
Los Alamos Police Officers and Chief Dino Sgambellone, center, with Smith’s Marketplace Deli Manager Sandra Kelley, today in partnership with Debbie Shelton of the Family Resource Advocate Group, and Kathy Fulton with Smith’s Marketplace, prepared and delivered Thanksgiving turkey dinners to 14 local families. The partnership was orchestrated by Cpl. Tim Lonz for the second year in a row, recognizing an opportunity to help local families during the Thanksgiving holiday. Courtesy/LAPD Read More
Obituary: Shelia Marie Barks Nov. 5, 1967 – Nov. 1, 2015
SHELIA MARIE BARKS Nov. 5, 1967 – Nov. 1, 2015
Shelia Marie Barks, 47, of Los Alamos, NM passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 at her home after a valiant battle with pulmonary fibrosis. She was surrounded by her family that loved and cared for her.
She was born November 5, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, MO, daughter of Junior and Laura Craft. She and Steven Barks were married June 2, 1994 in Oahu, Hawaii.
Shelia attended Jackson High School in Jackson, Missouri, graduating in 1986. She graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1990 with a degree in Business Administration.
Shelia moved her Read More
ARPA-E Awards Tibbar Plasma Technologies Of Los Alamos $3.5M For Transformational Energy Technology
Tibbar Plasma Technologies owner Richard Nebel and colleague Bill Gibson standing next to ‘the machine.’ Courtesy photo
BUSINESS News:
Los Alamos based company, Tibbar Plasma Technologies Inc, announced today that it was awarded $3.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
The funding will be used to develop plasma-based AC-DC electrical transformers for High Voltage DC Electrical Transmission.
“Plasma-based electrical transformers have the potential to reduce the cost of transforming power by a Read More
Moniz Awards $125 Million For 41 Transformational Energy Technology Projects Ahead Of COP21 In Paris
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $125 million across 41 cutting-edge energy technologies awarded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
These new projects are funded under ARPA-E’s OPEN 2015 program and come in advance of the COP21 U.N. Climate Negotiations in Paris next week. The announcement was made at D.C. technology incubator 1776 at an event that focused on leveraging America’s top innovators to find technological solutions to combat climate change, Read More
Christmas Trees Available Starting Friday At Valles Caldera National Preserve – Help Restore The Forest!
LAVC News:County Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
COUNTY News:The Los Alamos County Administrative Offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The following County Facilities also will have modified hours and services:
Eco-Station
- The Eco Station will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
- There will be no recycling or trash pick up Thursday or Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Alternate pick-up day if affected is Wednesday, Nov. 25.
Ice Rink
- The Ice Rink is open noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Golf Course
- The Golf Course is open (Winter
Letter To The Editor: Let’s Help Make Life Changing Differences For Our Neighbors In Need
By TROY HUGHESEach day I wake up and count my blessings. My health is good and I have access to great medical care if I need it. I have been able to complete three higher education degrees and will soon be starting a fourth.
Over the course of my 31-year career in public safety, I have also been able to save some funds that should allow me a comfortable retirement.
I live in a community that is not only located in one of the most beautiful parts of our great Earth, it also is blessed with great schools, low crime, great health care, great emergency services and caring and sharing people. Read More
Cement Truck Plows Through Light Pole
Update: Police did not cite the driver saying the accident occurred on private property. This cement truck plows through a parking lot light pole this morning in Central Park Square. An investigation is underway and citations, if any, are pending. Photo by Greg Kendall Read More
Ride The Bus Tuesday, Dec. 1 … Help LAPS!
LAPS had a strong bus-ridership turn-out on the 40th day – let’s do even better on the 80th day! Ride the school bus Tuesday, Dec. 1. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools is once again asking for your help!
Tuesday, Dec. 1 is the 80th day of school. This means that the Public Education Department counts all eligible students who are on the bus that day to calculate the local transportation funding for the year. The school with the highest ridership increase will receive a reward that will be determined.
Last year the students helped to increase LAPS funding for transportation Read More
Bells Ringing In Los Alamos, White Rock Nov. 27
Courtesy/salvationarmy.org
COMMUNITY News:
Salvation Army volunteers will be ringing bells in Los Alamos and White Rock beginning Nov. 27 and continuing through Dec. 23.
Salvation Army funds gathered each year stay in Los Alamos County to help with a variety of basic needs including rent assistance, food, homelessness and housing, health resources, child care, transportation and disaster relief. The funds are managed by Self Help, Inc.
The Salvation Army bell ringing effort is an intergenerational project including Los Alamos High School Key Club members, Los Alamos Volunteer Association Read More
ANMPAS Opening Reception Dec. 5
Los Alamos Fire Department Honors Firefighters At Promotion; Retirement Ceremonies
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes welcomes and thanks the public for their attendence at Friday’s promotional and retirement ceremonies at the White Rock Fire Station. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
From left, Bert Quintana, Jeff Saiz, Fire Chief Troy Hughes and Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider. Quintana was promoted to Driver Engineer and Saiz to Fire Captain during Friday’s special ceremony. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Cheif Justin Grider introduces Quintana and Saiz and talks a little bit about their history. Photo by Chris SDSS J103842.59+484917.7: Where Alice In Wonderland Meets Albert Einstein
This group of galaxies has been nicknamed the ‘Cheshire Cat’ because of its resemblance to a smiling feline. Some of the cat-like features are actually distant galaxies whose light has been stretched and bent by the large amounts of mass contained in foreground galaxies. This is an effect called ‘gravitational lensing,’ predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity that is celebrating its 100th anniversary. X-rays from Chandra show that the two ‘eye’ galaxies and the smaller galaxies associated with them are slamming into one another