Bandelier Issues Call For 2015 Artist In Residence Program
Photographers and other artists can apply to be an Artist in Residence at Bandelier National Monument. NPS Photo
BANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument is announcing an opportunity for artists to apply for this year’s Artist in Residence Program at the park.
Artists may be writers, composers, performing (storytellers, dancers, etc.), multi-disciplinary, or visual (photographers, sculptors, painters, etc.), artists. There is no application fee and no stipend.
The successful applicants can spend up to a month living in park housing and pursuing their artistic discipline Read More
Trash And Recycling Pickup Operating Today
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County has announced that today’s trash and recycling pickup will take place as scheduled.
Atomic City Transit also is operating as scheduled.
The County, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos Public Schools are all on two hour delays today due to the overnight snowfall around the area. Read More
Parade Of Storms To Continue Through Sunday
Snow covers the area overnight including this Pinon Trails neighborhood in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
NWS News:
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a winter storm warning expected to continue until 4 p.m., Sunday.
Winter Storm Warning:
.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING.
A NEW BATCH OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN UNITED Read More
County, Schools, LANL On Two Hour Delay
Weather Alert:
Los Alamos Public Schools is on a two hour delay today due to the overnight snow storm.
Los Alamos County also is on a two hour delay, however, Atomic City Transit is running on schedule.
Los Alamos National Laboratory is on a phased opening today. Local employees should arrive at 10-10:30 a.m., and employees with children and those living farther away should arrive at 10:45 p.m. to allow crews time to clear sidewalks and parking lots. Read More
Former Singer/Guitarist Of ‘Wardog’ Releasing Old Song: ‘Clouds Of Magellan’ Sung In Klingon
Musician Tom Gattis of Los Alamos. Courtesy photoGarcia Richard’s DWI Bill Passes House 61-0
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard
SANTA FE – Efforts to stop drunk driving and close loopholes in the current DWI laws secured a major victory this evening.
The New Mexico House voted unanimously (61-0) to pass Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard’s, D-Los Alamos, DWI Interlock Removal Requirements legislation, House Bill 86.
“For three sessions, I have fought alongside of DWI prevention advocates to continue to raise awareness and pass legislation to address shortcomings and loopholes hindering our state from fully eradicating its drunk driving problem,” Read More
Survey: Should Los Alamos County Ban Plastic Bags From Local Stores?
WIPP Hosts All-Hazards Planning Meeting
WIPP News:Letter to the Editor: Support Regulated Trapping On Public Lands
I thought I would take a moment to respond to Monique Beyerle’s distorted reporting (letter) on trapping in New Mexico in the Feb. 24 edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post.
I would encourage everyone to get online and read the New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish’s five pages of regulations pertaining to trapping of wildlife in NM that is included in the current years hunting rules and info. Trapping is highly regulated – much like hunting or fishing. I certainly support the notion that everyone is entitled to their opinion – but
LAHS Junior Parent Night Location Changed To Topper Theater March 2
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School will host its annual Junior Parent Night at 6 p.m., Monday, March 2. Due to a scheduling conflict, the location for this event has been changed to Topper Theater in the Speech Theater.
Interested students and parents should plan to attend to learn about post-high school options, including the college admissions process for both two- and four-year colleges, technical and vocational school options and military opportunities.
For more information about Junior Parent Night, contact the LAHS Guidance Office at 505.663.2797.
Udall Applauds FCC’s New Net Neutrality Rules
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall welcomed a vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve updated open Internet rules.
The new rules prevent broadband providers from blocking or throttling lawful online content and ban agreements between broadband providers and online companies that create Internet “toll lanes.”
Udall has been outspoken in his support for a free and open Internet for all Americans. In November, he visited Albuquerque’s Levitated Toy Factory and met with its co-owner Jared Tarbell, who also co-founded Etsy, Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Feb. 19 To Feb. 25, 2015
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.
ELIJAH MEASON
Feb. 19 at 10:05 a.m. / Police arrested Elijah Meason, 25, of Los Alamos on Trinity Drive and charged him with operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
Feb. 19 at 1:41 p.m. / Police arrested a 16-year-old Hernandez boy at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.
Feb. 19 at 2:46 p.m. / Police arrested Wayne Hebert, 24, of Los Read More
Rep. Lujan Grisham Calls On DOE To Suspend APD Access To National Training Center Coyote Canyon
Members of the Wackenhut Services Inc. Oak Ridge team sprint for the next station in the Super Team competition in 2008 at the National Training Center known as Coyote Canyon. The last team member is carrying a 40-lb simulated special nuclear material canister. Courtesy/DOE
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., has asked the U.S. Department of Energy to review an agreement that gives Albuquerque Police officers and academy recruits access to a federal training facility at Kirtland Air Force Base designed for elite federal security personnel who Read More
LAPS Superintendent Addresses PARCC Testing
By GENE SCHMIDT, SuperintendentOpen Letter to the Community,
Los Alamos Public Schools will soon begin testing students in grades three through 11 on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC).
This will mark the first year this test has been administered in our community. The purpose of the assessment is to help determine our students’ understanding of the Common Core State Standards in reading, language arts and mathematics as well as provide data about our students’ college and career readiness. For example, a fifth grade student Read More
MidSchoolMath National Conference Feb. 27-28
EDUCATION News:
TAOS – Hundreds of middle school mathematics teachers and school district professionals from around the country will convene in Santa Fe this week for the MidSchoolMath conference, the brainchild of two Taos entrepreneurs.
Poised to change the way mathematics are taught in middle school classrooms nationwide, MidSchoolMath addresses the drop known as the Mid School Math Cliff – the most precipitous decline in mathematics competency in the world, as documented by the past few generations of American children.
MidSchoolMath will soon release a new online Read More
Venture Acceleration Fund Awards Spur Investment In Northern New Mexico
LANL News:
- Proposals due by March 20
Companies located in Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel and Mora counties have until March 20 to submit proposals for Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) awards for calendar year 2015.
Preference for funding are given to businesses in these counties, as are technology and manufacturing firms that can demonstrate their ability to stimulate job growth and attract additional revenue to the region.
“The VAF has become a very important and popular economic development resource and we expect that this year will be our most competitive to Read More
UNM-LA To Repeat Popular Customer Service Class
Customer Service and Relations instructor Laura Loy. Courtesy photo
UNM-LA News:
According to an American Express survey, 78 percent of consumers have bailed on a transaction or not made an intended purchase because of a poor service experience.
In today’s competitive business climate, you can’t afford to lose business because of poor customer service. Learn what it takes to provide and maintain quality customer service through UNM-LA’s upcoming Customer Service class.
The class is 10-11:30 a.m. every Tuesday, March 17 through May 5. Local businesswoman and UNM-LA instructor Laura Loy Read More
Benefit Party For Bathtub Row Brewing In Central Park Square At 5 P.M. Friday
The public is invited to a benefit for Bathtub Row Brewing begins at 5 p.m., Friday at 170 Central Park Square. There will be a $10 suggested donation to help Bathtub Row Brewing in one last push to get open. Kakistocrats will be playing music and Bosque Brewing will have beer available for purchase. It’s a picnic-type event, so people are asked to bring whatever they would like to eat in from home or take-out from local eateries. Courtesy/BRB Read More
Solo Traveler: Zoos Around The World
A coati (or coatimundi) at the zoo in Belize. Photo by Sherry Hardage
A spider monkey at the Belize Zoo. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Solo TravelerWhile on a family trip to the Dallas zoo, in the late 60s, my father spotted a man cleaning out the yak enclosure. He asked if he could have a small bag of yak poop. The man looked at him in horror, as if he imagined those little round balls might end up as a joke in somebody’s spaghetti sauce.
I was in junior high at the time, and got away from that conversation as fast as I could. My father seemed to delight in finding Read More
