Local Company Offers Taxi Service to Curb Holiday Drinking & Driving
NMWT News:
In time for the holidays, Los Alamos based New Mexico Wine and Scenic Tours, is now offering after hours (after 7 p.m.) taxi service from the Los Alamos/White Rock area to a number of locations, to help prevent drinking and driving.
New Mexico Wine and Scenic Tours’ taxi service is also available for pick up and delivery to the Albuquerque Sunport and Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Buffalo Thunder Resort in Santa Fe and other Taos, Albuquerque, and surrounding area destinations.
“There is currently no easily accessible shuttle service in Los Alamos that offers transportation to and from Read More
NNSA Exceeds 2012 Goal for Nuclear Weapons Dismantlements
U.S. nuclear weapons declared excess to the stockpile are sent to Pantex Plant, America’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. Pantex Plant is on a 16,000-acre site 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas. Courtesy/Pantex
NNSA’s Don Cook
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it has accomplished 112 percent of its goal for planned stockpile dismantlements in FY 2012.
“NNSA delivered on President Obama’s commitment to reduce the numbers of U.S. nuclear weapons declared excess to the stockpile Read More
Column: I Am A Different Person In Different Contexts … So Are You!
Column by Elena YangIn the previous post on diversity/multiculturalism, I focused mostly on the differences between groups, such as males and females, or white and African Americans.
Equally important, if not more so, are our conversations across the differences within a group.
For instance, many of us have more “issues” with our family members than with someone of different racial background or religious background.
Similarly, within a racial group, there can be painful dealings with members’ differences. Read More
Was Hurricane Sandy New Storm Breed?
‘Inside the Megastorm’ takes viewers moment by moment through Hurricane Sandy, its impacts and the future of storm protection. Through first person accounts from those who survived, and from experts and scientists, ‘Inside the Megastorm’ gives scientific context to a new breed of storms. Courtesy/PBS
PBS News:
Was Hurricane Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes increasing in intensity due to warming climate?
Learn more at this month’s New Mexico PBS Science Café: “Inside the Megastorm.”
This Science Café will be held 10 a.m. Read More
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Launches New Website
RCLC News:
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities announced today that it has launched a new website at www.regionalcoalition.org.
As part of the Regional Coalition‘s goal to increase transparency, the website includes the latest information regarding Regional Coalition Board members, meeting notices and minutes and news related to the Regional Coalition.
It also has a sign-up feature where community members can be added to the Regional Coalition’s information distribution list.
“We are excited to launch the new website to ensure Read More
LADOC Teaches Kids Dog Ownership Skills
Kayleen Lederman demonstrates ‘jump’ in agility with her dog Owen. Courtesy/LADOC
LADOC News:
This fall Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) has been offering a special class called the paRENT Free Club or “RENT” free club for children.
Local youth were instructed in responsible dog ownership and how to train their dogs in the class especially designed for them.
Parents of youth attending the paRENT Free Club arrived at the end to watch a demonstration of what their child and dog learned each week.
Saturday, Dec. 1, the fall session ended with a demonstration of skills Read More
Administration Strongly Objects to 2013 Construction Start Date for CMRR Project
Courtesy/LANL
WHITE HOUSE News:
In a statement of administration policy issued Nov. 29 by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, the Obama Administration expresses its reluctance to commence construction in 2013 on the replacement project for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building (CMRR) at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
To do so would require taking funding from other National Nuclear Security Administration priorities, which would create “undue risks” for other parts of the program, according to the policy statement.
S. 3254 Read More
Dishwasher Ignites On Orange Street
The remains of a dishwasher that reportedly sparked a fire inside an Orange Street duplex Friday, lays in a heap in the front yard of the residence. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Los Alamos Firefighters responded to a dishwasher fire at about 1 p.m., Friday in a duplex at 3064 Orange St.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the small blaze. No injuries were reported but there is heavy smoke damage to the Orange Street duplex and fire damage in the kitchen area.
The cause of the dishwasher fire is under investigation.
Dangerous Appliance Advisory
Consumer Reports Magazine Read More
Single Vehicle in Rollover Crash on N.M. 4
Police examine the Dodge Ram truck involved in a single car accident Sunday afternoon on N.M. 4. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
A grey Dodge Ram pickup traveling on N.M. 4 rolled over this afternoon sending the female driver to Los Alamos Medical Center for treatment.
Sgt. James Rodriguez told the Los Alamos Daily Post at the scene of the accident that a witness reported the grey pickup was heading north bound on N.M. 4 when it caught the edge of the roadway and fishtailed across the yellow line.
The witness had to swerve his south bound vehicle to avoid getting hit head-on. The Read More
Los Alamos Daily Post Thanks Community for Immense Support
Los Alamos Daily Post news team from left, Photographer Sal Zapien, Columnist/Reporter Kirsten Laskey, Columnist/Reporter/Webmaster Greg Kendall, Publisher Carol A. Clark, Columnist Bonnie J. Gordon and Bookkeeper Karen Kendall. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The Los Alamos Daily Post news team toasts the community for its tremendous support in helping the online newspaper grow to surpass 200,000 pageviews in November alone.
Publisher Carol A. Clark expressed gratitude to the community during a celebration Thursday night at the Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos. Read More
Dec. 5 Brown Bag Performance: Pianist Frances Meier
Frances Meier. Courtesy photo
LAAC News:
Her compositions have been performed by the Los Alamos Choral Society, the Black Mesa Brass Quintet and the Los Alamos High School choir, as well as other performing ensembles. Obama Signs Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
President Barak Obama signs ‘long overdue’ Whistleblower Protection Act signed into law. Courtesy/examiner.comAfter a historic campaign waged by the Make It Safe Coalition, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act became law when President Obama signed it earlier this week.
The Act restores, modernizes and expands federal whistleblower protections from the original scope of the 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act.
A whistleblower is a federal employee who discloses to the public or those in authority, mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse and other illegalities Read More
Local Efforts Should Guide Decisions on Lesser Prairie Chicken
‘Breakfast With Santa’ Draws Kids Big And Small
Aden Garcia and Santa at Saturday’s Kiwanis ‘Breakfast with Santa’ event. Photo by Karen Kendall
Staff Report
The annual Kiwanis Breakfast with Santa supported this year by Del Norte Credit Union helps Northern New Mexico families in need.
The breakfast and photo with Santa were free, but attendees were asked to bring non-perishable food and/or make a monetary donation.
Two truckloads of donated food collected at the event was given to LA Cares for distribution needy families. The monetary donations collected at the breakfast totalled $1,463, according to Kiwanis Treasurer Read More
Hansel & Gretel Set For Next Weekend
Hansel (Cody Maggiore), Gretel (Sally Grindstaff) and the Witch (Christin Severini) perform in Dance Arts Los Alamos Winterfest Weekend. Photo by Paulo T. Photography
By Lynn Finnegan
When Dance Arts Los Alamos Ballet Director and former American Ballet Theatre dancer Christin Severini was a young child, she would spend many hours choreographing and performing elaborate shows for her parents, with the reluctant participation of her younger brothers.
The rest is, as they say, history. The storybook ballet, “Hansel & Gretel”, performing Winterfest Weekend at Duane Read More
‘Star Vigilante’ Books Signed Saturday
Science-fiction author T. Jackson King signed his books Saturday at Smith’s Food and Drug Center, 31 Sherwood Blvd., in White Rock.
The Los Alamos author introduced his new novel “Star Vigilante,” a science fiction action-adventure that features an interstellar vigilante hired to save a human colony world from an alien strip mining operation.
King, who goes by the name Tom, also signed copies of his other sci-fi and fantasy novels at Saturday’s event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon Read More
New Mobile Vet Business Opens in Los Alamos!
Dr. Shayna Whitaker and Pam Trujillo conduct a wellness examination on their first client, Tyrone Nigel Clark 4, inside their mobile veterinary clinic Tuesday morning in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Dr. Shayna Whitaker and Pam Trujillo with 4-year-old Yorkshire Terrier Tyrone Nigel Clark in front of his White Rock home Tuesday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
A new business rolled down the streets of Los Alamos and White Rock this week with a mission not only to care for local pets too terrified to ride in cars but also to help their owners who are Read More
Police Chief on Sick Leave
Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy is out of the office on sick leave.
Deputy Police Chief Randy Foster is Acting Police Chief until Torpy returns. Read More
Nominations Sought for PBS Teacher Innovators
PBS News:
Attention New Mexico teachers – New Mexico PBS, Ch. 5.1 invites you to enter the PBS Teacher Innovator Competition.
Are you an innovative educator? Show us how you inspire your students and you could win a trip to the Henry Ford in Dearborn, Mich. for a weeklong “Innovation Immersion Experience.”
The deadline to enter is Dec. 12.
New Mexico PBS, Ch.5.1 (Albuquerque/Santa Fe), PBS LearningMedia (pbslearningmedia.org) and The Henry Ford (thehenryford.org) are proud to bring you the third annual PBS Teacher Innovator Awards to recognize innovative PreK-12 classroom educators, Read More
Hilltopper Girls Basketball Beats Pojoaque 62-56
Kianna Zerr with nice post move to score basket. Photo by Alan Kirk
Erin Kirk blocking Pojoaque player’s shot. Photo by Alan Kirk
Haley Each Shoots short jump shot. Photo by Alan Kirk
Anna Scott and Amber Logan with tight defense and shot block. Photo by Alan Kirk