Colorado’s Chimney Rock to Become National Monument
Chimney Rock, Colo. Courtesy
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, R-Colo., Wednesday praised the decision by President Obama to designate Chimney Rock as a national monument. The president will use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to make the designation.
“Chimney Rock contains the rare combination of a spectacular geologic formation with extraordinary cultural, historical and archeological significance. Coloradans have made it clear that those attributes should be matched with national monument status,” Bennet said. “It will be an extraordinary boost for Read More
KinderHoops Basketball Registration Closes Sept. 28
FAMILY YMCA News:
Registration for KinderHoops Basketball is open until Sept. 28 at the Family YMCA.
This is an introductory basketball program for boys and girls ages four to six.
Practices and games will be twice a week Oct. 8 to Nov. 16 in Los Alamos and White Rock.
Players will learn basketball basics of dribbling, passing, shooting, and the joy of the game from volunteer parent/coaches.
Cost is $45 for Y Members and $60 for Program only Members. Call, click, or come by for more information.
Financial assistance is available thanks to the United Way of Northern New Mexico and the YMCA Annual Strong Read More
Volunteers needed for VCNP Fish Study
Los Amigos de Valles Caldera News:
A study of the movements of trout in the Valles Caldera National Preserve will be conducted from about 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Oct. 23 and 24.
Dave Menicucci of the University of New Mexico is conducting the study as principal investigator.
Colleen Caldwell of New Mexico State University is an expert on fisheries and co-principal investigator and technical advisor on the project.
Members of the public interested in participating in the project should contact Volunteer Coordinator Jim Counce of Los Amigos de Valles Caldera at jcounce1111@gmail.com Read More
Minor Injuries Reported in Two-Vehicle Crash
Photo: Los Alamos Police Department Crash Team
Staff report
A two-vehicle collision this afternoon sent a Los Alamos woman to the hospital with what appear to be minor injuries.
Los Alamos Fire Department EMTs transported Deborah Storms, 46, to Los Alamos Medical Center after the red 2011 Subaru she was driving collided with another vehicle near Trinity Drive and 4th Street.
Los Alamos Police Cpl. Ben Hinrichs told the Los Alamos Daily Post that a 17-year-old Espanola girl was driving a white 2003 Dodge Dakota east on Trinity Drive about 3:30 p.m. today when she attempted to make a right turn onto Read More
Barkin’ Ball is Chance to Thank Good Neighbor
Staff report
The Santa Fe Animal Shelter is hosting its annual Barkin’ Ball at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.
The Los Alamos community is invited to attend the Shelter’s largest fundraising event of the year, which typically attracts at least a few famous people.
Ticket sales are down this year and they really need more people to attend.
During the Las Conchas Fire, and during the Cerro Grande Fire, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter took in dozens and dozens of animals from Los Alamos evacuees, and found foster homes for the animals it couldn’t take in. Read More
LAHS Plays at Bernalillo High School Golf Invitational
Emma Haines of Los Alamos High School Girls Golf Team putts for her par on hole #1 at Pueblo de Cochiti Golf Course during today’s Bernalillo High School Invitational. Photo by Mike Lippiatt Read More
Money IQ: Sellers Beware of Cashier’s Check Fraud
Money IQThe old adage of “Buyer Beware” is becoming “Seller Beware” in more and more transactions especially those involving the Internet.
Cashier’s check fraud is increasing and crooks are being more creative when it comes to stealing your money.
Simply put, cashier’s check fraud is when someone gives you or sends you a “very official” looking cashier’s check and you in turn give them the item you are selling.
You then deposit the cashier’s check and at a later date, the cashier’s check is returned to your bank and your account Read More
Letter to the Editor: NEDO: Good Investment But More is Needed…
NEDO: A Good Investment in our Future But We Need to do More to Make it Pay Off
By Stephanie Garcia Richard
Democratic Candidate for NM House District 43
Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties
Yesterday Los Alamos County hosted a significant event that many consider New Mexico’s entrance into the future of energy production for the nation.
That event was a ribbon cutting for the “smart house” demonstration project integrating photo voltaic energy production, battery storage, and computer controlled distribution and use.
The project team included a consortium Read More
Luján: Decision … Step in Right Direction
Photo: U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
Santa Fe – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District called a decision Tuesday by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health a step in the right direction to help workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) who have suffered illnesses as a result of their work at the Lab.
The board’s 12 to one decision to recommend compensation for all workers, contractors, and subcontractors who were employed at LANL between 1976 and 1995 is a vital step in the process that has dragged on since the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petition was submitted in 2008. Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Counting Butterflies
A butterfly count has been conducted each year here in Los Alamos for the past 20 years.
A group of butterfly counters spend a Saturday at Burnt Mesa, the Valle Canyon and Camp May.
They spread out at each location, carefully looking for butterflies to catch with their nets.
Each of the locations has a different environment.
Is there a better way to explore Nature than on a sunny Saturday in July?
Intrepid Butterfly Counters. Courtesy photo
The Burnt Mesa had a forest fire pass through thirty five years ago in 1977. Its butterfly Read More
LALT’s ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ Opens Friday
“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” producer David Schiferl works out the sound scheme on a notebook computer during SUnday’s dress rehearsal for Sara Ruhl’s dark comedy, which opens Friday, Sept. 21 at the Los Alamos Little Theatre, 1670 Nectar St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 21, 22, 28, 29 and Oct. 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday Matinee, Sept. 23. Tickets are $12 General Admission and $10 Students & Seniors. Tickets are available at C.B. FOX or at the door. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Director Gwen Lewis adjusts the headband of Jean Adkins who Read More
AUDIO: Udall Talks Burn Pits & Senate Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On his weekly radio call Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall discussed the Senate Veterans Committee’s unanimous passage of his legislation to create an open burn pits registry and this week’s Senate business.
Letter to the Editor: From Weapons to Power Plant Fuel
By James (Jim) W. HallFor several weeks, citizens in New Mexico have had the opportunity to comment on a Department of Energy plan that would take plutonium from decommissioned U.S. nuclear weapons and convert it to material that would generate electricity in nuclear reactors.
A key element of this plan would take place at the world’s most capable and secure facility for plutonium, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Scientists at Los Alamos have been proving Read More
Atomic City Transit Proposes Pilot Ski Hill Bus Route
Public Works Director Philo Shelton and Transportation Division Manager Nancy Talley presented plans for a computer-aided dispatch system and a pilot program for a route to Pajarito Mountain Ski Hill to Los Alamos County Council Tuesday night at Fire Station 3 in White Rock. The service to Bandelier National Monument runs March through November. The pilot service to Pajarito Mountain Ski Hill would run from December through February. As described, bus service would be available on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
The Ski Hill route would start at the Visitor’s Center in White Read More
Environmental Sustainability Board Agenda Sept. 20
Environmental Sustainability Board
AGENDA – Regular Meeting
Community Building Training Room
Sept. 20, 2012 – 5:30 p.m.
I. Public Comment
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Committee/Subcommittee Reports
1. Chair Report
a. Welcome New Board Members and Introductions
b. B&C Luncheon Synopsis
2. Liaison Reports
(1). Utility Board – Don Machen, Christine Chavez
(2). Planning and Zoning – Deb Gill
(3). Transportation –Skip Dunn
(4). Parks and Recreation –Mary Barr
(5). County Council – Fran Berting
IV. Board Business
1. Future Presentation at Board Meeting by Tom Ribe
2. Appointing Read More
Council Recommends Formation of Creative District Committee
Los Alamos County Council members hear input from the public involved in existing cultural organizations in Los Alamos and members of the Creative District Steering Committee regarding how to move forward with the implementation plan for the new Creative District Tuesday night at Fire Station 3 in White Rock. No action was taken during the meeting, but the Council did provide direction to County Administrator Harry Burgess. Council recommended that Burgess return to Council in approximately 60 days with a plan for governance and a list of people interested in being on a Creative District Read More
N.M. 4 Semi Crash – Care Flight Landing
Video from today's N.M. 4 semi-trailer crash showing Care Flight landing at the back gate of LANL. This video was taken with a hand-held cell phone camera by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
UPDATE: Police Re-open N.M. 4 to Jemez Mountains
Photo: Los Alamos Police Capt. Randy Foster
The Los Alamos Daily Post received official word that N.M. 4 into the Jemez Mountains from Los Alamos has re-opened to traffic in both directions following a crash earlier today.
Los Alamos Police Capt. Randy Foster released a statement saying that at approximately 11:15 a.m. today, a White 1998 International Flatbed truck was heading eastbound on N.M. 4 near milepost 49 when it exited the roadway and fell approximately 200 feet before coming to rest in the forest.
“The vehicle was being driven by 51-year-old Francisco Maes of Willard, Read More
LANL Taps Mousseau for Associate Director of Environmental Programs
Jeffrey Mousseau has been named the new associate director for Environmental Programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News
Mousseau Will Oversee Transuranic Waste Disposal and Environmental Cleanup Projects
Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced that Jeffrey Mousseau has been hired as the new associate director for Environmental Programs.
Mousseau currently works as a senior project manager for the Laboratory’s transuranic waste disposal program.
In his new position, he will oversee this program as well as other key environmental cleanup and monitoring Read More
BREAKING NEWS: N.M. 4 to Jemez Mountain Closed Following Rollover
Tire tracks and a broken guard rail mark where a semi-truck left the roadway on N.M. 4, the road down from the Jemez Mountains to Los Alamos and Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com.
Staff report
New Mexico State Road 4 is currently closed due to a paint truck that went off the “second hair pin” turn at mile marker 49 out of Los Alamos a short while ago today. The driver was care-flighted to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries.
His truck left the highway and landed 200-300 yards down a steep rugged cliff into Bandelier National Monument Read More