Suspect Sought in Robbery of Bank of Albuquerque Branch
Courtesy/FBI
UPDATE: Anastacio Amador, 39, of Albuquerque, was arrested Monday, Jan. 14 in connection with the robbery of the Bank of Albuquerque at 3301 Coors Blvd. NW in Albuquerque on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Amador is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on Tuesday. FBI special agents, with the assistance of Albuquerque Police officers, apprehended Amador during a traffic stop.
FBI News:
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for a man who robbed the Bank of Albuquerque branch at 3301 Coors Blvd. NW in Albuquerque Saturday, Jan. 12.
The suspect is described Read More
Jazz Night at the Blue Window Jan. 26
BWB News:
The next Jazz Night at the Blue Window is set for 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Blue Window Bistro, 813 Central Ave.
The restaurant will welcomes back the Tom Rheam Trio featuring Tom Rheam on piano and trumpet, Dick Hogle on drums and vocals and David Moir on bass.
Rheam has played on the road with Ray Charles, played backup to Frank Sinatra on recordings, toured with the Glenn Miller Band and many other well-known professional singers and musicians.
Hogle has worked in the Catskills in New York state as a show drummer, played on cruise ships and toured with the Jimmy Durante show/orchestra. Read More
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area Suspends Operations
PMSA News:
At 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, Pajarito Mountain Ski Area suspended operations until additional snowfall is received.
Once adequate snowfall arrives, the Ski Area will reopen as soon as possible.
The Business Office will be closed today and tomorrow, Jan. 15. Read More
LAHS Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Resigns
LAHS News:
Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach, Tarah Logan, resigned her position at Los Alamos High School effective today, Jan. 14, for family reasons.
Logan had been coaching the girl’s team at the high school since June 2008.
The interim girl’s varsity basketball coach, taking over immediately will be Ann Stewart.
Coach Stewart, a graduate of Los Alamos High School, has been a head girls basketball coach at Bloomfield High School from 2004-07.
She was the middle school girls basketball coach for Los Alamos Middle School in 1994-95 and has been an assistant girls’ Read More
Caution: Winter Weather Making Travel Dicey
Snow was blowing in downtown Los Alamos about four hours ago. Courtesy photo
NMDOT News:
Santa Fe – A winter storm moving across New Mexico is causing dicey travel conditions for parts of the state.
Snow has hit the Albuquerque metro area as well as much of northeast New Mexico, causing slick roads.
Due to the low temperatures, the snow is not melting. The National Weather Service is predicting the conditions will worsen between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Santa Rosa and down through Vaughn within the next few hours.
The New Mexico Department Of Transportation Read More
Kirk Named Co-Mountain West Player of the Week!
Lobos basketball star Alex Kirk, #53, of Los Alamos earned his second MW Player of the Week honor in the last three weeks. Courtesy photo
LOBOS News:
Colorado Springs, Colo. – For the second time in the last three weeks, Alex Kirk of Los Alamos has earned a Mountain West honor, being named Co-Player of the Week after leading UNM to a pair of home wins in its first 2-0 conference start in 11 years Sunday.
Kirk shared the award with Jamaal Franklin of San Diego State. It’s Kirk’s second time being honored this year, and it’s the second in the last three weeks.
Kirk was honored two Read More
Bandelier Staff Leave Early Due to Snow
Courtesy photoUNM-LA Dedicates Jeannette O. Wallace Hall
UNM-LA Executive Director Cedric Page, left, applauds as Terry Wallace and his sister Janice Wallace Parra cut the ribbon on the wall plaque at the front of Jeanette O. Wallace Hall. Wallace’s wife, Michele Hall, left, and niece Caitlin Parra, and off camera Sheryl (Wallace) Crabtree and her daughter Nicole Crabtree look on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Terry Wallace speaks to the crowd gathered to honor his mother, Rep. Jeannette Wallace, featured on the film behind him, during the dedication of Jeannette O. Wallace Hall Sunday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Jan. 3 to Jan. 9, 2013
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.
Jan. 3 at 8:36 a.m. / A 63-year-old Los Alamos man reported that someone damaged his property in the 100 block of Mariposa Court. The estimated loss is unknown.
Jan. 3 at 12:20 p.m. / CB FOX Department Store in the 1700 block of Central Avenue reported that someone paid for merchandise with bad checks. The matter is under investigation.
GARY SHAW
Jan. 4 at 3:05 a.m. / Police arrested Gary Shaw, 41, Read More
Column: ‘Fix the Women!’
Parallel Process of Intergroup Dynamics: How Men’s Covert Conflicts Got Expressed in Overt Conflicts Between Women – Part I, The Case
The columns for today and for next week will be lengthy, and they need to be read in tandem.
“Parallel process” is a complicated concept, like just all issues concerning group processes.
I apologize in advance for the occasional jargon and the convoluted depiction – part of the nature of group processes. As always, I welcome your feedback.
Now for today’s entry.
“Fix the women,” a request/demand by the director of the Buildings Read More
Los Alamos Entrepreneurs Network Announces Upcoming Opportunities
LAEN News:
Specifically for women entrepreneurs … New Mexico Angels Women’s Entrepreneurial Education Workshop Series
“Time to Grow! How to Prep for Angel Funding” presented by NMA and WESST – Santa Fe
You’ve established your company and validated your ideas, now it’s time to grow! You need funding, a management team and the right business model to meet your goals. During this workshop you’ll learn from our industry experts about how to ensure your company stands out in the marketplace and how to define your strategic advantages. With that comes having the right business Read More
Letter to the Editor: Call Municipal Building What it is!
By Christine Weaver I definitely agree with Ms. (Diana) Stepan. Why does Los Alamos feel they need to name every building after someone?
Local Democrats Meet Thursday at UNM-LA
DPLAC News:
State Democratic Party President Javier Gonzales is scheduled to speak at the next Democratic Party of Los Alamos County meeting set for 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17.
Gonzales will talk about past elections as well as the future for the Democratic Party.
The NEW meeting place for the Party is room 203 at UNM-LA Building 2, which is the building that faces Diamond Drive, toward the left side of the stairs.
All Democrats are invited to attend. Read More
Local GOP Meets Thursday at Hilltop House
GOP News:
The Los Alamos County Republican Party will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 in the Acoma Room at the Hilltop House Hotel. Read More
UNM Lobos Beat Fresno State 72-45!
Cameron Bairstow (#41) with basket. Photo by Alan Kirk
Los Alamos High School graduate Alex Kirk (#53) with hook shot for score. Photo by Alan Kirk
Clevland Thomas (#1) with layup. Photo by Alan Kirk
Tony Snell (#21) with layup through contact. Photo by Alan Kirk
Tony Snell with blocked shot. Photo by Alan Kirk Read More
Hilltopper Girls Lose to St. Pius 50-32
Anna Scott prevents drive. Photo by Alan Kirk
Anna Scott slowing down ball transition. Photo by Alan Kirk
Alison Crane driving to basket. Photo by Alan Kirk
Team Defense results in Blocked shot. Photo by Alan Kirk Read More
LAHS Finishes 2nd at Wrestling Invitational
LAHS WRESTLING News:
On Saturday, Jan. 12, the Los Alamos High School wrestling team finished in second place behind 5A Eldorado at the Academy High School Wrestling Invitational.
Teams participating in Saturday’s invitational included Albuquerque Academy High, Albuquerque High, Bernalillo, Eldorado, Grants, La Cueva, LAHS, Rio Grande and West Mesa.
Placing in their weight classes were:
- Cory Geyer 1st;
- Brian Geyer 1st;
- Arnoldo Ortiz 1st in his second overtime match;
- Chandler Lauritzen 2nd;
- Lane Saunders 2nd;
- Peter Brewer 4th; and
- Diego Madrid 4th.
Letter to the Editor: Name Municipal Building ‘Citizens’ Municipal Building’
By Diana StepanIn my opinion, the new Municipal Building should be named the “Citizens’ Municipal Building,” since the citizens paid for it and the citizens are the ones who are supposed to be served by the employees who work at the Municipal Building.
If that is not acceptable, please simply name it the “Los Alamos Municipal Building.”
There is no one I can think of that deserves the honor except for the citizens of Los Alamos County. Read More
NM PBS Presenting Live Coverage of State of State Address/2013 Legislative Session
PBS News:
Tuesday, Jan. 15, New Mexico PBS, Ch. 5.1 will present live coverage of the 2013 Legislative session, beginning with the opening gavel.
This will include LIVE broadcast coverage on Channel 5.1 *and* live-streaming online at www.newmexicopbs.org and election of the Speaker of the House and Gov. Susana Martinez’s “State of the State” address, followed by a live panel discussion with analysis from the New Mexico PBS studios.
Coverage will begin at noon, with an introduction by Gene Grant, host of NM PBS’s weekly public affairs series NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS.
Regular Read More
Poet Laureate of Santa Fe Kicks Off Mesa Public Library’s 2013 Authors Speak Series
Jon Davis
LIBRARY News:
Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak Series presents Jon Davis: Poet Laureate of Santa Fe at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 in the Upstairs Rotunda.
Join Davis to kick off the beginning of the new line up of Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak Series with a poetry reading.
The following is from www.santafenm.gov:
Jon Davis is the author of three chapbooks and three full-length collections of poetry, Preliminary Report (Copper Canyon Press, 2010), Scrimmage of Appetite (University of Akron Press, 1995), for which he was honored with a Lannan Literary Award in Poetry, Read More