House Passes Luján’s Lab Mission Amendment
NNSA News:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District offered an amendment Friday to the National Defense Authorization Act, which in response to recent reports, calls for a study about broadening the mission of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) national laboratories.
The amendment passed with unanimous support.
“Our national labs provide a tremendous resource that is essential to our efforts to spur innovation and economic development, but multiple reports have called attention to the need to expand the labs’ mission in order Read More
Youth Set Record for Business Grant Applications
LACDC News:
Youth interested in starting a summer business this year have set a record for the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation’s annual Youth Business Grant Program (YBGP.)
This year, 25 youth have submitted applications to the program, including 14 applicants from Los Alamos, nine from Espanola and two from Pojoaque.
The YBGP provides grants of up to $400 to youth, ages 13-19, who want to experience the rewards of starting a summer business.
The program has provided more than 240 young entrepreneurs with grants since 1985.
Past participants report learning valuable Read More
DALA’s Dazzling Dress Rehearsal
Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) held its dress rehearsal Thursday night for its annual Spring Show Performance. DALA’s older dancers performed Friday evening and will perform again at 7 p.m. this evening at Duane Smith Auditorium. DALA’s younger dancers will have their own matinee performance at 2 p.m. today. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comSen. Martinez Thanks the League
By Sen. Richard Martinez
I want to express my gratitude to the League of Woman Voters from Los Alamos for inviting me to participate in the forum sponsored by them last night (Thursday) and also to the members of the Los Alamos community who were in attendance.
It gave me pleasure to have the opportunity to participate and I sincerely enjoyed meeting with you to discuss some of the important issues that we are faced with finding solutions for.
I share the same concerns about our valuable resources: water, the environment and the education of the youth in our district and state.
During my tenure, I have Read More
Pay Raises Approved for Local Teachers and Staff
Board President Kevin Honnell and Secretary Melanie McKinley, seated, board member David Foster board member Judy Bjarke-McKinsey and board member Dawn Venhaus, not shown, unanamously approved a 3 percent pay hike for teachers and staff during Wednesday’s school board meeting. Courtesy/LAPS
By Kirsten Laskey
Teachers and staff at Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) can expect bigger paychecks during the 2012-2013 school year.
The Board of Education unanimously approved a 3 percent pay increase totalling $850,000 during a Special Board Meeting Wednesday night.
Along with the pay Read More
Los Alamos Infant is in ICU
Police report this morning that the 11-week-old infant whose father admitted injuring him on Wednesday when he wouldn’t stop crying, is in the Intensive Care Unit at UNM Children’s Hospital.
Police also said this morning that the total extent of the infant’s injuries have not yet been determined.
The baby’s father is locked up in the Los Alamos County Detention Center on a $100,000 bond issued by Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados.
Below is the story detailing the events involved in the arrest of the infant’s father:
Los Alamos Police have arrested Read More
Cone Zone: Road Construction for Week of May 21
COUNTY News:
Public Works Projects:
Eastern Area 2 Concrete, Paving & Utility Project – Phase 1
Expect shoulder work on Canyon Road between Manhattan Loop east and Nugget. Contractor will be potholing to verify utility locations in advance of actual construction, which will begin the week of May 28. If the potholing blocks the sidewalks, a pedestrian pathway will be provided. No traffic delays are anticipated.
N.M. 4 Improvements Project
Traffic continues to be on the south side of N.M. 4 between Rover Blvd and Grand Canyon/Pajarito Road. Speed limit within the construction area is 30 Read More
SFI Presents Evolution on ‘Realistic’ Landscapes Tuesday
SFI News:
Peter Schuster of the University of Vienna and Santa Fe Institute external professor will present the talk, Evolution on “Realistic” Landscapes at 12:15 p.m., Tuesday May 22 in the Medium Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute.
Abstract: Ever since Sewall Wrights publication of the landscape metaphor in 1932 evolutionary optimization is visualized as hill climbing on a rugged landscape. It took more than 50 years before the first reliable data became available that gave an idea how these evolutionary landscapes might look like and only this year the first large Read More
Udall to Help Break Ground at Los Alamos Energy Facility
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will speak at 4 p.m. today at a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) Biological Research Laboratory at 95 Entrada Dr. near the Los Alamos Cooperative Market.
Construction of the laboratory, and the ensuing research, is the product of a partnership from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos County and NMC.
The new lab will be utilized by Dr. Richard Sayre and his growing team of researchers.
Sayre is director of the Biofuels Project at NMC and chief scientist for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB).
Their research
Active Duty U.S. Military Offered Free Entrance to All National Parks Beginning Saturday
BANDELIER News:
The National Park Service has announced that on Saturday May 19, which is Armed Forces Day, it will begin issuing an annual pass offering free entrance to all 397
National Park Service areas for active duty military members and their dependents.
This military version of the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass also permits free entrance to sites managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Forest Service.
The pass is available at these locations as well.
“We all owe Read More
GOP Elects Delegates to Quadrennial Convention
The Los Alamos County GOP held its Quadrennial County Convention Thursday evening at the Los Alamos VFW.
The purpose of the County Quadrennial Convention was to elect delegates to the Republican Party of New Mexico Quadrennial Convention to be held June 9 in Albuquerque.
The State Convention will elect delegates to the National GOP Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Newly elected Delegates seated from left, Heather McClenaghan, Marie O’Neill, JoAnn Johnson and standing from left, Bob McClenaghan, Mike Weaver, Bill McKerley and Jordan Redmond. Courtesy/GOP Read More
Public invited to PEEC/Pajarito Astronomers Annular Eclipse Event Sunday at Overlook
PEEC News:
One projecting telescope, four viewing telescopes with solar filters and 100 eclipse-viewing glasses will be available at Sunday’s big Annular Eclipse Event at Overlook Park in White Rock.
The Pajarito Astronomers and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) are sponsoring the event and will assist people who choose to make simple pinhole viewers at the park. People who have their own telescopes with solar filters are welcome to bring them to view the eclipse.
Thanks to a generous donor, solar viewing glasses will be distributed to the first 100 people who would like Read More
Candidates State Their Positions at League Forum
U.S. Congressional District 3 candidates Jefferson Byrd, speaking, and Rick Newton are Republicans running against each other in the June 5 Primary Election. The candidates discussed their positions and fielded questions from the audience and the League of Women Voters of Los Alamos, the nonpartisan organization sponsoring tonight’s Forum. The winner of the June 5 Primary Election will face Democratic incumbent Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in the November General Election. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Monica Zamora and Victor Lopez are running for the New Mexico State Court Read More
League of Women Voters Forum Draws 11 Candidates, Full Audience, Plenty of Questions
President Barbara Calef of the League of Women Voters of Los Alamos opens tonight’s Candidates’ Forum underway in the Lecture Hall at UNM-Los Alamos. The Forum consists of only those candidates who are in contested races. In laying the ground rules, Calef asked the 11 candidates in attendance to refrain from personal attacks. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
State Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties chats with audience members as he awaits his opportunity to participate in tonight’s forum. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost/com Read More
Condition of 11-Week-Old Infant Remains Stable
June 7, 2012 – 9:56am
Defendant Tyrell Abney during a brief break in court proceedings at the Justice Center Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
During a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Magistrate Court, Judge Pat Casados found probable cause that Tyrell Abney of Los Alamos committed the crime of child abuse in the first degree last month against his infant son.
Abney, 18, faces a mandatory 18 years in prison if convicted.
It came out during the hearing that although originally reported to be 11 weeks old when the alleged abuse Read More
Canyon Rim Trail Footbridge Beckons Walkers
The footbridge on the Canyon Rim Trail beckons walkers in Los Alamos. The wildflowers are abundant with Indian Paintbrush on the eastern end, Banana Yucca in the center, and a great clump of Purple Vetch at the western end. A great way to spend a morning… Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com Read More
Recap of CIP Projects Funded Wednesday
Following two nights of Special County Council meetings, Tuesday and Wednesday, and the approval by Council of eight Capital Improvement Projects, Deputy County Administrator Steve Lynne this morning released the County’s Final CIP Schedule. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Initial County Capital Improvement Project fund balance available:
- FY2013 $22,500,000
- FY2014 $856,429
- FY2015 $937,029
- FY2016 $1,726,629
Projected funding additions:
- FY2014 $5,000,000
- FY2015 $4,773,000
- FY2016 $3,300,000
Estimated avaialble funding subtotals:
- $22,500,000
- $5,856,429
- $5,710,029
United Skates Celebrates 50 Years
The First United Methodist Church, 715 Diamond Drive (adjacent to Sullivan Field) has hosted the Friday night skate program called “United Skates” for 50 years. May 11th was the true golden anniversary of the skate program.
Photo by Don Casperson.
The Early Session – 3rd graders and younger with parents. Photo by Don Casperson.
Doing the limbo on skates! Photo by Don Casperson.
Kiwanis Club 4th of July Celebration Line Up
The Los Alamos Kiwanis Club and Los Alamos County have announced the tentative schedule for the annual Fourth of July festivities at Overlook Park. Expect fireworks, food, kid’s activities, skydivers and a much more.
Courtesy photo
Everything kicks off at 2 p.m., Wednesday July 4 at the park. New this year is your chance to win the Best Seat in the House! Tickets will go on sale mid-June at local businesses around Los Alamos and will also be available the night of the fireworks. For $10, a person’s name will be entered into a drawing in which the winner gets to push the button that starts Read More
