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Hilltoppers Have Solid Showing Against Academy

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The Toppers charge onto the court Tuesday night in Griffith Gymnasium. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Toppers Head Coach Benito Maestas strategizes with his team before the game. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By MIKE COTE
Sports
Los Alamos Daily Post

Although on the scoreboard Tuesday night’s game seemed one-sided, the scoreboard didn’t tell the whole story.

Los Alamos’ boys basketball team took on the Albuquerque Academy Chargers at Griffith Gymnasium. The Chargers, one of the top teams in Class 4A, brought with them a cadre of weapons they used to great effect, jumping Read More

Lunch With A Leader: Council Chair Denise Derkacs Jan. 19

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Los Alamos County Council Chair Denise Derkacs

LWVLA News:

The next “Lunch with a Leader”, an event for the entire community hosted by the League of Women Voters of Los Alamos (LWVLA), is noon Thursday, Jan. 19, via zoom.

The leader is Los Alamos County Council Chair Denise Derkacs. She was elected to Council two years ago and has served as vice chair this past year. Prior to her election, she served for more than two years as a volunteer on the Community Development Advisory Board.

Derkacs retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory after 20 years of employment. She worked as a chief of staff to senior Read More

The Family YMCA Kicks Off Annual Campaign With First Chairman’s Round Table Donor El Parasol

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El Parasol Owner Ralph Atencio, right, presents a check last week to Y CEO Chris Daniels. Courtesy/YMCA

YMCA News:

The Family YMCA has kicked off its Annual Campaign with the first Chairman’s Round Table donor, El Parasol. El Parasol is a Chairman’s Round Table donor for the third year in a row.

“We really appreciate the programs the YMCA provides in our communities and we are glad that we are in a position to provide this support,” El Parasol Owner Ralph Atencio said at the check presentation last week with Y CEO Chris Daniels.

“We are so grateful for the generosity of our community partners that allow Read More

2022 CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot Raises $10K

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By Lynn Wysocki-Smith and Cynthia Biddlecomb
Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot

The 2022 Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot, held Nov. 20, raised $10,344.50 to help fight hunger in the U.S. and around the world.

Of the total raised, online donations came to $8,123.50, off-line and in-person donations totaled $1,881.00. First United Methodist Church donated $90 and Atomic City Runners sponsored the event with a $250 contribution.

Eighty-two people participated in person by walking or running the course on North Mesa. The weather held, and participants had a pleasant Read More

Enriquez: Behind The Scenes With Los Alamos Light Opera

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Cast of ‘Matilda the Musical’ rehearsing for the big show. Courtesy/Elisa Enriquez

By ELISA ENRIQUEZ
LALO

What is the Los Alamos Light Opera? 

Imagine post World War 2 Los Alamos, a “town” where many residents had grown up in cities where opera, concerts, plays and music lessons were taken for granted.

Theater lovers got together, and by the end of 1943, Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) and Los Alamos Light Opera (LALO) were born.

LALO produced its first show, “HMS Pinafore” in 1948. While the focus was originally on Gilbert and Sullivan, the organization began producing musicals within the first Read More

LAPD Investigates Crash At Grand Canyon & Pajarito Road

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LAPD is investigating this crash that occurred this morning at the intersection of Grand Canyon and Pajarito Road on N.M. 4 in White Rock. LAFD transported one person from the scene with minor injuries to LAMC. Courtesy/LAPD

LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred this morning at the intersection of Grand Canyon and Pajarito Road on N.M. 4 in White Rock. 

The Los Alamos Fire Department transported one person with minor injuries to Los Alamos Medical Center.

LAPD advises motorists to exercise caution when traveling near this crash Read More

Skolnik: Governmental Silence Is NOT Good Emergency Preparedness And Response

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock

One month ago, Los Alamos faced a major outage of telephone and internet services. That outage raised a number of issues related to the health and well-being of the community, including:

          • How could community members reach 911 in an emergency?
          • Where was information about the outage being broadcast?
          • Were there sites within the county at which we could use the internet or make telephone calls, despite the outage?

I was exceptionally disappointed that the County was silent on these matters during the outage, since the provision of such information to the community should Read More

Blue Bus 255 Mountain Trail Route Begins Winter Service

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RTD Blue Bus. Courtesy/RTD

RTD News:

The RTD Blue Bus 255 Mountain Trail Route will begin operating on a modified Winter Service schedule Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Due to a shortage of bus transit operators, the service has been operating on its non-winter schedule and will do so through Monday, Jan. 16.

The modified winter schedule will provide three roundtrips, seven days a week. Times will be adjusted to begin earlier and end later and provide a midday option.  

The Blue Bus Mountain Trail provides service through downtown Santa Fe up Hyde Park Road to trailheads in the Santa Fe National Forest and Hyde Read More