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Santa Fe National Forest Summer Internships Available

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) is excited to offer summer internships to students pursuing administrative, physical and social sciences, biology and natural resources, engineering and architecture careers.

These positions will be available across the forest and applications will only be accepted through USAJobs.gov until Jan. 27.

Create a profile and review the job announcement carefully for required information to include in the application. Employment start dates vary.

Join the Forest Service and unlock opportunities for professional growth and career Read More

Daily Postcard: Birds Visit Pond On Barranca Mesa

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Daily Postcard: A small Junco waits its turn as a Robin sips water from the pond of a residence recently on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Townsend’s Solitaire visits a local pond recently on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Townsend’s Solitaire sips water from a pond recently on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More

Los Alamos Rotary Club Praised For Ukraine Fundraiser

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Glow sticks in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine, form the shape of a heart during a fundraiser held in April 2022 in White Rock to support Rotary international’s relief efforts in the war-torn country. Hundreds in the community participated. Courtesy/Rotary 

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

In April of last year, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, under the guidance of President Oliver Morris, sponsored Peace Glow, a fundraiser for Rotary International’s Disaster Relief/Response Fund for Ukraine.    

As 2022 came to an end, Linda Woodward, the Foundation Chair for Read More

Met Opera Live In HD: Sonya Yoncheva And Piotr Beczała Star In New Production Of Giordano’s ‘Fedora’ Jan. 14

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Piotr Beczała as Loris Ipanoff in Giordano’s Fedora. Photo by Ken Howard/The Met

Metropolitan Opera News:

New York, NY—Following its Met premiere on New Year’s Eve, David McVicar’s critically acclaimed new production of Giordano’s Fedora, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Piotr Beczała, transmits live to cinemas worldwide at 12:55 p.m. ET, Saturday, Jan. 14, as part of The Met: Live in HD series. 

This performance marks the award-winning initiative’s 150th live transmission. Packed with memorable melodies, showstopping arias, and explosive confrontations, Giordano’s Read More

Registration Now Open For 2023 Los Alamos Mountaineers Climbing School

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The Mountaineers climbing schools date to the late 1950s. Shown here is a climber on the Portrillo Cliffs in the early 2010s. Courtesy/Mountaineers 

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

The Los Alamos Mountaineers are thrilled to bring back a full, month-long climbing school, for the first time since 2017. For decades, the school was a significant event for the community and the club, and brought one generation after another to the sport of rock climbing.

The school will be put on in conjunction with Mountain Skills Rock Climbing Adventures of Taos. Details can be found on the climbing Read More

Bandelier Offers Cross-Country & Snowshoe Opportunities

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With recent snowfall in the higher elevations of Bandelier National Monument, opportunities to cross-country ski or snowshoe may be found in the Upper Frijoles area of the monument located off N.M. 4, near Dome Road. There are four trails: the Cerro Grande, Alamo Boundary (hard to access in winter as Forest Service Road 289 is closed), and the two Upper Frijoles loop trails known as the Ski Trails (one is 2.4 miles round-trip while the other is 5 miles round-trip). Ski routes are open during daylight hours only. Pets are not permitted. Please pack out all trash. Snowshoe users and hearty hikers Read More

This Week In Sports: Jan. 10-14, 2023

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This Week in Sports:

Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of Gene Mortensen (Voice of the Hilltoppers), Mike Cote, John McHale and Nate Limback.

The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Sports Schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 10 through Sunday, Jan. 14:

Jan. 10 Tuesday

  • Girls Basketball vs Robertson Away – 7 p.m.
  • Boys Basketball vs ABQ Academy Home – 7 p.m. – Broadcast on Daily Post YouTube channel

Jan. 12 Thursday

  • Girls Basketball vs Penasco Away – 6 p.m.

Jan. 13 Friday

  • Boys Basketball vs Aztec Home – 6 p.m. – Broadcast on Daily Post YouTube channel
  • Boys
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