Community
Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program Given $9,000 Grant
Daily Postcard: Screech Owl Spotted At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: A Western Screech Owl spotted at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Sally King/NPS Read More
Scenes From Second Summer Concert Of Season
DK and the Affordables perform at the second Los Alamos County Summer Concert of the 2018 season Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A group of dancers at the concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
The dance floor gets lively during the concert. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
The community turns out for the summer concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
More Scenes From 2018 Master Garden Tour
Paul and Nancy Arendt and friends Saturday visiting one of the five homes in White Rock on the 2018 Master Garden Tour that also included the grounds of the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. Photo by Felicia Orth
A garden path to a great view. Photo by Felicia Orth
Larry Deaven giving penstemon tour at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Felicia Orth
Scene from the 2018 Master Garden Tour Saturday. Photo by Felicia Orth
Scene from the 2018 Master Garden Tour Saturday. Photo by Felicia Orth
View of one part of the PEEC penstemon gardens. Photo by Felicia Orth
Blue buckle penstemon. Read More
County Celebrates National Trails Day
In recognition of National Trails Day, Los Alamos County Recreation Leader Eric Hill hosts a booth Saturday afternoon at the Canyon Rim Trailhead. The Los Alamos County Fire Department issued Stage III Fire Restrictions Friday, which prohibits access to unpaved trail systems within the County; however, Hill pointed out that paved trails are still available for use. Local paved trails include the Canyon Rim Trail, La Mesa Trail near East Park and the paved area at Overlook Park in White Rock. Hill provided bottled water, otter pops, buttons and other items to trail users. He said this is the first Read More
Kiwanis Awards Certificates To 10 Scholarship Winners
Don Casperson, right, presents the 2018 Kiwanis Scholarship winners during the Los Alamos High School Honors Convocation. The winners (each one called up by name) were: Rachel Frankle, Ben Rees, Priyanka Velappan, Katelyn Green, Radhika Iyer, Ruby Selvage, Sara Shiina, Emma Tompkins, Miriam Wallstrom, Sydne Ashford and Amber Cline. Tompkins didn’t attend the presentation ceremony, but all of the others were present. Photo by Rita Sanchez
Don Casperson, the Kiwanis representative at the 2018 Los Alamos High School Honors Convocation Read More
Los Alamos Middle School Students Collect Data At East Jemez River For Watershed Watch Project
Private Caleb Booton Of Los Alamos Graduates U.S. Army Airborne School At Fort Benning
U.S Army Private Caleb Booton has graduated from Airborne Training at Fort Benning, Ga., and is moving on to Ranger training, also at Fort Benning. Booton is the son of Chris and Jessica Booton of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo Read More
Summer Family Evenings Kick-Off With Bats June 6
Talk on bats Wednesday at nature center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The first in this year’s Pajarito Environmental Education Center Summer Family Evenings series features bat expert Justin Stevenson presenting a talk about North American bats at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
This Summer Family Evenings event will give people of all ages the opportunity to celebrate North American bats and learn about their life history, behavior and biology. Stevenson is the co-founder of R.D. Wildlife Management and Fightwns, a 501(c)(3) advocacy Read More