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Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, School Board Member Bill Hargraves On Voice Of Los Alamos Friday

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Los Alamos School Board member Bill Hargraves, left, with Police Chief Dino Sgambellone discuss guns, school safety issues and preparedness efforts on local campuses during Wednesday’s taping of the Voice of Los Alamos radio show, which broadcasts noon to 1 p.m. Friday on 101.5 FM. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos County Council To Consider Adopting Water Rate Increase … Seeks Public Comment

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COUNTY News:

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) are recommending that the County Council adopt a draft ordinance to increase retail and wholesale water rates by 10 percent.

The public is invited to provide comments on this proposed water rate increase until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. To provide comment online, click here. Members of the public also are welcome to provide public comment in person at the Sept. 27 hearing. All public comments provided online will be shared with the Read More

Los Alamos County Council To Consider Adopting Natural Gas Rate Decrease … Seeks Public Comment

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COUNTY News:

  • Fourteen days left before deadline for comments

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) are recommending that the Los Alamos County Council adopt the draft ordinance to decrease natural gas rates, as well as remove language related to the “sunset clause” associated with a pass-through rate.

The public is invited to provide comments until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. To comment online, click here. Members of the public also are welcome to provide public

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September Is Suicide Prevention Month

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By Dr. KURT STEINHAUS
LAPS Superintendent 

School counselors in Los Alamos have adopted a comprehensive program that promotes student well-being and achievement. It is called the ASCA (American School Counselors Association) model.

ASCA is preventive in design and developmental in nature. It brings school counselors together with one vision and one voice, which creates unity and focus toward student well-being and improving achievement.

One of the ASCA components is suicide prevention and a national campaign has been launched for the month of September. At LAPS, we are Read More

Hit And Run Incident At Los Alamos Shrine Club

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Someone crashed their vehicle into the Los Alamos Shrine Club building at 1407 Trinity Dr., and left the scene. Members discovered the damage this morning and notified police. Anyone with information about this crash is asked to call the non-emergency police dispatch line at 505.662.8222. Photo by Joe Nasise

The impact from the hit and run vehicle also damaged the interior of the Shrine Club building at 1407 Trinity Dr. Photo by Joe Nasise  Read More

Museum Hill Hosts Free-For-All Community Day Celebration Sept. 25

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MUSEUM HILL News:

  • Numerous Activities Planned for the Whole Family on September 25, 2016

SANTA FE – The Museum Hill Partners of Santa Fe announce their third annual Museum Hill Community Day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept 25, Admission to the Museum Hill Museums and related activities are free all day.

Comprising the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Art and Culture, and the National Park Service, the Museum Hill Partners work together to draw tourists and residents Read More

Local Business Owners Mentor High School Student Entrepreneurs Through Launch Los Alamos Classes

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Local business experts Patrick Brenner, April Dukes and Mandy Marksteiner are three of five teachers at the new, free Launch Los Alamos classes for teen entrepreneurs. Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

This fall, all high school students with business ideas are invited to learn how to turn those ideas into a real business.

Launch Los Alamos is an eight-week crash course in entrepreneurship and business building for teens, sponsored by the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation. During the program students will get resources to help them put their plans into motion, Read More

Young Life Los Alamos ‘Par 3 Homecoming Hackfest’ Sept. 16

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Young Life’s annual golf tournament is Friday, Sept. 16 at Los Alamos Golf Course. Courtesy photo

YOUNG LIFE News:

Young Life is sponsoring its annual golf tournament, Friday, Sept. 16 at Los Alamos Golf Course – only this year it will be a rowdy Par 3. 

Young Life golf tournament players. Courtesy photo

The course will be unlike any played before in Los Alamos, so participants should get ready to be challenged as well as laugh.

The format is a four-player scramble. The cost is $45 for members for $75 for non-members and price Read More

Daily Postcard: Fawn Feasts On Windfall Apples

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Daily Postcard: This fawn returns from a two week trip to parts unknown to feast once again on windfall apples in the yard of a residence in Los Alamos. The delicate fawn is again accompanied by its mother – the homeowners say they are glad to have the pair eat the windfall apples so they don’t go to waste as there is still plenty in the tree for the family. Photo by Ken Hanson
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