Daily Postcard: A red garden tulip blooming recently outside the Los Ojos Restaurant in Jemez Springs. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
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Posts From The Road: Tucumcari Tonight
Blue Swallow: The Blue Swallow Motel has been a popular Route 66 motel for decades and is the most well-known of the Tucumcari motels. Travelers continue to book the facility months in advance due to its popularity along Route 66. This photo shows the motel with its classic Hudson auto parked in the entrance at twilight as the neon lights begin to light the motel. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
La Cita: La Cita Restaurant is a popular Mexican Restaurant on Historic Route 66 in Tucumcari. The bright yellow exterior with murals painted on many walls and the tall sombrero over the entrance make Read More
Scenes From PEEC’s 2024 Earth Day Festival
A scene from PEEC’s 2024 Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A crowd checks out the booths and activities offered during the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities Conservation Specialist Abbey Hayward supervises Annamarie Allen as she puts soil in a cup to plant grass seeds during PEEC’s Earth Day celebration Saturday. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Sen. Martin Heinrich Celebrates 2024 National Park Week
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich celebrates National Park Week in video statement, April 19, 2024. Courtesy photo
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a video statement celebrating National Park Week, days after the Senate unanimously passed a resolution he cosponsored marking the week of April 20 through April 28 as National Park Week 2024.
The resolution, supported on a bipartisan basis with 64 Senate cosponsors, seeks to boost awareness of the value and availability Read More
Daily Postcard: Spring Blooms At Los Alamos Post Office
Daily Postcard: Springtime blooms Saturday at Los Alamos Post Office. Photo by Kathryn Willcutt
Springtime at the Post Office Saturday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kathryn Willcutt Read More
Leger Fernández Applauds New BLM Rule To Guide Management Of Public Lands
STATE News:
The Department of the Interior April 18 announced a final rule to help guide the balanced management of America’s public lands.
The final Public Lands Rule provides tools for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to help improve the health and resilience of public lands in the face of a changing climate; conserve important wildlife habitat and intact landscapes; facilitate responsible development; and better recognize unique cultural and natural resources on public lands.
In a hearing last year, Congresswoman Leger Fernández urged the Bureau of Land Management’s Deputy Director Read More
New Mexico Environment Department Cites City Of Roswell For Death Of Worker In Trench And Issues $637,311 Fine
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department issued willful and serious citations with penalties of $637,311 to the City of Roswell following a six-month investigation by its Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB) into the fatal injury of a city utility worker.
In the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2023, four members of an on-call crew for the City were dispatched to repair a leaking water main. One of the crew members was working within a trench to repair the leaking pipe when the earth walls caved in, trapping the worker. The other crew members and emergency personnel were Read More
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Closest Approach To Sun April 21
12P/Pons–Brooks is a periodiccomet with an orbital period of 71 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with an orbital period between 20 and 200 years, and is also one of the brightest known periodic comets, reaching an absolute visual magnitude ~5 in its approach to perihelion. Courtesy/wikipedia
Space News:
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to the sun on April 21. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a Halley-type periodic comet that was first discovered by Jean-Louis Pons on July 12, 1812, and then independently rediscovered by William Robert Brooks in Read More
Los Alamos County Environmental Services Closed Wednesday April 24 For Employee Training
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Environmental Services will be closed Wednesday, April 24 for employee development, safety training and certification compliance.
This includes operations at the Eco Station and the Overlook Convenience Center. Residential service will not be impacted; however, commercial trash and recycling collection service will also be suspended Wednesday, April 24.
Environmental Services will hold one quarterly training and certification day to ensure all employees remain compliant.
The quarterly closure minimizes the public’s impact by ensuring services Read More
Kids Invited To Become Valles Caldera Junior Rangers
Courtesy/NPS
NPS News:
The National Park Service (NPS) has announced a new Junior Ranger experiential program at Valles Caldera National Preserve.
The program begins by conferring the honor of Junior Ranger onto each participant and then invites them to explore the park and learn more about the rich geologic, cultural and natural stories found there.
Anyone interested in becoming a Junior Ranger can stop by either of the park’s visitor facilities to obtain a badge and training manual.
“The Junior Ranger program is very popular across national parks and has been adopted by many other state Read More
