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Loma Linda Road Improvements Project Restarts April 8

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Public Works Division is under contract with Albuquerque Asphalt, Inc. to resume work on the Loma Linda Roadway Improvements project on La Mirada Circle, La Tierra Road and Loma Linda Drive in the Loma Linda neighborhood.

The contractor will return from the winter suspension to complete the project, which is scheduled for June 2024.

Work will include removal of existing roadway material and the replacement of a new asphalt surface. This work will start Monday April 8, on Loma Linda Drive then proceed to La Tierra Road and La Mirada Circle.

Additional concrete work Read More

LAHS Sophomore Celeste El-Darazi Selected To Perform As Guest Harpist For Farmington High School Orchestra

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LAHS sophomore Celeste El-Darazi during a concert in early March with the Farmington High School orchestra. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Celeste El-Darazi, a sophomore at Los Alamos High School (LAHS) and a harpist with the LAHS Symphonic Strings, was recently selected to play with the Farmington High School orchestra during a concert in early March.

Monica Leaming, director of the Farmington High School orchestra, noticed El-Darazi during her involvement with the Northern New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA) All-State Symphony Orchestra rehearsals.

“She played so professionally Read More

Los Alamos NJROTC Tours Air Force Academy And Presents A Color At NHL Game

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NJROTC Cadets present the colors for the Colorado Avalanche. Courtesy/NJROTC

NJROTC Cadets touring the Wings of Blue facilities. Courtesy/NJROTC

By Chief Petty Officer Aron Ayers
LAHS NJROTC Senior Naval Science Instructor

Over Spring Break, cadets from Los Alamos NJROTC traveled to Colorado to put eyes and hands on what they have been learning about in the classroom throughout the year.

While there, they had the opportunity to tour the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Cadets toured the Academy’s 98th Flying Training Squadron, otherwise known as the Wings of Blue Parachute Team. Read More

Posts From Abroad: Cruise On The Seine In Paris

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Rick and Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos and the Española Valley on a private cruise along the Seine on the Don Juan II Friday, March 29 in Paris, France. Liddie is Regional President of Enterprise Bank & Trust in Los Alamos and also serves on the Board of the Santa Fe Opera. She and her husband joined other board members on a recent visit to Paris. Photo by Liddie Martinez

One of a 7-course dinner prepared by Michelin-starred chef Frédéric Anton during a private cruise along the Seine Friday in Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez 

Wines served with dinner during a cruise along the Seine Friday Read More

New Mexico State Police Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across State In April 2024

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NMSP News:

State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during April 2024. 

We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. 

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right decision not to drive Read More

Posts From Abroad: Touring Paris, France

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View of the Eiffel Tower on Thursday, March 21 as Rick and Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos and the Española Valley spend a couple of weeks touring Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Rick and Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos and the Española Valley spend a couple of weeks touring Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Rick and Liddie Martinez arrive at St. James hotel March 21 in Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Rick and Liddie Martinez enjoyed a light dinner of Butternut Cream Soup and some perfectly mixed martinis at the Historic Library Bar at St. James hotel March 21 in Paris, France. Photo Read More

Emergency Road Closure Underway On 37th Street

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Map showing section of 37th Street closed to through traffic this morning for an emergency repair to a leaking water line. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Water crews from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) closed a section of 37th Street to through traffic this morning for an emergency repair to a leaking water line.

The closure affects the stretch between Villa Street and Urban Street. (For clarity, 37th Street becomes 35th Street just before Urban Street.)

Drivers in the area should expect the closure to last until 4 p.m. today. Read More

Post From The Road: San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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Giraffes: Four giraffes gaze in different directions as they check out their surroundings at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park near Escondido, Calif. There were four other giraffes in the herd nearby. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Rhinos: Three rhinos spend a part of their afternoon next to a muddy pond at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The animals are living in a free range enclosure at the park. This enclosure is the largest enclosure in the park. (one rhino is on the ground behind the rhino on the left). Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos Read More

Los Alamos Mountaineers To Present Talk By Phil Robinson On Summiting New Mexico’s Highest 186 Peaks March 26

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Phil Robinson atop rugged 13,108-foot Truchas Peak, the second-highest summit in New Mexico. Courtesy/LAM

By Bill Priedhorsky
Los Alamos Mountaineers

Phil Robinson will speak about New Mexico’s highest peaks at the March 26 meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers. The meeting will be in person with a hybrid adjunct.

While hundreds have summited all of the Colorado’s more than 50 “14ers”, which rise above 14,000 feet,  Robinson, a retired Albuquerque Public Schools science teacher is the only person who has hiked New Mexico’s highest 186 peaks (with the exception of a pair of peaks in the Taos Read More

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