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Los Alamos High And Middle Schools On 2-Hour Delay

LAPS News:

Today, Wednesday Jan. 26, the Los Alamos Public Schools will be on a 2-hour delay at Los Alamos Middle School and Los Alamos High School.

Classes will start 2 hours late and buses will arrive at stops 2 hours late.

Because it is Wednesday, all elementary schools will be closed. There will be no preschool classes.

YMCA childcare will open at noon at all sites.

LAOLA classes will operate on a normal schedule.

Please watch for ice and snow on roads and walkways. Be safe. Read More

Scenes Of Snow Falling Over Los Alamos Area This Evening

View at about 10 p.m. today of snow falling on Central Avenue and 15th Street. Courtesy/LAC MyDrive

View at about 10 p.m. today of snow falling around Diamond Drive and Trinity. Courtesy/LAC MyDrive

View at about 10 p.m. today of snow falling around Rover Boulevard and N.M. 4 in White Rock. Courtesy/LAC MyDrive Read More

SFNF Thanks Collaborators For Pacheco Canyon Success

SFNF News:

SANTA FE — The recent prescribed pile burn in Pacheco Canyon on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) 7 miles northeast of Santa Fe was a great example of shared stewardship across ownership boundaries to reduce wildfire risk and protect communities and other assets in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), SFNF Supervisor Debbie Cress said today.

Crews completed a total of 443 acres of piles of slash and woody debris on Forest Service lands and another 111 acres on the Pueblo of Tesuque’s Vigil Grant. The two prescribed pile burns were implemented by the SFNF, Pueblo of Tesuque, Pueblo Read More

EMNRD Announces Changes In Hours, Access, Activities At Eagle Nest Lake And Heron Lake State Parks

Conditions at Heron Lake State Park make ice fishing accessible. Courtesy/EMNRD

EMNRD News:

SANTA FE — The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s (EMNRD) State Parks Division announces that Eagle Nest Lake State Park has reopened to walk-in ice fishing and has resumed normal day-use hours, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week.

The campground at Eagle Nest Lake State Park remains closed as part of seasonal closures.

Beginning Jan. 21, Heron Lake State Park also opened to walk-in ice fishing.

State Parks manages access to areas of parks in the interest of public safety and resource Read More

Daily Postcard: Homer And Edna Share Leafy Salad

Daily Postcard: Beloved community geese Homer, top, and his feathery companion Edna share a salad beneath the afternoon sunshine Saturday at Ashley Pond. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

New Mexico House Energy, Environment And Natural Resources Committee Passes Renewable Energy Bills

STATE News:

SANTA FE – Several important environmental bills passed the House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee today, paving the way for increased generation and storage of renewable energy and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

The three bills advanced by the committee would make renewable energy more accessible to working New Mexicans and businesses.

The Energy Storage System Tax Credit HB 11, sponsored by Representatives Debra Sariñana (D-Albuquerque,) Meredith A. Dixon (D-Albuquerque) and Sen. Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque), would help New Mexicans improve Read More

New Mexico Science/Tech Companies Receive SBIR Grants

Alexander Ukhanov PhD of Actoprobe LLC of Albuquerque. Courtesy/EDD

Emerging Technology Ventures, Inc. of Alamogordo. Courtesy/EDD

EDD News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Economic Development Department Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced that five New Mexico companies will receive New Mexico Small Business Innovation Research (NMSBIR) Matching Grants to help their businesses grow.

The NMSBIR Grant Program provides recipients additional resources to commercialize the technology developed using Federal SBIR funding. The NM SBIR Matching Grants are designed to support local science and Read More

Reps. Stansbury And Kim Lead Bill To Improve Wildfire Communications & Info Sharing Among First Responders

U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:

WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and Young Kim (Calif.-39), who both serve on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, introduced the bipartisan National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act (H.R. 6410) to boost communications and information sharing efforts between first responders, fire management response officials and community members during wildfires.

As prolonged drought conditions worsen Read More

Congressional Delegation Announces Over $60 Million Allocation For Water Infrastructure In New Mexico

New Mexico Delegation News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allocating over $60 million to New Mexico projects from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to increase climate resilience and make long overdue water infrastructure improvements, as well as additional funds to help New Mexico and Tribes recover and become more resilient to natural disasters.

The funding is part of the Biden administration’s Read More

Daily Postcard: Mule Deer Buck Lounges In Snow

Daily Postcard: A mule deer buck lounges in the snow Thursday morning in an arroyo near the backyard of a residence in Los Alamos. The mule deer is indigenous to western North America and named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule. Source: wikipedia. Photo by Verena Welser

A mule deer buck nibbles on plants in snow Thursday morning in an arroyo near the backyard of a residence in Los Alamos. Photo by Verena Welser Read More

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