Bandelier Opens At Noon Due Sloppy Driving Conditions
Due to sloppy winter driving conditions, Bandelier will open at 12 noon today. Additional updates will be posted to Bandelier’s website and social media accounts.
Bandelier National Monument protects, preserves, and interprets an outstanding portion of the Pajarito Plateau, including one of the largest concentrations of Ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in the American Southwest. The park provides opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy a diversity of cultural and natural resources, striking scenery, wildlife habitats, remnants of a volcanic landscape, Read More
Daily Postcard: Plenty Of Snow Falling Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: Plenty of snow falling this morning over White Rock. The National Weather Service forecasts snow showers to continue until 3 p.m., then scattered rain and snow showers with a total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Today’s high should reach around 39. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
EDD Awards LEDA Assistance To Sánchez Farms
Sánchez Farms owner Javier Sánchez,with his family, has been awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm-and-ranch and hardware supply retail businesses in Estancia. Courtesy/Javier Sánchez
Sons of Javier Sánchez at the family’s farm-and-ranch and hardware supply retail business in Estancia. Courtesy/Javier Sánchez
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The owner of a family farm in Torrance County has been awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm-and-ranch and hardware supply retail businesses in Estancia with future expansion planned for Mountainair, Read More
New Strategic Vision: 2024-2034 ‘Charts Steady Beat Of Progress’ Across Environmental Management Complex
EM News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.
Built on successes achieved in recent years, the document is an update of previous editions and was developed through outreach and with feedback from regulators, tribal nations, EM advisory boards, local communities and other partners.
“The fifth iteration of the Strategic Vision charts a steady beat of progress for 2024 to 2034 at every EM site,” Read More
Winter Storm Warning Until Midnight Monday For Jemez
Rio Arriba County Emergency Services Weather Alert:
A winter storm warning alert has been issued through midnight Monday, March 18.
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- What: Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations 2 to 5 inches, and 6 and 13 inches above 8,000 feet.
- Where: Jemez Mountains and Tusas Mountains Including Chama.
- When: 6 a.m. today to midnight Monday Night.
- Impacts: Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Some roads may be closed. Significant travel delays are possible.
- Affected Areas: Jemez Mountains and Tusas Mountains including Chama.
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Instructions:
Anyone who must travel is advised to keep an Read More
PEEC Seeks New Board Members
Board members Ed Santiago, Jennifer Macke, Linda Zwick and Janet Griego. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
PEEC will be accepting applications for board members to start in October of 2024. Board members come from various backgrounds and share skills in law, human resources, policies, fundraising, finance, and strategic planning and use their talents to grow the organization of PEEC.
Board member terms are for two years and can be renewed three times for a total of six years. PEEC board members are active in the organization, approving a yearly budget, reviewing strategic plans and goals, and adopting Read More
Daily Postcard: Signs Of Spring Hidden Under Snow
Daily Postcard: Little green buds of a tree are spotted beneath snow from Friday’s storm. Spring has started, but winter isn’t ready to let go. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Scenes Of Snowy Fun Underway At Urban Park
A family is having a blast in the snow today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
More fun in the snow today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
The family dog is getting in on the fun today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
New Mexico State Parks Considers Public Feedback, Postpones Fee Hearing
State Parks Division Director Toby Velasquez
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico State Parks, a division of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) announced Thursday, the postponement of the public hearing on its fees scheduled for April 1, 2024.
This decision allows additional time to review and consider more than 800 public comments and feedback received regarding fee increases. The new date for the public hearing will be announced in the near future.
“We traveled statewide to engage with our valued customers and understand their viewpoints,” State Parks Read More
Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-Use Trail Project Construction Activities For Week Of March 18
Scene from Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project. Courtesy/LAC
Scene from Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Hasse Contracting Company Inc., under contract with Los Alamos County Public Works to construct the Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project, will have construction activities at the following locations downtown and along and off Canyon Road during the week of March 18.
Weather permitting, areas impacted include (see included maps below):
- Work Zone Area 1: Within the Fuller Lodge grounds adjacent to Central
LANL Suspends On-site Activities Today Due To Heavy Snow
Due to heavy snow in Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has suspended on-site activities today, March 15. Read More
Non-Essential County Facilities Closed Due To Storm
Due to inclement weather, County Manager Anne Laurent has ordered the closure of all non-essential County government facilities and services today, March 15. This includes the Aquatic Center, libraries, Golf Pro Shop, Eco Transfer Station and Fuller Lodge.
While the Nature Center, Fuller Lodge Art Center and visitor centers are closed, the Los Alamos History Museum is open.
County staff recommends that individuals call any facility not listed to determine if they will be open or closed today.
Atomic City Transit fixed routes will make their last trips departing the Transit Read More
N.M. 4 Water Transmission Line Repair Postponed
Map of work area. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The emergency repair on a water transmission line along N.M. 4 that was supposed to start today has been rescheduled for Friday, March 22 through Sunday, March 24, due to winter weather conditions.
The broken water line is on the east side of N.M. 4 about halfway between East Jemez Road and the turnoff to N.M. 502.
Officials at the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) would like to remind drivers that when the work begins next Friday, they should expect to see N.M. 4 traffic reduced to one lane in each direction as they approach the work zone. Northbound Read More
Kiwanis Club Cancels Saturday’s Aluminum Collection
Due to inclement weather, the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is canceling the Aluminum Collection event scheduled for Saturday, March 16.
The next collection will be held Saturday, May 18 the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church on Diamond Drive (near Sullivan Field).
Pajarito Receives 14″ Of Snow With More Coming!
UNM-Los Alamos Campus Is Closed Due To Weather
Due to inclement weather conditions, the UNM-Los Alamos campus will be closed today, March 15. Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Seeks Input On Encino Vista Landscape Restoration Project
Encino Vista. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will begin accepting comments today, March 15, 2024, for the Encino Vista Landscape Restoration Project (EVLRP) preliminary environmental assessment.
The Encino Vista Landscape Restoration Project is an approximately 130,305-acre project on the Coyote and Cuba Ranger Districts. The proposed EVLRP was developed after the South Fork Wildfire (2010) and the Diego Wildfire (2014) created severe long-term resource damage to watersheds, wildlife habitat, and forested landscapes within the project Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools Closed Today And All Activities And Athletics Canceled Due To Inclement Weather
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) will be closed today, March 15.
All activities and athletics are canceled. All evening rentals are canceled.
Enjoy the snow! Read More
Request For Extension On 2022 Notice Of Violation Response And Penalty Calculation Worksheet Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Request for Extension on the 2022 Notice of Violation Response and Penalty Calculation Worksheet (Link)
- New Mexico Environment Department Approval Request for
UNM-LA On 2-Hour Delay Due To Weather Conditions
Due to inclement weather conditions, the UNM-Los Alamos campus will open at 10 a.m. today, March 15. Read More