Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin)

Large Crane Clears Main Hill Road

A large crane is gets delivered up the Main Hill Road Monday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

A large crane made its way up the Main Hill Road this evening escorted by two Los Alamos police vehicles.

As it turns out the crane was not as massive as initially thought. It occupied just one lane so police kept the Main Hill Road open as the crane traveled to the CenturyLink building on Trinity Drive.

A large crane makes its way up the Main Hill Road Monday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Police escort the crane. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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LAPS To Launch 1:1 Initiative In 2017-2018

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LAPS News:

Starting with the 2017 – 2018 school year, the Los Alamos Public Schools will issue a 14-inch Chromebook to every student in grades 7-12.

Project Lead Salvador Zapien for the 1:1 Initiative said that a teacher survey found that studnt access to appropriate technology is an important part of today’s learning environment.

Funding for the devices came from home owners and businesses in Los Alamos through House Bill 33, a state referendum designed to furnish schools with equipment. The referendum was passed by Los Alamos County voters in January of 2016. We extend

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Another Rough Weekend On The Jemez Ranger District

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – Sometimes called the Albuquerque metropolitan area’s “backyard” because of its proximity to the state’s largest city, the Jemez Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) hosts thousands of visitors on any given weekend between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.

Unfortunately, a small minority of those visitors can cause huge problems for the forest. Once again, fire prevention patrols on the Jemez District found 13 abandoned or unattended campfires this past weekend.

“We’ve been lucky so far, but we are now officially in our fire season,” Jemez District

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Las Vegas Man Sentenced For Interfering With Flight Crew

FBI News:

LUBBOCK, Texas — Jerry Ba Nguyen, 25, of Las Vegas, was sentenced today before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 36 months in federal custody for interfering with flight crew members and attendants, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

Nguyen pleaded guilty in February 2017 to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants. Nguyen has been in custody since his arrest in September 2016.

According to plea documents filed in the case, on September 22, 2016 Nguyen was a passenger on American Airlines flight 2542 in route from

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White Rock Presbyterian Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Irene Davis-Dillinger and Vernon Kerr, founding members of White Rock Presbyterian Church, reminisce for the congregation following Sunday’s 50th anniversary service.​ Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

White Rock Presbyterian Church celebrated its 50th anniversary Sunday with joyful service led by several pastors. The service was followed by a talk on the history of the church by Vernon Kerr and Doris Davis-Dillinger. The church was chartered June 25, 1967, with Rev. Robert M. Maxson as its first installed pastor.

Pastor John Guthrie was joined

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Pastor Granillo: Tapout

By Pastor Raul Granillo
La Vista Church
White Rock

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. (NIV Galatians 6:15)

In 1997 Charles Lewis Jr. and Gary Fields founded Tapout, a mixed martial arts (MMA) focused sportswear company. By 2007, Tapout was the largest distributer of MMA merchandise in the world.

I wasn’t very surprised to learn this since, around that time, I recall seeing a lot of people wearing shirts or hats with “Tapout” written across them. Some wore them to support the growing sport of MMA, some wore them because they were fashionable Read More