Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin)

Scenes From Annual Field Day At Sullivan Field

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A group of students play tug-of-war during Field Day at Sullivan Field. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 

Students play ball. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 

Students work togther during the Field Day event. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 

LAPS News: 

Field Day is an annual event that brings together all fifth and sixth graders from area elementary schools for a morning of fun activities at Sullivan Field.

The students were grouped with kids they don’t already know from other schools to help them get to know each other before heading to middle Read More

Chamisa Students Get Educated About Finances

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 ​CEO/President of Los Alamos Schools Credit Union Matt Schmidt ,along with third and fourth graders at Chamisa Elementary School, shows of his “check” he received as a thank you for teaching financial literacy Thursday. Courtesy photo

CHAMISA News:

Thursday morning, CEO/President of Los Alamos Schools Credit Union Matt Schmidt visited Chamisa Elementary School to teach four, third and fourth grade classes about financial literacy and the value of saving money.

Schmidt said, “It was a great chance to educate about the power of saving.” He added, ‘Mrs. Read More

Memorial Day Ceremony Guaje Pines Monday

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The Los Alamos High School NJROTC Color Guard opens a past Memorial Day Ceremony at Guaje Pines Cemetery. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com​

Troy Matevia plays the horn at a past ceremony. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com​

COMMUNITY News:

A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., Monday at Guaje Pines Cemetery, hosted by the Knights of Columbus #3137.

The event will feature Color Guards furnished by the Knights of Columbus 4th Degree, Donald A. Larson Assembly 0688, American Legion Post 90, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90, Sons of The American Legion Squadron 90, American Read More

BPU Discusses Potential Rate Increases

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Deputy Utilities Manager Jack Richardson

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

Los Alamos Daily Post

 

If the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) recommends approval and Los Alamos County Council agrees with this recommendation, Los Alamos residents may see increases in their water and sewer rates starting in the next fiscal year.

 

Each rate would be raised 8 percent.

 

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) staff presented the potential rate increases during the BPU meeting May 17 in Council Chambers. It was just a preliminary discussion; no formal recommendation was made. The proposed Read More

LAPD Seeks Information On Dog Attack

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LAPD News:

Los Alamos Police Department Animal Control is trying to find the owner of two dogs involved in an attack on a third dog on the Canyon Rim Trail at approximately 8 a.m. May 22, according to Deputy Chief Jason Wardlow Herrera.

Wardlow Herrera said two black Labrador retriever-type dogs were walking off-leash with their owner. He said one of the dogs appeared to be a black mixed breed Labrador with white on its chest. The other dog appeared to be “more lab” and was black in color.

The dogs were accompanied by a slim-built, fair-skinned woman with short dark hair and reported to be 30 to 40 years Read More

Voters Reject Recreation Bond By 486 Votes

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Scene this evening in Council Chambers as community members wait for election results. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Los Alamos County Clerk Naomi Maestas announces election results this evening in Council Chambers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
​Los Alamos Daily Post
 

The results were close but in the end Los Alamos voters did not pass the $23 million general bond election question.

 

The ballot question failed by 486 votes. There were 3,446 ballots for the bond and 3,932 ballots against it. A total of 7,383 ballots were returned Read More

LANL Foundation Kicks Off Annual LAESF Campaign

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VLaboratory Director Charlie McMillan, left, speaks with scholarship winners from Los Alamos High School including Louisa Belian Andy Shen and Wilbur Wang. Belian will pursue pre-med and international relations at the University of California Berkeley. Shen will study applied mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles. Both are $5,000 Bronze Scholars. Wang is a top-level $20,000 Gold Scholar pursuing a degree in molecular biology at Princeton. Photo by Richard C. Robinson/LANL

 

Several of the 2017 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund award winners attend Read More

2017 STAR Scholarship Awarded To Jennifer Necker

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Jennifer Necker. Photo by Tara Key

PEO CHAPTER AK News:

Jennifer Necker, Los Alamos High School senior, is the recipient of a 2017 STAR Scholarship. Nominated by Los Alamos PEO Chapter AK, Necker, who will graduate with honors, was successful in an extremely competitive, nation-wide field of applicants.

Recommended for her outstanding academic, leadership, extracurricular and service activities, Necker plans to study marine chemistry and environmental science at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. Her goal is to earn a doctoral degree.

Beyond this, she said, “My career aspirations Read More

LAFD Celebrates Six New Fire And Rescue Vehicles

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LAFD Fire Chief Troy Hughes, left, Los Alamos Field Office Deputy Manager Juan Griego and County Council Chair David Izraelevitz speak during the ceremony. Photo by Louisa Martinez/LAFD

A ceremony Thursday at Fire Station 1 celebrates the six new vehicles added to the Los Alamos Fire Department’s fleet. Photo by Louisa Martinez​/LAFD

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
​Los Alamos Daily Post

 

Los Alamos Fire Department hosted a push in ceremony Thursday afternoon at Fire Station 1 to celebrate the addition of six new vehicles to its fleet.

The six units were displayed outside the Read More