Leadership Los Alamos Accepting Applications For 2018-19 Class
Leadership Los Alamos participants listen to a speaker during a recent session. Photo by Martha Katko
Staff Report
Leadership Los Alamos is accepting applications for its 2018-2019 class. Any person having an interest in the objectives of LLA, and who lives or works in Los Alamos County is eligible to participate.
The Leadership Los Alamos program is nine months in duration and has graduated leaders since 2003. Program sessions are designed to address current issues facing the community. Each program session features speakers that are acknowledged leaders in their specific fields, Read More
LANL 75th Event Saturday May Cause Traffic Congestion And Limited Parking Downtown
COUNTY News:
Because of the LANL 75th Anniversary Celebration being held Saturday, June 30 at Ashley Pond Park, motorists may experience congestion and greatly reduced parking options around the downtown area of Los Alamos, including Trinity Drive and Central Avenue.
The event is expected to bring several thousand LANL employees to the townsite. Central Avenue will be closed 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., from 15th Street to Oppenheimer for the event. Canyon Road is an option to detour around the event. Atomic City Transit will be running trolley service during the event and trolley service is available Read More
Municipal Building HVAC System Work Begins July 2
COUNTY News:
In an effort to resolve HVAC system noise and vibration at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building, the County and Jaynes Corporation, the original contractor hired to construct the building, have cooperatively worked through a third-party engineer to evaluate the issue and recommend solutions.
After thorough analysis and investigation, a corrective action plan and schedule have been developed. Starting July 2 through the end of August, crews from Jaynes and its subcontractors will work on duct system modifications to improve air flow in the following areas of the building: Read More
Stimmel Fails To Submit Roof Contract To Los Alamos Municipal Court As Ordered During Hearing
A hole in the roof at the back of a home on Kayenta Street in White Rock, which has been the subject of Municipal Court hearings for more than three years. Courtesy photo
White Rock property owner Jay Stimmel again failed to do as he promised Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk Monday when he did not provide the Court with an executed agreement with a construction company to finish replacing the roof on his Kayenta Street house.
Stimmel is charged with having a roof in disrepair in five separate cases related to this residence.
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Registration Opens For Los Alamos Fair & Rodeo Parade … This Year’s Theme ‘Back To Your Roots’
Scene of the Zia Credit Union float rolling down Central Avenue during the 2017 Los Alamos Fair and Rodeo Parade. Courtesy/LA MainStreet
Los Alamos MainStreet News:
The Los Alamos Fair and Rodeo Parade will march up Central Avenue beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11.
Don’t miss this opportunity to promote your business or organization by participating in the parade! Registration is free and now open via the MainStreet website at LosAlamosMainStreet.com or directly via Eventbrite.
Participants must register by Aug. 3.
The theme of this year’s Los Alamos Fair and Rodeo weekend is Read More
Annual Fireworks Show At Overlook Park Is Canceled
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes announced today that the Fire Department has reached a decision regarding the annual Independence Day celebration sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.
“Unfortunately, the long-range forecast does not indicate that we are going to receive any significant rainfall anytime soon,” Hughes said. “Therefore, we have reached the difficult decision that we will not issue the permit that would allow the fireworks display to proceed on July 4. We continue to be at extreme fire danger conditions and the risk is too great. While we know that many will be disappointed Read More
Arts In Public Places Board Meets Thursday
COUNTY News: Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation Holds Retreat; Appoints Clark And Steinhaus To Board
Members of the Board of Directors of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) and staff gathered today at Los Alamos National Bank for their annual retreat during which they elected to the board Carol A. Clark of the Los Alamos Daily Post and Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kurt Steinhaus. Board members from left, David Jolly of Metzger’s, Board Vice Chair and businessman Jim Hall, Board Chair and LANB President/CEO John Gulas, Steve Buelow of the New Mexico Consortium, LANB Market President Liddie Martinez, Clark, David Horpedahl of Exit Realty, Connie Read More
Los Alamos County Library Board Seeks Members
LIBRARY News:
The Los Alamos County Library System is looking for library board members.
The purpose of the library board is to:
- receive input from the public and based on that input, make recommendations to Council that support the fulfillment of the library’s mission in the community;
- provide information and advice on items requested by the Council, and review and recommend public policies; and
- gather and provide public input on the development of library service objectives and the library’s long range plan; interact with other boards and commissions on items that affect
Tourism Implementation Task Force Meets Wednesday
COUNTY News:
Tourism Implementation Task Force will meet at noon Wednesday, June 27, in Room 330 in the Los Alamos County Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.
Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Discussion of Criteria for Visitor Center Location and Possible Action on Draft Rubrics
III. Discussion and Possible Action on Ranking/Weighting of Criteria
IV. Public Comment
V. Next Meeting Scheduled: July 12, 2018 at Noon, Location: TBD
VI. Adjourn Meeting
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Planning And Zoning Commission Meets June 27
COUNTY News: 2. PUBLIC COMMENT This section of the agenda is reserved for comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. PUBLIC HEARING(S)
Update: Police Locate Missing Teenager Hunter Ferris
News Alert:
Jonathan Ferris contacted the Los Alamos Daily Post this evening at 9:30 to say Los Alamos police officers have located his missing son 15-year-old Hunter Ferris and he is safe.
Hunter Ferris went missing Friday evening during the summer concert at Ashley Pond Park. His parents appealed to him to come home and asked anyone who knows where he is to contact them or call the Los Alamos Police Department Dispatch.
According to Jonathan Ferris, his son Hunter Ferris was last seen around 8:15 p.m., Friday at the Gordon’s Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Jonathan Ferris said Hunter told him he was Read More
Rotary Treehouse At Nature Center Takes Shape
Rotary Club of Los Alamos President Laura Loy, Rotary Service Director Oliver Morris, his children Ty Morris and Sierra Morris visit the new treehouse Friday afternoon being built at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Checking out the side of the treehouse under construction at the nature center Friday, from left, Laura Loy, Ty Morris, Sierra Morris and Oliver Morris. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
As Rotary Club of Los Alamos Read More
Los Alamos County Council Meets 6 p.m. Tuesday
COUNTY News: Court Rules Against Former Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy In Long-Term Disability Benefits Battle
Former Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy pleads with County Councilors for help with his insurance benefits issues during a meeting in May 2017 in Council Chambers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comA dispute which began in 2014 over long-term disability coverage for former Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy came to a head June 11 when First Judicial District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew ruled against Torpy.
Torpy initially filed suit in February 2015 against the Los Alamos County Council and a year later, filed Read More
Los Alamos Honky Tonks With Jonathan Tyler And Northern Lights At Friday’s Summer Concert
The Summer Concert crowd listens to Americana Rock band Jonathan Tyler and Northern Lights from Austin, Texas Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com 
Hand in hand. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Jonathan Tyler on lead guitar. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Checking out the concert schedule. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Concert scene. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comDPU Interns Put Knowledge To Practice
From left, college students Tyler Mobraten, Preston Torres and Lucas Montoya are working as summer interns at the utilities department. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
College students Tyler Mobraten, Lucas Montoya and Preston Torres are taking their education out of the classroom and into the workplace.
All three are serving summer internships with the Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities. Their internships began June 4 and run through Aug.1.
Torres, a student Read More
County Council Holds Closed Session Tuesday
COUNTY News:Two Councilors Host Booth At Farmer’s Market June 28
Two members of the Los Alamos County Council will host a booth 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday, June 28 at the Farmer’s Market in the Mesa Public Library parking lot. Residents are welcome to stop by and share comments, concerns or questions with the councilors. Courtesy/MainStreet Read More
Judge Alan Kirk Addresses Kiwianis On Local And Regional Opioid Addiction And Treatment Issues
Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk discusses the opioid issue during his talk at the Tuesday meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk is investigating regional collaboration as a way to deal with opioid addiction in Los Alamos County and the surrounding area.
Judge Kirk addressed the issue at Tuesday’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. He told the group that people think of heroin, Oxycontin and Percocet as being “the bad ones” Read More
