County Dessert Dance Events Feb. 4, 11, 12
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Division will host annual Valentine’s Dessert Dances at Fuller Lodge in February.
The Daddy/Daughter event is Wednesday Feb. 4, the Mother/Son event is Wednesday Feb. 11 and the Family Dance is Thursday Feb. 12. All events are 6-8:30 p.m., and includes light refreshments, dancing, a craft project and a digital photo keepsake.
The event is limited to 80 participants. Sign up beginning Jan. 12 at the Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center. The cost for the event is $16 per couple, $8 for each additional child and $30 per family (includes Read More
Pet of the Week: Khalasi The Cat
Khalasi. Courtesy/FOS
SHELTER News:
Khalasi is a tabby and white female recently surrendered to the shelter for not getting along with the other cat in the household.
She can be rather dominant, so she would likely do best in a home of her own or in a home with other, mellow cats that don’t seek out her attention. She does well with adults and gentle children, but she’s not too sure yet about dogs.
Khalasi will soon be getting up-to-date on all of the vaccinations, and then she’ll be ready to go to a nice home.
The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, 505.662.8179, has a great selection of adoptable Read More
O’Leary Poses Questions To Utilities Department
Los Alamos County Councilor Susan O’Leary poses questions to the Department of Public Utilities during Tuesday’s regular Council meeting in Council Chambers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
STAFF REPORT
At Tuesday night’s County Council meeting, Los Alamos County Councilor Susan O’Leary raised questions about the introduction of the electric rate ordinance that she would liked answered as the process moves forward.
“Our County Manager has advised me that tonight’s meeting is the appropriate forum for me to let the Utility Department know about specific Read More
Temporary Closure At San Ildefonso And Hawk Drive
News Alert:
In support of gas line work on San Ildefonso Road, Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities will temporarily close Hawk Drive at the intersection of San Ildefonso Road on North Mesa.
The road will be closed after 8:30 a.m. and reopened by 2:15 p.m. for three days, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 28 and continuing through Friday, Jan. 30. This is to accommodate the Los Alamos School Districts’ bus schedule for the drop off and pick up of students at the Los Alamos Middle School.
DPU is installing a gas line along San Ildefonso Road to create a loop that will enhance natural gas capacity Read More
Climate Change Expert Dr. Nathan McDowell To Speak At Mesa Public Library 7 p.m. Thursday
LANL researcher Dr. Nathan McDowell will be the featured speaker at a talk at 7 p.m., Thursday in Mesa Public Library’s upstairs rotunda. Courtesy/MPL
MPL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Dr. Nathan McDowell will be the featured speaker at a talk at 7 p.m., Thursday in Mesa Public Library’s upstairs rotunda.
Dr. McDowell is a staff scientist at LANL in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division and also serves as Senior Scientist at the Slovenian Forestry Institute. His talk is entitled “Accelerating Global Vegetation Mortality.”
“I will discuss the evidence demonstrating Read More
LAPD’s Operation Genesis Nets Additional Arrests
LAPD News:
Los Alamos police detectives have arrested two additional suspects on warrants associated with Operation Genesis.
Elizabeth Yates and Trevon Yates were arrested Saturday evening. Officers and investigators also recovered marijuana and a substance suspected of being heroin while affecting the two arrests. Los Alamos Police Commander Preston Ballew said this morning that the substance believed to be heroin has been sent to the state lab for testing.
Ballew added that “more arrests are imminent.”
Police arrested Elizabeth Yates, 52, of Santa Fe on a Los Alamos Magistrate Read More
Tuesday’s Personnel Board Meeting Canceled
COUNTY News:
Tuesday’s Personnel Board Meeting has been canceled due to lack of a quorum.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the Boards & Commissions Room. The main agenda item will be the FY16 Work Plan, so attendance by all board members is important.
Board members not able to attend the Feb. 24 meeting should contact Kathy Casados at 505.662.8044 as soon as possible so as to determine whether there will be a quorum and plan accordingly. Read More
Pet of the Week: Dakota The Dog
Dakota the blonde lab/terrier mix. Courtesy/FOS Utilities Board Elects New Officers
The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities Board elected Andrew Fraser as chair and
Andrew Fraser 
Stephen McLin
Paul Frederickson
David Powell
Timothy NealPile Burning Continues Through Sunday
Scene from Friday’s pile burn at which about 75 piles were destroyed in the Pueblo Bowl between the Diamond Drive fill bridge, North Road and Sycamore Street. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Friday’s pile burn in the Pueblo Bowl. Street. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from Friday’s pile burn in the Pueblo Bowl. Street. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
COUNTY News:
Pile burn operations on Los Alamos County land will continue today and Sunday, Jan. 25.
About 75 piles were burned Friday in the Pueblo Bowl between the Diamond Drive fill bridge, Read More
‘Solar Tree’ Wins Municipal Building Art Plaza Contest
Municipal Building Art Plaza winner ‘Solar Tree’ by Eric Thelander. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Art in Public Places Board met Thursday night and voted unanimously to select “Solar Tree” from among the top finalists in the competition for an art piece to be installed in the west plaza of the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.
“Solar Tree” was created by artist Eric Thelander who works out of an Albuquerque studio on large scale public art projects and private commissions. His “Solar Tree” piece is an 18’ x 12’ x 12’ steel and aluminum sculpture designed Read More
Los Alamos Police Make Eight Arrests And Confiscate Guns, Cash, Drugs During Operation Genesis
Police detectives confiscate guns, drugs, paraphernalia and cell phones during Operation Genesis. Courtesy/LAPD
Police detectives confiscate cash, drugs, paraphernalia and cell phones during Operation Genesis. Courtesy/LAPD
LAPD News:
As part of Operation Genesis, Los Alamos Police Department detectives and specialized officers began executing warrants Thursday evening and in the early morning hours of today throughout Los Alamos and White Rock, arresting eight people and confiscating guns, cash, drugs, paraphernalia and cell phones.
Detectives also worked with undercover Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Jan. 16 To Jan. 21, 2014
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Jan. 16 at 11:55 a.m. / Police arrested a 16-year-old Los Alamos boy at 2075 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.
Jan. 16 at 7:20 p.m. / A 43-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that she is the victim of larceny at TA-03. The estimated loss is less than $250.
Jan. 17 at midnight / A 43-year-old Los Alamos man reported that someone damaged his property on 42nd Street. The Read More
Pile Burns Continue This Weekend
A firefighter at work during last weekend’s prescribed burn in Bayo Canyon. Courtesy/LAFD
LAFD News:
The Los Alamos Fire Department and Santa Fe National Forest are planning to continue prescribed pile burns on Los Alamos County land Jan. 23-25.
Firefighters are looking for an opportunity to burn piles in two locations – the first is Pueblo Bowl between the Diamond Drive fill bridge, North Road and Sycamore Street where crews piled dead and down wood during the summer and Bayo Canyon – designed to remove dead forest fuels, provide community protection and promote forest Read More
County Crews De-ice And Sand Main Hill Road
Los Alamos police control traffic while County crews de-ice and sand the Main Hill Road at about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Courtesy photo Read More
Nora Cullinan Wins Los Alamos County Spelling Bee
Los Alamos Middle School 8th grader Nora Cullinan wins the 2015 County Spelling Bee. Courtesy photo
First Place Speller Nora Cullinan, center, with Second Place Speller Olivia Koo, right, and Third Place Speller Sruthi Garimella. Courtesy photo
Eighteen local students participate at Chamisa Tuesday evening in the 2015 County Spelling Bee. Courtesy photo
S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g Does Count
By JUDY CROCKER
Eighteen talented students from the Los Alamos elementary schools and Los Alamos Middle School were at Chamisa Tuesday evening for the 2015 County Spelling Bee.
Over the last several Read More
Alert: LANL, County, Schools On Two Hour Delay
News Alert:
Los Alamos National Laboratory is on a delayed schedule today due to Wednesday’s snow storm. Employees in the Los Alamos area and those carpooling are to arrive at 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and all other employees are to arrive at 10:45 a.m., to give snow removal crews time to clear roadways, parking lots and sidewalks.
Los Alamos County government also is on a two hour delay this morning. All County offices will open at 10 a.m. today.
Los Alamos Public Schools also announced that its elementary schools as well as the middle school and high school are on a delayed schedule and will open Read More
NMDOT Issues Winter Storm Update
Snow continues to fall today on the Main Hill Road. By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
A snowy scene today near the entrance to Los Alamos. By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Snow falls today along the area near the Los Alamos County Airport. By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – A new winter storm is moving slowly across New Mexico and impacts are expected to be felt in almost every region.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is monitoring the forecast and road conditions throughout the state and its crews are out working in areas already experiencing Read More
Pajarito Road Closed Due To Water Main Break
UPDATE: As of 3:20 p.m. today, Pajarito Road remains closed. DPU crews are still making repairs to the water main. Officials anticipate that the road will be open after 7 p.m. to through traffic.
BREAKING NEWS
A concrete cylinder water main broke early this morning on Pajarito Road just west of the intersection of Diamond Drive on the Los Alamos National Laboratory side.
Pajarito Road is closed to through traffic at this intersection as Department of Public Utilities crews make repairs.
Traffic traveling southbound on Diamond Drive and eastbound onto Pajarito Road is unaffected. Read More
Tonight’s JJAB Meeting Cancelled Due To Weather
JJAB News:
The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board meeting scheduled at 6 p.m. today is cancelled due to weather.
The next meeting is 6 p.m. Feb. 18 in Building #1, Camino Entrada Road, Pajarito Cliffs Site. Read More
