Scenes Today From Pajarito Mountain Ski Area
View from the lodge this afternoon at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. To learn about hours of operation, weather conditions and more, visit www.pajarito.ski. Courtesy/Webcam
View from the lodge this afternoon at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/Webcam
View of Beginners Hill this afternoon at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/Webcam
View from the lodge this afternoon at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/Webcam Read More
New Mexico Environment Department Secures Funding For Mobile Air Monitoring Lab From Legal Settlement
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is enhancing its ability to monitor air quality with a new mobile air monitoring lab, funded by a $500,000 legal settlement between conservation group WildEarth Guardians and OXY USA Inc., one of the largest oil and gas producers in the country.
The funding will allow NMED to purchase the lab, equip it with supplies, and cover start-up costs, including personnel and operational needs.
The mobile lab will be able to test air quality and weather conditions in real time in the Permian Basin, a region that produces nearly 40% of the Read More
Update: Water Repair On Diamond To Roll Into Weekend
COUNTY News:
Water repair work that began today will continue into the weekend and is expected to be completed Saturday.
The work impacts traffic on Diamond Drive passing the Los Alamos County Golf Course.
The westbound bicycle lane and the traffic lane adjacent to it will remain closed overnight and until the work is complete. A temporary bike lane is established in the right-hand closed traffic lane.
Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Water Production crews will return around 8 a.m. Saturday to continue repair efforts.
The work zone starts approximately 0.2 miles west of Club Read More
NMDOT: ‘Name A Snowplow’ Voting Now Live
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) launched the snowplow naming contest for its second year, and inviting New Mexicans to vote on their favorite names.
Voting is open and will continue through noon Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
To vote for your favorite visit: www.dot.nm.gov/name-a-plow/.
New Mexicans are some of the most creative, funny, and witty people on the planet, but the top names are even better than NMDOT could have imagined, they said. Receiving almost 700 submissions, NMDOT communication staff narrowed the entries down to 50 creative and fun names. Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Mathematical Symmetry In Plants
By ROBERT DRYA
Los Alamos
Plants die back with the arrival of winter. Their dry, brownish leaves and stems are not as interesting compared to summer. However winter provides a good time to explore and ponder patterns of growth that then can be seen in the summer.
Ferns provide one example. A stem initially grows in a curl, not straight. The curled stem in turn has repeating rings of developing leaves. Three kinds of repetition are apparent.
First, stems grow from a curl. Second, little branches grow sideways from a stem. Third, leaves grow in parallel from the little branches. (See Pictures 1 and Read More
Daily Postcard: American Dipper At Upper Water Canyon
Daily Postcard: An American Dipper perches on a rock Dec. 28 at Upper Water Canyon. These songbirds have adapted to a life in the fast moving rivers and streams of the western mountains of North America. They dip in and out the water looking for aquatic invertebrates under rocks. Photo by Michael Smith Read More
Traffic Lane On Diamond Closed Near Golf Course Friday
Map of Diamond Drive lane closure and bicycle lane shift scheduled 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Jan. 3. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Traffic on Diamond Drive passing the Los Alamos County Golf Course will be impacted by a lane closure Friday, Jan. 3 and both drivers and bikers are reminded to drive cautiously and courteously near the work zone.
The westbound bicycle lane and the traffic lane adjacent to it will be closed throughout the work day, beginning at 9 a.m., while Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Water Production crews repair a water leak at the golf course.
A temporary bike lane will Read More
Registration Open For Ranger-Led Wildlife Photography Program At Valles Caldera National Preserve
A herd of elk climbing a snowy hill near History Grove at Valles Caldera National Preserve. Registration is now open for the ranger-led Wildlife Photography program at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 5. Registered participants will meet at the Ranger Station, located in the Cabin District approximately 4 miles down the Valles Caldera entrance road. Learn the basics of wildlife photography and compositional recommendations all while exploring Valles Caldera and the Jemez Mountain region. Participants need to bring their own camera for this program. The program duration is 2-5 hours depending on the Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Shines Bright Over Omega Bridge
Daily Postcard: Sunrise shines bright this morning over Omega Bridge. Photo by Ginny Staton Read More
Malenfant Recalls Own Plane Crash At Los Alamos Airport
Scene of wreckage Oct. 12, 1975, the day following the plane crash at Los Alamos County Airport. Passenger Tim Farmer dragged pilot Dick Malenfant unconscious from the plane saving his life. Now 91, Malenfant lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and no longer flies. Photo by Bill Geer
Scene of plane wreckage Oct. 12, 1975 at Los Alamos County Airport, the day following the crash that hospitalized pilot Dick Malenfant. He said that he continued flying for several years after the accident. Photo by Bill Geer
DICK MALENFANT
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Formerly of Los Alamos
I read that article in the Los Alamos Read More
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Appoints Former State Sen. Greg Nibert To New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
Former State Sen. Greg Nibert
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced the appointment of former state Sen. Greg Nibert to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) for a six-year term beginning today, Jan. 1, 2025.
Nibert will succeed Commissioner James Ellison, whose term concluded Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.
“I am honored to be nominated to the Public Regulation Commission,” Nibert said. “My duty as a commissioner will be to regulate our utilities according to the laws of the land, which includes, first and foremost, the Energy Transition Read More
Daily Postcard: Brilliant Sunrise Fills Sky Last Day Of 2024
Daily Postcard: A brilliant sunrise fills the sky over Urban Park on the last day of 2024. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Scenes From Accident At Los Alamos County Airport
Scene of police, firefighters and officials gathered at the site of a plane accident this afternoon at the Los Alamos County Airport. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene at the plane accident site this afternoon at the airport. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene of the plane accident this afternoon at the airport. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report:
The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) reported this afternoon that a plane crashed just before 1:24 p.m. today, Dec. 31, 2024, at the Los Alamos County Airport.
Los Alamos Deputy Police Chief James Rodriguez Read More
Sunrise With Lavender Sky This Morning On Central Avenue
Sunrise this morning on Central Avenue with the County Municipal Building on the left. Photo by Dixon Wolf
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Op-Ed: Deer And Roads In Los Alamos County
By LESLIE HANSEN
White Rock
I have read with interest the recent letters about feeding wildlife and its possible unintended consequences. I was the senior investigator on a study of road-crossing behavior of deer in Los Alamos County that was funded by LANL around 2002 and 2003. If you would like to read the final report, it is available here: Life in the Fast Lane: Road Crossing Behavior of Mule Deer in a Wildland-Urban Interface (Technical Report) | OSTI.GOV. We put GPS collars on mule deer and recorded where, when, and how often they crossed roads in and around Los Alamos.
For the four deer we collared Read More
Daily Postcard: Fiery Sunset Lights Sky Over Velarde
Daily Postcard: At the end of a cold, gray day Friday, Dec. 27 in Velarde, the clouds opened up and let the sun set them on fire for a few breathtaking moments. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
New Documents On Review Of Chromium Interim Measures Remediation System In Mortandad Canyon Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, 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, visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
In March 2024, EM-LA and NMED convened a team of experts from the Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship, industry, academia, and EPA Region 6 to perform a technical review of actions Read More
Astrophotography Workshop At Valles Caldera Jan. 11
Astrophotography workshop participants spread out at the movie set cabin. Photo by Richard Gonzales/NPS
VCNP News:
Registration is open for the Astrophotography Workshop scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 11 at Valles Caldera National Preserve.
With Valles Caldera (an International Dark Sky Park) as an outdoor classroom, photographers Stan Ford and Richard Gonzales will guide program participants through the basics of astrophotography.
Learn how to adjust and optimize DSLR camera settings, select a shooting location, and, of course, shoot spectacular images of the night sky.
For more Read More
PEEC Nature Youth Group Awarded Prestigious Prize At AI Conference In Vancouver
PEEC Nature Youth Group members Aditya Viswanathan, center, and Adis Bock, right, of Los Alamos High School presenting poster at the Neurips conference, Dec. 10, 2024, in Vancouver. Photo by Hari Viswanathan
PEEC Nature Youth Group members Aditya Viswanathan, Adis Bock, Zoe Bent, Tate Plohr, Suchir Jha, Celia Pesiri, Sebastian Koglin and Phoebe Reid of LAHS. Photo by Ryan Ramaker
By ADITYA VISWANATHAN and ADIS BOCK
PEEC Nature Youth Group
The members of our Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) Nature Youth Group were awarded a prestigious prize for a project that aims to prevent Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Dec. 30, 2024
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Happy New Year!
Heading into the New Year, New Mexico’s snowpack is suffering from the lack of precipitation and warmer-than-normal daytime temperatures. The snowpack last week was just 18 percent of normal.
There can be some strong storms later this winter. They will be needed.
Anglers should consider a trip to Southern New Mexico.
Most of the small lakes and reservoirs in this part of the state are stocked with catchable-size rainbow trout during the winter months. Locations that offer a chance at not just stocked trout but larger holdover Read More
