Scenes From Hazmat Challenge At LANL
The entrance to the Los Alamos Hazardous Training Facility located on Laboratory property. The facility is one of the most complete in the United States and draws participant for all over the United States and abroad. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
A Hazmat Team working in a decimation exercise following an event. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
A team from Los Alamos work the Voodoo simulation of a biological lab found by a hotel manager in his hotel. The biolab was in the process of creating rabies powder from rabid bats to be spared in the public. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Udall, Heinrich, Haaland Announce $295,375 For CNM Community College To Expand ABQid Seed Fund
CONGRESSIONAL News:Radioactive And Hazardous Materials Committee Met At UNM-Los Alamos Friday
Senators Richard Martinez and Carlos Cisneros and Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler were among the members of the Legislative Committee on Radioactive And Hazardous Materials, which met Friday at UNM-Los Alamos to hear priorities and updates from the New Mexico Environmental Department and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The meeting was open to the public. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comSFNF Issues Closure Order For Forest Road 376
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) has issued a closure order for a segment of Forest Road (FR) 376 to accommodate work on a blocked culvert that poses a threat to public health and safety.
The closure order will be in effect today to April 1, 2020, unless it is rescinded earlier
The culvert is slated for replacement, but recent monsoonal weather patterns and the subsequent runoff and debris could lead to road failure and have made it an immediate public safety issue.
The restricted area on FR 376 begins at the gate north of the Gilman Tunnels and extends 4.7 miles north to the barricades Read More
Udall, Heinrich, Torres Small Announce $750,000 To NMSU To Develop Clean Energy Workforce
CONGRESSIONAL News:NWS: Today’s High Near 84; Tonight’s Low Around 58
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 84 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 58. Courtesy/NWS
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Daily Postcard: Bear On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: A bear is spotted Friday morning on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Maco Stewart Read More
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall And U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum To BLM: Press Pause On Headquarters Relocation Plan
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:
- Citing a lack of meaningful analysis and consultation, Udall & McCollum call on BLM to suspend any efforts to move headquarters and abruptly relocate staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), the ranking member and chair of the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, respectively, called on the Department of Interior (DOI) to pause its efforts to reorganize the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), including Read More
U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland Speaks At Los Alamos Nature Center On Climate Change; Support Of Green New Deal
U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland speaks Wednesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium on the Green New Deal. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com 
A Los Alamos crowd welcomes U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland at the nature center planetarium Wednesday afternoon where she spoke about the Green New Deal. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) was in Los Alamos Wednesday to talk about her support for the Green New Deal.
She spoke at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Haaland represents District 1, which
Bandelier Fee Free Day Sunday Celebrates National Park Service 103rd Birthday
BANDELIER News:
Entrance fees at Bandelier National Monument will be waived Aug. 25 to celebrate the National Park Service’s 103rd birthday!
Every year, Bandelier National Monument gets to celebrate two birthdays: the park was authorized Feb. 11, 1916, and the National Park Service was established the same year Aug. 25, now known as Founders Day.
“The agency now cares for over 415 of the most significant and amazing historical, cultural, and natural areas in the country,” Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott said. “They range from Yellowstone and Carlsbad Caverns to the Washington Read More
SFNF: Slight Increase In Cueva Fire Behavior
SFNF News:NWS: Today’s High Near 82; Tonight’s Low Around 58
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 82 with mostly sunny skies and tonight’s low around 58. Courtesy/NWSDaily Postcard: View On Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: View early this morning toward Chair 4 on Pajarito Mountain. Courtesy/mountain webcam Read More
Three National Park Superintendents Present Status Report To Los Alamos County Council
From left, Bandelier National Monument Superintendent Jason Lott, Manhattan Project National Historical Park (MPNHP) Superintendent Kris Kirby, Valles Caldera National Perserve Superintendent Jorge Silva-Banuelos and MPNHP Education Specialist Valerie Glowinski. Photo by Linda Matteson/LAC
Los Alamos Daily Post
Local three National Parks enjoy a lot of successes; however, the parks also face lengthy to-do lists and many challenges.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park (MPNHP) Superintendent Kris Kirby, Valles Read More
DPU Works To End Bad Luck For Reservoir
Scene on the road to Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir. Courtesy/DPU
Scene on the road to Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir. Courtesy/DPULos Alamos Canyon Reservoir has been through the ringer. Two large scale wildfires and then a 100-year-flood wreaked havoc on its watershed, burning the canyon around the dam and burying it in mud and placing the road connecting the reservoir and West Road in a state of decline and disrepair.
To put a stop to the reservoir’s string of horrible luck, Los Alamos County Department Read More
Harrison Western-Shaft Sinkers Awarded $75 Million Key Utility Shaft Construction Contract At WIPP
WIPP. Courtesy/DOEWorld Futures Institute: Energy Part Two
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
In Energy – Part One we looked at the energy consumption of humanity at both the individual and collective levels, noting the change in climate but finishing with a question of affordability.
This is a challenging question because it deals with a long time scale while most of us are concerned about buying food or paying the rent or mortgage next week. Yet we, collectively, are considering House Resolution 109, the Green New Deal, and Senate Bill 59 dealing with the Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment.
Each of these proposed pieces of legislation, Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 82, Tonight’s Low Around 55
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 20 percent chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon and tonight’s low around 55. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Deer In Pines Off Rose Street
Daily Postcard: A deer strolls among the pine trees late Monday afternoon off Rose Street. Photo by Carol A. Clark Read More
Double Rainbow Appears Above Municipal Building
A double rainbow appears in the sky above the Los Alamos County Municipal Building early this evening on Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
