Winter Storm Warning In Effect Until 12 a.m. Monday
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning this afternoon through 12 a.m. Monday for the Los Alamos area. The NWS also updated its forecast to predict the possibility of 3 to 5 inches of snow today and 1 to 2 inches tonight, with a high today near 32 and a low around 20. The forecast for Monday is partly cloudy with a high near 38 and a nightime low around 20. Here is a view early this afternoon heading down the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene at about 1 p.m. today heading east past the Los Alamos County Airport. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comSnow Cancels Edith Boulevard Concert Today
NWS: Ninety Percent Chance Of Snow … 4-8 Inches
The National Weather Service forecasts a high today near 32 with a 90 percent chance of snow and a total daytime snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible. The NWS predicts tonight’s low at around 20 with another 1 to 2 inches of snow possible. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Daily Postcard: Crystalline Snow Forms On Yucca Leaf
Daily Postcard: Crystalline snow forms on a yucca leaf Saturday near Aspen Elementary School in Los Alamos. Photo by Kathryn Willcutt Read More
Sierra Club Responds To Land Commissioner’s Announcement On Coyote-Killing Contests
SIERRA CLUB News:Grabbing Some Flakes At Hockey Game Friday Night
Mikie Bane was seen grabbing some flakes Friday evening at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink while attending the Hockey game between the Lobos and a Dallas team. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Daily Postcard: Foggy Morning In White Rock
Daily Postcard: Foggy morning in White Rock. Photo by Tammy Jimines Read More
New Year’s Day HVAC Failure; Ice Dam At Los Alamos County Detention Center – Detainees Transferred
The New Year’s Day snowstorm formed an ice dam around the drain on the Los Alamos Detention Center roof causing water to leak into the building. Courtesy/LAPD
The floor is all wet at the Los Alamos Detention Center from an ice dam that formed Jan. 1 around the drain on the roof causing water to leak into the building. Courtesy/LAPDAn HVAC system failure at the Los Alamos County Detention Center forced the transfer of the detainees to facilities in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe.
Public Works Deputy Director Jon
More Snow Falling Over Los Alamos Area Today
A scene of snow falling this morning on Aster Street in White Rock. The National Weather Service forecasts a high today near 38 with a total daytime snow accumulation over the Los Alamos area of around an inch possible. The NWS also forecasts scattered snow showers tonight with a new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible and a low around 22. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comLANL: More Stable Light Comes From Intentionally ‘Squashed’ Quantum Dots
Novel colloidal quantum dots are formed of an emitting cadmium/selenium (Cd/Se) core enclosed into a compositionally graded CdxZn1-xSe shell wherein the fraction of zinc versus cadmium increases towards the dot’s periphery. Due to a directionally asymmetric lattice mismatch between CdSe and ZnSe, the core, at top right, is compressed more strongly perpendicular to the crystal axis than along it. This leads to modifications of the electronic structure of the CdSe core, which beneficially affects its light-emission properties. Bottom image: Experimental Read More
STEM Educator’s Evening At New Mexico Museum Of Space History: Free Demos, Dinner, Door Prizes Jan. 17
STEM education is much more than sitting in class, it takes hands-on activities to help spark young imaginations like these two Rocketeer Academy cadets gearing up for fun and learning. Teachers are invited to the museum Jan. 17 for a free Educator’s Evening, showcasing the many STEM based programs that the museum’s education department offers. Courtesy/NMMSH
Sometimes seeing things in action helps make everything click. This small wind tunnel is one of the many tools the museum’s educators use to help bring science to life, and it’s one of the many demonstrations that teachers willDaily Postcard: Sun Shines On Downtown Solar Tree
Daily Postcard: The sun shines a ring around the solar tree sculpture Wednesday in front of the County Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John Gustafson Read More
County: Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail Partially Closed Due To Icy, Unsafe Conditions
Map showing section of Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail closed due to extreme ice and unsafe trail conditions. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Because of extreme ice and unsafe trail conditions, Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail is closed three quarters of a mile from the intersection shown in the above photo.
This section of trail is extremely icy and there are no alternatives to bypass this hazardous section of trail.
Hikers are strongly urged to only travel out to the closed point then back to the starting point. Hikers should not attempt to cross this part of the trail. County Open Space Division staff will monitor Read More
Explore Discoveries Of NASA’s Kepler Mission Friday
Join Joyce Guzik at 7 p.m. Friday at the nature center to discuss the discoveries of the NASA Kepler Mission and preview first results from the TESS spacecraft. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Join local scientist Joyce Guzik at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium to explore the discoveries of the NASA Kepler Mission.
The spacecraft was officially retired in October 2018, and Guzik will highlight a few of the many discoveries of the mission and preview first results from the follow-up TESS spacecraft, which launched in April 2018.
The Kepler Mission launched in March Read More
Waste Removal For Tank Closure Project Underway At Savannah River Site
The Tank Closure Cesium Removal project at the H Tank Farm at the Savannah River Site. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Colorful Sunrise Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: A colorful sunrise paints the sky this morning over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Snow Removal Efforts Underway In White Rock
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County began mobilizing snow removal crews this afternoon in the White Rock area.
The crews are using a moto-grader and backhoe and concentrating on snow removal from curb to curb. The snow is being cleared from windrows and loaded into dump trucks where applicable.
Residents are asked to use caution around the machinery and to move parked vehicles from the street.
Los Alamos County thanks the White Rock residents for their patience and is continuing to work hard to keep County roads safe.
Direct questions and comments to the Public Works Department at 505.662.8150 or Read More
New Snow Blower Gets Busy On San Ildefonso Road
A new snow blower machine is busy this morning vacuumimg up snow on San Ildefonso Road and blowing it into dump trucks that hauled it off to the Los Alamos County Fair Grounds. Los Alamos County, in conjunction with one of its private contractors, unveiled the machine Monday evening on North Mesa. It is capable of quickly and efficiently loading several large dump trucks used to haul snow away. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Land Commissioner SGR Pledges To Enact Policy And State Legislators Plan To Introduce ‘Roxy’s Law’
Proposed legislation on trapping named for Roxy, a dog killed by a trap set at Santa Cruz Lake. Courtesy photoSTATE News:
ESPAÑOLA — A dog was strangled to death Nov. 25 in a trap on public land. The incident happened at Santa Cruz Lake, a Bureau of Land Management recreation area in northern New Mexico.
The dog, Roxy, was the cherished companion of Dave Clark and his wife Kathrina of Española. Clark and Roxy were finishing their hike and returning to his vehicle when he heard Roxy, behind him, make a strange sound. When he turned to see why, he saw that she was struggling in a neck snare trap.
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Daily Postcard: Clearing Snow At Chapel Apartments
Daily Postcard: Clearing snow from the sidewalks at Chapel Apartments last week on Rose Street. Photo by Victoria Rygh Read More
