NMDOT Is Ready For Winter Weather
In 2015, NMDOT cews removed snow and ice from more than a million pass miles. Courtesy photo
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation announced this morning that crews are ready to clear the roads and highways as the state prepares for the winter weather season.
Last year, NMDOT crews removed snow and ice from more than a million pass miles.
“Safety is absolutely our number one priority,” NMDOT Secretary Tom Church said. “Our crews and equipment across the state are ready to respond to winter weather. When driving in ice and snow please take every precaution necessary to Read More
Letter To The Editor: The Value Of Solar
By KAREN PARAMANANDAM Last week, the Los Alamos Board of Public Utilities hosted a hearing on how to quantify the benefits that solar energy creates for our community.
This is a crucial question. We all know that harvesting New Mexico’s bountiful sunshine can create a cleaner environment, but many of the biggest advantages of solar energy are economic:
- Creating jobs;
- Boosting property values; and
- Reducing energy costs.
County Eco Station: Holiday Collection Details
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Eco Station announces special collection dates during the Thanksgiving holiday:
Eco Station:
- Closed Thursday, Thanksgiving Day Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25.
- Special collection date for those affected is Wednesday, Nov. 23.
- Place trash and recycle roll carts out before 8 a.m.
- The Eco Station will re-open Saturday, Nov. 26 at 9 a.m.
White Rock Convenience Center:
- Closed Thursday, Thanksgiving Day Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25.
- The White Rock Convenience Center will re-open Saturday, Nov.. 26 at 8:30 a.m.
Call the Eco Station with questions or concerns at 505.662.8163. Read More
A Mountaineer’s Story: Climbing The Alps
The magnificent Alps draw adventurers from around the world to visit, explore and build memories. Courtesy photoInternational Team Completes Security Enhancements To Uzbekistan’s Radiological Waste Disposal Site
NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington. Courtesy/NNSAQuorum Notice: Recycle Fashion Show Saturday
COUNTY News:High Winds Pose Hazards On Santa Fe National Forest
Hazard tree. Courtesy/wikipedia
SFNF News:
High wind warnings across much of northern New Mexico are likely to increase risks from falling trees.
Visitors to the Santa Fe National Forest are urged to use extra caution, especially in areas that have been severely burned by wildfire, which are especially prone to hazard trees.
Hazard trees are trees that pose a danger to people or property as a result of structural defects caused by age, fire or disease.
Wind gusts from 50 to 70 miles per hour can substantially increase the risk of both dead and green trees falling.
Stay safe in the forest by following Read More
Storytelling Ranger Pete Griffin Shares Tales Of Alaskan Wilderness During Talk At White Rock Library Tuesday
LIBRARY News:
Pete Griffin, the Storytelling Ranger, will tell some of his tales of the Alaskan Wilderness at the White Rock Branch Library at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 22. He tells personal stories that blend growing up, natural history and natural resource management dilemmas.
Growing up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a career as a wildlife biologist exploring the woods and waters Griffin loved was a natural. On the other hand, his transmogrification from an introverted wildlife biologist who just wanted a job all by himself out in the woods into a storyteller standing on the stage in front of Read More
PEEC Staff Win State And National Awards
Jonathan Creel. Courtesy photoPEEC’s Top 10 List Continues: #7
Kids are so important, they are also the focus of this week’s reason to support PEEC. The number 7 reason why people support PEEC is to help kids have fun exploring science at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Support PEEC and help kids develop a love for science. Courtesy photo Read More
Peloton To Participate In DOE-Funded Team To Cut Heavy Truck Fuel Use By 20 Percent
DOE News:Christmas Trees At Valles Caldera – Help Restore Forest!
Freshly cut Christmas Trees will be available 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the Valle Grande Staging Area starting the Friday after Thanksgiving until Dec. 18. Courtesy/VCNPLos Alamos Honored For Industry Collaboration In 2016 HPCwire Awards
Gary Grider, right, division leader for High Performance Computing at Los Alamos National Laboratory, accepts the HPCwire Readers’ Choice award from Tom Tabor, CEO of Tabor Communications, publisher of HPCwire. Courtesy/HPCwire
LANL News:
SALT LAKE CITY—Los Alamos National Laboratory has been recognized with an HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Award for the Lab’s collaboration with Seagate on next-generation data storage technologies. The award was presented at the 2016 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis Read More
Rotary Club Prepares Library Garden For Winter
Rotarians Bev Cooper and Phil Dabney (front) with Chuck Tallman, Jane Phillips, Paul Frederickson, Melanie Bennett and Jean Gindreau take a moment to pose for Nina Thayer after a full Saturday morning at work preparing the Mesa Public Library for the winter season ahead. The work party was organized by Melanie Bennett as part of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos’s commitment to maintain the garden through spring and fall mowing, weeding, trimming and planting. Photo by Nina Thayer
Rotarians Paul Frederickson, Chuck Tallman, Nina Thayer and Jean Gindreau filled Tallman’s Read More
Atomic Beltway May Solve Problems Of Cosmic Gravity
Courtesy/NISTLandmark Rules Will Reduce Oil And Gas Waste, Pollution On BLM Lands
BLM News:Monday’s Supermoon Closest To Earth Since 1948
The supermoon shines in the sky Monday night over Los Alamos. This amazing spectacle is the first such event in almost 70 years. During Monday’s event, the moon is the closest it has been to Earth since 1948. It appears 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the average monthly full moon. The next supermoon is scheduled to appear Nov. 25, 2034. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Monday’s supermoon as seen from Los Alamos. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Five Los Alamos Innovations Win R&D 100 Awards
LANL News:
‘Oscars of Innovation’ go to CCSI, Entropy Engine, Pathscan, PulMo and VERA
Five Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies won R&D 100 Awards last week at R&D Magazine’s annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.
“These awards are representative of the multidisciplinary character of the work we do at Los Alamos, and result from partnerships with other national laboratories, private industry, and universities,” LANL Director Charlie McMillan said. “I applaud all of the R&D 100 award winners for their success and for showcasing the innovative science Read More
Letter To The Editor: Los Alamos Has A Responsibility To Its Wildlife
Dumpsters behind LAMC. Photo by Debbi Miller
By DEBBI MILLER
Los Alamos
Among the many things that make Los Alamos unique is its proximity to open space and the wildlife that lives here.
As citizens of this urban interface, we have a responsibility to act as good stewards to protect the natural resources and wildlife
This year, there have been numerous reports of bears throughout town, mainly taking advantage of easy food sources provided by humans. For the most part, these incidents resulted in nothing more than the cleaning up after the occasional overturned trash carts.
Los Alamos Medical Read More
Two Shows At Nature Center Planetarium Nov. 18-20
Courtesy/PEEC
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PEEC News:
The Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium is starting the weekend at 7 p.m., Friday with a fascinating show and presentation about Pueblo Astronomy that unearths the wisdom of ancestral Puebloans and their relationship with celestial events.
The captivating film Black Holes – a voyage through the galaxies in search of answers to the mysteries of black holes – is playing at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
For more information about these and future planetarium shows, visit www.peecnature. org/planetarium or Read More
