NMDOT With Federal Highway Administration Is Conducting Alignment Study Of NM 4 With Public Meeting May 13
- Improve safety for all roadway users;
- Enhance traffic flow and reduce congestion during peak travel times;
- Increase accessibility for all users;
- Upgrade pavement conditions; and
- Improve drainage and stormwater management.
SF Airport Expansion Brings Los Alamos Closer To World
Fly Santa Fe News:
The Santa Fe Regional Airport recently reached a major milestone in its multi-year modernization plan. With Phase I of the terminal expansion complete, the airport now offers a modern alternative to the 200-mile round trip to the Albuquerque Sunport.
For the scientists, engineers, and professionals at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)—for whom time is a valuable commodity—a closer commercial hub means more efficient travel, while facilitating the high-level collaboration and federal oversight essential to the county’s national mission.
Beyond its professional Read More
Infectious Disease MDF: ‘Hantavirus Is Not The Next COVID—But It Is A Warning’
Tyler B. Evans, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H, FIDSA
MEDICAL News:
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius has triggered alarming headlines and understandable anxiety. But according to Dr. Tyler Evans, infectious disease specialist, CEO of Wellness Equity Alliance, and former Chief Medical Officer for New York City’s COVID-19 response, hantavirus is most likely not the next pandemic, but it does expose how fragile and improvised global outbreak preparedness still is.
Dr. Evans says the Hondius outbreak should be understood as a stress test, not a panic event. Read More
Bridge Replacement Project On NM 337 Starts May 15
NMDOT News:
ESTANCIA — Travelers along the east side of the Manzano mountains may experience traffic delays as two new bridges are built to replace the aging ones on NM 337.
Starting on May 15, bridges 5824 and 5825 north of Torreon are scheduled to be demolished and replaced with new structures in their place. This project will cost $8,029,660 and is expected to wrap up on June 11, 2027, weather permitting.
As part of the project, detour lanes will be constructed at each location to lower the impact on the traveling public while these bridges are being replaced. There may be slight delays during Read More
UPDATE: Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office Closing NM 502 Due To Crash
UPDATE: N.M. 502 has reopened to traffic in both directions.
LAPD News:
The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) is sharing the following information related to the N.M. 502 closure:
The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office has notified Los Alamos Police that they will be closing N.M. 502 in both directions at mile marker 13 due to a head-on collision with injuries.
The crash is located about 3 miles east of N.M. 30 and 2 miles west of Pojoaque High School.
It is unknown how long the closure will remain in effect. Commuters are encouraged to seek an alternate route and to expect delays. Read More
LAHS Students Earn Spots At Week-long Youth Rally In Idaho
LAHS Sophomore Mackenzie Adams. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Two Los Alamos High School students will head to Idaho this summer to build leadership skills, make new friends, and explore the future of energy—thanks to a regional youth rally scholarship opportunity sponsored by the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and offered locally through the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU).
Sophomore Mackenzie Adams and Junior Beau Ward were selected for the opportunity following an essay contest on the theme “Consumer-Owned Utilities: Why Having a Diverse Power Portfolio Read More
Los Alamos Middle School Students Heading To National History Day Contest At University Of Maryland In June
Isaac Light, left, and Evan Cunningham, center, are headed to the National History Day contest at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., in June after winning 2nd place in the Junior Group Documentary category at the New Mexico History Day contest. Brandon Keller, right, is an alternate for the national contest after winning 3rd place in the Junior Paper category. Courtesy/LAPS
Twenty-two students from Piñon Elementary School and Los Alamos Middle School took their National History Day projects to the New Mexico History Day contest last month in Albuquerque. They include, back Read More
Home Country: We Live In An Age Of Small Miracles
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
When we first noticed the baby sparrow, here at the house, it saddened us all. He had fallen from his nest and was slowly walking around the front yard under the tree while his mother and father had an absolute fit.
We knew we were looking at a dead baby bird, as it was only a question of who does it, where it is done, and how long before it happens. Years of experience in these kinds of things have taught us the finality of a baby bird falling out of a tree.
Would the end come from a cat, or from a raccoon wandering up from Lewis Creek, or a snake? One of the problems with being a baby bird Read More
Posts From The Road: Bob Dylan Center In Tulsa
Bob Dylan Center: The Bob Dylan Center is located in a three-story brick building in the Tulsa Arts District near downtown Tulsa. This image of Dylan is painted on the brick wall of the building. I believe that the image is flat with little contrast to create a more vague photo of Dylan. Dylan’s lyrics, music and persona were sometimes a mystery and could be interpreted various ways. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Not So Quiet: An example of a wall featuring Dylan’s life in chronological order. The displays featured video, photos, written explanations, and audio to correspond with the events Read More
Opening Day Los Alamos Farmers Market 56th Season May 7
Fr. Glenn: To Protect And To Serve
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Remember the old TV back in the pre-internet days? We were the “remote control” (“Glenn: get up and turn it to channel 12. And adjust the rabbit ears.”). Ah, the old black and whites. Horizontal and vertical controls. The stations signing on in the morning and off at night with the national anthem. The radio announcement: “It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” The old shows like Gunsmoke, Laugh-In, Get Smart, Bonanza, Hee Haw, Star Trek (what a legacy THAT one has had!). And one of my favorites was Adam-12, which centered around two Los Angeles police officers on Read More
Fuselier: The Hopes And Dreams Of Ella And Nedah
Ella, an Afghan student at the University of New Mexico, hopes to become a cardiologist. Donations are being sought to help her continue her education in New Mexico. Contact Bob Fuselier at fuselierbob@gmail.com if interested in donating. Courtesy photo
Retired LANL physicist Steve Greene speaks with Afghan student Nedah, who is enrolled at the University of New Mexico to study computer science. Donations are being sought to help her continue her education in New Mexico. Contact Bob Fuselier at fuselierbob@gmail.com if interested in donating. Courtesy photo
By BOB FUSELIER
Los Alamos Read More
Police Checkpoints & Saturation Patrols Across State In May
NMSP News:
New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during May 2026.
NMSP is bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right Read More
An Open Book: I, Robot, Vacuum
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
While finishing graduate school in the 1980s, I knew a few people involved in robotic vision, or how to build robots that recognize objects to pick up or avoid. Instead of a humanoid robot, think of a single eyeball mounted near a disembodied arm to find and manipulate simple objects. If your robot could pick up a torus (i.e. a donut), and dunk it in a container (i.e., a coffee cup), you’d have a prize-winning doctoral thesis. It is not far from the truth to say that one could see a graduate student dunking a donut in a coffee cup while programming a robot to do the same. Kind Read More
Kiwanis Hears Details On Upcoming YIMBY Film Festival
Nathan Sandoval, and Ryan Dickenson discuss the upcoming YIMBY Film Festival during a recent Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos meeting. Courtesy/Kiwanis
By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos
They’re back!
Nathan Sandoval and Kyle Dickenson are hosting the 2nd Annual YIMBY Film Festival at SALA Los Alamos Event Center, 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, May 16. Sandoval and Dickenson spoke at the April 21 Kiwanis meeting and outlined their mission and goals for the event.
Having been happily surprised by the popularity and success of last year’s sold-out event, they have expanded the 2026 festival to two Read More
Posts From The Road: Visiting Budville With Its Storied Past
Budville Trading Company: The exterior of the Budville Trading Company sits silent today. The old gas pumps are gone and the place remains a monument to better times. The building has obviously been maintained over the years and still attracts many Historic Route 66 travelers today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Budville, N.M.: A closer view of the entrance area and signage at the Budville Trading Company in the ghost town of Budville, N.M. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
New Mexico proudly displays many features and artifacts Read More
Fr. Glenn: Confirmed In Faith
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
It’s been quite the media spectacle for the last couple of weeks—Pope Leo and President Trump at odds about the Iran conflict, though the Pope was somewhat circumspect about referring to the conflict directly. Then, of course, the debates about what constitutes a “just war” and who determines such, with even bishops emphasizing different aspects and “sides”.
To those unfamiliar with the Church, it might seem there are fractures in its unity. But it only seems so. Debate has been the norm within the Church since the beginning, as it hammers out what is right and wrong, true and Read More
All Shall Be Well: God’s Waiting Room
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Lynn Finnegan
Former Associate Rector
Church of the Holy Faith, Santa Fe
We’ve all been in waiting rooms. Sitting in the waiting room of a doctor or dentist, waiting in line at the grocery store, waiting to board a plane, waiting for the results of an exam or a job interview, waiting for a small child to “do it herself” – all of these are “waiting rooms” we enter on a daily basis. We may feel anxious or annoyed, excited or amused, Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers To Feature Adventures In The White Mountains Of Interior Alaska At April 28 Meeting
Adventuring in Alaska’s White Mountains. Courtesy/Mountaineers
By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers
The April 28 Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Michelle Gavel and Jordan Bishop entitled “Remarkably Close, Shockingly Remote: Six years of Adventures in the White Mountains of Interior Alaska.” Michelle and Jordan lived in Fairbanks, Alaska from 2017 to 2024. During this time, their work and recreation took them all over the state, but this talk will focus on one of their favorite places, the White Mountains National Recreation Area.
Described as “remarkably Read More
Thornburg Foundation Names Bill Wadt Of Los Alamos The 2026 Philanthropist On The Year
2026 Thornburg Philanthropist of the Year recipient Bill Wadt of Los Alamos addresses the crowd gathered Thursday, April 16, at Sandia Resort in Albuquerque. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladaily/post.com
Thornburg Foundation President Allan Oliver presents the 2026 Thornburg Philanthropist of the Year award to Bill Wadt of Los Alamos on April 16 at Sandia Resort in Albuquerque. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladaily/post.com
2026 Thornburg Philanthropist of the Year recipient Bill Wadt holds his award and is surrounded by, from left, LANL Foundation Vice President for Operations and Advancement Read More
