Beautiful Trees Line Meadow Lane In White Rock
Beautiful blossoming trees line Meadow Lane this week in front of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes Of Lowrider Celebration At Los Alamos Post Office
The Los Alamos Post Office invited the community to celebrate the nationwide issuance of Lowrider stamps, view six cool lowrider vehicles and listen to music this morning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Post Office Manager Gabriel Lopez displays the reason for the celebration this morning in Los Alamos and across the nation … the newly issued low rider stamps. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene at the low rider celebration this morning at the Los Alamos Post Office. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Josh Smith holds up his daughter Miranda, 2, so she can Read More
Daily Postcard: View Of El Santuario de Chimayó
Daily Postcard: The view during a visit to the El Santuario de Chimayó. Photo by Shari Mills Read More
La Acequia, Nuestra Madre: Art And history Of New Mexican Waterways Opens May 2 At Millicent Rogers Museum
Erin Currier. Courtesy/Artist Steve Chavez
Tres Graces de La Acequia (After Picasso) Mixed media collage, acrylic on panel. Photo by Erin Currier
Millicent Rogers Museum:
The Millicent Rogers Museum is proud to present La Acequia, Nuestra Madre: Art and history of New Mexican waterways. Co-curated by artist Toby Morfin and Claire Pelaez Motsinger, this exhibition explores the rich topic of water stewardship through the work of contemporary artists of New Mexico, many of whom have parallel working practices in art making and care of the land.
Rooted in the Indigenous practices of gathering Read More
McQuiston: Driving In Los Alamos Is Unlike Anywhere Else
By ALLEN MCQUISTONJemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Los Alamos isn’t just a town, it’s a landscape. The roads wind through canyons, hills, and mesas, where weather and wildlife create challenges that outsiders rarely anticipate. Even seasoned locals sometimes underestimate how quickly conditions can change.
- Microclimates That Change in Minutes
You might leave your house on a clear street only to encounter ice a few blocks away. Shaded roads, canyon curves, and higher elevations mean frost and slick spots appear suddenly. Locals know the worst trouble spots: Diamond
Public Invited To Easter Sunrise Service Sunday At The Pond
Scene from a previous Easter sunrise service at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
COMMUNITY News:
The public is welcome to attend the annual Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday on the west side of Ashley Pond Park (near the Justice Center).
Ministers and leaders from the Christian Church, First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, and The United Church will lead the service.
The service will include Communion. Happy Easter! Read More
An Open Book: At The Passover Seder Table
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
Family gatherings at the Ellis household were a symphony of activity, conversation, and food, with my mother-in-law, Faith, serving as both conductor and principal violinist. Like any esteemed musician, she had her favorite pieces. She was famous for her pepper-infused boiled fish balls, or gefilte fish, a dish as much a part of the Passover season as a recital of Handel’s Messiah is to Christmas observance.
Having grown up without the benefit of extended family nearby, I found those multigenerational gatherings of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins Read More
Atomic City Road Runners To Kick Off 52nd Season April 7
ACRR News:
The Atomic City Road Runners Club (ACRR) will begin its 52nd season at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, at the Canyon Rim Trailhead across from the Los Alamos Cooperative Market on East Road (N.M. 502).
This run includes 1, 2, and 3-mile paved courses. Learn more at https://www.ac-rr.com.
The Atomic City Road Runners Club is a family-oriented running and walking club that meets every Tuesday April through October, for a pace race in which members predict their own time. Anyone can choose to run or walk for 1 mile, 2 miles or 3 miles, and the slowest walker can be a winner if his or her finish time Read More
Update On Repaving Operations On Camp May Road
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s contractor for the Jemez Mountain Fire Protection Project, DUB-L-EE, will begin paving operations on Camp May Road this week.
The work on Camp May Road is being done under the Jemez Mountain Fire Protection Project (JMFPP), which began in April 2025. This project includes installation of underground utility infrastructure up to Pajarito Mountain. Waterlines and conduit for electric and fiber lines have been installed. Installation of vaults for fiber and electric lines has also been completed.
The following closures will be in place for Camp May Road:
- The
New Mexico Invests $1.9M To Expand Youth Outdoor Access
Wumaniti Earth Native Sanctuary engages Indigenous and rural youth in traditional horseback riding, archery, mustang rescue and shelter building. Courtesy/EDD
EDD News:
SANTA FE — A $1.9 million investment through the state’s Outdoor Equity Fund will connect over 22,000 youth across 14 counties to 62 programs that promote wellness and expand outdoor access.
Applications for overall FY26 funding surged 141% over the previous year, with 228 organizations requesting $7.8 million in funding against $4 million available.
“This state investment in our youth is amplified by nearly $2 million Read More
Travel: Easter Island Offers Visitors A Unique Blend Of Culture, Legend And Landscape
Ahu a Kivi. Photo by Debbie Stone
Rano Kao. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
As I gazed at the massive monolithic figures before me, I experienced a sense of awe and wonder, amid an aura of mystery. These enigmatic statues, called moai (meaning “to exist”), were carved by ancient civilizations centuries ago and they are found on Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui.
This remote volcanic island is located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and is part of Chile. It requires some effort and expense to reach this legendary destination, as you first need to get to Santiago, on mainland Chile, Read More
Lauritzen: Local Rabbi Jack Shlachter Attends Antisemitism Conference, Invites Community To Learn More
Rabbi Jack Shlachter
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
Earlier this month, local Rabbi Jack Shlachter attended the 2026 StandWithUs (SWU) conference in Las Vegas, Nev. I discovered this when I reached out to Rabbi Schlachter after the March 12 attack at Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
Rabbi Shlachter told me that he was already scheduled to attend an antisemitism conference within the next few days. The last two years have found a group called Rabbis United holding its annual meeting in conjunction with the SWU event. While Rabbis United was a gathering Read More
Free Showing For Community Of Passion Of The Christ 6 P.M. Thursday At SALA Los Alamos Event Center
Community Invited To View New Lowrider Stamps Cruising Into Los Alamos Post Office & View 6 Cool Vehicles Saturday
U.S. Postal Service News:
The Los Alamos Post Office invites the community to celebrate its newly issued Lowrider stamps and view six cool lowrider vehicles and listen to music from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in front of the downtown Post Office.
The U.S. Postal Service held a first-day-of-issue ceremony for its new Lowriders stamps on March 13 in San Diego. With that issuance, USPS celebrated lowrider car culture, rooted in working-class Mexican American/Chicano communities throughout the American Southwest.
“A lowrider is a masterpiece of engineering and artistry, a rolling canvas of art. Read More
NMAA Announces Eldorado Student Jackson Simpkins Named NFHS Section 6 Heart Of The Arts Award Winner
Jackson Simpkins
NMAA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) is proud to announce that Eldorado High School student Jackson Simpkins has been named a National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Heart of the Arts Award winner for Section 6.
Simpkins is being honored for demonstrating extraordinary resilience and passion for music in the face of a life-changing diagnosis.
After being diagnosed with Functional Neurologic Disorder, Simpkins lost mobility and began using a wheelchair. Rather than stepping away from school activities, he remained fully engaged. Read More
Blue Bus To Provide Transit Shuttle For April 3 Pilgrimage
NCRTD News:
ESPAÑOLA — The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) Blue Bus will once again provide fare-free bus service to support pilgrims traveling to the annual Santuario de Chimayó pilgrimage on Good Friday, April 3.
Each year, tens of thousands of pilgrims take part in this centuries-old tradition, journeying to El Santuario de Chimayó—one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the United States. NCRTD’s Blue Bus plays a key role in supporting a safe and accessible journey for participants from across the region.
To accommodate increased demand, The Blue Read More
Posts From The Road: Arizona Agriculture
Rows and Rows: Green fields from a winter crop grow along the roadway in Yuma County. The beautiful green fields and sunny blue skies were a nice change from winter scenery. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Migrant Bus & Workers: Thousands of Mexicans are bused across the border into Yuma County to work in the crops. The workers have visas for temporary foreign agricultural workers and are legal workers on the farms. The workers are bused back across the border every day after work. Shown is a typical white bus used to transport workers to the crop sites. Thousands of seasonal workers also Read More
Fr. Glenn: Passionate
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
So, we come this weekend (March 29 this year) to Passion, or “Palm”, Sunday … the latter name referring to the branches placed on the road as the Israelites celebrated the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. While that passage of the Gospel opens the day’s Catholic Mass, it hardly speaks to the whole of the day’s remembrance. Rather, in the Gospel of the day’s Mass and of other denominations’ observances, we have one of the longest, most poignant, and most moving excerpts of our year: the account of Jesus’ sacrifice of Himself—the Last Supper, the agony in the Garden, His arrest, false Read More
Scenes From No Kings 3.0 Rally At Ashley Pond Park
Several hundred people gathered at the No Kings 3.0 Rally on Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Los Alamos Indivisible hosted this third No Kings Day of Peaceful Action: ‘a day dedicated to nonviolent protest, unity, and community solidarity’. The event included live music and speakers: Abel Sayre (Los Alamos High School): Iran and the Middle East, Christine Chandler (State Representative): New Mexico Legislature’s efforts to protect immigrants, Lena Salazar (Interim Policy Director, ACLU of New Mexico): How legal resistance is protecting New Mexicans and Rumi Sauñe (Navy veteran): A veteran’s Read More
Daily Postcard: El Santuario De Chimayo In Spring
Daily Postcard: Nestled in the village of Chimayo along the High Road to Taos sits a national historic landmark, El Santuario de Chimayo. The sanctuary is well known for the unusual legend of its creation and as a present-day pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year and has been called ‘no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States.’ It is also often called the ‘Lourdes of America’ for its magical healing soil. In the small prayer room next to the sanctuary is a round hole filled with this soil. In fact, many come to the church in pursuit of this soil, Read More
