McCullough: Why I Want To Serve UNM-LA
By CHUCK MCCULLOUGH
Candidate For UNM-LA Advisory Board
Do you realize the treasure UNM-LA is in our town? How many lives of high school students, beginning college students, returning to the workforce students, and community folks have been enhanced and enriched by UNM-LA? More than we can count!
Excellent administrators and staff, top-notch faculty, accessible and affordable—UNM-LA is an important part of what makes Los Alamos unique. This branch campus has been a consistently positive, long-standing presence in Los Alamos.
I would like to serve on the UNM-LA Advisory Board because Read More
Whipple: Forest Bathing Or Shinrin-Yoku For Better Health
By Dr. Laura Whipple DC
Los Alamos
Forest Bathing was defined by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture in 1982 to encourage people to spend more time in nature.
This practice encourages us to spend more time outside so we can absorb the beauty, smells and sounds of our natural environment. This healing technique is unique because it passively restores physiological and psychological health through our five senses when we are immersed in nature instead of relying on medication.
Our system is recharged by experiencing the forest and by eliminating the noise, stress and technology around us.
It Read More
Posts From The Road: Gateway Auto Museum In Colorado
Gateway Auto Museum: Upon entering the Gateway Auto Museum, visitors are greeted by a 1934 Ford Custom Coupe and a 1955 Nash Metropolitan. The backdrop for the display is auto and oil company advertisements from years past. The museum has over 50 autos on display. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Olds F-88: The most prize possession of the museum is a 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Concept Car. This is the one and only car ever produced and was purchased by John Hendricks in 2005 for 3.24 million dollars. This car is displayed on a circular stage in a room by itself and surrounded by photos and text of the Read More
Amateur Naturalist: The World Of Small Canyons, Part 3
A spring is releasing its clear water down a canyon wall. The iron in the water then is being used by bacteria to support its life. The orange color is a by-product of the bacteria’s digestion. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
We have reviewed in prior articles the geologic characteristics of Upper Pueblo Canyon and the impact of the Cerro Grande Forest fire on the landscape. Flash floods have a dramatic impact on the canyon but there are subtle impacts as well.
Upper Pueblo Canyon descends 1,300-foot in elevation along its length. Surface water flows quickly but sub-surface water Read More
Fr. Glenn: Short Memories
By Father Glenn Jones:
Well, the 9/11 memorials are winding down now after the 20th anniversary of that tragic day. They’ll continue, of course … for a few years, at least … but less and less as the years and decades pass. That’s just the way of things. Fewer and fewer people will be alive to remember that day—the emotions, the pain, the outrage. Remember the silence in cities when all planes were grounded and/or diverted to Canada? We need only look at December 7; it seems hardly noticed anymore. It would be interesting to poll high school students to know how many even know the significance of that Read More
McQuiston: The Sharing Economy – When New Opportunities Create Insurance Challenges
By Allen McQuiston
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
The “sharing economy” continues to provide individuals and families with non-traditional ways to rent vacation properties, hitch a ride via a ridesharing service and even rent vehicles for short-term use.
By now most of you are probably somewhat familiar with companies such as VRBO, Airbnb, Uber and Lyft. However, if you aren’t, these companies allow individuals to conduct business on a peer-to-peer level, taking the place of traditional property management, taxi, and rental car services.
I recently took a call from a personal Read More
Community Invited To Take Survey To Determine Interest In Research Park On Old Nuclear Waste Dump On DP Road
This 1946 photo shows original nuclear weapons were developed in very rudimentary buildings. Courtesy photo
By RICK NEBEL
Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc.
Los Alamos
Starting in January 2022, Los Alamos County is planning to replace/extend utilities along DP Road down to the old TA-21 site. The County owns 10 acres of property along the south side of DP Road that it received from LANL for development. This is primarily an old nuclear waste dump dating back to WW2 that the lab cleaned up at a cost of $250,000,000.
My understanding is that this property is zoned C-3 (heavy industrial) and that the Read More
