County Line Highlights Fall Hours for Shuttle
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY News:
Events
County Council Meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers)
What’s on the agenda? It may be a fairly short meeting, with two public hearings on the schedule: one for a liquor license for the Pajarito Brewpub & Grill, and one for designating a lead agency for efforts related to the Manhattan Project National Historic Park. The only business item relates to adoption of property tax rates for calendar year 2012.
Download the agenda here: https:////www.losalamosnm.us/gov/council/Pages/default.aspx
Grand Re-Opening of the Little Theater 11:30 a.m. Read More
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge Project Completed
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Courtesy/NM Tourism Dept.
NMDOT News:
NMDOT District Five announced today the completion of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge rehabilitation project. The bridge is 10 miles northwest of Taos.
Work began in July, 2011 and ended Aug. 29, 2012.
NMDOT congratulates all crew members on their great work and also thanks the people of the Taos area for their patience and cooperation.
Glen Baker
The job of restoring and repairing the nearly 50-year-old bridge was a monumental task headed up by Assistant District Engineer Phil A. Gallegos and Taos Project Manager Glen Baker. The contractor Read More
Glacial Thinning has Sharply Accelerated at Major South American Icefields
The thinning of the Grey Glacier in Patagonia is visible by comparing the current glacier with the bottom of the vegetation line on the surrounding mountains — where the glacier reached until recently. Photo by Andres Rivera
American Geophysical Union News:
WASHINGTON – For the past four decades, scientists have monitored the ebbs and flows of the icefields in the southernmost stretch of South America’s vast Andes Mountains, detecting an overall loss of ice as the climate warms.
A new study, however, finds that the rate of glacier thinning has increased by about half over the last dozen Read More
Comment Dates on Plans to Expand Disposal at WIPP
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety News:
There are two opportunities to make public comment on the Department of Energy (DOE) proposals to expand the disposal options at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
DOE is seeking to use lead shielded containers for disposal of “hot” Remote-Handled (RH) waste and to dispose of six metric tons of “surplus plutonium.”
Fact sheets and sample comment letters about both proposals are available on the CCNS website: https:////www.nuclearactive.org. Public comments about the proposal to use shielded containers are due to the New Mexico Environment Read More
Udall Recruits New Mexico Applicants for Internships
- Positions Available in New Mexico and Washington Offices
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall invites New Mexico college students interested in gaining legislative or press relations experience to apply for fall internships in his Washington, D.C., Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces offices.
To apply online or download an application, visit Udall’s website at www.tomudall.senate.gov.
The deadline to apply for positions is flexible, but students interested in fall internships are encouraged to submit their applications by Friday, Sept. 7.
“While working in one of my offices, students Read More
Candidates React to Firefighters’ Union Endorsement
ELECTION 2012 News:
By Carol A. Clark
Incumbent County Council candidate Vincent Chiravalle and Council candidate Pete Sheehey have responded to request for comment from the Los Alamos Daily Post following Friday’s announcement by the Los Alamos Firefighters Association – IAFF Local 3279, that its membership elected to endorse them as well as House Dist. 43 candidate Stephanie Garcia Richard for the November General Election:
Vincent Chiravalle
“I am happy and honored to receive the endorsement of our firefighters. I want to thank the union membership for their Read More
Redbook Names Albuquerque and Santa Fe Among ‘Most Romantic Date Destinations’ in America
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Staff report:
Redbook magazine has released its list of the “Most Romantic Date Destinations” in America and Los Alamos has three of them in its own back yard … or just a day’s drive away.
Redbook’s list:
- The Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York
- St. Augustine, Fla.
- Top of the Rock, New York City
- The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.V.
- St. Petersburg, Fla.
- Harvest Inn, Napa Valley, Calif.
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- Pittsburgh, Penn.
- Newport, RI.
- Santa Fe, N.M.
- Rincon, Puerto Rico
- Sedona,
National Park Service to Host Two Public Meetings
Courtesy/BNMGOP Convention Takes Center Stage on NM In Focus
NEW MEXICO PBS’ PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES “NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS”
Airs at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 on Ch. 5.1
The program repeats 5 p.m. Saturday on Ch.9.1 and 7 a.m. Sunday on Ch. 5.1
This week on NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, the Republican National Convention in Tampa has taken center stage in the political world. NMIF checks in with Gov. Susana Martinez from the convention, gathering her thoughts on its highpoints and on her prime-time speech Wednesday. The Line opinion panel will analyze Martinez’s performance. Panel regular and RNC delegate Jamie Estrada reports back from Read More
Gov. Susana Martinez: In America, Everything is Possible [Video]
Watch New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez as she addressed the Republican National Convention Wednesday night:
