A new exhibit is going up today in the Changing Exhibit Room of the Los Alamos Historical Museum: “Jack Aeby: His Life and Work Beyond the Blast.” Aeby took the only color photograph of the Trinity test. His daughter has been working together with a museum specialist and an archivist to prepare the extraordinary exhibit for a special public opening from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7. Courtesy/LAHM Read More
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Los Alamos County Launches Sunshine Webpage
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County has added a new “Sunshine” webpage to its County website.
The new feature can be accessed by clicking on the sun icon on the County’s home page.
The Sunshine webpage addition is another step toward the County’s goal to build citizen trust by being open and transparent.
The new webpage makes more government documents available on-line and offers a more direct way to navigate to key documents that are already offered on the website.
For example, the Sunshine webpage offers new information to residents through a County “checkbook register” that shows monthly Read More
Los Alamos Golf Course Community Building Construction Begins Tuesday
COUNTY News:
The start of construction for the Golf Course Community Building begins Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Contractor Gerald Martin will be fencing off the southern half of the parking lot.
Patrons to the golf course will be allowed to park in a single row of angled spaces in the main lot and in the overflow parking lot on the west side of the driving range.
There is existing signage directing traffic to the overflow parking lot. The contractor will be using a portion of the overflow parking lot as a staging area for their equipment.
The contractor is required to abide by the county Read More
No Trash Collection Monday, Sept. 3
COUNTY News:
In observance of Labor Day, there will be no trash or recycling collection Monday, Sept. 3 in Los Alamos or White Rock.
If Monday is your normal pickup day, please place your material out at the curb by 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5 for collection.
UPDATE: County Shares Letters of Interest
UPDATE: The Los Alamos County Administrator’s Office has made available the Letters of Interest submitted by seven local residents who want to be considered to fill a vacancy on the Los Alamos County Council. Click HERE to view the letters.
Staff report:
The following Los Alamos County residents submitted letters of interest to fill a vacancy on the Los Alamos County Council created earlier this month by the resignation of Ron Selvage:
- Edward R. Birnbaum – Former NMSU Faculty/Former LANL Employee – Democrat;
- John L. Bliss – Works at LANL – Republican;
County Responds to LANL’s Technetium 99 Incident
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County officials participated in a briefing this morning with DOE officials regarding last week’s incident involving the inadvertent spread of Technetium 99 by lab employees and contractors working at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center at LANSCE.
After several days of interviews, measuring, surveying and assessment, the DOE’s Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) has been able to successfully identify all individuals and report on their whereabouts since the incident occurred.
About a dozen people had been reportedly involved in the incident, many of whom Read More
Workshops Prepare Participants for Los Alamos Trash Fashion Contest Sept. 15
Los Alamos County Environmental Services Specialist Tom Nagawiecki and artist Nancy Judd assist a workshop participant affixing a CD to her recycled fashion garment. Courtesy photo
COUNTY News:
Hot glue guns, old CDs, fabric scraps and aluminum cans were scattered around the Fuller Lodge Art Center classroom as residents of all ages worked on creating recycled fashion for the Los Alamos Trash Fashion Contest coming uo Sept. 15.
Under the tutelage of Nancy Judd, an internationally recognized artist and educator known for creating couture fashion from trash, participants molded trash into Read More
Census: Los Alamos Lacks Young Adults, Has Plenty of Middle-agers
Updated (12/08/30-9:30 A.M.) with 65-plus age group by county data.
By Greg Kendall
The 2010 federal census shows that Los Alamos is lacking in its level of 20 to 34 year olds compared to the rest of the United States and has an abundance of 35 to 49 year olds and 50 to 64 year olds.
With a County population of 17,950 in 2010, Los Alamos was ranked against 3,141 counties and Independent Cities (IC) across the nation. (A higher ranking means a larger percentage of population in an age grouping.)
According to the Commerce Department, 20 to 34 year olds constitute 20.3 percent of the U.S. population, or slightly Read More
Democrats Elect Redondo to Replace Johnson in Council Race
Newly elected Council candidate Michael Redondo. Photo by Greg Kendall.ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
The Democratic Party of Los Alamos County Central Committee tonight unanimously elected Michael Redondo to replace Ken Johnson who officially withdrew his name from the Los Alamos County Council race Aug. 17.
Redondo, 32, has lived in Los Alamos since the age of 3. He earned his master’s degree a little over a year ago in community and regional planning. He is the owner/director of Michael Redondo, LLC, a Biodiversity Planning, Outreach and Education company.
“I decided Read More
Downtown Without Power Monday
DPU News:
Los Alamos businesses on the south side of Trinity Drive from 20th Street to the end of DP Road were briefly without power yesterday morning.
Around 10 a.m. a contractor severed an underground electric line while removing a section of sidewalk.
Electric line crews with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities responded and rerouted power around the damaged section to restore power in less than 30 minutes.
Permanent repairs will be scheduled in the near future. Read More