Students in Teacher Christina Wadlington’s 8th grade Leadership Class at Los Alamos Middle School deliver items they collected from fellow students and faculty to o Shelter Manager Paul Sena Friday at the Los Alamos County Animal Shelter. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Animal Shelter Manager Paul Sena brought out Mayzie the puppy to visit with the students. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
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As temperatures drop this winter, the community is urged to practice safe heating methods at home.
Critical Safety Tip: Never use your oven or stove to warm up. Rely on your home’s heating system to keep you and your family safe and warm! Read More
Community invited to a Luminaria Skate Event, 5-7 p.m. Christmas Eve at the County Ice Rink. Courtesy/LAC
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Los Alamos County invites the community to start a holiday tradition with family and friends by spending Christmas Eve at the ice rink.
The Luminaria Skate Event is 5-7 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 24 and includes quiet holiday music, luminarias, and holiday lights.
The admission cost is $6.50 per person for ages 6 and older and $2.50 per person for ages 5 and younger and includes skate rental, coffee and cocoa.
Direct question to the Los Alamos County Recreation Division at 505.662.4500,
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Los Alamos County Information Management reports that the network provider, REDINet, restored services at 11:38 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10.
REDINet began experiencing downtime on Wednesday morning, following a hardware failure. The two County networks affected included “LAC Public” at all County facilities, and “Discover LA”, the free Wi-Fi available in the Los Alamos downtown historic district.
The downtime was caused when REDInet experienced a hardware failure involving a critical component.
County IT Program Manager Marlena Sanchez thanks the community for their Read More
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The Los Alamos County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will host a virtual Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting focused on the winter weather outlook and Red Cross programs from 9 to 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, via Zoom.
This quarterly session of the LEPC will support ongoing preparedness and seasonal situational awareness efforts, with two guest presentations from the National Weather Service (NWS) and the American Red Cross.
A representative from the NWS will provide a briefing on the winter weather outlook for the 2025–2026 season, including anticipated Read More
Jeramay Martinez
By JERAMAY MARTINEZ
Health Care Specialist
Los Alamos County
Most of us know how the adoption and foster care system works, but kinship care is somewhere in the middle. It’s when grandparents, extended family members or even family friends take in, become legal guardians, and care for the children when their parents can’t. Kinship care is more common than you may think in New Mexico. A recent report from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation found that 8 percent of all kids in New Mexico are in some type of kinship care arrangement. That is more than double the national Read More
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The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Customer Care Center will be operating in a limited capacity from 12:30–2:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12, for an employee appreciation luncheon.
The Customer Care Center will be processing payments at the window and answering general questions. However, email and phone communications will be handled when staff return to their desks at 2:30 p.m. Except for this period of limited operations, DPU and its Customer Care Center operation are open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and may be contacted at 505.662.8333 or CustomerCare@losalamosnm.gov. Read More
Courtesy/LAC
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The south lane of North Road will be closed between Quemazon Place and Diamond Drive from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., today, Dec. 10, to repair a sewer main. The north lane of North Road will remain open for access to the Quemazon Neighborhood.
Drivers will need to detour to the north to exit the Quemazon Neighborhood.
Detour and road-closed signs will be placed throughout the area to alert of the closure. Please use caution when driving in this neighborhood. Read More
