Employment

Los Alamos Public Schools Hosts Orientation For New Staff

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Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Jennifer Guy is welcoming 36 new teachers and 20 educational assistants this morning in the Speech Theater at Los Alamos High School, encouraging one and all to ‘Choose Joy!’. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Jennifer Guy, right, is addressing new staff members during an orientation this morning in the Speech Theater at LAHS. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

New staff members in the Speech Theater this morning at LAHS. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Leadership New Mexico Kicks Off 2025 Connect Cohort This Week In Los Alamos

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By DIEGO ESPINOZA
President
Leadership New Mexico

Leadership New Mexico is launching the 2025 Connect New Mexico cohort this week in Los Alamos, bringing together a talented group of emerging leaders from across the state for the program’s opening session.

Connect New Mexico is a statewide, five-month leadership development program designed for professionals aged 25 to 40. Through immersive, place-based learning and hands-on sessions, participants gain a deeper understanding of the systems shaping New Mexico—while building leadership skills and long-lasting relationships that Read More

Dr. Hailey Heinz Appointed To Lead ECECD’s Policy, Research, And Quality Initiatives Division

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Dr. Hailey Heinz

ECECD News:

SANTA FE —  Dr. Hailey Heinz has been appointed to serve as the new division director for Policy, Research, and Quality Initiatives (PRQI) at the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD). 

Dr. Heinz brings more than a decade of experience in early childhood research and policy in New Mexico, most recently serving as deputy director and senior research scientist at the University of New Mexico’s Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI). 

“Dr. Heinz has dedicated her career to understanding and improving the systems that serve New Mexico’s Read More

Venusto Salon In Los Alamos Expands Services

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Venusto Salon Founder/Owner Diana Rascon in the entry area of her salon at 555 Oppenheimer, Suite 102. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos resident Diana Rascon opened her Venusto Salon, which means “to be beautify, adorn and make lovely”, in 2013 at 555 Oppenheimer, Suite 102. She is maintaining her Los Alamos salon and now expanding her services as a licensed and experienced cosmetic tattoo artist, on Mondays in Santa Fe at Glow House of Beauty and Pain.

Services include:

  • Lash Line Enhancements;
  • Combo Brows;
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New Mexico Tech’s Michael Jackson Named Acting President

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Dr. Michael Jackson

NMT News:

SOCORRO — New Mexico Tech (NMT) has announced a temporary leadership structure following the recent resignation of Dr. Mahyar Amouzegar. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Michael Jackson will serve as Acting President, effective July 28, 2025.

Dr. Lique Coolen, Vice President of Research, will also assume the role of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, effective Aug. 1, 2025. This structure is designed to ensure seamless university operations and maintain a strong focus on the institution’s academic and research missions. Read More

Marlene Wilden Joins Los Alamos Daily Post News Team

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Marlene Wilden 

Staff Report

Marlene Wilden has joined the Los Alamos Daily Post as a general assignment reporter.

Wilden draws on a career spent navigating boardrooms, brand crises and big-picture strategy. She worked in Corporate Affairs for a number of major companies, including Nielsen and Thomson Reuters. Recently, she has been operating her own firm, which includes a portfolio of growth-stage clients.

Wilden said her experience ranges from private equity transactions and post-merger integrations to high-stakes communications planning, giving her a deep understanding of how Read More

Heinrich Urges USDA And Interior Department To Provide Adequate Resources And Support To Wildland Firefighters

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

  • Heinrich to DOI and USDA Secretary: “In addition to carrying out their own duties and responsibilities, firefighters reportedly have been thrown into serving in administrative and janitorial roles – ranging from cleaning campground bathrooms to answering front desk calls to mowing lawns.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Brooke Rollins and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Read More

LAPS Names Stan Maschal Assistant Principal Of LAHS

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Stan Maschal

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools has announced that Stan Maschal has accepted the position of Assistant Principal at Los Alamos High School. He joins Principal Eric Ziegler, Assistant Principal Ryan Finn, Assistant Principal Suzanne Montoya and Athletic Director Guy Meyer as a member of the LAHS Administration team.

“We are excited to have Stan join Los Alamos High School,” LAPS Superintendent Jennifer Guy said. “He brings a wealth of experience to the administrative team and love for students.”

Maschal is a passionate and experienced educator with 16 years in public education. Read More

EEOC Sues Scalo Restaurant In Albuquerque For Managers Harassing And Retaliating Against Female Workers

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EEOC News: 

ALBUQUERQUE – Scalo Restaurant, an Albuquerque restaurant located in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood, violated federal civil rights laws when its male managers sexually harassed female employees and then retaliated against those female workers who spoke out against the abusive conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, two male managers subjected female employees to relentless sexual harassment, including: vulgar comments about female customers and employees; physically Read More

Wedding Announcement: Krista Black & Hunter Lee Dyer July 26, 2025

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Krista Black and Hunter Lee Dyer were married Saturday, July 26, 2025, at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Santa Fe. Dyer is from Chatsworth, GA, and Black is from Roswell. They both work at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and live in Santa Fe. Dyer was a US Naval Submariner for 24 years and Black has worked at LANL since 2006. Courtesy photo Read More