Daily Postcard: ‘October has arrived … the sun is warm, the shadows are cold, the air is soft, and the clouds are on fire.’ View of the beautiful sky early Tuesday evening over Velarde. Photo by Johnnie Martinez
Electric school busses to be used in Las Vegas and Santa Fe. Courtesy/NMEDD
NMEDD News:
SANTE FE — GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (“GreenPower”) and the New Mexico Economic Development Department have announced the launching of the New Mexico All-Electric, Purpose-Built, Zero-Emission School Bus Pilot Project at two Las Vegas public schools and a Santa Fe charter school.
GreenPower (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV), a leading manufacturer and distributor of all-electric, purpose-built, zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles serving the cargo and delivery market, shuttle and transit Read More
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Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Kokanee salmon snagging season opens Wednesday at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.
Kokanee are a landlocked species of sockeye salmon that spend their entire lives in freshwater and do not migrate to the ocean. Like other species of Pacific salmon, they live for 3-4 years, then spawn. After spawning, they die.
In order to make use of the salmon, a special snagging season is established to allow anglers a chance to harvest the fish before they die using nontraditional methods. The most common way of catching them is by snagging. Read More
Rendering of Ahshiselsaurus, a new species of theropod dinosaur discovered in the San Juan Basin. Courtesy/NMMNHS
NMMNHS News:
ALBUQUERQUE – A team of researchers, including a pair of paleontologists from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS), has identified a massive new species of duck-billed dinosaur in the rocks of northwestern New Mexico.
This newly discovered dinosaur, which researchers named Ahshiselsaurus wimani, lived around 75 million years ago and may have weighed more than nine tons.
“Discoveries like this remind us that science truly is a community,” Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset falls over Los Alamos High School as viewed Monday near Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is inviting the public to attend an in-person meeting to provide input on the NM 554 El Rito Bridge Replacement Project from 6–7:30 p.m., Thursday Oct. 2, 2025, at El Rito Public Library, 182 Placitas Rd (State Rd 215), El Rito, NM 87530.
The existing bridge is in poor condition and is being replaced to improve safety, maintain access, and meet current engineering standards. During the meeting, NMDOT representatives will review the proposed bridge design, explain any potential traffic and access impacts, and answer Read More
NMTD News:
SANTA FE — In partnership with Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Ride Company, the New Mexico Tourism Department is deploying a brand-new hot air balloon at the 2025 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta to commemorate the Route 66 Centennial set for 2026.
The balloon will take its maiden voyage during the first Mass Ascension of Balloon Fiesta Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
To further commemorate the Route 66 Centennial and the inaugural liftoff of the Route 66 Centennial balloon, NMTD will be distributing limited-edition collectable pins at Balloon Fiesta Park beginning the morning Read More
Daily Postcard: The sunrise over Los Alamos viewed Friday from Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes
Another view of the sunrise Friday over Los Alamos as viewed from Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More
Gates of Time: The two ‘Gates of Time’ are massive walls that sit on the east and west boundaries of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The structures each provide an entrance into the memorial and lower the outside daily noise of downtown from the memorial. On the interior side of the gates is the time 9:01 on the east gate and 9:03 on the west gate. These are the minutes before and after the massive explosion. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Reflection Pool: A 319-foot-long reflection pool sits in the center of the memorial grounds. One can see reflections of many features of the memorial Read More