Lifestyles

Lane Closure On Trinity Drive At 35th Near Hill Apartments

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COUNTY News:

This Press Release is being issued on behalf of Pavilion Construction who is managing the construction work of the Hill Apartments and the Realignment of 35th Street at Trinity Drive (N.M.-502).

This work will require the existing eastbound right lane to be closed and temporarily shifted to the center lane. This work zone will stay in place until the work on Trinity Drive is complete in approximately mid-May.

The eastbound bike lane is also closed. Motorists and bicyclists are asked to share the road.  Sidewalk closures are posted and pedestrians are asked to follow the signage Read More

The List Goes On: Rabbi Jack Shlachter To Discuss Jewish American Nobel Prize Winners In Physics May 1

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Public Library will host Rabbi Jack Shlachter for a talk on Jewish American Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1.

As part of the library’s honoring of Jewish American Heritage Month in May, Shlachter’s talk will explore the outsized history of Jewish Nobel Laureates of the Physics prize. With far too many physicists to describe in detail, the list of Jewish Prize Winners includes names such as Richard Feynman, Fred Reines, Hans Bethe, Robert Hofstadter, Eugene Wigner and A. A. Michelson. Of the famous names, Shlachter will discuss the particular Read More

Posts From The Road: Tucumcari Tonight

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Blue Swallow: The Blue Swallow Motel has been a popular Route 66 motel for decades and is the most well-known of the Tucumcari motels. Travelers continue to book the facility months in advance due to its popularity along  Route 66. This photo shows the motel with its classic Hudson auto parked in the entrance at twilight as the neon lights begin to light the motel. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

La Cita: La Cita Restaurant is a popular Mexican Restaurant on Historic Route 66 in Tucumcari. The bright yellow exterior with murals painted on many walls and the tall sombrero over the entrance make Read More

Fr. Glenn: Shepherding

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Some of my former parishioners live in a very rural setting, and besides farming one of their businesses is raising/selling a species of goat used for Jewish religious rites. They related to me recently that they found one of their dogs which guard the sheep bloodied, some slain coyotes nearby. The faithful hound evidently had repulsed a coordinated attack for which the wily coyote is so well known.

I recalled this while reviewing the Gospel for this weekend’s Catholic Mass in which Jesus portrays Himself as the Good Shepherd (John 10:11-18). One of the earliest paintings of Read More

NMDOT’s Richard Baca Recognized For 50+ Years Of Service

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Richard Baca is recognized at a special ceremony for his more than 50 years of continuous employment with NMDOT and as the longest continuously working State of New Mexico employee. Courtesy/NMDOT

Richard Baca speaks at the ceremony recognizing him for his more than 50 years of continuous employment with NMDOT and being the longest continuously working State of New Mexico employee. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales and NMDOT Cabinet Secretary Ricky Serna were among those honoring Baca. Courtesy/NMDOT

NMDOT News:

  • Longest continuously working employee with a Single Agency

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of April 22, 2024

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County has released the following construction news for the week of April 22:

Public Works Projects: 

Los Alamos County Public Works staff manages the projects listed in this section through contractors. For more information, please email lacpw@lacnm.us, call (505)662-8150, or visit the “Projects/Public Works” link at https://lacnm.com/pw-projects. Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the information below is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays. Read More

All Shall Be Well: The Power Of Love

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Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon  Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church

“Solitary confinement involves physical isolation. This means a person has minimal interaction with other people. It can cause severe psychological distress and other adverse mental effects. Isolation can be as distressing as physical torture and it can create the following: anxiety and stress, depression and hopelessness, Read More

Op/Ed: What Is This Town Like?

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By JIM GOURDOUX
White Rock

In response to the recent Op/Ed on “Los Alamos Lab Culture For Outsiders” (link):

Back in the days when the settlers were moving to the West, a wise man stood on a hill outside a new Western town. As the settlers came from the East, the wise man was the first person they met before coming to the settlement. They asked eagerly what the people of the town were like.

He answered them with a question: “What were the people like in the town you just left?”

Some said, “The town we came from was wicked. The people were rude gossips who took advantage of innocent people. It was filled with Read More