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Posts From Abroad: Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti

Posts from abroad: Interior view of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez

View of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez

View of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez

View of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez Read More

Second Annual New Mexico Bike Packing Summit Returns To Las Cruces Oct. 28

Scene from New Mexico Bike Packing Summit in 2021 in Las Cruces. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

LAS CRUCES — The second annual New Mexico Bike Packing Summit returns Friday, Oct. 28 in Las Cruces. It’s all in hopes of bringing together local, state and national outdoor enthusiasts to discuss connecting the New Mexico’s four major bike packing routes, and work to promote these routes in a way that supports inclusivity and equity.

The Summit begins with a New Mexico Makers Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Outdoor Adventures, 1424 Missouri Ave., featuring New Mexico-based manufacturers and retailers that Read More

County: 2022 Bandelier Shuttle Season Has Ended

Today marks the Bandelier Shuttle’s last day of operation to Bandelier National Park for the 2022 season. Courtesy photo 

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit (ACT) announced that today is the ACT Shuttle’s last day of operation to Bandelier National Park for the 2022 season.

Starting Thursday, Oct. 13, vehicles will be allowed to drive into the park while visiting. Bandelier National Park Visitor Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

ACT regular service will continue as published.

Direct questions to the ATC office at (505) 661-RIDE (7433) or use the ACTracker to locate bus routes Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of Oct. 10, 2022

COUNTY News:

Public Works Projects: 

The projects listed in this section are being managed by County Public Works staff through contractors.

For more information, please e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 662.8150, or visit “Projects/Public Works”.

Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones.

Note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Hilltop House Demolition Underway

All Rite Construction, under contract with Los Alamos County Public Works, has begun demolition of the former Hilltop Read More

Home Country: Cowboys Always Wear Tennis Shoes

Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Steve, the cowboy on the board of directors of the Mule Barn truck stop’s philosophy counter and world dilemma think tank, swears on his coffee it happened.

“Tourist guy got off the train the other day when I was down there picking up a friend,” Steve said. “He asked me if I was a real cowboy, and I allowed I probably was, because I wasn’t smart enough to get a real job. So, he asked if I minded if he asked me some questions.”

Steve sipped his coffee. “I said, ‘Shoot’ and the guy says he wondered why we wore these big ol’ hats with the wide brims. So, I explained to him they give us shade Read More

Posts From The Road: Aspens Along Boreas Pass Road

Snow Peaks & Aspens: Along our journey on Boreas Pass Road a high peak is covered with light snow and a stand of aspens shines in the foreground. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Boreas Pass Road: After passing through the small town of Como, Colo. the pavement comes to an end and Boreas Pass Road begins. This photo shows a peak snow covered from an earlier storm and scattered aspen trees showing off their fall color. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By Gary Warren
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

Travel days or even day trips usually progress as planned; but not always. When we meet Read More

Fr. Glenn: Healing In Muddy Waters

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

The concept of seasonal fashions has always perplexed many of us. They seem to be a type of one-upmanship—“See, I can buy what’s new; can you?” (Apparently a new “fashion” for young women are jeans which look like a lion’s discarded scratching post. Ooookaay)

This touches on how many people seem to set their value on their net worth, and why many are never happy with what they have but are always grasping for more. Having counseled more than a few couples, this often leads to the end of relationships as one spouse drains the savings, even spiraling them into hopeless debt—all for Read More

All Shall Be Well: Competition And A Mustard Seed

Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo

By Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Los Alamos

“The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea’, and it would obey you.” Luke 17: 5-6

“It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.” –Gianni Versace

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but Read More