Lifestyles

Scenes Of Easter Sunrise Celebration At Ashley Pond Park

The United Church of Los Alamos joins with other congregations for the Easter Sunrise Celebration for community members gathered this morning at Ashley Pond Park. Pastor John Nash of First United Methodist Church is shown speaking at the service. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Pastors are preparing for communion this morning at the Easter Sunrise Celebration at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Daily Postcard: Gathering For Easter Sunrise At Overlook

Daily Postcard: Early this morning just as the sun begins to rise, community members gather at Overlook Park for an Easter Service led by pastors James Byerly of La Vista Church of the Nazarene, Marshall Cook of White Rock Baptist Church and Deb Worley of White Rock Presbyterian Church. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More

Attorney General Balderas Announces Indictment Of Former Congregation Albert Synagogue Employee

Attorney General Hector Balderas

From the Office of the Attorney General: 

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has  announced the filing of an indictment against Crystal Lucero, a former employee of Congregation Albert Synagogue.

The indictment contains nine counts, including forgery, larceny and embezzlement.

Congregation Albert Synagogue, established in 1897, is the oldest Jewish organization of continued existence in New Mexico. 

“Nonprofit organizations like synagogues, rely on trusted employees for much of their financial management and oversight, Read More

Expect Hunting & Fishing Season Checkpoints Statewide

NMGF News: 

The Department of Game and Fish (NMGF) will conduct checkpoints throughout the state during hunting and fishing seasons, in hunting and angling areas, to collect harvest data and to detect wildlife law violations.

The 2022-2023 hunting and fishing season began April 1. All hunters and anglers are required to purchase a new license before hunting and fishing. Guides and outfitters are also reminded that new registration is required.

The general turkey season begins April 15.

For more information, please consult the Department’s Hunting Rules and Information Booklet.

Hunters Read More

WRPC Shares Easter Week Services

Members of White Rock Presbyterian Church painted the rock Sunday in honor of Palm Sunday. Pastor Deb Worley welcomes the community to a Maundy Thursday service at the church starting at 6:30 p.m. today. WRPC will join other White Rock churches for an Easter Sunrise service starting at 6:15 a.m. Sunday at Overlook Park, followed by an Easter Sunday worship service at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. The church is at 310 Rover Blvd. For more information, go to https://wrpchurch.com/index.html. Photo by Joyce Haven Read More

State Farm Urges New Mexico Property Owners To Make Safety Top Priority During Wildfires

STATE FARM News:

State Farm’s hearts go out to those who have been affected by the wildfires in New Mexico, and State Farm’s greatest concern is for the safety of everyone in the impacted areas.

Their first priority is taking care of their customers’ needs as quickly as possible. State Farm encourage New Mexico customers who had to evacuate to save receipts for their living expenses like lodging, food and pet boarding as coverage may be available while the public are subject to mandatory evacuation orders. Residents with wildfire damage are encouraged to file a claim as soon as possible to begin Read More

An Open Book: The Treasured Izraelevitz Passover Tradition

By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos

“Did you hear what Mirabel’s father just said?” and I snatched up the remote from Terry in the middle of watching the Disney movie “Encanto”. My patient wife, who has too many times relinquished control of the remote so I can rewind a scene because A) I couldn’t understand what was just said, B) I noticed something in the background scenery that I found interesting or abnormal, or C) I wanted to stop and share some obscure Wikipedia nugget I remembered about the historical context of the movie, has now found a fourth reason, D) the use of a polite substitute for a Spanish Read More

Young Chefs Compete In Los Alamos County 4-H Contests

A Los Alamos County 4-H member competes in the Favorite Foods category, one of the most popular contests. The members select and make a dish and create a table setting theme to display their dish. Courtesy/LAC

A Los Alamos County 4-H member shows her dish and the creative table setting theme she created to display her dish. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County 4-H Contests were held April 7-9 in White Rock. This year there were 22 participates grades K-12, who competed in variety of different contests covering areas such as Wildlife and Plant Identification, Cooking and Nutrition and Public Read More

Bandelier Celebrates National Park Week With Fee Free Day April 16

Entrance fees at Bandelier are waived Saturday, April 16 to celebrate the start of National Park Week 2022. Post file photo

NPS News:

Bandelier National Monument and other National Park Service areas that charge entrance fees will waive those fees on Saturday, April 16 to celebrate the start of National Park Week 2022.

Fee free days provide an opportunity to explore Bandelier or another national park for the first time or visit an old favorite. Entrance fee waivers do not apply to expanded amenity fees such as camping.

National Park Week 2022, which runs April 16-24, is a time to explore amazing Read More