Lifestyles

Services For Barbara Roybal Stover Thursday Sept. 2

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Barbara Roybal Stover  

COMMUNITY News:

Olivia “Barbara” Roybal Stover, born Sept. 2, 1926, passed away on Dec. 20, 2020.  

Services will be held at Santa Maria De La Paz Catholic Church in Santa Fe on Thursday, Sept. 2; rosary recited at 9 a.m. and funeral at 9:30 a.m.

She will be laid to rest at Santa Fe National Cemetery next to husband, Charles “Smokey” Stover.  

Please visit our online guestbook for Barbara at www.FrenchFunerals.com.

The Service will be streamlined at smdlp@smdlp.org. Read More

Posts From The Road: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

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Bighorn Lake: A view of a portion of Bighorn Lake near the Horseshoe Bend Campground. The lake and campground are a part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in Wyoming and Montana. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Campground View: A sunrise view of the spectacular scenery in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area as seen from our campsite in the Horseshoe Bend Campground. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Bighorn Canyon: One of the overlook areas in the Southern District of the recreation area shows Bighorn Canyon and surrounding scenery. This magnificent recreation Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of Aug. 23, 2021

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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 505.662.8150, or visit the “Projects/Public Works” link at www.losalamosnm.us.

Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.  

Canyon Rim Trail Underpass 

The highway detour has shifted to the north side of NM502 allowing the contractor Read More

Fr. Glenn: Logs In The Eye

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Even at my age there are still certain comics I check every day; it gives a bit of relief from the daily grind and, anyway … how can you not like “Dilbert”?! Recently one comic’s characters were musing at a theme written in the heavens … implicitly indicating a divine source: “Be Nice to Each Other!” I couldn’t but note the irony because the comic’s creator often engages in sharp parody of various political figures. Well, it WAS a Sunday comic.

It’s hard to be TOO tough on the guy, though, because likely almost all of us fall into that trap at times, whether one call it duplicity, Read More

Rockfall Mitigation Project On Main Hill Road Runs Long

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Although N.M. 502 was expected to reopen at 3 p.m. today, Los Alamos County was notified that the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) rockfall mitigation project was still underway late today and Main Hill Road didn’t re-open as scheduled. Motorists should use the truck route to exit Los Alamos. The Main Hill Road should be avoided at this time. The project began Monday and is scheduled to last 10 days. Motorists coming up to Los Alamos should take the Truck Route between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. or possibly later if crews run into issues that delay their work schedule), Monday through Read More

PEEC: Eat Like A Bear At Los Alamos Nature Center Aug. 27

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Menu for PEEC’s upcoming Eat Like a Bear Dinner at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) annual Eat Like a Bear Dinner is coming up at 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.

Purchase tickets now for this one-of-a-kind experience to enjoy the evening before PEEC’s Bear Festival. Learn more and register at peecnature.org/events.

Enjoy a delicious meal inspired by a Black Bear’s diet catered by Pig + Fig Café. The menu will feature smoked salmon bites, stuffed mushrooms, sweet weeds, dirt Read More

Crews Chipping Away Loose Rocks On Main Hill Road

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A photo taken today of loose rocks being removed as part of the state’s hazard mitigation project on the Main Hill Road. The project began Monday and is scheduled to last 10 days. Motorists coming up to Los Alamos should take the Truck Route between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or so Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or so Saturday. Proceed with caution around the area and stay alert for NMDOT crews and vehicles. Photo by Pat Wolfe Read More

Los Alamos Restaurants – Now Hiring!

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List of some local restaurants now hiring. Please share this list with anyone looking for work or who might consider a new position or career. Courtesy/Chamber

By RYN HERRMANN
Los Alamos Chamber Director

You might have noticed that the lack of workers for our local restaurants seemed to have hit a crisis level last week.

The labor shortage is forcing some of the local restaurants to change their hours, and even close some days of the week:

  • Blue Window Bistro was closed last Thursday and Friday due to a staffing shortage.
  • The Pajarito Brewpub & Grill is now closed Mondays and Tuesdays, and unable
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