Lifestyles

Sky Railway & Meow Wolf Collaborate On Ticket Bundle

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View of the Sky Railway. Courtesy photo

Sky Rail News:

Sky Railway and Meow Wolf have collaborated on a ticket bundle, click here for the details.

Brief History Of Sky Railway:

As Santa Fe became a curious and unique destination, the railroad carried into Santa Fe artists, tourists, wealthy eastern eccentrics, archaeologists, dreamers, and others seeking its unique mixture of cultures, mountains, fresh air, and exquisite light. Many scientists who joined the Manhattan Project traveled incognito on the train, before being whisked up by car to the secret city of Los Alamos. Presidents rode Read More

Santa Fe World Affairs Forum Presents ‘One World’ 5.5 Feet Long By 4.5 Feet High Jan. 30 In Board Room At SFCC

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‘One World’ 5.5 Feet Long By 4.5 Feet High lunch buffet and talk Jan. 30 at SFCC. Courtesy image

Santa Fe World Affairs Forum News:

The community is invited to a lunch buffet and talk by artist-story teller Jeannie Hope Gibson noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 in the Board Room (#223) at Santa Fe Community College (SFCC).

Even with our vast personal differences or location on this earth, we are all interconnected, an extended family. Migrations and intermarriages throughout our human history have impacted our DNA, altering our bloodlines. These are average everyday people from all over the world Read More

All Shall Be Well: Reading The Bible

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By The Rev. Lynn M. Finnegan
Associate Rector
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith

As of November 2024, the Bible, originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, has been translated into 756 languages. If you include translations of only a portion of the Old and New Testaments, that number rises to 3,756. With over five billion copies sold, it is the most popular book in the world.

How, though, do we go about reading it? Replete with Read More

McQuiston: High-Tech Cars – What’s New In Safety Features?

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

High-tech cars are here to stay. Car safety technology is evolving quickly, bringing scores of often unpronounceable abbreviations for new systems that promise to keep us safer. Can a car read a street sign? Can the family wagon’s safety systems react to a sudden traffic change faster than a seasoned driver? Automakers say yes.

We’re all familiar with established safety systems like anti-lock braking systems (ABS) and traction control. ABS dates back to the late 1920s, when it was first developed for aircraft, although Read More

Section Of Pueblo Drive To Close Tuesday Jan. 21

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Map of Pueblo Drive closure area scheduled for Tuesday Jan. 21. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Traffic on Pueblo Drive will be impacted by lane closures Tuesday Jan. 21. The road will be closed to thru traffic and drivers will detour through 35th Street to Questa and around to 36th Street. 

Both drivers and bicyclists are reminded to drive cautiously and courteously near the work zone. Pedestrians should also be aware that a section of the sidewalk will be closed.

Both lanes will be closed for the entire workday, beginning at 7:30 a.m. while Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Water Production Read More

St. Job Raises $3,500 For Hurricane Relief

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St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church raises $3,500 through its December baklava sales for the victims of hurricanes in North Carolina and Florida. Photo by Fr. Theophan

By Fr. Theophan
St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church

It is not often that I get to write out big checks and send them off, other than to our insurance company or to pay the utilities which really don’t bring me much joy. So today was a good day. I printed off checks totaling $3,500 to two parishes in North Carolina and Florida to help those who were affected by the hurricanes last year. It is easy to forget that people are still recovering when Read More

In-Person Car Seat Inspection Held In Farmington Jan. 18

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NMDOT News:

FARMINGTON — The New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division (NMDOT TSD) in collaboration with Safer New Mexico Now will host an in-person Car Seat Inspection Clinic from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Farmington Fire Station #2, 3800 English Road, Farmington.

This free educational event provides parents and caregivers instruction on the proper selection, installation, and use of their car seats from nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPSTs).

At the event, CPSTs will spend approximately 30 minutes per seat educating Read More

Registration Open For 8th Grade 2025 Spring Break Trip To Washington, D.C.

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LAMS News:

It’s not too late to sign up for the 8th grade spring break trip to Washington, D.C. There are a few airline seats/trip spaces left for the trip.

Students interested in this trip should sign up as quickly as possible. Trip price could increase as trip date gets nearer, as airlines could increase flight prices. Lock in trip reservations and price today.

Flexible payment plans are available with Worldstrides for students desiring to go on this trip. The trip is a private trip and not a school sponsored trip and has been offered to Los Alamos Middle School students for more than Read More

NM Delegation Welcomes Over $172 Million For Road And Rail Safety And Connectivity Improvements

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STATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $172,299,188 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support a series of infrastructure projects to enhance connectivity and safety for rail, pedestrians, vehicles, and cyclists across several New Mexico communities.

These projects are made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a landmark piece of legislation that has brought billions Read More

Posts From The Road: Seeing More In Less…

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Wide Open Spaces: This photo was made in the panhandle of Texas. While the panhandle does have several unique features, it also has a lot of wide open spaces. This is ranch land which is not very picturesque but I believe the photo works because of the great contrast between the greens and browns of the land and the beautiful blue skies. There is a windmill seen on the horizon in the center of the photo and the simple arrangement of the few puffy clouds creates a pleasing scene. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Straight Ahead: The lines created by the straight highway in this photo make nice landscape Read More