LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) will be closed today, March 2, 2023.
With the continued snowfall in Los Alamos this morning, LAPS is not able to get parking lots and sidewalks cleared.
There are some roads that the school buses cannot travel on to pick up students. LAPS cannot safely operate.
LAPS plans to eesume a regular schedule Friday, March 3. Read More
NNSA News:
Construction to expand and improve the intersection at East Jemez Road and N.M. 4 is scheduled to begin in late March, weather permitting.
Under contract with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), Star Paving began some of the prep work in the Fall of 2022, building a retaining wall on the west side of NM4. This next phase will involve traffic controls as there will be some impact.
“I’m looking forward to getting this important piece of infrastructure started and completed,” said NNSA’s Los Alamos Field Office Manager Ted Wyka. “It’s going to greatly ease traffic congestion, Read More
View of the road conditions this morning on Diamond Drive near Trinity Drive. Courtesy/LAC webcam Read More
UNM-LA News:
View of road conditions this morning on Central Avenue looking west from 15th Street. Courtesy/LAC webcam Read More
New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Cabinet Secretary Ricky Serna received an 11-0 due pass from the Senate Rules Committee today for his confirmation hearing and moving to the Senate Floor was confirmed unanimously in a 36-0 vote at the Roundhouse. Secretary Serna poses for a photo today with his aunt Liddie Martinez who is Regional President of Enterprise Bank & Trust in Los Alamos. Photo by Monique Serna
NMDOT Cabinet Secretary Ricky Serna is pictured here with his wife Monique on the floor of the Senate today at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Liddie Martinez Read More
The sights and sounds of the Northern Lights are captured on video Tuesday near Anchorage, Alaska. Courtesy video
Post from Tok, Alaska near the Canadian border of the northern lights (aurora borealis) taken early this morning while working on a construction project. The best time to see the northern lights in Alaska is late August to mid-April and 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., when the sky is at its darkest and the auroras are the most active. Source: alaska.org. For all its beauty, this spectacular light show is a rather violent event. Energized particles from the sun slam into Earth’s upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph, but our planet’s magnetic field protects us from the onslaught – the dramatic process Read More
Casa & Canopy: The Casa Grande, or great house, is the center piece of this compound at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. A shelter was constructed in 1932 to protect the structure from further decay. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Casa Grande: The Casa Grande is seen beyond walls of a nearby side structure. The Casa Grande is 60 feet by 40 feet and stands four stories high, one of the largest prehistoric buildings in North America. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
The Casa Grande Ruins are located in the Sonoran Desert about Read More
NMSP News:
New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during March 2023.
State Police are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make Read More