Travel

NCRTD To Modify Eldorado, Edgewood And Turquiose Trail Routes With Reduced Services

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NCRTD News:
 
Beginning Monday, Jan. 25, the North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) will be eliminating the midday service between Santa Fe, and Eldorado and Edgewood.
 
Additionally, the Wednesday extension of the Turquoise Trail route from Madrid to Golden will be eliminated beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27.
 
In March, the NCRTD began providing a “midday” transit option between Santa Fe, and Eldorado and Edgewood, Monday through Friday on a six-month trial basis. Due to low ridership, the midday option will be eliminated.
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Boutique Air: ‘Such A Sweet Deal!’ February Promotion Offers Travelers A Chance To Win Free Flight!

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LAC News:
 
Los Alamos County and Boutique Air are offering travelers the chance to win a free round trip flight between Los Alamos Airport and Albuquerque’s Sunport if they enter their name in an online only drawing between Jan. 22 and Feb. 4.
 
It’s all part of the “Such a Sweet Deal” promotion intended to encourage travelers to avoid the hassles of driving and parking at Sunport when they can travel in style in Boutique’s modern Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. With amenities designed to make the flying experience as comfortable as it gets, the PC-12 features reclining leather
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Griggs: Ringside Table On Life In The Marrakech Medina

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House buntings cheerfully clean up the floor in a restaurant on top of a fondouk where in days gone by visiting merchants would unload their camels and store their goods to sell in the souks. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos Daily Post foreign correspondent David Griggs having dinner at La Porte du Monde, deep in the ancient Marrakech Medina. In the background, the narrow Rue Riad Zitoun Djdid passes through an old arch. Courtesy photo

 

By DAVID GRIGGS
Foreign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post

Recently I had the pleasure of spending two months in Morocco, on the northwest coast of Africa.

The ancient Read More

New Mexico Driver’s Licenses Rejected At Fort Bliss

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas announced Wednesday it will join the list of federal facilities that no longer accept New Mexico driver’s licenses.

Fort Bliss stated it took the action because driver’s licenses from New Mexico as well as Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and Washington state do not comply with the federal ID act.

Alternate forms of ID accepted at Fort Bliss include a U.S. passport or passport card; permanent resident alien card; foreign passports that meet the requirements; employment documents that contain a photograph; driver’s licenses or IDs that Read More

NCRTD Schedule For MLK Day Holiday

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NCRTD News:
 
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses,” RTD Chile Line and UNM Klauer buses will not be in service Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King. Jr. holiday.
 
The RTD 255 Mountain Trail Route to Ski Santa Fe and the 341 TSV Green Route to Taos Ski Valley will be operating.
 
The Mountain Trail Route will operate on its weekend/holiday schedule.
 
NCRTD provides fare-free and premium fare-based bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses more
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Annual 8th Grade Spring Break D.C. Trip Available

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Los Alamos 8th grade students during the 2015 trip to Washington, D.C. Courtesy photo
 
EDUCATION News:
 
There’s still time to sign up for the annual spring break trip to Washington, D.C. This trip is available to Los Alamos Middle School and home school 8th grade students. The trip is a private trip and not a school sponsored trip. 
 
Visit here to sign up for the trip using trip ID Number 116072 or call 1.800.468.5899 using the same ID Number.
The trip will include sightseeing in and around Washington, D.C. Highlights of the trip include
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Travel Expands World View For UNM-LA Faculty Member

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Dr. Zandree Stidham, right, with her husband Tony in Pemba, Mozambique. Courtesy/Dr. Zandree Stidham

 

By CRISTINA OLDS
UNM-LA

With a passion for teaching, UNM-LA Assistant Professor of English Zandree Stidham, Ph.D., traveled to Mozambique, Africa, to share her talents and exchange cultural insights. She also brought  insights home to Los Alamos to help enhance the learning experience for her students here.

“Teaching is my absolute favorite thing I do,” Stidham said. “If I could be in the classroom all day, every day, I would. In my classes, students research and write about Read More

DHS Will Accept New Mexico Driver’s Licenses For Boarding Commercial Air Flights Until January 2018

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – Senate President Pro Tem Mary K. Papen, D-38-Doña Ana, Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-29-Bernalillo & Valencia and House Minority Leader Brian Egolf, D-47-Santa Fe today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to accept New Mexico driver’s licenses for boarding commercial air flights until January 2018. 

The Democratic leaders expressed outrage that Gov. Susana Martinez has engaged in partisan politics on the issue instead of finding solutions to comply with REAL ID. Over the past months, she and Republican Read More

NWS Issues Winter Storm Warning Through Friday

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NWS NEWS:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THIRD AND COLDEST SYSTEM OF THE WEEK WILL BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

SNOW WILL BEGIN FLYING ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

THE EVENT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY … BUT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST DUE TO THE INTERACTION OF A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT AND AN EXITING UPPER LEVEL LOW.

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Arctic Islands Film And Presentation Part 1 At Nature Center 7 p.m. Today

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Stephen Becker of Los Alamos aboard the National Geographic/Lindblad Explorer. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Enjoy the beauty of the Arctic Islands, only recently opened to eco-tourism, from the comfort of the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.

At 7 p.m., today in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, Stephen A. Becker will show a film and share stories from his three week National Geographic voyage to West Greenland and the North Canadian Islands. This is the first of two events revealing nature in this remote part of the globe.

Part 2 of this event is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, in which Read More