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Atomic City Transit Resumes Peak Service On Routes 6 & 1

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COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit will resume Peak Service on Route 6 in the morning from 6:15 a.m. to 9:21 a.m., tomorrow, March 4. 

Additionally, Peak Service on Route 1 will resume today from 11 a.m. to 12:58 p.m. Peak service is highlighted in yellow on the timetables available on our Routes & Schedules page.

For more information, please call our office at 505.661.RIDE (7433) or use the ACTracker to track your bus route in real-time.

Please call our office at 505.661.RIDE (7433) for any additional information or use the ACTracker to locate your bus route in real-time.

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Kiwanian Karin Church Shares Her Adventure In Namibia

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Leopard in Namibia. Photo by Karin Church

Warthog in Namibia. Photo by Karin Church

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

Local Kiwanian Karin Church treated the club to a presentation and slide show Feb. 18, detailing  her photography from the trip she took to Namibia with her son in January of last year.

She explained that the country is quite large, about 120 percent the size of Texas, with only major roads paved. After much research, they narrowed their scope of their travels to the sites and experiences they most wanted to include in their limited one-week adventure.

Church and her son Read More

Posts From The Road: Cruising Saguaro Lake In Arizona

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Lake & Canyons: Saguaro Lake was formed when the Salt River was dammed in 1930. The lake is a few miles long with a combination of open spaces and areas within the canyons. The lake offers various water and outdoor recreational activities for visitors. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Saguaros: The Saguaro Lake is named for the thousands of saguaro cacti that line the shores of the lake. The surrounding desert landscape combined with the blue waters of the lake create dramatic views. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

It’s not often Read More

NCRTD Executive Director Anthony Mortillaro To Retire

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Anthony J. Mortillaro

NCRTD News:

ESPAÑOLA — The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) announces that Executive Director Anthony J. Mortillaro has informed the Board of Director’s that he will be commencing his retirement leave as of June 30, 2025, concluding a distinguished tenure marked by significant growth and innovation since the District’s inception 20 years ago.

Since joining the District in 2011, Mortillaro has been instrumental in expanding NCRTD’s services, increasing ridership, and implementing innovative transportation solutions tailored to the unique needs Read More

Public Works Dept. Announces Restart Of DP Road Phase II

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Public Works Department announces the restart of scheduled construction on DP Road. The project activities ramped up this past week with material deliveries. Beginning Monday, Feb. 24, new lane closures and flagging operations will begin on DP Road to install the new force main sewer pipe infrastructure.

Motorists visiting DP Road should expect minor delays as there will be one lane road configurations. Traffic in these areas will be managed by flagging operations. Traffic control may change periodically to allow completion of scheduled work including Read More

House Committee Passes $1.5 Billion Road Funding Bill

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — A bipartisan bill authorizing $1.5 billion in transportation bonds cleared its first legislative hurdle today, winning unanimous approval from the House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee to help address New Mexico’s $5.6 billion road funding shortfall. 

The House Appropriations and Finance Committee will next consider House Bill 145, sponsored by Reps. Dayan Hochman-Vigil, Patricia A. Lundstrom, Art De La Cruz, Cathrynn N. Brown, and Nathan P. Small. The legislation would empower the State Transportation Commission Read More

LA Mountaineers Discuss Europe’s Toughest Trek Feb. 25

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The Grande Randonnée No. 20 climbed one cliff after another for days on end. Courtesy/Mountaineers

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

At the Feb. 25 Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting, Martin Staley will talk about his trek along the French Grande Randonnée No. 20, or GR20, in Corsica, France, which is billed as the toughest long-distance trek in Europe.

Martin traveled to Corsica in July 2024 to trek the entire GR20 with a guided group, covering over 120 miles and nearly 45,000 feet of total elevation gain and loss over the course of 13 days. The GR20 is a spectacular trail that winds its Read More

Water Transmission Line Replacement & Fiber Conduit Installation Underway Along NM 4

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Work underway Wednesday morning along N.M. 4. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Map of construction of a new water transmission line underway along N.M. 4. Courtesy/LAC

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

A planned reconstruction of N.M. 4 between N.M. 502 and Rover Boulevard in White Rock by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has prompted the need for a new 16” water transmission line. It will be constructed and placed outside of the planned expanded roadway. The existing transmission line has experienced multiple breaks and would be Read More

Mason: Rev Your Engines For Electric School Buses!

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By SARA ANN MASON
Los Alamos

What would you say to saving our schools money, reducing students and school staff exposure to a known cause of chronic health conditions, increasing community air quality, and lowering carbon emissions?

You might think such wide-ranging benefits require many different policies, but they are all achievable by simply converting our school buses to electric vehicles. And we have the opportunity to make that easier for our schools this legislative session!

House Bill 32, “Electric or Alternative Fuel School Buses”, makes electric school buses available and affordable Read More