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Posts From The Road: Bob Dylan Center In Tulsa

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Bob Dylan Center: The Bob Dylan Center is located in a three-story brick building in the Tulsa Arts District near downtown Tulsa. This image of Dylan is painted on the brick wall of the building. I believe that the image is flat with little contrast to create a more vague photo of Dylan. Dylan’s lyrics, music and persona were sometimes a mystery and could be interpreted various ways. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Not So Quiet: An example of a wall featuring Dylan’s life in chronological order. The displays featured video, photos, written explanations, and audio to correspond with the events Read More

Police Checkpoints & Saturation Patrols Across State In May

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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 May 2026.

NMSP is 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 the right Read More

Posts From The Road: Visiting Budville With Its Storied Past

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Budville Trading Company: The exterior of the Budville Trading Company sits silent today. The old gas pumps are gone and the place remains a monument to better times. The building has obviously been maintained over the years and still attracts many Historic Route 66 travelers today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Budville, N.M.: A closer view of the entrance area and signage at the Budville Trading Company in the ghost town of Budville, N.M. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

New Mexico proudly displays many features and artifacts Read More

Los Alamos Mountaineers To Feature Adventures In The White Mountains Of Interior Alaska At April 28 Meeting

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Adventuring in Alaska’s White Mountains. Courtesy/Mountaineers

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

The April 28 Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Michelle Gavel and Jordan Bishop entitled “Remarkably Close, Shockingly Remote: Six years of Adventures in the White Mountains of Interior Alaska.” Michelle and Jordan lived in Fairbanks, Alaska from 2017 to 2024. During this time, their work and recreation took them all over the state, but this talk will focus on one of their favorite places, the White Mountains National Recreation Area.

Described as “remarkably Read More

Trinity On The Hill To Hold Annual Fiesta On The Hill Fundraiser & Celebration For House Of Hope Ministry May 2

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Members of the House of Hope ministry help a family in Juarez, Mexico, build a house. Courtesy/TOTH

Members of the House of Hope ministry help a family in Juarez, Mexico, build a house. Courtesy/TOTH

Members of the House of Hope ministry help a family in Juarez, Mexico, build a house. Courtesy/TOTH

From Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church:

Come join Trinity on the Hill for our annual Fiesta on the Hill, 5-7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2. This is a fundraiser and celebration for the church’s House of Hope ministry, an ongoing ministry since 2005.

Highlights of the event will include a taco dinner, silent Read More

LAPS Transportation Continues Tradition Of Excellence

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Los Alamos Public Schools Transportation Department’s fleet of buses passes recent bus inspection by a State Safety Inspector with flying colors. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

  • ‘All credit for these excellent inspections goes to the team of transportation employees.’ –Transportation Director Keith Rosenbaum

Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) has announced that the tradition of excellence continues as the LAPS Transportation Department had its fleet of buses pass a recent bus inspection by a State Safety Inspector with flying colors.

Twice a year, the State of New Mexico requires all school Read More

Safe Actions In Work Zones Save Lives—National Work Zone Awareness Week April 20-24

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Zippy the Roadrunner

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — As construction season ramps up across New Mexico, orange barrels are appearing statewide and the New Mexico Department of Transportation is urging drivers to slow down and stay alert during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 20–24.

The annual campaign highlights the importance of safe driving in work zones and the risks faced by roadway crews and motorists. This year’s theme, “Safe actions save lives,” underscores the simple choices drivers can make to prevent crashes.

In New Mexico over the past year, several work zone incidents have resulted Read More

Pavement Preservation Project On US 285 To Start April 22

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE COUNTY — The New Mexico Department of Transportation District Five office will begin a nearly $6.3M pavement preservation project on US 285 between White Lakes and El Dorado on Wednesday, April 22.

This project, from milepost 270 to milepost 290.50 includes a novachip overlay on the existing asphalt, and re-striping of the roadway. A novachip overlay is a method in which an application of asphalt is applied over the existing surface. This process prolongs the lifespan of the road without full reconstruction.

Drivers can expect a single-lane closure with flagging operations Read More

Posts From The Road: Pops 66 Soda Ranch

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Pops 66 Soda Ranch: A view of the modern structure that houses the Pops 66 Soda Ranch catches the eye of travelers as they arrive at the business. The large cantilevered roof over the entrance and gas pumps is 100 feet long. The facility has won multiple architecture awards. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Soda Bottles: Seven hundred varieties of soda fill the soda shop at Pops 66 Soda Ranch in Arcadia, Okla. The bottles are neatly arranged by color of soda on shelves in the aisles and in the wall of coolers. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Big Bottle: The largest soda bottle in the world Read More

Traffic Alert: NM 4 Closed In Both Ways Due To Rollover

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LAPD Traffic Alert:

The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) reports that a stretch of N.M. 4 is closed in both directions due to a rollover accident on N.M. 4 at mile marker 49 – approximately one mile west of Bandelier National Monument.

Injuries in this accident are unknown, but Los Alamos Fire Department personnel are at the scene using the jaws of life to remove the driver.

Motorists should avoid the area and seek alternative routes. Read More