Update: The Truck Route will be shut down for several hours to the severity of this accident and investigation.
LAPD News:
The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) is responding to a multi-vehicle accident on the Truck Route.
This has caused the Truck Route to be shut down.
Motorists are asked to please be patient as this will cause delays and seek alternate routes.
LAPD News:
The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) is responding to a multi-vehicle accident on the Truck Route.
This has caused the Truck Route to be shut down.
Motorists are asked to please be patient as this will cause delays and seek alternate routes. Read More
LAMS News:
There will be a meeting for this year’s 8th grade students who are attending the annual spring break trip to Washington, D.C.
The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 1, after school in the Los Alamos Middle School library (the MC). There will be an additional meeting at 3 p.m. March 22. Parents are encouraged to attend both meetings.
It is not too late to sign up for this year’s trip but time is running out!
Sign up information for next year’s trip will be available at both meetings. Seventh grade students should drop by the library March 1 or March 22 to get the sign up information.
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COUNTY News:
Crews are scheduled to complete most of the construction on both East Jemez Road and N.M. 4 and reopen all lanes to traffic by Friday, March 1.
Crews will return to the project in mid- to late-April to apply OGFC (Open-Graded Friction Course) pavement to the roadway to help reduce wet-weather crashes. This activity requires consistently higher daytime temperatures.
Traffic Impacts In Place In The Meantime:
Map of the Rose Street Reconstruction Project set to begin Feb. 28. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Public Works Department, in partnership with contractor TLC Plumbing & Utility, will begin work on the Rose Street Reconstruction Project on Rose Street from Central Avenue to Peach Street, including sections of Peach Street and Spruce Street.
The contractor will be in the area performing preliminary work, such as mobilization, construction staking, and staging area setup beginning Feb. 28. Construction is scheduled to begin the following week Monday, March 4. The project Read More
Congressional 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.), are welcoming over $9 million in funding from the Infrastructure Law for upgrades at the Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) and Clovis Regional Airport (CVN).
The Sunport will receive $5.8 million in federal funds for upgrades to in-line baggage systems, hold rooms, and terminal interior and exterior spaces. Clovis will receive $3.5 million in federal funds to help with design Read More
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) encourages students and families to join in celebrating the LAPS transportation staff on National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day Thursday, Feb. 22.
LAPS currently employs 15 route drivers and four assistants providing coverage for all bus routes in the district. The district also has eight substitute bus drivers and one substitute bus assistant. Keith Rosenbaum is the Director of Transportation, and also serves as a substitute driver or assistant when needed. Chris Smith is the Transportation Specialist and Matt Romero is the mechanic in Read More
Prison Cells: Rows of prison cells within the cell block at Yuma Territorial Prison reveal crossed steel bands on every cell door and the entrance to the cell block. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Cell Block: An exterior view of prison cells within the cell block reveal the massive walls of the cells at the Yuma Territorial Prison. Over 3,000 criminals were locked up during the 33 years that the prison was in operation. The prison was closed in 1909 because of overcrowding and lack of space to expand on the bluff where the facility was located. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
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GINM CEO Shauna Kastle, Environment Secretary James Kenney, City Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, GINM COO Frank Holland, City Councilor Brook Bassan, and GINM CFO Tom Downey cut the ribbon for two Freightliner eCascadia semi-tractors. Courtesy/GINM
GINM News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Goodwill Industries of New Mexico (GINM) is blazing the sustainability trail with its purchase of two Freightliner eCascadia semi-tractors.
The electric tractors are 100 percent electric with zero carbon emissions – and the first of their kind in New Mexico. Governor Michelle Lujan Read More
Red Covered Bridge in Vermont. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
The covered bridges of Vermont are often found on postcards, in books and stories about the state and on many different social media sites. They’re the settings for idyllic, scenic drives, weddings and ghost tales.
Vermont is home to more than 100 of these historic structures and as such, it boasts more covered bridges per square mile than any other state in the country. At one time, there was upwards of 500, but unfortunately many were lost to the major flood of 1929, as well as to modernization Read More