Ryti: Update On Recent COVID Cases
By RANDALL RYTI
Chair
Los Alamos County Council
I wanted to provide a brief update on what Los Alamos County is doing to continue to track the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to local and regional cases numbers and to provide advice on mitigation efforts and logistical support for testing and vaccinations.
The County Council received an update from Emergency Manager Beverley Simpson via a printed report last night at the January 4 Regular Session. We also got some additional information from Deputy County Manager Linda Matteson, who is the single point of contact for the County COVID response Read More
Frostad: School Reopening And NMPED Guidance
From GREGORY FROSTAD
Safe and Healthy Schools Director
New Mexico Public Education Department
Editor’s note: This is a response to a column by Richard Skolnik of Los Alamos published Jan. 4, 2022 in the Los Alamos Daily Post (link).
Mr. Skolnik,
Thank you for your continued engagement with, and concern for, the health of New Mexico students and staff.
As has happened throughout the pandemic, the Public Education Department (PED) will update statewide guidance based on new information from the CDC; however, the PED is not waiting on the CDC to update guidance in preparation for the Omicron variant. Read More
Skolnik: COVID Briefing Note #9 – Omicron Is Here
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth in a series of COVID-19 Updates by Richard Skolnik that appear bi-weekly in the Los Alamos Daily Post. These are meant to keep the community informed on the status of the pandemic, critical new findings on the pandemic, and what this information suggests for our community’s response to COVID-19. These updates complement the data that Eli Ben-Naim prepares for the Post. Unless otherwise noted, data is from the New York Times and the New Mexico Department of Health.
Pandemic Data and Trends – For the Week Ending January 3, 2022 Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Jan. 4, 2022
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Historically, some of the coldest weather New Mexico will experience during the winter occurs during the last two weeks of December and the first two weeks of January.
So far this year, that pattern is holding true. After above-average temperatures in October and November, December has delivered much-needed snowfall and colder temperatures. In some mountain valleys, below-zero temperatures have been recorded.
Despite the cold, there is very little ice fishing yet available. The most popular spots like Eagle Nest Lake, Fenton Lake Read More
Posts From The Road: 2021 Year In Review Part 2
Campground Views: A sunrise view of the spectacular scenery in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area as seen from our campsite in the Horseshoe Bend Campground near Lovell, Wyo. The unlimited natural beauty of the national recreation area offers beautiful scenery, wild horses, a large population of wildlife, as well as boating, fishing, camping, and hiking and other outdoor activities. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
Last week’s “Posts From the Road” featured several highlights from an extended trip to the midwest and eastern Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘But As For You…’
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
So, we come to yet another new year—a “turning of the page” (we often hope) to a new chapter for ourselves, our families, our nation and the world; may they all be blessed, safe and peaceful. To further these goals, we traditionally gin up some new year’s resolutions: how can I become a better version of myself that I just KNOW is in there. Somewhere!
But few good things come to us without effort, and the benefits we receive are proportional to the efforts we put in. It’s not unlike the second law of thermodynamics: that there is a natural tendency of any isolated system to degenerate Read More
Skolnik: Keeping Schools Open In The Face Of Omicron
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos
In an unfortunate twist of fate, schools in New Mexico are set to reopen just as the Omicron variant has dramatically appeared. The number of COVID cases in the US is climbing rapidly. Many states have also seen a major increase in pediatric cases and in the hospitalization of children due to COVID-19. Cases have begun to rise again in New Mexico.
In this light, we should be especially concerned about how we can safely reopen our schools and keep them open in the face of this new variant. This is especially important since students will also be returning to school shortly Read More
