People & Community

The Family YMCA Announces ‘Youth Basketball Open Gym’

A new program has started at The Family YMCA called ‘Youth Basketball Open Gym’. Youth ages K-6th grade can participate, learn basketball concepts and just have fun playing basketball with Coach Jason Romero and friends. This summer, the Y will also offer Open Gym for 7th-12th graders. Register now for Open Gym ages K-12th grade. Courtesy/YMCA Read More

County Tourism Implementation Task Force To Meet Tuesday

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Tourism Implementation Task Force will meet at noon Tuesday, March 19 at the Municipal Building, at 1000 Central Ave., and virtually on Zoom.

This meeting is open to the public.

Find the agenda to this meeting here.

Find the link to this meeting here.

Meeting ID: 850-7284-8071 Read More

Scenes From Chamber Of Commerce Business After Hours At LAPS Foundation & Los Alamos Schools Credit Union

At left, LAPS Foundation Board President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie and Executive Director Jenny McCumber and Los Alamos Schools Credit Union CEO/President Matt Schmidt are among those gathered for the Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event Thursday at 1010 Central Ave. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Business After Hours event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Schools Credit Union CEO/President Matt Schmidt, right, and Owner/Qualifying Broker Lance Eaton of EXIT Realty Advantage NM at the Business After Hours event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Hazardous Waste Treatability Study Report For Calendar Year 2023 Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room

LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:

Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More

Scenes From Los Alamos Ski Club’s 2024 Skin-A-Thon

Scene from this morning’s Los Alamos Ski Club’s 2024 Skin-a-Thon at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. This is the 2nd annual 4-hour endurance event in which participants grab their skins, skis, boards (or any means of self-propelled transportation) and ski up and down Pajarito Mountain as many laps as they can or want within the 4-hours. Each lap consists of 1,000 vertical feet and ski down. While it is technically not a sanctioned ski mountaineering event (Skimo), it has a similar style. Skimo will be in the 2026 Olympics. Courtesy/Los Alamos Ski Club

Scene from Los Alamos Ski Club’s 2024 Skin-a-Thon Read More

Papa Murphy’s And LAMS To Host Fundraiser Monday!

This Monday Papa Murphy’s and Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) are hosting a Fundraiser at Papa Murphy’s. This is an opportunity for the community to show its support for LAMS’ Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) by grabbing a delicious meal from Papa Murphy’s! A portion of all sales will directly benefit the school’s programs and initiatives. Enjoy a tasty pizza while contributing to a great cause. Mark your calendars for Monday, March 18, and spread the word! Thank you for your support. Read More

This Week In Sports: March 19-23, 2024

Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of Mike Cote, John McHale and Nate Limback.

Hilltopper Sports Schedule for Wednesday, March 19 through Saturday, March 23:

March 19 Tuesday

  • Baseball vs Capital Home – 4 p.m.
  • Tennis hosts Rio Rancho at Los Alamos – 4 p.m.

March 20 Wednesday

  • Softball at APS Metro Tournament TBA

March 21 Thursday

  • Softball at APS Metro Tournament TBA
  • Baseball vs Deming at Artesia – 4 p.m.

March 22 Friday

  • Softball at APS Metro Tournament TBA
  • Baseball vs TBA at Artesia TBA
  • B/G Track at Nike Rotary
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Underland Dance: ‘Seventh Sense’ At Teatro Paraguas

Underland Dance to perform ‘Seventh Sense’  March 29-30 in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Underland Dance presents “Seventh Sense”, an improv dance performance at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 29 and Saturday March 30 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.

Through improvised movement, the company’s five dancers explore the power of sensing beyond individual experience. “Seventh Sense” speaks to an awareness, responded to and made concrete through movement, that encompasses what is felt on personal, interpersonal, collective and transpersonal levels. Read More

‘Jet A’ Fueling Station Underway At Los Alamos Airport

Manuel Martinez of the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities is the project manager for the new Jet A fueling station at Los Alamos Airport (LAM). This may bring more small jets to the airport, now that they will be able to refuel. Jet A is only available presently for the two Classic Air Medical Helicopters stationed at Los Alamos. Classic Air has its own fuel buffalo parked near the airport windsock. Martinez is shown here inspecting the work completed so far by the contractor. Photo by Don Lepsch Read More

American Soprano Nadine Sierra And French Tenor Benjamin Bernheim Star In The Met: Live In HD Transmission Of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette March 23

Scene of soprano Nadine Sierra and cast members in the revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at The Metropolitan Opera March 23. Courtesy/The Met

Soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim star in the revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at The Metropolitan Opera March 23. Courtesy/The Met

OPERA News:

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette will be transmitted live as part of the 2023–24 Live in HD season at 12:55 p.m. ET, Saturday, March 23. Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim Read More

Bandelier Opens At Noon Due Sloppy Driving Conditions

BANDELIER News:

Due to sloppy winter driving conditions, Bandelier will open at 12 noon today. Additional updates will be posted to Bandelier’s website and social media accounts.

Bandelier National Monument protects, preserves, and interprets an outstanding portion of the Pajarito Plateau, including one of the largest concentrations of Ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in the American Southwest. The park provides opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy a diversity of cultural and natural resources, striking scenery, wildlife habitats, remnants of a volcanic landscape, Read More

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick. Courtesy/history.com

Staff Report:

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for more than 1,000 years.

On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

Saint Patrick is Read More

Daily Postcard: Plenty Of Snow Falling Over White Rock

Daily Postcard: Plenty of snow falling this morning over White Rock. The National Weather Service forecasts snow showers to continue until 3 p.m., then scattered rain and snow showers with a total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Today’s high should reach around 39. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

New Strategic Vision: 2024-2034 ‘Charts Steady Beat Of Progress’ Across Environmental Management Complex

Courtesy/EM

EM News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.

Built on successes achieved in recent years, the document is an update of previous editions and was developed through outreach and with feedback from regulators, tribal nations, EM advisory boards, local communities and other partners.

“The fifth iteration of the Strategic Vision charts a steady beat of progress for 2024 to 2034 at every EM site,” Read More

Winter Storm Warning Until Midnight Monday For Jemez

Rio Arriba County Emergency Services Weather Alert:

A winter storm warning alert has been issued through midnight Monday, March 18.

          • What: Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations 2 to 5 inches, and 6 and 13 inches above 8,000 feet.
          • Where: Jemez Mountains and Tusas Mountains Including Chama.
          • When: 6 a.m. today to midnight Monday Night.
          • Impacts: Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Some roads may be closed. Significant travel delays are possible.
          • Affected Areas: Jemez Mountains and Tusas Mountains including Chama.

Instructions:

Anyone who must travel is advised to keep an Read More

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