Weather Alert: UNM-LA To Remain Closed Today
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Campus will remain closed today due to the winter storm. Read More
Weather Alert: Los Alamos Schools On Two Hour Delay
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools are on a two-hour delay due to the snow storm.
All buses will arrive at their regular stop two hours later than usual.
Morning Kindergarten and before-school activities are canceled. Read More
Weather Alert: UNM-LA Campus On Delayed Opening
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Campus is on a 2-hour delayed opening due to inclement weather conditions.
The campus will open at 10 a.m. today.
Information: Chronic Disease Self-Management Feb. 11
NMSU News:
An informational meeting will take place for those interested in a workshop for Chronic Disease Self-Management.
The meeting is 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Classes are 1:30-4 p.m., Feb. 18, 24 and March 2, 9, 16 and 24.
The free skills program is designed to help those with chronic issues like; diabetes, arthritis, pain, asthma, high blood pressure or heart disease.
Skill topics include:
- Decision-making;
- Better breathing;
- Positive thinking;
- Goal-setting;
- Problem-solving;
- Healthy eating; and
- More.
Space is limited to 15 participants and pre-registration Read More
Educators Serving In The Legislature
Rep. G. Andrés Romero
By DILLON MULLAN
New Mexican
G. Andrés Romero offered up granola bars he paid for out of his own pocket while his students compared after-school jobs tossing pizza dough and waiting tables. After asking a transfer student about where his last history class left off, Romero divided the class into groups to examine U.S. involvement in World War I.
“Mr. Romero, he’s chill,’ junior Jaiden Smith said. “He’s got snacks. When we work, he plays music.”
At Atrisco Heritage Academy, Albuquerque’s largest high school with nearly 2,500 students, Mr. Romero teaches American history Read More
LAHS Wins Science Bowl Regional Competition!
The Los Alamos High School Science Bowl Team has won the Science Bowl Regional Competition! From left, LAHS Coach Ali Renner with competitors Lillian Petersen, Michael Chigaev, Max Corliss, Captain Anthony Lestone and Jennie Gao. The team practiced four times a week since August to prepare for this challenging competition. Every person on the team also spent countless hours reading science textbooks and memorizing science facts in their fields of expertise. This is the 10th time in the last 11 years that the LAHS team has advanced to represent New Mexico at the national competition. Science Read More
PEEC: Family Fun Night At Nature Center Feb. 11
Head to the Los Alamos Nature Center Tuesday, Feb. 11 for the monthly Family Star Party and Family Night. The evening kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and both programs are free thanks to sponsors NMB&T and Kiwanis Club. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Head to the Los Alamos Nature Center Tuesday, Feb. 11 for an evening of family fun.
The night kicks off with a Family Star Party in the planetarium at 5:30 p.m. and continues 6-7 p.m. with Family Night.
Both of these programs take place on the second Tuesday of every month and are free thanks to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s sponsors: New Mexico Bank Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: With Ministerial Alliance
On the job Tuesday morning at Pig n Fig in White Rock are Jennifer Jenson and Kristy Dean Nadler as they inform members of the Ministerial Alliance of the upcoming workshop: ‘Safeguarding Your Flock In A Contemporary World Concerning Sexual Violence Prevention For Church Leaders’. The workshop is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 21, at Pueblo Canyon Inn, 199 San Ildefonso Road. The registration fee includes a light breakfast and lunch. For information and registration, visit www.kdinterpose.com or call 858.245.3815. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Measure Amending Private College Disclosures Clears House
STATE News:
SANTA FE — The House of Representatives passed House Bill 17 Thursday to require private post-secondary institutions in New Mexico and online to disclose to every prospective student the total estimated cost of attendance for the prospective student’s program, as well as data about average future earnings for the student.
House Bill 17 will assist students in making the most cost-efficient enrollment decisions when choosing to attend private post-secondary institutions including nonprofit and for-profit institutions and significantly cut down on predatory recruitment Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: At Nature Center
On the job in Los Alamos Thursday afternoon at the Los Alamos Nature Center is Ashleigh Lusher who moved to town from Austin, Texas to begin work at the center in September of 2019. As gift shop coordinator, she handles purchasing as well as stocking and record keeping. Lusher also is the program coordinator and has recently taken over critter care, ensuring that the live critters at the center are happy and healthy and ready for interactions with the public. Upcoming programs at the nature center include Wild Love: A Valentine’s Celebration (ages 18+), Family Star Party and the annual Earth Day Read More
PEEC Hosts Unique Valentine’s Day Celebration Feb. 14
Enjoy a unique Valentine’s Day celebration of love in the animal kingdom at the Los Alamos Nature Center 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 and explore the love lives of critters near and far. Pig+Fig Café will cater dinner for the evening and Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op will provide drinks. Tickets are on sale now. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Head to the Los Alamos Nature Center this Valentine’s Day for a special celebration of love in the animal kingdom.
Enjoy tasty food from Pig+Fig Café and drinks from Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op while learning about the love lives of critters near and far.
After attendees enjoy Read More
Senior Appreciation Night Planning Meeting Schedule
Scene from a previous Senior Appreciation Night activity at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo
YMCA News:
Planning meetings for the 2020 Senior Appreciation Night (SAN) high school graduation event begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 in the Walkup Aquatic Center Training Room.
SAN began in 1984 as an alternative celebration for graduates who often took to partying in the mountains on graduation night.
A surge of underage drinking and driving in the early 1980’s left our community dealing with a disturbing trend of post-celebration accidents resulting in severe injuries and the loss of several Read More
University Of Arizona: Astronomers Bid Farewell To Spitzer, NASA’s Coldest Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope. Courtesy/Space.com
UA News:
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Spitzer Space Telescope received its final command Jan. 30.
After more than 16 years of exploring the cosmos in infrared light, it was switched off permanently, ending its career as one of NASA’s Great Observatories.
The spacecraft operated for more than 11 years beyond its prime mission.
Spitzer orbits the sun, trailing about 158 million miles behind Earth – more than 600 times the distance between Earth and the moon. Due to the constraints of its orbit, the angle at which the telescope’s solar panels Read More
LANL Foundation Grant Moves Nonprofit Into New Reality
A LANL Foundation grant recently allowed the purchase of Virtual & Augmented Reality supplies for science education in elementary schools, with C’YA science educator Chad Lauritzen. Courtesy/C’YA
EDUCATION News:
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) has gained some new gifts just before Valentine’s Day, and they hope you might consider giving something small, too.
A grant from Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation has moved the small non-profit to enter a new reality. That new reality is a virtual one. The purchase of Oculus goggles and Merge Cubes will allow students to hold science Read More
Human Services Department: $1.535 Million For Primary Care Graduate Medical Education … Seeking Applicants
HSD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) announced Tuesday the availability of $1.535 million for primary care GME programs in New Mexico.
The funding addresses the urgent need of increased healthcare access and primary care physician workforce expansion. The department is soliciting applicants for first-year residency positions in New Mexico.
Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2020 and more information, including the Request for Application, can be found at: https://www.hsd.state.nm.us/gme-expansion.aspx.
“Healthcare workforce expansion Read More
A Global Look At Women And Cardiovascular Disease
LAMC Interim Chief Nursing Officer Lori Coffelt in her office. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By LORI COFELT RN
Interim Chief Nursing Officer
Los Alamos Medical Center
The World Heart Federation and the World Health Organization tells us that cardiovascular disease (CVD) – heart disease and stroke – is the biggest killer of women globally, killing more women than all cancers, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined.
Here are a few remarkable statistics:
Heart disease and stroke cause 8.6 million deaths among women annually– a third of all deaths in women worldwide. Read More
Stewart Bill To Help Educators Better Teach Reading Unanimously Passes Senate Education Committee
SENATE News:
SB 74 Creates Voluntary Professional Development, Targets Young At-Risk Students
The Senate Education Committee today unanimously passed Sen. Mimi Stewart’s bill to create a voluntary professional development program to help teachers better work with students learning to read.
“When a child learns to read, the world opens up to them,” Stewart said. “Having taught reading myself for years, though, I know that students and educators face many hurdles. By creating this unique literacy education learning opportunity for teachers, we will help teachers master the most up-to-date
Spending Plan To Increase Pay For New Mexico’s Teachers
The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
A key House budget panel met Saturday to review a spending plan that offers higher K-12 teacher pay raises and more money for early childhood services than suggested by the Legislative Finance Committee.
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee reviewed a spending proposal that includes about $61 million more than recommended by the LFC, coming close to midway between Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s and the LFC’s competing budget plans, which featured a $132 million
Governor Remarks On Unanimous Senate Confirmation Of Elizabeth Groginsky As State’s First-Ever Secretary Of New Early Childhood Education And Care Department
Elizabeth Groginsky
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement this afternoon after the New Mexico Senate unanimously confirmed Elizabeth Groginsky’s appointment as the state’s first-ever secretary of the new Early Childhood Education and Care Department:
“Today is a great day for New Mexico children and families and an important day for our administration’s concerted effort to improve childhood well-being in New Mexico. Elizabeth Groginsky has already earned the respect of the early childhood community in New Mexico – as underscored Read More
