County Administrator Harry Burgess briefs County Council on the specifics of the items in the Consent Agenda. Council pulled Item H for discussion at the end of the evening. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net from PAC8 Internet Broadcast
Council approved the Consent Agenda with a vote of 6 to 1, with Councilor Vincent Chiravalle casting the dissenting vote. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net from PAC8 Internet Broadcast Read More
U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings. Courtesy/Atomic Heritage Foundation
U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-WA, Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, announced July 6 that his committee will vote on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act Wednesday, July 11.
Hastings said, “I expect the Committee will vote to favorably advance the bill to the full House for consideration. A great many volunteers have been working for years to bring this idea into reality, and I’m pleased that progress is being made in the law-making process to preserve this Read More
From left, Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce staff including Amber Jimerson, Claire Roybal, Member Services Coordinator Katy Korkos, Los Alamos Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider, Architect Steve Shaw and Rashaud Archuleta of the Chamber were among a variety of community members invited to taste lunch menu selections and provide feedback to management at the Dixie Girl Restaurant today. The highly anticipated opening to the public of the new restaurant on Central Avenue is set for Tuesday. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net
Dixie Girl Owner Denise Lane discusses Read More
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Tonight, as part of Los Alamos Friday Night, the Society for Creative Anachronism will be on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Also events at the Bradbury Science Museum, the library's horror flick, a blue show at the Fuller Lodge Art Centerand, of course, Gordon's Concert. Come out for all the fun!
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area:
MOTO X EVENT THIS WEEKEND JULY 7 & 8
Come up and watch some fast and furious race action. This was such a popular event last year we had to have them back. $10 per person for the weekend. Ten and under are free. Click
The state fire marshal has been called in to help Los Alamos fire investigators determine the cause of a fire this morning that destroyed the chapel at New Beginnings Fellowship Church, 112 East Road. Photo by Karen Kendall/ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net
Staff Report
A large fire broke out this morning in the chapel of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church, 112 East Road.
One firefighter was transported to Los Alamos Medical Center after a 5-inch coupling broke loose and injured his ankle as he battled the blaze.
No one else was hurt, Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider said.
Grider described Read More
Over the weekend, local kids discovered a Bobcat calmly relaxing in a Los Alamos backyard on a hot summer day. Photo by Connan Odom. Read More
Editor's Note: The Kiwanis fireworks display has been cancelled due to dangerous fire conditions in Los Alamos County. The 4th of July celebration at Overlook Park in White Rock will go on as planned, sans the fireworks, but all the other great activities will go on as schedule … so don't miss the great fun at Overlook Park on the 4th.
Carol A. Clark and Greg Kendall of the Los Alamos Daily Post co-host the weekly calendar program, Clark & Kendall's Weekend Preview, which details events scheduled for Los Alamos, White Rock and beyond.
The program is sponsored by www.fyila.com Read More
In a 5-4 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court, moments ago, announced that it upholds the Obama Administration law that requires most Americans to get health insurance by 2014 or pay a financial penalty.
“The Affordable Care Act‘s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court’s majority. “Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness.”
The decision Read More
Employees of the Transuranic (TRU) Waste processing facility are joined by local and state officials to celebrate the 1,000th (1,014th) shipment of TRU waste to WIPP. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net
By Greg Kendall
New Mexico’s governor and other dignitaries gathered at Los Alamos National Laboratory Tuesday for a special event marking the 1,000th shipment of nuclear waste to a permanent repository at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad.
“I am pleased we continue to make progress on our environmental cleanup commitment to protect this beautiful Read More
Harold was born in Campbell, Missouri, the son of Charles William Rayburn and Zola Elizabeth Waltrip. The eldest of five children, he was predeceased by sisters Virginia Paulfrey, Margaret Moates and Doris Aileen Boothby. He is survived by a brother, Finis Rayburn. Harold married Lois Lucille Love on January 30, 1941. After celebrating 66 years of marriage in January 2007, Lois passed away a few months later.
Harold is survived by two children, a daughter and son-in-law, Gale and Dale Thomas, a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Sandy Rayburn; grandchildren Kim Read More