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Today's News

  • UNM-LA awards tenure to dean

    Dean of Instruction Kate Massengale was recently granted tenure at UNM-Los Alamos. She is the first ever tenured faculty member at UNM-LA. In addition, Massengale was promoted from assistant to associate professor.

    “We are looking to build a more substantial group of tenured faculty at UNM-LA,” Massengale said. “The UNM administration in Albuquerque has made a commitment to this endeavor, which shows their ongoing support for UNM-LA.”

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  • Following is easier way

    Dear Editor,

    It is easier to be a follower than to be a leader.  Followers don’t have to guess what the future holds, they just let the leaders take that risk.  Leaders must make decisions based on uncertain or unknown future difficulties and benefits, but must act in the present. 

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  • The dumb grid

    Dear Editor,

    I read with some interest your recent article on Smart Grids.  I manage a small company in Santa Fe, and recently we cancelled our participation in PNM’s voluntary smart grid program.  A few months ago we were approached by PNM to allow them to control our air conditioning thermostat for a reduction in our electric rate.  This sounded like a reasonable deal since they were only going to turn the thermostat up a degree or two during peak use periods.

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  • Did Thursday pass you by?

    Well, how many of you remembered to honor Thursday? It is a day that is not only important to Los Alamos but to the world.

    Thursday was the anniversary of the first atomic bomb test, conducted on July 16, 1945.

    The name of the site where the bomb went off was named Trinity, the location of the first test of a nuclear explosion ever conducted. We know that Trinity is in New Mexico, in that portion of the desert known as the Jornade del Muerto – Journey of Death – near Alamogordo.

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  • Departments to be recognized Tuesday

    County council will be back in council chambers on Tuesday and have a somewhat light agenda that night.

    The evening will begin with recognition of the county’s pavement division for awards and participation in the First Annual New Mexico Association of Counties’ Public Works Affiliate Equipped ROADEO. Lino Salazar, Billy Vigil and Scott Halder will accept the recognition.

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  • Public hearings set on changes to compulsory school attendance and English Language Arts

    The Public Education Department will conduct public hearings on rule changes for compulsory school attendance and a new rule on English language arts on Friday, July 31, in the State Capital Building, Room 317.

    Public input on Rule Number 6.10.8 Compulsory School Attendance will be held from 10  a.m. to noon.

    The amendments to the Compulsory School Attendance Rule aligns the Rule with changes that occurred to the Compulsory School Attendance Law during the 2009 Legislative Session.

    The amendments:

    • clarify the definition of unexcused absences,

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  • The heat beneath our feet

    While the public is still smarting from memories of $4-a-gallon gas, the Department of Energy is offering grants to develop renewable energy resources to reduce carbon emissions and free the country from its dependence on foreign oil.

    Could there be a better time to revisit Los Alamos National Laboratory’s one-of-a-kind, hot dry rock geothermal experiment? Could LANL’s Fenton Hill project be one of the answers demanded by uncertain times?

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  • Having fun with science

    Researchers, educators, innovators, businesses and artisans from Los Alamos and the surrounding areas shared their hands-on activities and ideas with the crowd at the Next Big Idea Festival near Ashley Pond on Saturday.

    Children and adults alike gathered around tents that featured a myriad of scientific experiments. While some were reminiscent of school science experiments, others were more complicated.

    The experiments ranged from lava lamps made from vegetable oil, water and food coloring to a hydrogen-powered rocket and a variety of others.

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  • Money - big money - still rules

    As the race for governor gets going (it is still mid-2009 right?) the key will be who gets the most montey fastest.

    Lt. Gov. Diane Denish is off to a good start.

    The Associated Press reports that she has raised more than a half-million dollars during the past three months for her front-running campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor next year.

    Denish had a cash balance of nearly $1.9 million in her campaign account at the end of June, according to a report released Wednesday by the campaign.

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  • Exercising search and rescue skills

    The dogs trotted around as if they were  warming up for the task ahead of them. Clancey, a coon hound and Osita, a Bouvier des Flandres, seemed excited as they sniffed the ground and the air. Somewhere in the forest surrounding the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, people were lost and last Saturday morning, the two dogs, along with three volunteers from Mountain Canine Corps, a nonprofit search and rescue organization, prepared to find them.

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