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Today's News

  • Running: Klimczuk is tops at pace race

    Mikolaj Klimczuk was the top predictor at this week’s Atomic City Roadrunners’ pace race.

    This week’s pace race was held Tuesday on Powerline Road outside of White Rock. A total of 18 runners and walkers took part in the weekly event.

    Klimczuk, racing on the 1-mile course Tuesday, finished with an adjusted prediction error of just six seconds to earn the victory.

    The second-best prediction Tuesday also came on the 1-mile course, with Alexander Romero missing his finish time by 15 seconds.

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  • LANL cheers on local volunteers

    If a normal work year amounts to 2,080 hours at 40 hours a week, how did Los Alamos National Laboratory “top volunteer” Eric Holmes rack up 1,637 volunteer hours last year?

    “Twenty-four hours a day on weekends and eight hours at night,” he said,

    Holmes and his wife Maryann volunteer as campground hosts for the Forest Service in the Jemez National Recreation Area.

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  • Presentation points way to creating a philanthropic culture

    Accomplished fundraiser Lynn Trojahn shared inspirational tips with nonprofit members of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce during a United Way presentation at UNM-LA.

    Trojahn is vice-president for advancement at Accion, an award winning nonprofit organization that increases access to business credit, makes loans and provides training.

    She said Accion enables emerging entrepreneurs to reach their goals and to be catalysts for positive economic and social change.

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  • D.A.’s office forms Public Integrity Unit

    First Judicial District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco took office Jan. 1 and promptly arranged for an assistant district attorney to spend time in long-ignored Los Alamos County on a weekly basis.

    Other changes she’s made in her first five months include weeding out a number of attorneys left over from predecessor Henry Valdez’ administration and now creating a Public Integrity Unit.

    Pacheco attended a course discussing the new unit presented by her senior trial attorney JoHanna Cox at Fire Station 3 in White Rock Thursday.

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  • Pro-energy message okay

    Dear Editor,

    I am writing in regard to Skip Dunn’s May 26 Monitor article, “What’s Wrong with this Picture,” and his assessment of Marita Littauer-Noon and her opinions as expressed in past pro-energy articles.

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  • Fuel standards overdue

    Dear Editor,

    After reading Ralph Damiani’s column of May 24, “New fuel standards and you,” I want him and others to know that many Americans welcome the new fuel efficiency standards and wish they had been put in place many years ago.

    What he fails to realize is that government intervention in such matters is sometimes necessary because of the political climate we live in. What would really drive us to buy more fuel efficient cars is, as he states, higher gas prices.  

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  • State candidate list grows

    By JAY MILLER

    Syndicated Columnist

    SANTA FE -- As predicted, additional candidates are announcing their commitment or interest in running for top-of-the-ballot offices next year.

    Shortly after I listed possible candidates a month ago, former state GOP chairman Allen Weh announced he has formed a gubernatorial exploratory committee to take a long, hard look at the race.

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  • Airport to benefit from federal funds

    The federal government is awarding funds and the airports in Los Alamos and Raton will reap the benefits.

    A press release from Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s office announced Wednesday that the funds will be awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation.

    Bingaman said the Raton Municipal Airport will receive $1.1 million for perimeter fencing, which will enhance airport security and keep wildlife out of the airport movement areas.

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  • Baseball/softball: LA’s Mang named district co-Player of Year

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper baseball team was rewarded for its first District 2AAAA title by picking up Coach of the Year and co-Player of the Year honors in 2009.

    Meanwhile, the Hilltopper softball team grabbed four first-team All-District honors and four second-team nods for the season with its runner-up finish in 2AAAA.

    The All-District teams are selected by the district managers.

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  • LAHS Athletics: Bernalillo, Santa Fe to play in 2AAAA

    Instead of a proposed move out of District 2AAAA, Bernalillo High School will stay put, at least for now.

    The New Mexico Activities Association, the governing body of most high school interscholastic sports in the state, released its final district alignments for the next four-year block of time Wednesday afternoon.

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