Today's News

This year’s Memorial Day community celebration was again held at Guaje Pines Cemetery on Monday. Guest of honor and speaker was Michael Wismer, USAF (ret.), and current vice chair of the county council. A large growd gathered to honor the millions of Americans who gave their lives for our freedoms. Post Commander, Lt. Col. Bill Cooper (ret.), addresses the crowd. The event was a joint community presentation organized by a variety of service organizations, including the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8874, Elks B.P.O.E.

District Judge Sheri Raphaelson is scheduled to speak at the Los Alamos Democratic Party’s monthly Central Committee meeting at 7 p.m., Thursday in Meeting Room 3 at Mesa Public Library.

Gov. Bill Richardson appointed Raphaelson to the First Judicial District bench and she will stand for election as the incumbent in 2010.

With her campaign underway, Los Alamos Democrats asked her to meet members of the local community. 

The New Mexico Environment Department issued a notice to lab managers Friday afternoon for a violation of the comprehensive cleanup agreement.

NMED proposes a penalty of $1.87 million against the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for failing to plug and abandon a groundwater monitoring well in Mortandad Canyon.

In the announcement Friday, NMED said the well is known to have elevated levels of laboratory-related contaminants – chromium, perchlorate, nitrate and tritium – that threaten the water system.

Pioneers in science placed Los Alamos in history’s spotlight and that trend continued during the International Science and Engineering Fair, May 12-15 in Reno, Nev. The townsite’s new generation of scientists seemed to ensure the light blub of creativity and great ideas will not be turned off.

Los Alamos High School sophomore Alexander Kendrick and senior Caroline Wurden participated in the international competition, comprised of 1,500 students from 56 countries, and they came out among the top winners.