Today's News

David Kratzer and John Ullman deadlocked for best prediction at this week's Atomic City Roadrunners’ pace race.

This week’s pace race was held at American Springs Road, off N.M. 4. In all, 28 runners and walkers took part in Tuesday night's race.

There was more than one tie Tuesday, however.

Kratzer and Ullman were just two seconds off their predicted finish times in the event, while Connor Schultz and Jennifer Reglien both tied for third-best prediction of the night, with both finishing just six seconds off.

Marta Weigle’s resume is a thick one. She is an anthropology professor and chairwoman of the Department of American Studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She is also the former owner of Ancient City Press in Santa Fe and worked as an editor from 1981-2005.

Weigle has shared her knowledge as a consultant for projects provided through National Endowment for the Humanities Youth Planning grants. These projects include  the “Oral History of Huerfano Valley” project the Walsenburg School System did in Colorado.

This week we look at Asset #12, School Boundaries. According to the Search Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when school provides clear rules and consequences.”

As the school year ends, the administration is beginning to create a singular path to bullying prevention, as part of a state mandate.

Many of the sites associated with the Manhattan Project from World War II are centered on Ashley Pond, but dozens more are scattered around the laboratory’s grounds, hidden from the public view. In observance of New Mexico Heritage Month, Ellen McGehee of the Ecology and Air Quality group at Los Alamos National Laboratory gave a presentation Wednesday at the Bradbury Science Museum on the hidden historical sites behind the fence.