Today's News

SANTA FE – Hazardous cleanup projects on DP Road are the main focus of the laboratory’s economic stimulus plans.

Officials of the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory outlined current proposals for using stimulus funds to catch up on and accelerate hazardous cleanup work on DP Mesa.

In its production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Los Alamos Little Theatre reached high and aimed big and the local theater company should be proud of the results.

The cast and crew effectively wove drama, tragedy, laughter and hope into this production.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” a play by Dale Wasserman, which is based on Ken Kesey’s novel, takes place in a mental hospital. When a new patient arrives at the institution, the established order and control in the hospital is questioned and challenged.

Writers are a great breed of artists. Not only do they create something that can become immortal, but writers can inspire many other forms of art.

When I attended the Colorado Press Association’s awards conference a few years ago in Denver, I remember one of the speakers who mentioned Mark Bowden. Bowden wrote a newspaper article about soldiers who had gone to Somalia. Not only did his article lead to a book, but it also inspired a movie and, marvels upon marvels, a video game.

This is just one example of the power the written word has on the art world.

The Los Alamos Middle School wrestling team wrapped up their season with a celebration to honor the effort put out by the team last month.

Coaches Ben Salas and David Rendell said the 2008-09 season best one to date.

“We were in five tournaments and placed first in four and second in one,” Salas said. “We’ve consistently been the top two or three school in northern New Mexico, usually behind Las Vegas Robertson and sometimes St. Mikes in Santa Fe, but not this year, we were on top of the pile the whole year.”