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Today's News

  • Not just another 9 to 5 job

    Some people go to offices and work in cubicles. They punch the clock at 9 a.m. and then punch out at 5 p.m. Their efforts reward them with plaques or certificates of appreciation.

     

    New Mexico National Guardsman Master Sgt. Jason Riley has done things a little differently.

     

    Riley, a 1988 graduate of Los Alamos High School, has spent his entire career in the military. He served the first four years in the U.S. Army and for the last 15 years, he has been active in the New Mexico National Guard.

     

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  • Residents get a glimpse of bypass route

    A group of about 42 gathered in the parking lot of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Research Park on Sunday, eagerly awaiting the beginning of their walking tour of the proposed West Jemez Bypass route.

     

    There was a mix of attendees that turned out for the tour, coordinated by county staff, which included residents in favor of, and opposed to the bypass, county councilors, Los Alamos county residents and members from the Chamber of Commerce.

     

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  • New Mexico labs hold steady for rest of FY09

    First glimpses of an appropriation bill for the remainder of the fiscal year suggest a large measure of continuity for the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, including Los Alamos National Laboratory.

     

    The laboratory’s high priority Chemistry and Metallurgy Replacement Facility is in for another installment at $97.2 million.

     

    Funds are also included for rebuilding the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center accelerator ($19.3 million) and upgrading the Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility ($19.7 million).

     

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  • Boys basketball: Capital advances, will take on LA

    There’s only about one thing that’s been settled at this point: Los Alamos will host Capital Thursday night.

    Beyond that, there’s a lot that’s up in the air.

    The District 2AAAA boys basketball tournament winds its way through Griffith Gymnasium Thursday when the Hilltoppers host Capital’s Jaguars. Thursday’s game is scheduled to tip at 5:30 p.m.

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  • Oppenheimer’s final years revealed

    Science writer Mark Wolverton brings sensitivity, insight and convincing research to “A Life in Twilight: the Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer.” Wolverton will speak at the Bradbury Science Museum at 5 p.m. Thursday and will sign copies of “A Life in Twilight” from 6-7:30 p.m. at Otowi Station.

    The book encompasses the last 13 years of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life.

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  • Girls basketball: Toppers, Jaguars will butt heads

    In what’s been a roller coaster season, one of the lowest points for the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team was a two-game stretch early in the district regular season.

    After a pair of big wins, against Taos and Bernalillo, Los Alamos went on a two-game slide. It was rattled by the full- and three-quarter-court pressure from both the Española Valley Sundevils and the Capital Jaguars, dropping both those games — one in late January, one in early February.

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  • Wrestling: Cull-Host takes girls state title

    Jodi Cull-Host won the 103-pound weight class at the New Mexico Girls State Tournament Sunday.

    Cull-Host, who just completed her freshman season with the Los Alamos Hilltopper wrestling team, knocked off three other competitors to take the 103-pound title. The tournament was held in Albuquerque.

    “She was wrestling some tough girls,” coach Eric Sorenson said of Cull-Host. “It was a very solid day for her. She was never in any trouble and she handled all three of them.”

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  • Our man in Yongbyang

    Once again the volatile nuclear negotiations with North Korea have hit a snag. As might be expected Los Alamos’ own nuclear diplomat emeritus is on his way to the scene.

     

    Amid reports of a possible new missile test, rumors of a hidden fuel processing capacity and a spike in rhetoric on the peninsula, Sig Hecker returns to North Korea next week for an annual ritual that seems always revealing and evolving.

     

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  • Making memories: Don Taylor’s Photography celebrates 25 years

    Positive contributions during the past 25 years have earned Don and Heidi Taylor a special place in the community.

    “The Taylor’s are the kind of business people who make being chamber director pleasurable for me,” Kevin Holsapple said of the couple who own Don Taylor’s Photography. “They’re eternally positive and involved in the community. Don’s been on our Chamber Board. He and Heidi make my job rewarding because they are so positive and they want to see positive things for this community.”

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  • Report: Labs to remain under DOE

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