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Today's News

  • Trinity Street standards revisted

    Trinity Drive has been in the spotlight a lot lately because of plans to make it a complete street.

    One of the focal points surrounding the project is the street standards for Trinity Drive.

    Some in the public, as well as council members, have expressed concern over the current design of Trinity Drive and have inquired about how it and other downtown streets could be made more pedestrian friendly, as well as more attractive.

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  • Trees growing

    After the Cerro Grande fire, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos – along with many other groups – planted trees in the mountains around Los Alamos.

    Recently, Craig Martin with the county, gave a tour and talked about the regrowth in the area on April 14, 2001.

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  • When will our state ever learn?

    First, you create a state agency that has a very unclear duty, give it no budget and then continue to name controversial people to head it.

    Welcome to the New Mexico Film Museum.

    First, Gov. Richardson appointed former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron to the post at a salary of more than $85,000-per-year. You know her, the person being investigated by the federal government for misusing election funds.

    Not only that, she was to earn about $8,000 more than the last director. This despite the fact the museum has no budget, archives, collections or an office.

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  • Radio station proposes new antenna location

    The Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice asking for public comment on a proposed KRSN radio antenna on North Mesa, north of the Middle School.

     

    According to an e-mail sent out to local pilots by Los Alamos Airport Manager David Ploeger, KRSN has filed a request with the FAA for a second study to see if a tower would cause any interference with the airport or air traffic.

     

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  • Softball: Toppers split two with Sundevils

    ESPAÑOLA — Heading into a big District 2AAAA doubleheader, the Los Alamos Hilltopper softball team had the lofty goal of a sweep.

    It got halfway there.

    Los Alamos split its 2AAAA doubleheader Thursday, coming back from a late deficit to win 7-5, but falling in the nightcap 9-3 on the road.

    While the split was a game short of the Hilltoppers’ hope, it was far-and-away a better performance than many of their recent trips to the valley, particularly in 2008 when the Hilltoppers were swept by a combined score of 19-0.

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  • Running: Cope has perfect prediction Tuesday

    Roy Cope was right on the money at Tuesday’s Atomic City Roadrunners’ pace race.

    The Atomic City Roadrunners club held its second pace race of the season Tuesday on the dirt road going through Lower Bayo Canyon at the bottom of Main Hill Road.

    Cope walked the 1-mile course, along with his dog, but still managed a perfect predicted finish time. Two other predictors — Shana Cooper and Ashley Mamula — had adjusted prediction errors of just three seconds, which would’ve won a lot of pace races.

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  • Get solid advice on Trinity

    Get solid advice on Trinity

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  • Fermi postage stamp has an error

    Fermi postage stamp has an error

    Dear Editor,

    In the April 4 Monitor story about the visit of Enrico Fermi’s granddaughter to Los Alamos, a photo of Fermi in front of a blackboard was included with no caption.

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  • Blame it on unintended consequences

    Why do economic downturns catch experts unawares? Even more intriguingly, why do they defy analysis after they’ve happened?

    Neither economists nor financiers can agree on why the world’s economies are in free-fall today. More than 70 years later, there’s still no agreement on what caused the Great Depression. Not even in hindsight does consensus emerge.

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  • Jail complex cost goes up

    A divided council voted on several motions concerning the Judicial/Police/Jail Complex - adding to the cost of the project.

    And Councilor Vincent Chiravalle seized the moment to blast the project.

    “This building is a monstrosity and an example of excess in government,” he told those gathered in council chambers for the Tuesday night meeting.

    Following a presentation by  Capital Projects and Facilities Director Anne Laurent, the council voted on various items of the project.

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