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Today's News

  • Controlled burn begins at Bandelier

    Bandelier National Monument plans to begin a prescribed burn in Frijoles Canyon today.

    “The 210-acre Burn Unit is located around the visitor center and Main Loop Trail,” said Brad Traver, Bandelier National Monument superintendent.

     “The burn will begin by the Falls Trailhead and continue through the picnic area toward Alcove House today,” he said.

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  • League Sponsors Third Congressional District Candidates' Forum Tonight

    All three candidates for the Third Congressional District of the U.S. House of Representatives will appear Tuesday at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women. The forum is 7-9 p.m. at Fuller Lodge. Socializing and refreshments begin at 6:30 p.m.

    Candidates attending are Dan East, Republican; Ben Ray Lujan, Democrat; and Carol Miller, Independent.

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  • Grand opening

    The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will open its new 1,000-square-foot maintenance facility and shop with a celebration featuring a ribbon cutting, building tour and refreshments from 1-2 p.m. Monday.

    Everyone is welcome to attend the event, which will take place on the UNM-LA campus at 4000 University Drive, across from Los Alamos High School.

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  • Topper spirit to heat up Wednesday night

    Cheerleaders, sports teams, band members, Los Alamos Youth Leadership participants and other students, teachers and staff intend to light the sky with Topper spirit Wednesday night.

    The annual Los Alamos High School bonfire is being held to spur the Toppers on to victory against the Belen Eagles at Friday night’s Homecoming football game.

    The community is invited to join in the fun beginning at 6 p.m. in the Sullivan Field Parking Lot by the ticket booth where Key Club members will sell hot chocolate and goodies. At 7 p.m., LAHS coaches will light the bonfire.

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  • Assistant Superintendent enchanted with New Mexico

    The only thing that stays the same is change. If there ever was a believer in this statement, it’s Los Alamos Schools Assistant Superintendent Kate Thomas.

    Born and raised in Herndon, Va., Thomas will tell you that she’s a Virginian through and through. Her father, grandfather and great-grandfather ran the only grain mill in Fairfax County, Va.

    “There were 360 farms and only one grain mill,” she said. Herndon got its first grocery store when she was 10 and the first stoplight in town when she was 21.

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  • Sports schedule Sept. 22-27

    Monday

    Golf: Los Alamos Fall Invitational, boys and girls varsity, 9 a.m.

    Boys soccer: West Las Vegas at Los Alamos, C-team, 4 p.m.

    Tuesday

    Volleyball: Robertson at Los Alamos, C-team 4 p.m., JV 5 p.m., varsity 6:30 p.m.; LAMS at Capshaw, seventh and eighth grade, 4 p.m.

    Wednesday

    Volleyball: LAMS at Española, seventh and eighth grade, 4 p.m.

    Football: LAMS at McCurdy, seventh grade, 4 p.m.

    Girls soccer: Cibola at Los Alamos, JV, 4 p.m.; C-team 4:30 p.m., varsity 4:30 p.m.

    Thursday

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  • A busy week

    Several things struck us this week. Let’s run them down.

    No prosecution

    The decision by the District Attorney’s Office to decline to prosecute a man charged with eight felony sex crimes involving a female child younger than 13 is just stunning.

    We have had complaints about our D.A. for some time and he surely has not been in the forefront of prosecuting crimes in Los Alamos.

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  • Celebrate Constitution Day

    One of our least known – and perhaps most important – holidays came and went with probably most of us not even recognizing it.

    Wednesday was Constitution Day, a celebration of the date of Sept. 17, 1787, when the U.S. Constitution was signed by 39 enlightened men who changed the course of history.

    Constitution Day is a time for us to continue their legacy and develop habits of citizenship in a new generation.

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  • ROYER

    Linda Kay Royer, age 55, passed away in Los Alamos on September 18, 2008, from an extended illness. She is preceded in death by her parents, Katherene and Willard Royer.

    She is survived by her brother, George Royer (Marcia) of Tuscon, AZ; her sisters: Bonnie Young (Richard) of Tesuque, NM, Vicki Bakker (Morris) of Albuquerque, NM, Mary David (Walter) of Richland, WA and Barbara Gardner (David) of Ash Grove, MO.

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  • Golf: Los Alamos invite opens fall season

    The first of the two-act season starts Monday for the Los Alamos Hilltopper boys and girls golf teams.

    The Hilltoppers’ fall season starts at home with the Los Alamos Fall Invitational.

    Golf is the only prep sport whose season is split into two parts, the fall season, in which both teams will play five tournaments, and the spring season, in which the District 2AAAA and state tournaments are held.

    For the Hilltopper girls this fall, Los Alamos head coach John McBride said he’s going to keep his expectations reasonable.

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