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Today's News

  • Birth rates for poor high in N.M.

    Again, New Mexico is near the top of a list we probably wish we were not even on.

    According to the Associated Press, New Mexico is one of eight states with statistically higher rates of births from women on public assistance.

    In other words, our poor are having children at a high rate. So much for the state and schools educating us.

    Of course, this goes hand in hand with our high drop out rate and our low educational levels.

    Let’s just give more money to our failing schools!

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  • Spirit, generosity fill LANB for United Way kickoff

    In its characteristically generous support of causes that enhance the community’s quality of life, Los Alamos National Bank opened its doors Wednesday evening for the United Way’s “People Matter” 2009 Campaign kickoff event.

    LANB Vice President Jill Cook presented a $50,000 check to Monitor Publisher and Campaign Chair Ralph Damiani and Executive Director Donna Schroeder of the United Way of Northern New Mexico, serving Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties.

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  • LAHS grad wins architecture award

    A University of New Mexico architecture student with Los Alamos roots, has won an international student design competition.

    Antonio Vigil, who graduated from Los Alamos High School in 2002, captured a first-place award for his vision of a recycling center for Albuquerque.

    The competition was part of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and Portland Cement Association’s third annual sustainable concrete student design competition.

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  • UNM-LA and LAHS team up to win education grant

    Instructors at UNM-Los Alamos and Los Alamos High School teamed up to write a grant that netted $155,000 in federal education dollars.

    The money will be used to fund a new career pathways program at the high school.

    The program will be a gateway to degrees and certifications already in place at UNM-LA.

    Los Alamos High School can reapply for the same amount for the next four years, said Tammy Seidel, a LAHS faculty member and one of the grant’s authors said.

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  • Ancho Fire prompts 'significant' changes

    ESPA'OLA – Analysis of a 17-acre fire near a weapons test facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory has led to some changes to prevent recurrence.

    “They are significant,” said Jay Dallman, who heads the division in charge of detonation testing at the laboratory. “We’ve learned from this issue that we had and we’re going to be making more changes.”

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  • Utilities crews begin Pueblo Canyon work

    North Mesa residents of Sioux, Big Rock Loop and San Ildefonso roads may hear a pounding noise coming from Pueblo Canyon, as Department of Public Utilities crews begin work on a wastewater interceptor pipe this morning.

    The work is slated for completion in late November. The project budget is $500,000 in monies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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  • Photo shoot Saturday in Los Alamos

    Across the world, people will be clicking their cameras to capture the beauty in their own communities.

    Los Alamos will be joining in on this world wide photo walk, which will be held Saturday.

    The local photo shoot will begin at 8 a.m. in front of Starbucks. Participants will be traveling from Fuller Lodge to Ashley Pond to take pictures.

    When the walk is completed, images will be uploaded to a flickr site and one photographer will be selected to win Scott Kelby’s “The Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers.”

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  • A favorite returns to Los Alamos

    Friday, we’ll be at Ashley Pond with one of Los Alamos’ favorite bands, the Jimmy Stadler Band from Taos. This marks the 15th straight year that these rockers have played our series.

    They’ve been very busy this year playing an average of five dates a week including weddings and parties all over the country. They’ve also been working on their next album at the studio owned by their drummer Craig Neil.

    Jimmy said they’ve written and recorded two-dozen new songs and will be playing some of them Friday.

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  • Volleyball: LA finishes seventh in NMHSCA preseason poll

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper volleyball team finished seventh in Class AAAA’s preseason poll.

    The preseason poll, taken from a vote by head coaches throughout the state, was released by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association this morning.

    Los Alamos’ seventh-place finish in the poll, in which it grabbed 42 total points, placed it just two points behind sixth-ranked Albuquerque Academy and 11 points ahead of Piedra Vista in the eighth slot.

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  • Football: Hilltoppers picked 5th in preseason AAAA poll

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper football team was ranked fifth in the 2008 preseason poll conducted by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association.

    The Hilltoppers garnered 66 points in the Class AAAA poll, which is voted on by coaches of the various schools. The poll was released this morning.

    Artesia, the defending Class AAAA champion, picked up 135 of the possible 140 points to finish first in the NMHSCA poll.

    Last season, Los Alamos finished with a record of 9-2. It won its first eight games of the season and finished second in District 2AAAA behind Capital.

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