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Today's News

  • Judicial/Police/Jail complex gets past another hurdle

    The Los Alamos County Judicial/Police/Jail project cleared another hurdle at the county council meeting last night when Public Works Director Kyle Zimmerman presented the Design and Development Review at 60 percent to council and asked for authorization to move forward to final design. The motion was passed 6-1, with Councilor Robert Gibson voting against it.

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  • Church to share itself with congregation and community Sunday

    Food, fellowship and fun will be had by all at the United Church this weekend. Church members will display their talents, not only for the church, but for the community, too.

    The Shared Ministry Fair will begin its fun at 10:30 a.m. Sunday and there will be special activities to keep little hands and minds busy while parents visit with church members. The event plans to showcase the many opportunities of shared ministries both in the local and world communities and the church.

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  • Orienteering: Judy Opsahl wins U.S. title

    Los Alamos residents Dick and Judy Opsahl were among the big winners in their respective classes at the United States Classic-Distance Orienteering Championship.

    The orienteering event was held Aug. 9-10 near Laramie, Wyo.

    Judy Opsahl took the 2008 national championship for women 70-74 at the event. Meanwhile, Dick Opsahl, finished third in the men’s 75-79 age group.

    Participants in the championships this year ranged in age from 10 to 85-plus.

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  • Golf: NMSMGA recent results

    Here are the results from the Northern New Mexico Senior Men’s Golf Association tournaments held Aug. 4 at Cattails Golf Course in Alamosa, Colo., and Aug. 5-6 at Rio Grande Club in South Fork, Colo.

    Cattails Golf Course, Aug. 4

    First flight

    First low gross

    David Broyles, Alamosa, Colo., 76.

    Second low gross

    Ronne Mercer, Albuquerque, 77.

    First low net

    Larry Stretz, Los Alamos, 63.

    Second low net

    Grover Hathorn, South Fork, Colo., 68.

    Third low net

    Dave West, Santa Fe, 68.

    Second flight

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  • Triathlon: One of first swimmers fills in for her old LAHS coach

    Jennifer Reglien swam on Bill Hudson’s first Los Alamos High School swimming team in 1955.

    Hudson, who usually swims on the Los Alamos Triathlon team, was ordered to take this year off for health reasons, so the team of Inez Ross, and Doug Lier went looking for a swimmer. Reglien volunteered.

    The 2008 Los Alamos Triathlon took place Saturday.

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  • 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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