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Today's News

  • United Way announces request for 2008 grants

    Thanks to the generosity of the community, Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and the LANS Match program, grants will be available from United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) in 2008.

    The goal of the grants is to enhance UWNNM’s ability to meet emerging community needs. Grant applications are being sought from 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organizations that seek to develop new capacities to meet an identified need, enhance an existing service or begin a new program.

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  • LANL scientist chosen for elite fellowship

    President Bush’s 2008-2009 class of White House Fellows includes David Loaiza, technical staff member at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    The president announced the 14 appointments this week, each selected by the president’s Commission on White House Fellowships, to participate in one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowship programs for leadership development and public service.

    The group, narrowed down from nearly 3,000 applicants, includes a cross-section of medical, education, business and science technology professionals.

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  • Review: The upside of Kevin Costner

    What would you do? You’re a middle-aged woman living in a big, suburban home. You and your husband have four daughters, one in high school, one in college and two in-between. Then one evening, your husband doesn’t come home – the same day, you find out, his secretary runs off to Sweden with her mysterious lover.

    In Mike Binder’s “The Upside of Anger,” this is Terry Wolfmeyer’s (Joan Allen) situation. She decides to get mad.

    And she finds a few things  to keep her furious.

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  • Ellen Kraus

    KRAUS – Ellen Kraus, a resident of White Rock, N.M., died June 25, 2008, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Ellen was born in New York City, N.Y., and became a draftswoman for Esso Standard Oil. In 1963, she moved with her family to Los Gatos, Calif. Ellen and her husband retired to Sweet Home, Ore., in 1984, where they worked a 44-acre ranch. They moved to White Rock in 2004.

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  • Spotlight on Los Alamos: From wild to mild – One trainer's mission

    “From Wild to Mild” is the mission of local horse trainer Joslyn Pretz.

    She has only two-and-a-half months left to tame and ride the once-wild Darwin, a Nevada mustang she adopted from Paul’s Valley, Okla., in hopes of taking home the top prize at the “Extreme Mustang Makeover” (EMM).

    EMM is a nationwide training competition scheduled to be held in Ft. Worth, Texas, later this year.

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  • Arms Control Group honors Domenici

    In honor of his many contributions to arms control efforts, about 30 members of the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security (LACACIS) gathered at the Central Avenue Grill Monday to honor retiring Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.

    Several members commended the senator for his dedication.

    “When you say ‘The Senator’ in Los Alamos everybody knows who you mean,” said Randy Erickson, deputy division leader of the Los Alamos Decision Applications Division.

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  • UNM-LA welcomes kids to campus

    UNM-Los Alamos will bring college to kids in first through sixth grade this summer.

    “We love having the kids on campus,” said Community Education Coordinator Eileen Gallegos. “The enthusiasm they have for learning is always inspiring.”

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  • Sneaking employment search under the radar

    An innovative new website allows job hunters to keep employers and others in the dark about their employment seeking activities. The Naples, Fla., corporation, QuietHire.com Inc., is designed to protect applicant identities. This anonymity allows job candidates an opportunity to potentially be discovered by corporations all over the world.

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  • State GOP cautions against registering to vote through ACORN

    ACORN, a voter registration group that has operated in New Mexico and other states during the last several election cycles, is being flagged by the state GOP.

    On Friday, the Las Cruces office of the purportedly non-partisan ACORN was broken into and 90 completed voter registration forms were stolen.

    The forms had voters’ social security numbers and dates of birth on them, according to a news release by New Mexico GOP Executive Director Adam Feldman.

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  • Softball: WR falls in extra innings to SF

    Only three teams remain in the District 1 Majors All-Star softball tournament, being held at Overlook Park this weekend.

    One of those teams, White Rock, now must win-out to advance to the state Majors tournament, after falling in an extra-inning thriller to Santa Fe Saturday.

    With their win Saturday, Santa Fe’s All-Stars will have two cracks at the District 1 tournament title, the first of those coming Monday at 6 p.m.

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