Today's News

Sixty-five students from seven Northern New Mexico counties are recipients of Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund scholarships, funded through more than $500,000 in donations from Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and the company that manages the Laboratory.

Los Alamos High School senior Scott Carlsten received the top award, the platinum scholarship, which provides $7,500 in financial assistance annually for four years.

Bandelier National Monument Superintendent Jason Lott’s presentation inspired at least two participants at the Manhattan Project Communities Conference, who singled it out as one of the most thought provoking.

“My area of expertise is not in Washington where these decisions are made, not in the regional office where a lot of this is planned out for follow through. My expertise is on the ground, as a superintendent of national parks,” Lott said, who then proceeded to lay out the groundwork for the project. “There’s going to be a big agreement signed with a lot of high ranking people, but when it comes to the ground it’s going to take us to make it happen.”

Another key department in the county’s organization is on the verge of having a permanent director. County Administrator Harry Burgess will name Philo Shelton III as his choice for director of public works at tonight’s council meeting.

Filling the position is critical to advancing Burgess’ plan to merge the Community Development Department and the Capital Projects and Facilities Department with Anne Laurent as director. Laurent is currently serving as acting director of Public Works.

Wednesday
Santa Fe Pro Musica flutists Carol Redman and Alaina Diehl present a concert of flute music from the Middle Ages to the Modern Ages during the Brown Bag performance at noon at Fuller Lodge.

 GeekOut Game night from 5:30-8:030 p.m. at Mesa Public Library. Bring your own games or play theirs. Bring a friend or meet new ones.

The Sierra Club will present movie night, “Revenge of the Electric Car,” at 6:30 p.m. at Mesa Public Library. Everyone is invited to watch the sequel to, “Who Killed the Electric Car.”