Unauthorized Drone Flights Prohibited In Los Alamos National Laboratory Restricted Airspace – Including Additional No Drone Zone
Map of FAA restricted airspace above Los Alamos National Laboratory (R-5101) and additional No Drone Zone (in red). Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Since 2018, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in collaboration with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has operated a system to counter all unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) over its restricted airspace and an additional FAA designated “No Drone Zone”.
Recent unauthorized drone flights have been detected in this restricted airspace. The popularity of drones and Read More
Public Meeting On Annual Planning Process For 2016 Compliance Order On Consent Jan. 14
LANL News:
New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
- NMED and EM-LA to Conduct Public Meeting on Annual Planning Process for 2016 Compliance Order on Consent (as Modified September 2024) Jan. 14, 2026
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704114_NMED_EM-LA_2026_Public_Meeting_Email+Invite_010826.pdf
LANL Foundation Opens Applications For Career Pathways Scholarship
LANLF News:
ESPAÑOLA — The LANL Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Career Pathways Scholarship, an opportunity designed to support Northern New Mexico students and adult learners earning an associate degree, certificate, or professional trade credential in pursuit of a specific career goal.
“The Career Pathways scholarship is about expanding access to education that leads directly to opportunity,” said Mike Ammerman, LANL Foundation Scholarship Program Director. “This scholarship helps remove financial barriers for students and adult learners Read More
New Documents Added To Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
- Notification of Return to Original Permitted Location of Four Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Storage Sheds (144, 145, 146, and 177)
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704101_N3B-2025-0434_Notif_Return_of_4_Permit_Units_122225.pdf
Los Alamos Historical Society To Host ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ Two-Part Lecture Series On Jan. 13 And Feb. 10
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society announces its upcoming free lectures 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, and
Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the Pajarito Room of historic Fuller Lodge. These lectures will feature
stories based around the buildings of Los Alamos History.
The lecture on Jan. 13 is titled, “If These Walls Could Talk Part 1: Buildings of the Los Alamos Historic District”. In this lecture volunteers for the Los Alamos History Museum as well as staff from the Historical Society and Archives and Collections will share the history of the buildings in the Historic District as well as the people Read More
LANL Grad Student To Teach STEMarts LIVE CODING Bootcamp Kicking Off On Saturday Jan. 24
STEMarts Lab News:
STEMarts LAB in Santa Fe is kicking off the new year with its first LIVE CODING Bootcamp on Jan. 24 featuring Kelcey Davis, graduate student/LANL astrophysicist, who will be teaching students how to analyze data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to understand galaxies.
https://stemarts.com/2025/11/24/stemarts-live-coding-lab-in-2026/
More About STEMarts Lab Bootcamps:
- Bootcamp 1, Jan. 24, 2026
- Visualizing galaxy data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
This Bootcamp introduces students to astrophysics through data from the James Webb Space Telescope Read More
Jan & Jas. Mercer-Smith Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Jan and Jas. Mercer-Smith of Los Alamos celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Getty Museum with their daughter, Dr. Alison Mercer-Smith, and her husband, Joe Gu. The Mercer-Smiths met while summer undergraduate researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1973, and were married in Longview, Texas on Dec. 27, 1975. They lived in separate states during graduate school (UNC-Chapel Hill and Yale) and post-doctoral appointments (Rockefeller University and Harvard). After their experience at Oak Ridge, they had always hoped to work at a National Laboratory. And in 1983, they Read More