Lawton: My Time In Guatemala With Causa Maya
Lorenzo (left) and his family. Courtesy/Cindy Lawton
Lorenzo’s home. Courtesy/Cindy Lawton
By CINDY LAWTON
Los Alamos
Twelve-year-old Lorenzo stood quietly, eyes downcast, as we visited his family’s small home in rural Guatemala. When he finally spoke about his dream to continue school beyond sixth grade, his voice trembled. Then, tears came. His father had died earlier this year, and the cost of education—between $1,000 and $1,500 annually (after 6th grade) —was far beyond what his family could afford on their modest monthly income of $150 to $400.
Like many children in rural Guatemala, Read More
Los Alamos Jewish Community Members Celebrate Release Of 20 Remaining Hostages After 2+ Years In Hamas Captivity
Members of the Los Alamos Jewish community braved heavy rain today to gather at Ashley Pond Park to celebrate the release of all 20 remaining living hostages after over 2 years in Hamas captivity. Courtesy photoPosts From The Road: Mickey Mantle’s Boyhood Home Along Route 66 In Oklahoma
Boyhood Home: The modest white wood-sided house at 319 S. Quincy Street in Commerce, Okla., is where Mickey Mantle spent his early years from age three until he signed a pro baseball contract after high school. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Mantle Homestead: The Mantle homestead included the house and a tin garage or barn on the side of the property. The open grassy lawn between the two structures is where Mickey Mantle spent every afternoon practicing his hitting skills. His father and grandfather served as his pitchers. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer Read More
Fr. Glenn: The Freedom Of Restraint
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
When you watch the fiction of television, you’ll often see portrayals of freedom as being unrestrained license to do anything that passions impel you to do at the moment. Sadly, often tragically, things don’t tend to turn out well when you do that—either for yourself or for those around you. TV is, after all, fiction. How much pain has been doled out because we don’t restrain ourselves when we give in to temptations moving us to do things which are wrong—the tearing apart of families, destruction of financial security, health problems, feuds, and even murder, etc.
Freedom, according Read More
New Mexico Department Of Transportation And Greyhound Partner To Expand Bus Operations
NMDOT Secretary Ricky Serna
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and Greyhound, a Flix North America brand and the nation’s largest provider of intercity bus transportation, announce the launch of new intercity bus services for New Mexico.
The need for the route was identified in the Statewide Public Transportation Plan and will run between Albuquerque, Farmington, Bernalillo, Cuba and into Durango, Colo.
The new service line will run five days a week, with one round trip each day, providing access to Navajo Transit and Red Apple Transit in Farmington. Read More
McQuiston: Are Self-Driving Cars Really The Future? … Or Just A Trend?
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
For years, self-driving cars have been painted as the future of transportation—sleek, effortless, and nearly accident-proof. Tech companies promised we’d be reading, working, or napping while our cars did the driving. But as the years go by, many people are wondering: are autonomous vehicles truly the next revolution, or just another overhyped tech experiment?
When self-driving technology first hit the headlines, it felt like science fiction becoming reality. The idea was simple: remove human error—the cause of
‘Moving Arts Española—Creatively Inspiring Thousands Of Kids’ Presented By Roger Montoya Oct. 12
COMMUNITY News:
The public is invited to attend the Second Sunday Forum at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, starting at 12 p.m., Sunday, Oct.12, at 1738 North Sage Street.
Since 2008, Roger Montoya has co-led Moving Arts Española. Additionally, he has been actively involved in founding six other nonprofit groups in the Española Valley. Roger is a past member of the New Mexico State House of Representatives. He was named a CNN Hero for his visionary work at Española Moving Arts.
Regarding this Forum, Roger says: “I will present an overview of the genesis of Moving Arts, and how and why our ethos Read More
Cone Zone: Week Of Oct. 13
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County services such as mail delivery, trash and recycling collection, and emergency services will be maintained for each project detailed below.
Residents and businesses will often experience large equipment and construction noise.
Motorists and pedestrians are advised to always use caution and slow down around construction activities and avoid entering work zones outside of designated detour paths.
Road and Utility Work:
North Mesa & North Community Pavement Preservation Project
- Location (follow link to see map): 39th, 37th, 36th, North Mesa Road,
Los Alamos Police Close One Lane On Main Hill Due To Rockslide … Motorists Asked To Seek Alternate Route
UPDATE: Road is cleared and traffic is moving smoothly. The Los Alamos Police Department has closed one lane on the Main Hill Road this morning for an undisclosed amount of time due to a rockslide. Officers are allowing commuters to use one lane and directing traffic around the rockslide located near Anderson Lookout. Commuters are encouraged to seek an alternate route and to expect delays. Photo by Mary Arrowsmith
Scene of a Los Alamos Police Officer clearing the roadway this morning following a rockslide near Anderson Lookout on the Main Hill Road.Photo by Mary Arrowsmith Read More
After-School Good News Clubs Expanding To Pojoaque, Sobrillo, And Espanola
COMMUNITY News:
After-school Good News Clubs are are in all 5 elementary schools in Los Alamos, and are now expanding into Pojoaque, Sobrillo, and Espanola.
Each Club meets once a week after school and features Bible and missionary stories, Scripture memory, songs, games, snacks, prizes and occasional crafts.
The Clubs are inter-denominational, entirely free, and run from September through the end of April. No Clubs on snow days, holidays, or parents conference days.
Los Alamos Clubs:
- Aspen (library)—2:40–4:30 p.m., Mondays
- Mountain (music room)—2:40–4:30 p.m., Mondays
- Pinon (room
Rev. DeYoe: Unitarian Universalism & Our Tradition of Covenant
By Rev. Tina DeYoe
Minister
Unitarian Church of Los Alamos
Unitarian Universalism & Our Tradition of Covenant
Are you searching for an interfaith, pluralistic community? Are you looking for a community that will help you in your free and responsible search for truth and meaning in life? Do you live your life based upon values of love, justice, equity, transformation, generosity, and interdependence? Are you looking for an anti-authoritarian, spiritually-based community? Are you looking for a community that upholds the importance of freedom, reason, hope, right of conscience, and Read More
Central Avenue Between 15th & 20th Streets To Be Closed Tuesday For Gas Leak Repair Project
COUNTY News:
The block of Central Avenue between 15th Street and 20th Street will be closed to through traffic 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday while crews from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) repair a gas leak.
On eastbound Central Avenue approaching 20th Street, all traffic will detour onto 20th Street. Westbound through-traffic on Central Avenue will detour onto 15th Street.
While DPU’s Gas, Water & Sewer Division crews have not yet excavated to expose the pipeline that is leaking, they do not anticipate needing to turn gas service off for customers while repairing the Read More
Theophan: Pottery Class Offers Peaceful Respite
By Fr. Theophan Mackey
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
My pottery classes at the Fuller Lodge Art Center seem to be going along swimmingly. It is, or at least it is my objective to make it, a peaceful respite, a calm haven and oasis, far away from the stress and cares of this life.
Attempting to acquire a new manual skill gives the mind something external and well defined to concentrate on. And one, difficult, but entirely surmountable job is a veritable vacation from the chaotic whirlwind that is most of our internal lives. All the things we cannot control, but still struggle with all our Read More
2025 Dia De Los Muertos On Santa Fe Plaza
From Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe:
SANTA FE — The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe is once again transforming the historic Plaza into a sea of marigolds, music, mojigangas, and community remembrance—and we need your help to keep the two-day festival free for everyone.
The heart of the City Different will beat to the rhythm of mariachis and the beauty of marigolds when the free Día de Los Muertos Festival returns to the historic Santa Fe Plaza on Friday, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 1.
Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe in cooperation with the City of Santa Fe, the family-friendly celebration blends ancient Read More
Posts From The Road: A Radio In Every Room
Boots Court: Boots Court Motel sits near downtown Carthage, Mo. on Route 66 and Highway 71. Built in the 1930s and opening in 1939, the motel became a popular stopping point for travelers on both routes. The entrance was inviting with the outdoor chairs by the door for visitors to linger and stay awhile. Today, all rooms have been restored to their original settings and furnishings and the building has been remodeled from top to bottom. Although a little hard to see in the photo, the round disc sign hanging from the Boots Court sign promises a radio in every room, a luxury in 1939! The motel has carried Read More
Fr. Glenn: Go, Therefore …
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
One thing that the Charlie Kirk murder made very evident was a modern stark divide between Christian and secular thought. Regardless of what one might have thought of Kirk, much hatred has been directed at him and at Christians in general—even to the point that he “deserved” to die, some mocking and even celebrating his death, and more broadly, ridiculing and disparaging Christian faith which he professed, however imperfectly as some have said (but NO one observes it perfectly because of human weakness). But, sadly, that seems to be the norm of “dialogue” these days. Even Read More
County: North Mesa Road Pavement Preservation Project Begins Monday … Expect Lane Closures
Map of North Mesa Pavement Preservation Project. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Public Works Department announces that the next phase of the North Mesa Pavement Preservation Project will begin on Monday, Oct. 6, on North Mesa Road. Albuquerque Asphalt is performing the work.
North Mesa Road
- North Mesa Road will be reduced to a single lane from the Diamond Drive Roundabout to San Ildefonso Road during work hours, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
- Traffic will be limited to traveling in the eastbound direction, Roundabout to San Ildefonso Road, during all phases of this work; and
- Westbound traffic
Op-Ed: The Shared Vision Of Jane Goodall And Pope Leo
By TERRY HANSEN
Milwaukee, WI.
Conservationist Jane Goodall has passed away at age 91. As a United Nations Messenger of Peace, she urged: “You’re supposed to share the planet, and yet species are disappearing. Ecosystems are collapsing. That’s going to affect us.”
More recently, Pope Leo XIV implored: “We cannot love God, whom we cannot see, while despising his creatures. Nor can we call ourselves disciples of Jesus Christ without participating in his outlook on creation and his care for all that is fragile and wounded.”
Pope Leo and Goodall share deeply rooted values: reverence for life, Read More
All Shall Be Well: Blessings, Praise And Poverty
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Lynn Finnegan
Associate Rector
Church of the Holy Faith, Santa Fe
Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico is a “Franciscan oasis of prayer and personal growth.” I joined Episcopal clergy from throughout New Mexico and west Texas there this past week. It seemed quite fitting that we were in this tranquil Franciscan setting a few days prior to the Feast of St. Francis on Oct. 4.
Honored in the Catholic, Evangelical Read More
Cone Zone: Week Of Oct. 6, 2025
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County services such as mail delivery, trash and recycling collection, and emergency services will be maintained for each project detailed below.
Residents and businesses will often experience large equipment and construction noise.
Motorists and pedestrians are advised to always use caution and slow down around construction activities and avoid entering work zones outside of designated detour paths.
Road and Utility Work:
North Mesa & North Community Pavement Preservation Project
- Location: 39th, 37th, 36th, North Mesa Road, San Ildefonso Road, Stoneview