Crucet Steps Up As Community Sponsor For C’YA’s ‘Life Is Short, Eat Dessert First’ Fundraiser
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Champions of Youth Ambitions
When Champions of Youth Ambitions needed a new fundraiser after the loss of the Festival of Trees, we decided it was food that brings everyone together. We set out to do a dessert to go opportunity called, “Life is Short, Eat Dessert First.”
The idea is that for many, even in this community, going out to dinner is a luxury—one some can’t even afford. Eat dessert first will allow many more to spend a little bit of money to help make a substantial difference and treat themselves or someone they love in the process.
Originally, it was intended to be an Read More
Tourism Department Eclipses 71 Grant Partners For Litter Cleanup Program
STATE News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) is awarding over $1 million in grant funding for beautification and litter reduction initiatives to a record 71 partners for fiscal year 2026.
Roughly 67 percent of grant funding in FY26 is dedicated towards the program goals of reducing waste, beautifying communities and eliminating litter. The remaining grant funding will be directed towards youth empowerment initiatives and increasing local program capacity.
“Observing the number of communities participating in this program continue to grow demonstrates there is Read More
Posts From The Road: Flaming Gorge In Northern Utah
Viewpoint: A group of hikers stops at a viewpoint near the Canyon Rim Campground to view the river and canyon below. The river is hundreds of feet below the canyon rim, and at one point is over 1,500 feet below the rim. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Flaming Gorge Boaters: Boaters traveling in both directions can be seen as they approach a bend in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The photo was made from the Canyon Rim Trail. Boaters continually move up and down through the canyon as they move about in the reservoir. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Read More
Fr. Glenn: The Toughest Teaching
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
As you no doubt have heard, on the morning of August 27, 2025, the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis became the site of a horrid scene. During a Mass celebrating the first week of school, a shooter fired through the church windows, killing two children and injuring 18 others. This Catholic community, a place where generations of believers had gathered for baptisms, weddings, and communions, was shattered by violence that struck at the heart of innocence and faith. Why, why, WHY, we cry, strike at children?!
How do we make sense of such evil? Where is God in the midst of suffering? Read More
Cone Zone: Aug. 30, 2025
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Public Works staff manages the projects listed in this section through contractors. For more information, please email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150, or visit the County Projects page at https://lacnm.com/pw-projects.
Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the information below is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.
Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project Updates
Construction crews with TLC Plumbing & Utility continue the Bathtub Row Reconstruction Read More
Intro To The Jewish High Holy Days: A Two-Part Exploration
Courtesy/LAJC
By RABBI JACK SHLACHTER
Los Alamos Jewish Center
In communities around the world, countless rabbis are at this very moment engaged in the enormously challenging task of exhorting Jews to attend the local synagogue for the upcoming holidays of Rosh HaShanah, the “New Year,” and Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement.”
As in everything, however, Los Alamos is unique – our rabbi (yours truly) is only gently encouraging Jews to come to the Los Alamos Jewish Center for these Jewish High Holidays. If ever there was a time in the past several decades when identifying with the Jewish community Read More
Roadwork Begins On US 550 In Cuba
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) District Six along with Siete Inc (Contractor) began a $14.9 million bridge replacement project in Cuba, NM.
Work began Aug/ 25, 2025, on the southbound lanes at mile marker 64. All traffic has been diverted onto the northbound lanes for the first phase of the project. Contractor’s work hours are scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Drivers should expect lane closures, minor delays and plan travel accordingly.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation is committed to the safety of the traveling public and Read More
County Begins Pavement Marking Work
COUNTY News:
San Bar Construction Corp crews working under contract with Los Alamos County has begun work on refreshing turn lane, bike lane, stop bars and crosswalk pavement markings at various intersections in Los Alamos Townsite.
The process includes grinding out the old pavement markings before placing the new. This work will generally occur between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday–Thursday. Work may extend to 9 p.m. on some days and also occur on Fridays to minimize impacts to traffic during busy traffic periods. Work is scheduled to continue through Sept. 19, weather permitting.
The locations Read More
Op-Ed: Which Side Are You On?
By ANDI KRON
Los Alamos
I recently reunited with an Israeli friend who was visiting the Lab on official business. It had been 2 1/5 years since I last saw him in Israel. “How are things going in Israel?” I asked with trepidation. “We are traumatized,” he answered. His brother is a surgeon and has been on reserve duty for months as a medic in Gaza. His wife is a lecturer in universities and lost several students in the massacre of October 7, 2023. Her parents live in the south where Hamas terrorists infiltrated and killed residents of their community. He needs police protection when he travels to Europe Read More
Posts From The Road: J.C. Penney The Mother Store
The Mother Store: The Mother Store of J.C. Penney Co. opened in 1929 in Kemmerer, Wyo. The store still exists as a typical Penney’s store with several historical features from the early days of the company. The store was much like the store where I worked during high school in Texas. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
J.C. Penney Home: The home of the Penney family has been restored and is furnished in early 1900s motif. The home is free to visit and contains a room of historical photos and items from the J.C. Penney Company. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Kemmerer Store: The Kemmerer Read More
Fr. Glenn: Years Of Love Forgotten
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Many of us have probably lost friends of long acquaintance due to misunderstanding, slights perceived but not meant, grudges over trifles. One wonders if it’s not a sort of psychological self-protection mechanism—and expectation of being inevitably betrayed sometime in the future, so we “head it off at the pass” before it could do greater damage. “If even Jesus could be betrayed, what chance do ANY of the rest of us have!?” may be a subconscious, though erroneous, justification. Will I, too, have to bear the biblical treachery: “… it is not an adversary who deals insolently Read More
Scenes Of Iceland’s Wildlife – Part 1
A young arctic fox peers over the landscape near Moorudalur in Iceland as seen recently by Richard and Sophia Skolnik of White Rock, who joined a small group from Natural Habitat Adventures for an 11-day ‘circumnavigation’ of Iceland. The trip took them from Reykjavik to Akureyri over land, from there to the Westfjords by plane, and then another plane back to Reykjavik. Arctic foxes are the only mammal native to Iceland. Photo by Richard Skolnik
A whale dives beneath the waters of the Westfjords region, raising its fluke. Whale-watching is one of Iceland’s great natural spectacles. Photo Read More
Stradling: Why Does God Care?
By GARY STRADLING
Los Alamos
Why, in a universe of trillions of star systems, does God care about us?
As a child, I read the 1944 book by James Corbett, “Man-Eaters of Kumaon”. This story of man-eating tigers of India was exciting and illuminating for a boy in Belen, NM. One interesting thing that came to me from it was the question, “Why? Why did tigers eat human villagers?”
The author, if I remember correctly, attributed the tiger’s interest in humans for food, in at least one case, as resulting from a deficiency, a broken jaw, that kept the tiger from foraging on its traditional prey.
Courtesy photo Read More
All Shall Be Well: Sarah Laughed
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 Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb
ELCA, retired
In the eighteenth chapter of Genesis, Abraham and Sarah, the couple chosen as progenitors of the People of God, receive a visit. Living in a tent, in an inhospitable wilderness, they would offer hospitality to anyone who came by. In this case, their visitors were a trio of holy ones, come to bring further news of God’s promise to them.
The story is a favorite of mine. In it we have the tradition Read More
Cone Zone: Week Of Aug. 25, 2024
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Public Works’ staff manages the projects listed in this section through contractors. For more information, please email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150, or visit the County Projects page at https://lacnm.com/pw-projects. Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the information below is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.
Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project Updates
Construction crews with TLC Plumbing & Utility continue the Bathtub Row Reconstruction Read More
Roadwork Begins On NM 4 In Jemez Pueblo
NMDOT News:
JEMEZ PUEBLO —The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will begin a pavement preservation project on approximately 2.5 miles of NM 4 in Jemez Pueblo in late August.
Roadwork will take place from mile marker 4.5 to 7.2 through the Pueblo of Jemez.
Work is expected to be completed by the end of September, weather permitting. Brasier Asphalt, the contractor for the District Six project, will perform work between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
A pilot car and flagger operation will be in place. Drivers should expect lane closures, delays, and plan travel accordingly. Read More
Atomic City Transit Is Chauffeuring Community Through Creative Pilot Program
Atomic City Transit is offering MyRide, an Uber-like pilot program on Saturdays through Oct. 25. Courtesy/ACT
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
A creative new idea has emerged from discussions with Los Alamos County Council, the Transportation Board and public feedback: a pilot program with Atomic City Transit (ACT) known as MyRide, which kicked off Aug. 2 and will continue until 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25.
ACT Senior Management Analyst Anna Brunson describes the program as being similar to Uber. MyRide users can reserve a bus ride from ACT, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, Read More
Public Comment Open For 2024-2029 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Amendment
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is accepting public comment through Friday, September 19, 2025, on Amendment 8 to the federal fiscal year 2024–2029 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which is available online.
The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) short-term plan for federally funded, and regionally significant projects. It’s developed through a collaborative process that follows federal guidelines, supports national goals, and aligns with Read More
Posts From The Road: Traversing So. Utah’s Back Roads
Red Canyon: Red Canyon is a small area just a few miles from Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a popular recreation area that offers dramatic red rock formations and terrain for visitors to explore. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Retired: An old wooden windmill sits in a pasture a few miles east of Zion National Park. The windmill caught my eye as the entire structure is made of wood, even the blades that remain. Just minutes before seeing this ranch area where cattle roam, drivers were navigating their way through the spectacular rock formations within Zion National Park. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More
Fr. Glenn: Standing Firm
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
A headline caught the eye recently: “Denzel Washington Blasts Cancel Culture; Says Faith Matters More Than Followers”. Asked whether he was concerned about losing approval and followers by not acquiescing to popular culture, Mr. Washington responded: “I don’t follow anybody … I follow God, I don’t follow man. I have faith in God.” He added: “You can’t be canceled if you haven’t signed up. Don’t sign up.” This reminds of Oscar Wilde: “A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
In a world saturated with noise—social media clamor, cultural trends, and the relentless Read More