Los Alamos News

Manhattan, Masters of Sex and several upcoming shows are finding drama in subjects other than scowling tough guys stabbing people.

Today A chapter of The Compassionate Friends will meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the northeast side of the new YMCA Annex, Central Park Square, suite 140.

"Manhattan" is a new television series that premieres this Sunday on our sister station, WGN America, and it's been a long time coming.

Olivia Williams as Liza Winter and John Benjamin Hickey as Frank Winter in WGN's "Manhattan" period piece, about the men and women involved in the 1940s top-secret Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M. The show premieres July 27. A beautifully executed 1940s period drama about the men and women involved in the top-secret Manhattan Project is at ... (more)

Downtown Dogs. A weekly walking group for dogs and humans. The walk starts from Pet Pangaea at 6 p.m. on Thursday nights for a stroll around downtown Los Alamos.

Olivia Williams as Liza Winter and John Benjamin Hickey as Frank Winter in WGN America's "Manhattan,"' premiering SUNDAY, JULY 27 A beautifully executed 1940s period drama about the men and women involved in the top-secret Manhattan Project is at once transporting and provocative.

The university gains a new source of revenue and additional students on campus. A private company gets to build in an academic setting and give its students access to the university library, football games and other college activities.

Today Tuesdays at the Pond Series. Musical performance by Wise Fool. 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond.

Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records.

A $30 million Smith's Marketplace is opening in Los Alamos at the Trinity Site shopping center - its first in the state.

A father who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at a suburban Houston home, killing four of his children and two adults and wounding his 15-year-old daughter critically, has surrendered after a standoff and... A man charged with killing four children and their parents was dressed as a delivery man when he forced his way into the family's ... (more)

Lack of snow in recent years has kept the mountain closed most of last year's season and that had a significant financial impact on the ski area.

The Los Alamos post office is on its way to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Eureka! 4 p.m. at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Artistic interpretations of discovery by a variety of local artists in a variety of media.

The film industry is thriving in New Mexico, and the state hopes to expand the momentum by luring gaming and app developers, the director of the state film office said Wednesday.

WGN's 13-episode series Manhattan, about the race to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, NM is not an allegory for current politics, creator Sam Shaw insisted today at Summer TV Press Tour 2014, despite suggestions otherwise by some member of the cast, and by journalists.

V SERIES HIGHLIGHTS THE LEGEND OF THE "MANHATTAN PROJECT." TONIGHT, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ALANA GRIMSTAD TELLS US WHY NEW MEXICO'S ROLE IN HISTORY STILL AMAZES HISTORIANS.

The project was arguably history's largest, most secret scientific effort. Only the best and brightest scientists knew the magnitude of the assignment in a remote desert that would later become Los Alamos.

" Manhattan " will premiere on Sunday July 27, 2014 at 9/8 p.m. The cable network ordered 13 episodes surrounding scientists who build the first atomic bomb in 1940's era Los Alamos, N.M. The new TV drama will also premiere on 33 other Tribune stations across the U.S. Six major markets include, WPIX in New York, KTLA in Los Angeles, WGN in Chicago, ... (more)

This dog is as close to perfect as it gets, and the shelter can't say enough good things about her.