Around the Area

Surprisingly, December was warm, as was 2010 overall.
The incredibly cold temperatures we experienced around New Year’s Eve and Day make it hard to believe, but December was quite a bit warmer than average.
The average temperature in Los Alamos and White Rock was 35 and 34 degrees, respectively, where 29-and-a-half is the norm for December in both towns.
The Los Alamos average for 2010 overall was 49 degrees, half a degree warmer than the 1981 through 2010 average.

Longtime community volunteer and Kiwanis member Pat Soran received the "Spirit of the West Award" at tonight's gala event.

Check back to view a slideshow of nominees honored during a special ceremony at the Hilltop House Hotel.

While some states face a $4 per gallon price tag for gas this year, locally, gas prices appear to have stabilized.
Gasoline prices at stations throughout Los Alamos did not drastically deviate.
As of Monday afternoon, the price for regular ranged from $2.89 to $2.91, regular plus went from $2.99 to $3.08, premium gas ranged from $3.09 to $3.20 and diesel went from $3.34 to $3.45.
The Conoco stations, Metzger’s Mobil and Chevron shared similar gas prices.

ALBUQUERQUE – A father and son were headed home to El Paso, after being found Tuesday in the Gila National Forest, where they had been missing for days in extremely cold temperatures.
Robert Fritz, 55, and his son, Austin, 15, were found before noon Tuesday on the Little Creek Trail in southwestern New Mexico, state police search and rescue spokesman Peter Olson said.
Both suffered from hypothermia, he said. Hypothermia is a dangerous decrease in the body’s core temperature.