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  • Espanola trucking company awarded contract*

    The planned Los Alamos County Eco Station moved one step closer to becoming a reality on Tuesday night during the County Council meeting in White Rock, when Environmental Manager Regina Wheeler presented a motion to council suggesting approval for a contract for general services with Salazar Trucking Co., Inc. in Espaola. Councilor Berting moved to approve the motion, which was seconded by Councilor West. After a vote, the motion passed 5-0.

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  • County close to reaching agreement with NNSA*

    An agreement to provide Fire Department services for Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos County may have passed a hurdle at Tuesday night's County Council meeting held at the White Rock town hall.

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  • Residents express concern over missing campaign signs

    An increasing number of local residents are coming forward with concern at finding their Obama campaign signs disappearing from their front yards – several, more than once.

    Most of the missing signs appear to be in yards and lots in Barranca Mesa.

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  • More jurisdiction for some LAPD officers

    Those traversing N.M. 502 and other outlying parts of Santa Fe County, as if driving on the Autobahn, should know that the Los Alamos Police Department and the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department have struck a deal that will allow Los Alamos police officers to be cross-commissioned through Santa Fe County.

    This spells bad news for speeders, as LAPD officers will now be able to cite traffic offenders who are caught in those parts of Santa Fe County, which lie closest to Los Alamos.

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  • Lead data study raises water quality concern

    SANTA FE – A persistent critic of the groundwater monitoring program at Los Alamos National Laboratory said he has found traces of what he considers “an overlooked contaminant plume” under an old waste dump on the southern boundary of the nuclear weapons laboratory.

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  • Skate park fight officially over

     For children and teens in the community, the grand opening of the skate park can’t come soon enough.

    This is a project that has been long coming for the youth of Los Alamos. It’s also a project that has met resistance from community members concerned about the location in front of Mesa Public Library and the problems that might arise from such a pairing.

    Two of those concerned citizens are Los Alamos residents Jack and Colleen Hanlon. In August, the Hanlons filed an appeal in an attempt to stop the skate park from being built in front of the library.

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  • Forum highlights congressional candidates

    With 40 days remaining until the Nov. 4 election, the urgency to decide for whom to vote intensifies.

    In an effort to afford the community a chance to assess their congressional candidates, the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women cosponsored a forum Tuesday evening.

    Answers to 20 questions were heard by some 65 people during the two-hour event at Fuller Lodge.

    KRSN aired the forum live and PAC 8 recorded it to rebroadcast until election day.

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  • L.A. County might get more inmates

    Los Alamos County might soon see an influx of inmates in their jail, following an agreement with Española for inmate confinement.

    The agreement would allow inmates from Española to be held in the Los Alamos County Detention Facility on a short-term basis.

    Española is in need of short-term incarceration for inmates arrested in the city or sentenced to confinement in the Española jail, due to the abandonment of the old detention facility.

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  • Americans' freedoms violated

    Dear Editor: During the last two weeksends, many Obama signs have been stolen from lawns on Barranca Mesa. Whether you support McCain or Obama, all true Americans value freedom of political expression and private property. Obviously, these adults are putting this country last by violating every American's freedom 9not to mention, have way too much time on their hands!). Julie Collins, Los Alamos

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  • Call to stop political sign theft

    Dear Editor,

    On Saturday, September 13, almost every yard sign for Barack Obama was stolen from the yards of Barranca Mesa residents’ private property.

    I reported our theft to the police and urged other homeowners to do the same. There is a shortage of signs right now, so not everyone was able to replace theirs before the signs on Los Pueblos were stolen a second time on Friday, September 19. Again, we reported the theft to the police. No signs supporting McCain were stolen from Barranca Mesa on these same nights.

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