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  • Steering committee to meet tonight

    The third meeting of the Municipal Building Steering Committee will be held tonight, from 6-8 p.m. in council chambers at the community building.

    Tonight, the committee will discuss the results of the criteria weighting take-home straw poll and make the determination for the final criteria weighting.

    In addition, they will also review and discuss all of the public and private sites that are being considered, as well as those that were submitted to Assistant County Administrator Anthony Mortillaro, by the June 25 deadline.

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  • UNM-LA offers new programs

    The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos in collaboration with Doña Ana Community College and Central New Mexico Community College will manage a new, unique collaborative higher education project.

    Chief Justice Edward L. Chávez of the New Mexico Supreme Court introduced the New Mexico Center for Language Access on the steps of the Supreme Court building Wednesday.

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  • Local shoe drive set for worldwide distribution

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  • July hailstorm ravages local area

    Monday’s massive hailstorm pounded the county for some 45 minutes leaving thousands of dented vehicles, cracked windshields and smashed gardens in its wrath.

    Leaves torn from trees by the fierce velocity of millions of hailstones, some larger than a golf ball, blanketed yards, sidewalks, vehicles and rooftops.

    KOAT Channel 7 TV arrived on the scene to report on the aftermath of the storm. News Reporter Dominic Garcia conducted a live report standing in front of a large pile of hail on Myrtle Street.

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  • Stimulus ramps up in New Mexico

    Former Gov. Toney Anaya led a panel of prominent officials in a sweeping overview of New Mexico’s stake in the $787 billion federal stimulus plan. A little more than a billion dollars have entered the state as of June 30 and a couple billion more are expected to arrive, according to tracking information compiled by the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, the state stimulus agency that Anaya heads.

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  • Small boy battles big disease

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  • Keeping the lights on has its challenges

    Having a reliable electrical system is important for all cities and towns, however, not all cities or towns can say that their electrical system is reliable.

    Such was the case for Los Alamos County about a year ago. Plagued by frequent power outages, residents voiced their opinions to council on more than one occasion. Things took a turn for the better, however, when the Department of Public Utilities hired Electrical Engineering Manager Rafael De La Torre last fall.

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  • Insurance companies react to Monday’s hailstorm

    Insurance agencies all over town are setting up mobile claims operations in parking lots, hotel rooms, in their offices and at other locations.

    Sue Hofmann’s State Farm Agency at 1362 Trinity Dr., Suite B in a news release indicates that while it’s too early to project the number of customers impacted by Monday’s hailstorm, State Farm has received more than 1,000 auto claims and more than 150 homeowner claims as of close of business Tuesday, and the claims continue to stream in.

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  • San Miguel fire still burning

    The fire in the Bandelier Wilderness has grown to about 75 acres, according to information provided by the monument Tuesday night. The fire has been named the San Miguel Fire for its proximity to the San Miguel ruins located on the west side of the monument.

    Rain Sunday and Monday slowed the progress of the fire, according to officials, but there was no rain on Tuesday.

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  • The power of a book - Read on!

    A luncheon and a mouthful of noodles brought a major change to Peggy Durbin’s life.

     

    Colleen Olinger, the former owner of Otowi Station Science Museum and Bookstore, was looking to get out of the bookstore business. She was hoping to pursue other interests and obligations and turned to Durbin to take the reigns of the store.

     

    Durbin’s first reaction was to spit out her lunch in surprise but she followed it up with a request to think over the business proposal.

     

    Her answer to Olinger was a yes.

     

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