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  • Police make armed robbery arrests

    Los Alamos Police report that what appeared to be a straight-forward armed robbery at Mountainair Cleaners in November was apparently an inside job and a conspiracy to steal money to buy drugs.

    Working together, LAPD patrol officers, detectives, residents and the District Attorney’s office have arrested, or are in the process of arresting, five people believed to be involved, including the clerk who posed as the victim.

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  • Senate considers tax increase to fund schools

    Education surtax bill 346 cleared the House and is headed to the Senate with a week left in the legislative session.

    The bill proposes to raise taxes by nearly $400 million a year to finance public school improvements. It will increase the gross receipts tax by three-quarters of a cent.

    For a $100 purchase, the tax would go up 75 cents if the bill is enacted.

    Rep. Jeannette Wallace, R-Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Sandoval counties addressed the proposed measure this morning.

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  • REDI plan outlined during council meeting

    Tuesday night’s county council meeting was not your typical meeting. County councilors dealt with a light agenda during the session at the White Rock Town Hall. In addition, they met in closed session prior to the 7 p.m. meeting and following the meeting, in order to discuss the acquisition or disposal of real property.

    Council was also missing two members, as Ralph Phelps and Sharon Stover were absent.

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  • Ethics Commission Act unanimously passes House

    The State Ethics Commission Act bill unanimously passed the House of Representatives Tuesday.

    HB 151 proposes to create an independent State Ethics Commission, as 40 other states have, to oversee ethics education, training, advisory opinions and investigations throughout state government.

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  • It’s fix-a-leak week

    Because minor water leaks account for more than one trillion gallons of water wasted each year in U.S. homes, the Los Alamos Deptartment of Public Utilities joins the Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense in declaring this Fix-a-Leak Week.

    “We want to remind our residents and businesses to check their plumbing fixtures and their irrigation systems for leaks,” said Matthew Dickens, DPU’s conservation coordinator.

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  • Thomas has county's best interests in mind

    Being responsible for a company’s asset sounds like a daunting task. After all, it’s a big job. But if you’re like Los Alamos County Risk Manager Joe Thomas, taking on that responsibility comes naturally after what seems like a lifetime of being in the insurance business.

    Thomas has been the county’s risk manager for a little over a month. He came to Los Alamos from Louisiana, where he worked as a risk manager for an Isle of Capri Casino.

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  • Lab safety officer honored

    The Chief Electrical Safety Officer of Los Alamos National Laboratory has won high national recognition for outstanding leadership in electrical safety.

    Lloyd Gordon is an experimental researcher in high-energy, pulsed power engineering and plasma physics. Among his many contributions in his parallel career as a national authority in the field of electrical safety, Gordon has developed a measuring stick for comparing the severity of electrical accidents.

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  • JPJ construction on schedule

    Decent weather, no major problems and a contractor who has stayed on task are all being cited as reasons the Judicial/Police/Jail Complex construction is on track.

    Project Manager Victor Martinez said he has not encountered any problems with HB Construction Inc., the contractor from Albuquerque that is working on the project.

    “The project is progressing very rapidly. Our schedule is very aggressive,” Martinez said.

    Work on the project has been in full swing, following the October ground-breaking ceremony.

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  • Harvey E. Yates Jr. to speak at Hilltop House

    Harvey E. Yates Jr., who was elected chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico in January, will be the guest speaker for the Los Alamos Republican Party’s regularly scheduled meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

    The meeting will be held in one of the meeting rooms at the Hilltop House Hotel.

    All Republicans are invited to attend this event of which there is no charge.

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  • ‘Map of Science,” reflects the new bit-sized world

    A team of cyber-scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has found a novel approach for measuring the global scientific enterprise, bit by bit.

    Johan Bollen of LANL’s Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group led the investigation, published this week as “Clickstream Data Yields High Resolution Maps of Science” in the current issue of the Public Library of Science (PLoS).

    Bollen said the findings may change the way science is funded.

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