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  • Tours give an inside peek at Airport Basin Project

    County councilors, members of the media and county officials got an up close and personal view of the Airport Basin project site on Friday afternoon.

    Split into two one-hour tours, those who attended were driven around the construction site and given an update on contractor Hensel Phelp’s progress.

    Engineering Project Manager Dan Erickson led the tours, while Project Manager David Apple also helped answer questions and gave briefings on various parts of the project.

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  • Workshop: Not enough room for the universe

    SANTA FE – The universe, in all its scales, frequencies, bits and chunks, is becoming too numerous for astronomers to handle.

    The Great Survey Workshop this weekend in Santa Fe brought about 75 astronomers together to compare datasets and share algorithms about the vast new wave of information that is flooding in from the cosmos.

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  • Some bigotry surfaces following presidential election

    ALBUQUERQUE – In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s historic victory, white supremacists rushed online to discussion forums to vent anger and disbelief that voters had chosen an African-American candidate as the next president of the United States.

    The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors and exposes extremist activity and rhetoric, states in a Nov. 10 release that anger among hate mongers and right-wing extremists in response to Obama’s victory resulted in an avalanche of caustic postings on racist websites.

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  • Property tax relief available for some residents

    Thanks to House Bill 661, a program that was passed by the State Legislature and enacted this year, homeowners whose homes have been subsidized by a federal, state, or local affordable housing program may be entitled to a reduced property valuation.

    In turn, that could entitle homeowners to a reduced property tax liability.

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  • Report criticizes DOE nuclear safety

    In a lengthy report released Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office questioned the effectiveness of the Department of Energy’s nuclear safety program for 205 high-hazard facilities, including the 19 facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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  • Council niggles over new animal shelter details

    During Tuesday night’s county council meeting, Capital Projects Manager and Facilities Director Anne Laurent was in council chambers to make a presentation and request approval of the Animal Shelter Project Schematic Design.

    What might have been a vote on the motion turned instead into a long discussion about LEED certification requirements, color schemes and back and forth about whether to install a coyote fence.

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  • Scientists summarize lab’s environment

    SANTA FE – A six-man team of environmental scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory went through a series of 10-minute reports on major areas of study in the lab’s most recent environmental survey.

    Lorrie Bonds Lopez, spokesperson for the program, introduced the speakers with the warning that it was a lot of information to squeeze into an hour.

    “They said it couldn’t be done,” she said, suggesting that each of the overviews might also be given in three-hour versions.

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  • Eco Station ribbon cutting draws a crowd

    Los Alamos County came one step closer to its goal of becoming green Wednesday.

    County and state officials gathered to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the new Eco Station, located at 3701 East Jemez Road.

    The Eco Station is being billed as New Mexico’s first solar powered, green built solid waste transfer station and recycling center.

    Regina Wheeler, who heads up the county’s new Environmental Sustainability Initiative said turnout was good, with about 100 people attending the ceremony.

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  • Armed robber hits local dry cleaners

    A clerk was robbed at knife point while on duty Saturday afternoon inside Mountainair Cleaners  at 147 Central Park Square.

    "It’s very upsetting,” said Dina Quintana who co-owns the business with her husband Richard Beaudoin. “In my opinion, he had a plan and he was able to penetrate protective measures that had already been in place.”

    The young man was not injured and was able to call to report the robbery.

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  • How bond to affect taxpayers

    During his year-long campaign for a county council seat, Mike Wismer found that funding for Los Alamos Public Schools was one of the primary issues raised by residents.

    “It’s very important to property owners,” said Wismer, who was elected Nov. 4 to one of three vacant seats. “They want to know how much it will cost them and what they can expect in terms of facilities upgrades should the bond pass in January.”

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