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Today's News

  • Pizza Hut ends 30-year tradition

    Pizza Hut has vacated the 2,500 square foot space in Central Park Square it has leased for more than 30 years.

    Building owner Elmo CdeBaca of the Shannon Corporation spoke about the situation in an interview Monday afternoon saying the store wasn’t doing very well anymore.

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  • A dream come true

    When Gabby Gonazles was just a baby, she was nominated by Beverly Henrietta, a former employee of ARK Child Developmen Center, to have Kids Wish Network grant one of her wishes.

    It might seem like a stretch of the imagination to believe a small child’s wishes would be honored years later by a large organization.

    But like a fairy godmother from a classic tale who waves her magic wand, Kids Wish Network recently fulfilled Gabby’s biggest desire.

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  • Succession planning includes new post

    In its effort to create a plan of succession for the ranks of the Los Alamos Police Department, County Administrator Max Baker has appointed Capt. Kevin Purtymun deputy police chief during a special ceremony Sept. 21 at Fuller Lodge.

    Baker was among a number of officials, colleagues and family who turned out for the promotion ceremony.

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  • Council pulls the plug on Boyer Co.

    Los Alamos County split the blanket with its reluctant developer, the Boyer Company. More than three years after a sole-source contract was signed and a year after an agreement was due, the governing body voted 6-1 to discontinue exclusive negotiations with the company for redeveloping the Trinity Site.

    Only Councilor Vincent Chiravalle tried to hold the relationship together, arguing that the vote to sever the special ties would kill any hope of bringing a big-box store to the hill “for many years to come.”

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  • LANL to demolish old buildings

    Los Alamos National Laboratory is beginning a demolition project that will help close its largest active disposal area.

    The lab on Wednesday plans to begin demolishing the first of several containment domes at Technical Area 54, a milestone toward closing the disposal area known as Area G.

    The 22,500-square-foot dome to be destroyed, Dome 226, once stored drums of radioactive waste.

    Los Alamos lab’s multiyear cleanup and closure plan for the technical area includes removing structures and shipping remaining drums of radioactive waste.

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  • Police Beat 09-29-09

    Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt.

    SEPT. 23

    6:10 p.m. – Jamie Crayne, 23, of Santa Fe was arrested at North Mesa and San Ildefonso Road and charged with driving with an open container of alcohol following a one-car rollover on North Mesa Road just east of the roundabout. No injuries were reported.

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  • Breaking News: Pizza Hut in Central Park Square ends 30-year lease

    Pizza Hut has vacated the 2,500 square foot space in Central Park Square it has leased for more than 30 years.

    Building owner Elmo CeDeBaca spoke about the situation in an interview this afternoon saying the store wasn't doing very well anymore.

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  • Los Alamos has new deputy police chief!

    County Administrator Max Baker, Police Chief Wayne Torpy and others attended a special ceremony Monday at Fuller Lodge in which Capt. Kevin Purtymun was promoted to the newly created position of deputy chief of the Los Alamos Police Department.

    Read the full story in Tuesday's Los Alamos Monitor.

     

     

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  • Celebrating 40 years at White Rock Baptist Church

    The White Rock Baptist Church has always been a little different. “We hold to the central tenets of the Christian faith,” Rev. Chuck McCullough said, “but we have never been real traditional ‘Baptist.’ We have been on this spot, in this town, since 1969, for reasons that transcend denomination and tradition.”  

    Forty years later this church that resists the typical cookie cutter image is still going strong.

    This consistent, long-term presence calls for a celebration.

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  • Breaking News: Jury verdict a draw!

    At 1:50 p.m. today, the jury in the Vives v. Hall lawsuit awarded neither party money.

    More details to follow soon.

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