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Today's News

  • Police Beat 05-31-11

    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.

    May 19

    3:48 p.m. – A 40-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that she was the victim of larceny in the 3000 block of Urban. The estimated loss is less than $2,500.

    May 20

    11:16 a.m. A 73-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that she was bitten by a dog on Estante Way. The dog has been impounded.

    6:24 p.m. – A 15-year-old Los Alamos boy reported that someone broke in to his residence on Taos Drive. The estimated loss is unknown.

    9 p.m. – Toribia

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  • Annual report: Library patronage, support high

    Linda Anderman presented the Los Alamos County Library Board’s annual report to the county council last week. The statistics Anderman supplied would indicate that the library is fulfilling its mission of “enriching our community by ensuring easy and equal access to a variety of ideas, current information, and evolving services for all.”

    According to a 2011 Community Perception Survey:
    • 85 percent of citizens surveyed had used the library within the last six months.
    • 98 percent used the library rated the services as good to excellent.
    • 93 percent used the library rated availability of materials as good to excellent.

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  • Class of 2011 bids farewell to LAHS

    Applause and cheers filled the air of Griffith Gymnasium Saturday as the 247 members of the class of 2011 gathered one last time to celebrate what might be one of the greatest accomplishments of their high school careers: graduation.

    The graduates’ families and friends packed the bleachers in support of the students. The Los Alamos High School Commencement Band performed the processional, while the LAHS NJROTC opened the ceremony and presented the colors.

    Graduating senior Keanna Cohen introduced student speaker, graduating senior Bahram Banisadr, who addressed the crowd and spoke about the future for 2011 graduates and their accomplishments, so far.

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  • State Briefs 05-31-11

    Las Vegas to sell treated sewer water

    LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas is offering residents some relief for their parched, brown lawns.
    Seven weeks after banning the use of potable water for outdoor watering, the state has given the city permission to sell treated sewer water to city residents without the typical permitting requirements.
    City water customers can buy the treated wastewater for $1.25 per thousand gallons.
    City Utilities Director Ken Garcia told the Las Vegas Optic that the water restrictions in effect since April have been difficult for residents. He said providing effluent to customers to water their yards was a way to help ease that burden.

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  • Update 05-31-11

    CRC meeting
    The Charter Review Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 6 at the Training Room in the County Building.

    Council meeting
    The County Council will meet at 7 p.m., June 7 in the Council Chambers.

    Meeting
    The Initiative and Referendum Subcommittee of the Charter Review Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the Training Room of the Community Building.

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  • Jemez Falls campground evacuated

    The Jemez Falls campground had to be evacuated due to a wildfire. All 52 campsites at the Jemez Falls campground were evacuated after the blaze broke out early Monday afternoon.

    Forest spokesman Lawrence Lujan said the fire was 90 percent this morning after burning three to five acres. Jemez Falls and Redondo Campgrounds will be closed today and Wednesday and will be reopened on Thursday at 8 a.m.

    Lujan says the fire was probably human-caused.

    He isn’t sure how many campers were forced to flee. The campground will remain closed until fire crews wrap up operations. One hand crew and five engines were assigned to the fire.

    New Mexico is in a severe drought and fire conditions are extreme.

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  • Local rodeo queen qualifies for national championship

    A 16-year-old Los Alamos girl has become the reserve champion light rifle shooter for the state of New Mexico.

    Katelyn Littleton earned the title during three state competitions this year in Farmington, Las Cruces and Gallup. She shot in the high 200s out of a possible high score of 360.

    Littleton will compete in the target shooting contest with her .22 caliber rifle at this year’s national competition in Gillette, Wyo.

    “The reason nationals is such a big deal and a great opportunity is that scholarships for college are awarded as prizes,” said Littleton, who will be a senior at Los Alamos High School in the fall. “This is a great opportunity for me and also an enormously fun event.”

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  • Memorial Day in Los Alamos

    Singer Marty McLaughlin performs as keynote speaker Kevin Smith, a retired Air Force colonel who is now the Los Alamos Site Office Manager, LANL’s Terry Wallace and council chair Sharon Stover look on during Memorial Day ceremonies in Los Alamos Monday.

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  • Park emergency road plan scaled down

    The potential for crisis during the Fourth of July extravaganza at Overlook Park is driving fire officials to create an emergency access route. At least 8,000 people attend the annual event put on by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos.

    “The reason that we believe it’s necessary to have an additional ingress and egress in that area is because it’s the site of the largest event in this county. We’ve got a chokehold at the main entry and God forbid there’s a catastrophic medical event in which we’ve got to transport multiple patients,” Fire Chief Doug Tucker said. “We have to look at the worse case scenario and prepare for such an event.”

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  • Running: Pace Race is tonight

    Members of the Atomic City Roadrunners head down the path at the Canyon Rim Trail during its initial Pace Race of the 2011 season. The Roadrunners will host their weekly race at 6 p.m. starting at the roundabout on Diamond Drive.

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