Carol A. Clark

Emergency Road Closure Underway On 37th Street

Map showing section of 37th Street closed to through traffic this morning for an emergency repair to a leaking water line. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Water crews from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) closed a section of 37th Street to through traffic this morning for an emergency repair to a leaking water line.

The closure affects the stretch between Villa Street and Urban Street. (For clarity, 37th Street becomes 35th Street just before Urban Street.)

Drivers in the area should expect the closure to last until 4 p.m. today. Read More

FBI: Newcomb Man Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter, Faces Up To 8 Years In Prison

FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced March 6 that Leighton Spencer pleaded guilty in federal court to involuntary manslaughter.

Spencer, 31, of Newcomb, N.M. and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was placed on conditions of release pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to publicly available court records, June 2, 2021, John Doe and Spencer were drinking at his residence in Newcomb when John Doe had an altercation Read More

SFCC Celebrates Community College Month In April

SFCC CEA Open House during 2023 Greenhouse Tour. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College will celebrate National Community College Month in April. The month-long celebration recognizes the vital role that community colleges play in building the local workforce and the economy.

SFCC invites the public to celebrate with SFCC by attending an event, visiting the campus or enrolling in a class. Many April events highlight the college’s role in the community. Visit https://www.sfcc.edu/ccmonth/ to learn more. The campus (6401 Richards Avenue) reopens April 2 following Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: March 21-26, 2024

LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

 

ESTEBAN ROMAN LUCERO

March 21 at 10:23 a.m. / Police arrested Esteban Roman Lucero, 34, of Ojo Caliente at East Road and Airport Road and charged him with receiving stolen property: Firearms <$2,500; Negligent use of deadly weapon; Possession of drug paraphernalia; and Possession of controlled substance.

 

MICHAEL COTE

March 26 at 12:08 a.m. / Police arrested Michael  Read More

New Mexico Students Selected 2024 Daniels Scholars

Daniels Fund President & CEO Hanna Skandera, right, with the 2024 Daniels Scholarship recipients. Courtesy/Daniels Fund

Daniels Fund News:

DENVER, Colo. — The Daniels Fund has announced its 2024 class of Daniels Scholarship Program recipients. Twenty three New Mexico high school seniors were selected as 2024 Daniels Scholars. They were among 209 students across New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming accepted into the program.

Daniels Scholars may use their scholarship at any accredited nonprofit college or university anywhere in the United States. Daniels Scholars have their Read More

Review, Demolition Notification For Fiscal Quarter Ending March 31, 2024 Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room

LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:

  • Review, Demolition Notification for Fiscal Quarter Ending March 31, 2024 and List of Buildings and Attachment of Hazardous Materials Descriptions Hazardous
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2024 Artist-In-Residence Program At Valles Caldera

Courtesy/VCNP

VCNP News:

Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) invites artists from all creative disciplines and genres to apply for the 2024 Artist-In-Residence program.

Artists that are part of Valles Caldera’s AIR program participate in a two-or three-week residency in a historic lodge during the summer months.

Valles Caldera National Preserve is one of more than 50 NPS sites that currently host an Artist-In-Residence program.

Application period for the summer 2024 program will open April 1, 2024.

Click here for program information on the Valles Caldera website.

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New Mexico Supreme Court Invalidates $10,000 Regulatory Fine Levied During Utility Merger Case

New Mexico Supreme Court News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court today annulled a $10,000 penalty imposed on Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) and Avangrid, Inc. and its corporate affiliates over the incomplete disclosure of information during regulatory proceedings about their proposed merger.

In a nonprecedential decision, New Mexico’s highest court unanimously concluded that the sanction by the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) was “overbroad and must be vacated”.

The penalty was part of the regulator’s order in 2021 rejecting the merger of PNM, the state’s largest Read More

New Mexico Economic Development Department Launches Interactive Business Resource Map

EDD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Office has launched a new tool that will connect New Mexicans to business, entrepreneurial, and community resources from across the state, Acting Cabinet Secretary Mark Roper announced today.

New Mexico Economic Development Department Business Resource Map is now live on the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) website.

“At the core of this initiative lies the JEDI office’s unwavering commitment to fostering entrepreneurial growth, by addressing Read More