Carol A. Clark

Letter To The Editor: Sewer Rate Increase Warranted

by

By BRADY BURKE
Los Alamos

I went to the BPU meeting. There were about 15 people there and I was the only one that stood up to speak out against the increase on the sewer rate increase. I would have spoken out against the potable water increase, but they had a 45 page powerpoint presentation on power sources by some outside consultant where I could not understand her accent. That presentation was going to take hours and the Potable water issue was somewhere after that. My condolences to the BPU for having to stay.

My first comment to the folks that don’t go to these meetings is that you have no one to Read More

Mountain Teacher Michele Altherr Participates In Panel Discussion On Charter And Traditional School Divide

by

Mountain Elementary School teacher Michele Altherr, center, participates in a panel discussion on the Charter and Traditional School Divide at the 2nd Annual Public School Leadership Conference put on by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The event was June 21-22 at the Crowne Plaza in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo Read More

Attorney General: Conviction Upheld On Pediatrician Convicted For Possession Of Child Pornography

by

Juan Torres Santos

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE– Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that pediatrician Juan Torres Santos, who was found guilty of one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children in October 2015, lost his appeal to the New Mexico Court of Appeals.

Torres Santos was previously a licensed pediatrician in Pennsylvania and in Texas, and was working on his application for a medical license in New Mexico at the time of his arrest. Torres Santos appealed his conviction claiming there was not sufficient evidence he intentionally possessed child pornography and that the district Read More

Obituary: Bruce Noel Sept. 13, 1934 – June 18, 2017

by

BRUCE NOEL Sept. 13, 1934 – June 18, 2017

Bruce Noel departed this world from his home in Espanola, New Mexico on June 18, 2017.

Bruce was born in York, Pennsylvania on September 13, 1934. He began his working career as a bartender and truck driver there. Given the opportunity to start college at the age of 22, he completed his undergraduate studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia, received his M.S. at Case in Cleveland, and his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from UNM in Albuquerque while also working at Sandia Laboratories. For two years after he finished his doctorate he taught electrical Read More

10U Los Alamos All Star Team Loses championship 10-9

by

The 10U Los Alamos All Star Team lost the championship game 10-9 to Santa Fe National. Team members include Z Gartz #12, Silas Crochet #11, Colton Hollander #8, Colby Capon #9, Adrian Oshel #10, Eddie Gartz #17, Ty Gartz #18, Kogi Park #16, Terran Robertson #5, Xzander Pacheco #4, Boaz Martinez #1 and Hayden Watkins #3, Brodi Miller #2. Coaches include Isaac Martinez, Marcus Miller and John Harrison. Courtesy photo
Read More

NWS: Numerous Severe Storms Through Tonight

by

Storm clouds form this afternoon over downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Hail pummels downtown Los Alamos this afternoon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 

National Weather Service News:

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque reports scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms throughout most of central and eastern New Mexico and the entire !-25 corridor from Socorro to Albuquerque to Raton as well as the I-40 corridor in eastern New Mexico.

 

Timing – Continental Divide to Rio Grande Valley (RGV): Early afternoon through early Read More

Pearce Leads Hearing To Combat Trafficking Cultural Artifacts That Fund Terrorist Organizations, Activities

by

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce

CONGRESSIONAL News:

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, chairman of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, led a hearing to examine the best ways to combat the trafficking of cultural artifacts that fund terrorist organizations and activities:

“During times of conflict we see an increased interest in the theft, fraud, looting, and trafficking of priceless religious and cultural sites for artifacts and other antiquities. The longstanding transnational phenomenon of the theft and looting of antiquities attributes greatly to the establishment Read More

Man Who Robbed Mother And Children At Gunpoint In Albuquerque Smith’s Parking Lot Gets 20 Year Sentence

by

Lloyd Aguilar

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas and Second Judicial District Attorney Rául Torrez announced Friday that Lloyd Aguilar was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised probation for robbing a mother and her three children at gunpoint in a Smith’s parking lot on the Westside of Albuquerque.

Aguilar was convicted by a Bernalillo County jury March 17, 2017 after a weeklong trial. The case was jointly prosecuted by the Office of the New Mexico Attorney General and Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

“I am focused Read More