Public Safety

SFNF: Prescribed Burn Planned For Española Ranger District

SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to take advantage of the warm days and cool nights of September to conduct prescribed burns in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed and on Borrego Mesa, both on the Española Ranger District.
 
The September window is intended to take advantage of fall weather but is dependent on favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts.
 
The planning area for the Watershed prescribed burn totals 1,800 acres within two to eight miles
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NNSA Receives Excellence Award For Radiological Security Enhancements

NNSA Deputy Administrator Anne Harrington – Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

HONOLULU – At an official event this week, the City and County of Honolulu presented the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) with the Homeland Security Award for DOE/NNSA’s Office of Radiological Security’s (ORS) efforts to enhance the security of radioactive materials in the State of Hawaii.

The award recognizes DOE/NNSA and Hawaii’s partnership to improve radiological material security across Hawaii in order to prevent the materials from Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Aug. 10 – Aug. 16, 2016

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.

Aug. 10 at 11:25 a.m. / A 55-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that someone damaged her property on Aster Street. The estimated loss is more than $1,000.

ADDIS FURH

Aug. 10 at 7:59 p.m. / Police arrested Addis Furh, 27, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Municipal Court warrant.

 

 

 

 

CESAR VARGAS

Aug. 11 at 6:02 a.m. / Police arrested Cesar Vargas, Read More

DOE Announces Spirit Of Concern For Whistleblowers

Department of Energy. Courtesy/DOE
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Department of Energy employees and contractor employees may get a little more help in the future to combat whistleblower retaliation by their employers.

Steven Croley

DOE general counsel Steven Croley announced in a DOE blog Aug. 4 that he was taking two new steps to improve the situation.

First, he has sent an “Acquisition Letter” to senior procurement executives of DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration intended to make clear “if and when the Department will reimburse legal costs in whistleblower Read More

AG Obtains Restraining Order To Protect Homeowners

AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Monday that the Office of the Attorney General obtained a temporary restraining order and injunction against a New Mexico attorney, Joshua R. Simms, and a group of non-attorneys who operate a mortgage assistance relief business which operates under the name “Praedium Preservation.”
 
The Attorney General alleged that Praedium Preservation took advantage of and profited from consumers in financial distress who are trying to avoid a foreclosure on their homes. “Praedium
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