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SFNF: Aragon Fire Update

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 20, 2018
Aragon Fire Update:
 
Start Date: July 12
 
Cause: Lightning
 
Size: 150 acres, 50 of which are by fire crew hand ignitions
 
Location: Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest
 
Containment: 0%
 
Fuel: Ponderosa Pine
 
Weather: warm temperatures, 20% chance for rain
 
Resources: 15 personnel
 
Situation: The fire is in a remote location East of Gallina Peak and West of the Rio Chama Wilderness in the Aragon Spring Area. Fire behavior is low to moderate. Current fire behavior is favorable to improve forest health. Fire managers continue
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FBI: Rio Rancho Police Find Man Wanted On Federal Arrest Warrant

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 20, 2018
FBI News:
 
An Albuquerque man wanted on a federal arrest warrant for absconding from pre-trial release has been apprehended by the Rio Rancho Police Department.
 
The FBI arrested Thang Nguyen, 22, July 5 on a federal complaint charging him with transmitting in interstate commerce a communication containing a threat to injure another person.
 
Nguyen was placed under pre-trial release supervision July 9. He left the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Office in Albuquerque without permission and his whereabouts were unknown. A federal warrant was issued for Nguyen’s arrest.
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AG Balderas Joins FTC, 50 States To Combat Fraudulent Charities Claiming Aid To Veterans; Service Members

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 20, 2018
Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas joined the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement officials and charity regulators from every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico in announcing Thursday “Operation Donate with Honor,” a sweeping new donor education campaign to help donors spot and avoid fundraising solicitations that falsely promise their donations will help veterans and service members.
 
The new campaign is being released in conjunction with announcements of new and
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FBI In Albuquerque Arrests North Carolina Man Wanted For Murder

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 20, 2018

FBI News:

FBI Special Agents in Albuquerque Wednesday arrested Jamaal Griffin, who is wanted by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg North Carolina Police Department on a charge of murder.

Griffin, 33, was apprehended without incident. He is from Charlotte, NC., and accused in a June 30, 2018, fatal shooting in Charlotte.

The public is reminded that all defendants are considered innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.

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World Futures: Statistics (And Probability) – Part Five

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 19, 2018
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
 
In the previous part of this series we looked at baseball and the emergence and growth of statistics in the game. From a casual perspective, a player’s batting average tells you, to three decimal places, the historical probability of getting a hit (getting on base by hitting the ball in fair territory) the next time at bat.
 
It is fun for the spectator, of use to the on-field manager, perhaps of financial importance to the player, and clearly of importance to the owner who is investing in winning. For most of us, however, it is of little
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Los Alamos Resident Rows In Bathtub For Good Cause

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 19, 2018
Malcolm Burns sits in Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op’s signature tub along with Co-op Assistant Manager Ashley D’Anna. Burns will spend some quality time in a bathtub when he rows the entire length of Scotland’s longest lake, Loch Lomond, to raise money for Alzheimer’s Scotland. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Many people have pedaled, swam, raced and walked for noble causes. Los Alamos resident and Los Alamos National Laboartory physicist Malcolm Burns is joining these legions of Read More

White Accuses Supreme Court Of Not Doing Its Duty

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 19, 2018

Los Alamos sheriff candidate Greg White

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos resident Greg White, a candidate for Los Alamos County Sheriff, filed a brief in the Supreme Court this week asking why the Court “refused to do its constitutionally-mandated, authorized, ministerial and non-discretionary duty to order Gov. Susana Martinez to do hers”.

The brief was filed July 17 in a case in which White attempted to have the Court mandate that Martinez appoint a Los Alamos County councilor to take the place of former Councilor James Chrobocinski who resigned June Read More

Chandler; Cisneros Discuss LANL Contract With LFC

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 19, 2018

Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Christine Chandler, left, chats with LFC Chair Sen. Patricia Lundstrom and Commitee Director David Abbey Wednesday at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Sen. Carlos R. Cisneros questions the tax status of LANL’s new managment and operating contractor, Triad National Security, LLC during Wednesday’s LFC meeting at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Concerns about the potential loss of gross receipts tax revenue to Los Read More

DNCU Named Among Top Credit Unions

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 19, 2018
DNCU News:
 
Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU), Northern New Mexico’s hometown financial cooperative, was named among the nation’s best credit unions in Forbes’ ranking of America’s Best In State Credit Unions.
 
DNCU ranked second in New Mexico, ahead of the much larger Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union and just behind First Financial Credit Union. More than 25,000 consumers were surveyed by Statista for the Forbes rankings.
 
“I am incredibly pleased with DNCU’s ranking and the fact that only 2.4 percent of U.S. financial institutions made the cut for the Forbes
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Legislative Finance Committee Meets In Los Alamos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 19, 2018
Rep. Patricia Lundstrom opens the Legisaltive Finance Committee meeting Wednesday morning at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Christine Chandler, right, and UNM-LA CEO Cindy Rooney answer questions Wednesday following their opening remarks. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report

The Legislative Finance Committee spent the day Wednesday in Los Alamos at UNM-LA hearing from representatives of Los Alamos National Laboratory, UNM-LA, Los Alamos County, Los Alamos Public Schools, Public Read More

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