Fire
Santa Fe National Forest Declares Cow Fire Out
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest called the lightning-caused Cow Fire out at noon Monday.
The fire started July 18 in slash and dead and down timber within the burn scar of the 2000 Viveash Fire. Natural drainages and the rocky landscape helped fire crews contain the small fire to around seven acres. The Cow Fire also received a significant amount of monsoonal moisture.
Smoke should no longer be visible from the Cow Fire, which was about 6 miles northeast of the village of Pecos.
Fire updates are posted on the New Mexico Fire Information Read More
Federal Charges Filed Against Joseph Gonzales In 2016 Los Alamos Marijuana Wax Lab Explosion Case
Joseph Gonzales, accused of causing an explosion at an apartment at 3301 Canyon Road in Los Alamos in May 2016 has been indicted on three counts in U. S. District Court and is slated for a jury trial Oct. 2 in Albuquerque.
Gonzales is charged with endangering human life while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance, manufacturing a controlled Read More
Scenes From Battle Of The Badges Blood Drive
Donors wait their turn Thursday at the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Hall. The blood drive continues 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Volunteer Association member Florence Riebe volunteers at the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Volunteer Association member Nancy Kurnath makes sandwiches for donors and United Blood Services staff at the blood drive. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
United Blood Services donor recruiter Monica Read More
LAFD Responds To Oven Fire At El Viento Home
The Los Alamos Fire Department responded to an oven fire Thursday evening at 100 El Viento off Barranca Road. There were no injuries and there was only minor damage to the home. The Los Alamos Police Department controls traffic on Barranca Road during the operation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Firefighters at the home where an oven fire occured Thursday on El Viento Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Firefighters clean up after an oven fire Thursday evening at 100 El Viento. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Police Sgt. Brent Read More
Shari Mills And Granddaughter Maddy Donate For ‘The Blue Side’ In Battle Of The Badges Blood Drive!
Maddy Early, who just graduated from Chugiak High School in Eagle River, Alaska accompanied her grandmother Shari Mills of White Rock today to give blood in the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Hall. ‘Of course, we donated for the blue side … law enforcement!’ said Mills, a former police detective. The drive continues 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and donors can signify their preferance for law enforcement or the fire department in this good-natured competition for an important and worthy cause. Photo by Shari Mills
‘Find the hero in you’ … community members can donate Read More
Scenes From Final Movie In The Park For 2017
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes presents a prize to 3-year-old Hendricks Deschamp at Wednesday night’s final Movie in the Park of this season at Ashley Pond Park, which was sponsored by the Los Alamos Public Safety Association. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Firefighter Kenny Anderson helps Rebecca Jiang operate a fire hose. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Police Department Dispatchers Seth Martinez and Andrea Garcia hand out free popcorn and other items at Wednesday’s Movie in the Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com Read More
Sen. Martin Heinrich Urges Congress To Pass Bipartisan Wildfire Funding Fix In Senate Bill
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As wildfire season rages across the West, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today urged the Senate to pass a wildfire funding fix included in new legislation to address funding for floods and other natural disasters.
He joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in sending a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee.
A wildfire funding fix similar to the Wildfire Disaster Funding Read More
Los Alamos Woman Rescued In Second Fall
Los Alamos resident Jean Jones suggests that all hikers over 60 years of age know the trails they hike and take someone with them. Jones was rescued Monday night after Los Alamos Police Sgt. Tim Lonz and Los Alamos Fire Department responded to a report that a woman had fallen in an area of the canyon behind the Jewish Center on Canyon Road.
Lonz was first on the scene and found Jones suspended upside down wedged in the rocks. He became concerned that she would fall further so he wrapped his Read More
SFNF: Fire Crews Complete Operations On Peggy Fire
- mitigating the risk of high-intensity destructive wildfires by reducing