Traffic Alert:
A vehicle pulling a trailer with construction sheet rock has flipped over, blocking the lanes on N.M. 4 between the truck route (East Jemez Road) and the community of White Rock, at mile marker 66.
Los Alamos Police Department is asking motorists to proceed with caution and avoid the area if at all possible to allow responders to clear the scene. Read More
The bars show the number of deaths versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Also displayed are the monthly death tolls. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More
STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 226 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County remains at 20 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update announces 3 additional deaths reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday, ‘Please, do not gather in groups – when you do so, you provide the virus a perfect opportunity to spread … stay home when possible, wear a face covering in public.’ Courtesy/GFBP
From Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday that New Mexico’s 7-day new case count average continues to be high – too high.
“The emergency public health order has been extended and will remain in effect.
If we want students to be able to be in classrooms this year, we have to do better.
Mass gatherings remain unsafe and are not allowed. Please,
NMSC News:
SANTA FE — There will be live streaming of a Supreme Court hearing Tuesday, Aug. 4, in a case concerning the state’s authority to enforce public health emergency orders by imposing civil administrative penalties.
Oral arguments in the case will begin at 9 a.m., and New Mexico PBS, KNME-TV, will stream the hearing on its YouTube channel.
The case is Lujan Grisham v. Reeb, S-1-SC-38336. Read More
STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 210 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County remains at 20 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update announces 9 additional deaths reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:
The total number of diagnoses in Los Alamos County versus date. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More
FBI News:
As a team of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies searches for whomever set off two explosions in Las Cruces five years ago, the FBI used the impending anniversary to make two announcements Friday in the case.
The FBI reward has been more than doubled, and portions of a letter sent around the time of the incidents are being released on the chance it could lead to tips.
Aug. 2, 2015, devices detonated about 20 minutes apart at Calvary Baptist Church and Church. Nobody was injured.
Aug. 14, 2015, an undetonated device was discovered near the entrance of First Presbyterian Church Read More
New Mexico Supreme Court establishing a commission to study issues related to race and bias in the state’s justice system and promote diversity among judges and judicial employees. Courtesy/NMSC
SUPREME COURT News:
SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court announced Thursday the establishment of a commission to study issues related to race and bias in the state’s justice system and promote diversity among judges and judicial employees.
In announcing plans for the Commission on Equity and Justice, the Supreme Court released an open letter to the public.
“Let our actions today reinforce our commitment Read More
The bars show the number of diagnoses versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More