Public Safety

LAPS Foundation: ‘Kick COVID’ And Support Students!

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LAPS Foundation:

What will school be like this year? That is the question on everyone’s mind. 

The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation is kicking off an urgent fundraising appeal to help Los Alamos Public Schools get students back to school for a successful year of learning in the Fall of 2020.

The Foundation is working closely with LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus, as well as teachers and administrators from across the district to understand and address the schools’ needs this fall. 

Innovative ideas to connect learning at school and at home will require new resources and more funding.  Read More

Monsoons Bring Lightning And Other Dangers To Area

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Chart provided by Santa Fe National Forest. Courtesy/SFNF

SFNF News:

It was a busy weekend for dispatchers and firefighters on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) with the onset of the southwestern monsoon season and the accompanying lightning strikes.

The Santa Fe Dispatch Center confirmed 12 active lightning starts on the SFNF since Friday with an additional two possible starts under investigation.

With the annual advent of the monsoonal weather pattern, the welcome moisture that helps reduce the risk of wildfire also is accompanied by lightning, which paradoxically causes almost 1,600 Read More

New Mexico Environment Department Releases Draft Ozone Precursor Emissions Rules For Public Comment … Rules Will Reduce VOCs, NOx, Methane Emissions

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NMED Cabinet Secretary James Kenney

NMED News:

SANTA FE – Today, following more than a year of unprecedented public outreach and stakeholder collaboration and thousands of hours of work by staff and members of the Methane Advisory Panel, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) released a draft version of the state’s first ozone precursor rules for an informal 30-day public comment period.

NMED’s draft rules target oil and natural gas equipment that emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx). Regulating these emissions will result in a co-benefit of reducing Read More

Crews Continue Efforts To Knock Down Quemazon Fire

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COUNTY News:

Forest Service crews continue working on the Quemazon Fire with LAFD providing assistance.

Individuals are reminded that entrances to the Quemazon Trail and Pipeline Trail continue to be closed for public safety.

The Los Alamos Reservoir is an active part of fire-fighting efforts underway. 

Members of the public are asked to refrain from visiting Los Alamos Reservoir, as helicopters are resuming water retrieval activities for fire suppression using water from the reservoir. Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court Limits Criminal Investigation Records Shielded From Public Disclosure

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Courtroom inside the New Mexico Supreme Court Building. Courtesy/NMSC

NMSC News:

SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court Tuesday limited the scope of a provision in state law that shields certain law enforcement records from public disclosure.

In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court said the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) “does not create a blanket exception from inspection for law enforcement records relating to an ongoing criminal investigation.” 

“Nowhere does the plain language of Section 14-2-1(A)(4) exempt from IPRA inspection requirements all law enforcement records Read More

COVID-19 Safety Reminders Displayed Around Town

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The County has placed COVID-19 safety reminders to stay home and, when out in public to wear a face mask, at locations around the community and at this location Sunday on Central Avenue near Oppenheimer Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

COVID-19 safety reminder to wear a face mask displayed Sunday here on Central Avenue near Oppenheimer Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Balderas: New Charges To Be Filed Against Former Las Cruces Police Officer Accused Of Chokehold Murder

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Attorney General Hector Balderas

AG News:

SANTA FE — Attorney General Hector Balderas has announced that the Office of the Attorney General has taken over the prosecution of former Las Cruces Police Department Officer Christopher Smelser, who stands accused of killing Antonio Valenzuela while in his custody.

The Office of the Attorney General has taken the case at the request of the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

In addition to taking the case, the Office of the Attorney General has increased the charges that Smelser will face to second degree murder.

“We are taking over prosecution Read More

Catch Of The Week: Twitter’s Big Hack

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By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

On Wednesday, July 15, accounts across Twitter began posting the same message: “Send bitcoins to this bitcoin address and you will get back double the bitcoins!”

Initially, tweets claimed to be linked to a fake charity, “Crypto for Health”.

The first wave of tweets went out from smaller Twitter accounts, and then cryptocurrency CEOs.

Then came the second wave – celebrities and politicians with verified Twitter accounts, including Elon Musk, Kanye West, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

Sample image of one of the fake tweets from Twitter. Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 16,971 With 2 New Deaths And 6,764 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 241 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County remains at 14 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update announces 2 additional deaths reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases: 

  • 99 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 1 new case in Chaves County
  • 3 new cases in Cibola County
  • 1 new case in Curry County
  • 30 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 8 new cases in Eddy County
  • 2 new cases in Grant County
  • 35 new cases in Lea County
  • 2 new
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