Public Safety

Udall: Climate Change Greatest Threat To Nation

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Sen. Tom Udall delivered a speech Tuesday on the Senate floor to highlight the devastating impacts that climate change is having on New Mexico and the Southwest, and urged immediate and concrete action to mitigate the effects of climate change.
 
Udall joined Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the floor in honor of his 200th “Time to Wake Up” to the threat of climate change speech. 
 
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Navajo Man From Churchrock Sentenced To Prison For Federal Voluntary Manslaughter Conviction

FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Randy Payton, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, was sentenced March 8 in Federal Court in Albuquerque, to 137 months in prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. 
 
Payton will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
 
Payton was arrested Oct. 19, 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with killing a Navajo man on the Navajo Indian Reservation in McKinley County, Oct. 14, 2016. According to the criminal complaint,
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AGU: Arctic Sea Ice Becoming A Spring Hazard For North Atlantic Ships

A crab fishing boat trapped in the multiyear sea ice off the Newfoundland coast. Courtesy/David G. Barber
 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C. — More Arctic sea ice is entering the North Atlantic Ocean than before, making it increasingly dangerous for ships to navigate those waters in late spring, according to new research.
 
The new research finds ocean passages typically plugged with ice in the winter and spring are opening up. Sea ice normally locked in the Arctic then can flow freely through these passages southward to routes used by shipping, fishing and ferry boats.
 
The
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Greg White Files Petition To Recall Council Chair

Greg White

 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos resident Greg White has filed a petition for the recall of Los Alamos County Council Chair David Izraelevitz.

White’s petition, filed in First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe contains 31 counts alleging wrongdoing by Izraelevitz who is seeking reelection this year.

White, who announced his intention to run for Los Alamos County Sheriff in this year’s election as an Independent candidate, has reportedly spent the last several months researching the Los Alamos County Council, the Los Alamos Read More

More Scenes From March For Our Lives Saturday

The March For Our Lives gets underway Saturday in Santa Fe, led by Grupo Divino, a musical troupe out of Santa Cruz. Approximately 5,000 protestors marched from the Roundhouse to Santa Fe Plaza to hear student leaders from Northern New Mexico speak out against gun violence in schools. Three students from Los Alamos High School were among those to speak. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos High School student Sonyia Williams, center, marches with a contingent from Los Alamos. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Rhonan Peden, a student at Memorial Middle School Read More

Los Alamos Joins March For Our Lives In Santa Fe

 

Students from Los Alamos, Pojoaque, Santa Fe, Taos, Espanola, Santa  Domingo high schools and Monte Del Sol and School of the Arts charter schools and others spoke eloquently about the state of their lives. They said going to school should be a safe place. They did have the pleasure of knowing that those older than they had never known about school violence. Why is the second amendment more sacred than their lives, they wondered? Those from Parkland were honored as each name was read with their age. Everyone mourned those students who would never go to their first prom or share a first Read More

State Auditor Wayne Johnson To Look For Audit Solutions For New Mexico’s Guardianship Program

State Auditor Wayne Johnson

STATE AUDITOR News:

SANTA FE – State Auditor Wayne Johnson today says he’s honored to join a task force with the New Mexico Supreme Court and representatives from throughout state government to bring sunshine and accountability to New Mexico’s adult guardianship system.

The task force Johnson has joined is charged with implementing newly passed legislation for improving the adult guardianship system.

Family members and advocates have complained for years about a process shrouded in secrecy that can take advantage of incapacitated adults, including the possibility Read More

Balderas Urges New Mexicans To Use Toys R Us & Babies R Us Gift Cards & Credits

AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Attorney General Hector Balderas has issued a Consumer Alert regarding the announcement that Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores are going out of business.
 
Both stores have locations in New Mexico, but are liquidating their inventory to shut their doors for good as the parent company goes out of business. Attorney General Balderas is urging New Mexicans to use their gift cards and store credits before April 15, 2018, the last day they will be valid according to the bankruptcy plan.
 
“I am urging New Mexicans to use their gift cards and store credits
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Los Alamos Police Department Achieves CALEA National Accreditation

Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, third from right, and LAPD Accreditation Manager Sgt. Daniel Roberts receive the CALEA National Accreditation Award this morning in Frisco, Texas. Also in attendance, Cmdr. Oliver Morris, second from right, and Los Alamos County Manager Harry Burgess, second from left. Courtesy photo

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
The Los Alamos Police Department has achieved National Accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agents (CALEA).

Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone, Cmdr.

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Six Food Safety Tips To Make Easter And Passover A Safe Egg-stravaganza

DINING News:
 
Seeing your first robin may be the sign of warm things to come, but once Easter and Passover have arrived, you know that Spring is here! Interestingly, both Easter and Passover include the wondrous egg, as a springtime symbol of new life, in their festivities.
 
We all know the Bunny brings Easter eggs, but what many folks don’t know, is that Passover Seders (ceremonial meals) typically include a hard boiled egg course.
 
Additionally, many recipes for Passover, which is also known as the “feast of unleavened bread,” call for eggs or egg whites which take the place
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