Public Safety

Snares Set To Catch Cougar Roaming Los Alamos

A reader just shared this photo she took a couple of weeks ago of what appears to be a cougar paw print in the mud on the White Rock Rim Trail. UPDATE: Another reader just let us know that this is actually a dog paw as cougars do not show the nail imprints. Courtesy photo

LAPD News:

Department of Game and Fish officers are using foot snares to try to catch a dangerous cougar that has killed at least two dogs and attacked another dog this month in Los Alamos.

Snares are set near Ranch School and Acid Canyon trails. More are being set down the canyon off of East Fork trail. The snare traps are set off the trails about Read More

Armenia Secures Dangerous Radioactive Sources In Cooperation With NNSA

NSA News:

YEREVAN, Armenia – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) joined the Republic of Armenia today to announce the safe and secure removal of three unused radioactive sources from two locations in Yerevan, Armenia.

The successful completion of the radioactive source recovery campaign was conducted by the Armenia Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA).

Since 2002, the NNSA’s Radiological Security Program has committed over two million dollars to Armenia in support of radiological security projects. Together, ANRA and NNSA have removed, identified Read More

Align Up 4-Week Workshop Begins June 7

AU News:
 
Each day, 22 veterans of war take their own lives. In fact, more veterans from the past two wars have taken their own lives than have actually been killed on active duty. Staggering.
 
Acts of war have their effect on everyone who has experienced them whether or not a veteran is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress. Chronic Pain continues to be a problem that has not been addressed. Education is crucial for this population. The physiology and nervous systems of people with PTS or challenges with stress are completely different. And they get themselves in more trouble
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Sheriff’s Department Announces New Registered Sex Offender In Los Alamos County

James Dyson

COUNTY SHERIFF News:

Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero is advising the community of a newly registered sex offender.

James Dyson registered with the local sheriff’s office today. He was convicted in Federal Court of “possession of child pornography.”

Dyson is residing at 954 Capulin Road in Los Alamos.

For further information regarding registered convicted sex offenders, review our website at ww.losalamoscountysheriff.com. Read More

DEA Releases National Heroin Threat Assessment

DEA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  The National Heroin Threat Assessment (NHTA), released Friday by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), shows heroin use and availability on the rise and causing more overdose deaths than at any time in the last decade. 
 
Although fewer people presently use heroin than other illicit drugs, the heroin user population is growing at a faster rate than any other drug of abuse, almost doubling between 2007 and 2013—from 161,000 to 289,000—according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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WIPP: Work Begins On Interim Ventilation System

WIPP News:
 
Recovery operations at the WIPP facility continue to move forward with work beginning on installation of the interim ventilation system.
 
This system will increase the overall amount of airflow in the underground facility from the 60,000 cubic feet per minute (CFM) available under the current configuration up to 114,000 CFM. Following the radiological event of February 2014, all air exiting the WIPP underground passes through High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters prior to being released into the environment.
 
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VIDEO: LANL’s Canyon Cleanup Near Smith’s

A spider excavator is lowered partway down the canyon side at Smith’s Marketplace during May 11 work to remove mercury-contaminated soil. Photo by Robert Hull

Cleanup work in the canyon is scheduled to take about two months to complete. Photo by Robert Hull

Staff Report

Watch video here.

To reduce the historical footprint through environmental cleanup, Los Alamos National Laboratory began this month performing a high-angle canyon-side cleanup on DOE property just south of  Smith’s Marketplace.

In collaboration with experts from contractor TerranearPMC, the Laboratory’s Environmental Read More

NM Hosts National Conference On Court Interpreters

COURT News:
 
SANTA FE  Managers of programs providing interpreting services for state courts across the country gathered in New Mexico last week for a national conference.
 
New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara J. Vigil and Artie Pepin, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, officially opened the conference. Supreme Court Justice Edward L. Chávez delivered a keynote address.

Other New Mexico presenters included Paul Kippert, assistant general counsel with the Department of Finance and Administration, and Lisa Dignan and Roger Robb with the Read More

Emergency Funding For Magistrate Courts Denied

COURT News:

 

SANTA FE – Administrative Office of the Courts Director Artie Pepin expressed disappointment Friday that the state Board of Finance denied a request for emergency funding of $750,000 for magistrate court operations in the final weeks of the current budget year.

 

AOC sought the emergency funding because magistrate courts do not have enough money to cover operating expenses through June after the governor vetoed a $750,000 supplemental appropriation approved by the Legislature. Lawmakers approved the money to address underfunding partly caused by a loss Read More

Letter To The Editor: Room For Rent Ad Draws Scam

By PAUL MARTINEZ
Los Alamos

Just thought you and your readers might want to know about an incident (scam) I recently dealt with. I had advertised a room for rent on Craigslist thinking that I could rent an extra bedroom out to a LANL summer intern. 

I immediately got a response from a young woman wanting to lease the room. Her name was Margaret and informed me that she would send a deposit and extra money that was to be paid to someone for delivering a car to Los Alamos for her. She was currently in Alaska and would be arriving in Los Alamos in June to attend graduate school.

On Friday, May 22, 2015, I received Read More