Public Safety

Los Alamos County Hazard Mitigation Plan Draft Now Available For Public Comment

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County is developing a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update to its 2006 plan.

The purpose of this LHMP Update is to assess risk to natural hazards, implement actions to reduce future losses, and maintain eligibility for federal mitigation funds in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. 

What is Hazard Mitigation? Hazard mitigation means any action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards. 

Why is Natural Hazard Mitigation Important? Most people who live or work in Los Read More

Secretary Moniz Statement On Release Of Final Clean Power Plan Rules

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued their final Clean Power Plan rule that will encourage energy innovation by reducing the carbon emissions from America’s power plants.

Below is the statement from Secretary Moniz:

“Before President Barack Obama took office, America did not have a comprehensive national plan to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Seven years later, we are cutting carbon emissions from our cars, our trucks, Read More

Los Alamos Magistrate Court Docket Aug. 11-31

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COURT News:
 
The following is the upcoming docket for Magistrate Court in the Los Alamos Justice Center with the Honorable Judge Pat A. Casados presiding unless otherwise noted:
 
Tuesday, Aug. 11:
 
1:30 p.m. (Judge: Matthew S. Page ― Los Alamos Magistrate Court)
M-33-VM-2015-00003
Defendant: Jaryd E Marquez
Proceeding: Pre-Trial Hearing
Prosecutor: Kent Wahlquist ; Def Atty: Tyr Loranger; Officer: Monica Salazar
 
Monday, Aug. 17:
 
9 a.m. 
M-33-MR-2015-00061
Defendant: Amanda N. Tapia
Proceeding: Arraignment
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Sierra Club: New Mexicans Applaud First-Ever Plan To Curb Carbon Pollution

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SIERRA CLUB News:

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico faith leaders along with clean air and clean energy advocates today applaud President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for finalizing the first-ever national protections from dangerous carbon pollution from existing power plants.

These new standards, which are part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, will advance the growth of clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency in New Mexico and across the country while reducing dangerous carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new protections will also help reduce Read More

Scenes From LANL’s 2015 Hazmat Challenge

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C-130: This exercise was a mass casulty event caused by an ‘IED’ tossed into the hatch of a med-evac plane. In the exercise, the bomb landed on top of person in top bunk … the mission was to save victims two and three including a flight medic who was wounded and a person on a bottom bunk. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

 

C-130: Med-evac plane used in last week’s HazMat Challenge at LANL. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
 

LANL News:

Hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Missouri and Nebraska tested their skills last week in a series

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Sidewalk And Stairs Under Repair At LAHS

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos High School A-Wing construction project was completed in January 2012. Flintco was the General Contractor. Over the last three years, there has been settling of underground soils and a resultant drop in the west facing stairs, east facing sidewalk, and weather protection panels on the exterior of the building.

Los Alamos Public Schools officials asked Flintco managers to conduct sample core drilling to test the soils under the concrete. The testing revealed that the original construction fill dirt did not meet the specifications outlined by the architect and project Read More

Letter To The Editor: Goal Must Be Nuke Free World

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By PETER N. KIRSTEIN, professor of history
Chicago

On Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb leveled Hiroshima. Three days later on Aug. 9, an atomic bomb destroyed the forgotten second city, Nagasaki. Atomic bombs shattered Japan 70 years ago at the end of World War II.

Perhaps 250,000 casualties perished as a result of the neutron bombardment of uranium 235 and plutonium 239 isotopes. The splitting of nuclei unlocked the mystery of the atom, unleashing heat, blast and radiation of unprecedented magnitude.

Several Scientists at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (Metlab) signed Read More

Attorney General To Participate In National Night Out

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STATE News:
 
SANTA FE — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas will participate in the 32nd Annual National Night Out, hosted by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, state and local law enforcement agencies.
 
The National Night Out is 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Santa Fe Plaza.
 
The National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs and strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships.
 
The agencies also will utilize this opportunity
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Udall In Appropriations Subcommittee: VA Must Restore Accountability, Protect Whistleblowers

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Thursday July 30, during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall continued to press for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve care for New Mexico veterans in the wake of the appointment scheduling scandal and unacceptable delay in processing a backlog of benefit claims.
 
Udall questioned two VA whistleblowers about consequences they suffered after coming forward and the need for a strong VA Inspector General (IG).

Last year, Udall

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Juvenile Captured In White Rock Faces 14 Counts

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LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department has issued the following details related to the juvenile apprehended this morning in White Rock:

Today at approximately 8:36 a.m., police responded to a possible trespassing issue in the 100 block of Grand Canyon in White Rock.

Cpl. Ben Irving arrived on scene and attempted to speak with two juvenile males. In attempting to do so, both juveniles fled from Cpl. Irving, which initiated a foot pursuit of the juveniles. One of the juveniles who fled was a 15-year-old possible runaway who was a suspect in a aggravated Read More