Public Safety

I-25 Bridge Work Begins Monday

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will begin bridge rehabilitation work Monday on I-25, mile maker 286.50 at the Seton Village Bridge. 

The bridge rehabilitation work will consist of lifting the bridge 7” to meet the minimum interstate Federal guidelines. This will include sandblasting metal beams and railing, re-painting metal beams and railing and rehabilitating the bridge deck with a new epoxy overlay.  

Starting Monday, May 18, the I-25 northbound lanes will be reduced to one lane 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and reduced lanes will be in effect Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter May 7 To May 12, 2015

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LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

May 7 at 8:45 a.m. / Police charged a 17-year-old Los Alamos boy on Joya Loop with the unlawful use of a telephone and referred him to the juvenile probation officer.

DANIEL YAMADA

May 7 at 1:33 p.m. / Police arrested Daniel Yamada, 32, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., and charged him with possession of a controlled substance.

May 8 at 2:34 p.m. / A 55-year-old Los Alamos woman reported Read More

Knecht Street Panhandlers Issued No Trespass Order

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Police discover that the man holding onto this stop sign near Knecht Street Wednesday is a registered sex offender from Santa Fe. The woman said they came to Los Alamos to ask people for money for gas to get to Colorado Springs. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladaillypost.com

Someone inside this truck gives money to the panhandlers Wednesday near Knecht Street. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladaillypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Unlike larger cities, it’s rare to see people standing on street corners in Los Alamos holding up signs and asking for money from passing motorists.

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WIPP: Initial Closure Of Panel 6 Complete With Work In Panel 7, Room 7 In Process

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A steel bulkhead seals the entrance to Panel 7, Room 7 at WIPP. Courtesy/WIPP

WIPP News:

Workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) completed the initial closure of Panel 6, safely and successfully isolating about 85 percent of the nitrate salt bearing waste containers associated with the breached drum from the Los Alamos National Laboratory that are in the WIPP underground facility.

Workers completed installation of the substantial barrier (chain link, brattice cloth and mined salt) and steel bulkheads on both the intake and exhaust sides of Panel 6. As an added precaution, continuous Read More

US And China Mark 10th Anniversary Of Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Technology Joint Coordination Meetings

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NNSA News:

CHENGDU, CHINA – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington and China National Energy Administration (NEA) Director General Liu Baohua co-chaired the 10th Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (PUNT) Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) meeting May 6-7 in Chengdu, China.

Since 2002, the United States and China have held periodic joint meetings on their cooperative activities under the U.S.-China PUNT Agreement. The agreement is a formal government-to-government Read More

Police Ofc. Ronnie Martinez Receives Medal Of Honor

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From left, Deputy Director of Adult Prisons Anthony Romero, Director of Adult Prisons Jerry Roark, Deputy Secretary of Administration Mark Myers, Secretary of Corrections Gregg Marcantel, Medal of Honor Recipient Ronnie Martinez, Rep. Debbie Rodella and Deputy Secretary of Operations Joe W. Booker. Courtesy photo
 
NMCD News:
 
New Mexico Corrections Department Cabinet Secretary Gregg Marcantel has presented a Medal of Honor to Ofc. Ronnie Martinez, who was held hostage during the 1980 prison riot.
 
The Feb. 2, 1980 prison riot at the Penitentiary of New
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NMDOT Seeks Public Input On State Transportation Plan

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) invites the public to review and comment on its draft long range plan — now called the “New Mexico Transportation Plan” (NMTP). 

The draft is available for download from the project web site, www.newmexicotransportationplan.com.

The NMTP is a performance-based and strategic framework that will guide decision-making by NMDOT and its metropolitan and regional transportation planning partners beginning at the start of the next federal fiscal year. The plan meets the requirements of federal law (23 USC Read More

USPS Releases Top Dog Attack Rankings By City

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Courtesy/WYFF

USPS News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To kick-off next week as National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the U.S. Postal Service released its top 30 dog attack city rankings and offered tips to reduce dog attacks to letter carriers.

Nationwide, 5,767 postal employees were attacked last year.

At this morning’s event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., letter carriers who were attacked by dogs recounted their experiences. The event also featured pit bull therapy dog Elle, the American Humane Association’s 2013 Hero Dog of the Year. Veterinarians and representatives of the Read More

Los Alamos Police Honor Fallen Law Enforcement And Corrections Officers During Memorial Ceremony

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Los Alamos Police Officers, Sheriff Marco Lucero, left, and Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, right, stand at attention and salute in honor of law enforcement and corrections officers who have lost their lives in the service of others. The somber ceremony took place this morning in the lobby of the Justice Center on Trinity Drive. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Los Alamos Police and Fire Chaplain Jennifer Bartram expresses praise and appreciation to police officers for risking their lives every day for the sake of the community. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
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State Environment Secretary Discusses $73 Million WIPP Settlement With DOE

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NMED Secretary Ryan Flynn

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

“Liability was a major issue,” said New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Secretary Ryan Flynn during a telephone interview Tuesday, discussing the state’s $73 million settlement on April 30 of claims for violations and liabilities related to a major contamination accident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad in southern New Mexico. “We felt strongly that the weight of the evidence on our side was so overwhelming, we were able to get past that issue early on,” he said.

The WIPP facility has been closed Read More