Public Safety

Traffic Alert: Roadwork To Begin On US 60 In Quemado

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NMDOT News:

QUEMADO — A 2-inch pavement overlay project on US 60 is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 8.

Albuquerque Asphalt Inc., the contractor for the District Six project, will work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The work zone will extend from mile marker 32 to mile marker 44 through Quemado.

The project is expected to continue through the end of June, weather permitting. A pilot car operation will be in place during working hours. Motorists should expect lane closures and delays and plan additional travel time.

Drivers are reminded to use caution in the work zone, obey all posted Read More

FBI Southwest Field Offices In Albuquerque & El Paso To Host Special Agent Recruitment Event June 26

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The FBI-Albuquerque and FBI-El Paso Field Offices will co-host an in-person recruiting event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, June 26 in El Paso.

This event is intended for individuals who are at least 21 years old interested in learning more about a career as an FBI Special Agent. Those who attend the recruiting event will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with FBI executives, special agents, intelligence analysts, and other FBI personnel.

In addition, many of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response components such as SWAT, Evidence Recovery Teams, Crisis Negotiations, Read More

Scenes From ChamberFest 2026

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Kids busy at play on the popular sand pile on Central Avenue, the center piece of ChamberFest sponsored annually by Enterprise Bank & Trust in downtown Los Alamos, and this year also in White Rock. The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce event features local businesses, service organizations and other groups for ChamberFest, this year sponsored by UNIFI, Wingate by Wyndham, North Central Regional Transit District (Blue Bus), N3B and Exit Realty Advantage NM. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Transit Mix and Los Alamos County Public Works coordinated bringing in the sand Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules On Defendant’s Right To Be Present When A Trial Court Responds To Jury Questions

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COURT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a Farmington man’s sex crime conviction, ruling there was no effect on the jury’s verdict by improper communications between the trial court and the jury outside of the defendant’s presence.

The Court concluded that Joshua Freeman had a constitutional right to be present when the trial court addressed two questions from the jury after it had started to deliberate in his case but the error created by his absence did not impact the outcome of the trial.

The jury sent a note to the trial court asking it to distinguish between Freeman’s charged Read More

North Road/Urban Street Intersection Is Now Four-Way Stop

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County News:
The intersection of North Road and Urban Street is now a four-way stop.
New pavement markings and temporary signs are in place until permanent traffic signs are installed early next week.
The change was made after an engineering analysis that reviewed one month of traffic data, eight years of police reports, site conditions, and traffic patterns.
Although the intersection averages about one crash per year, several factors supported the decision. In addition to engineering considerations, the area serves as a safe route to school for nearby Mountain Elementary and sees pedestrian
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Op-Ed: ‘County Shows It Doesn’t Give A Flock About Surveilling Citizens’

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By JAMES RICKMAN
Los Alamos

Perhaps I should feel grateful that County leaders dispatched their official Spin Doctor to reply to my letter about the emergence of a network of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in our community (link). But outside of Mr. Krueger’s “Trust Us, We’re the Government” response, the County continues to sidestep the issue of why the cameras were installed in the first place.

Is Los Alamos facing some kind of underlying existential threat that necessitates its citizens giving up some of their liberties to gain a little more security?

The way the County tells it, Read More

McQuiston: The Contractor On Your Roof Falls And Why ‘They’re Insured’ Might Not Be Enough

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963  

A guy is up on your roof on a bright June morning replacing the flashing around your chimney. You hired him because a neighbor used him and he came in a few hundred dollars under the other bid. He’s good, he’s fast, and he’s been at it an hour when you hear the scrape, the shout, and the sound nobody wants to hear. He’s on the ground beside the ladder, his leg is clearly broken, and he can’t get up.

You call 911. You do everything right in the moment. But once the ambulance pulls away, a quieter and much larger question Read More

UCR Entomologists Detail Consequences And Control Measures Of New World Screwworm

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UCR News:

The New World screwworm lays its eggs in open wounds and burrows into skin. While human infections are rare, the insect poses an existential threat to cattle farming and dairy production. And it has returned to the United States.

While the U.S. Department of Agriculture officially declared the parasite eradicated from the country in 1966, several notable outbreaks and incursions have occurred since then. One of those is happening now.

On June 3, the USDA confirmed a case in South Texas. It could decimate that state’s $15 billion cattle industry, and poses a similar threat to California, Read More

County Clarifications On Op-Ed ‘Don’t Join The Flock’

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By DAVID KRUEGER
Public Information Officer
Los Alamos County

I’m writing to provide some clarification regarding the Op-Ed “Don’t Join The Flock” (link).

Our data collection and retention policy for the Police Department’s automated license plate readers (ALPR) is clear that all data collected from those cameras are secured on local servers and solely for official use by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Only Evidence Technicians have access to the data. Everyone who accesses the data is logged. Evidence Technicians review requests to ensure access to the data is approved only for legitimate Read More

Rep. Vasquez Secures Win In Fight For Accountability & Answers From DOD On El Paso Airport Closure

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U.S. HOUSE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 4, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02)—in his role as a member of the House Armed Services Committee—secured a critical, bipartisan win in his ongoing fight to get the accountability and answers New Mexicans deserve from the Department of Defense regarding the chaotic closure of the El Paso Airport in February 2026. 

During committee markup, Rep. Vasquez introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act requiring the Department of Defense to provide a report on its coordination process with DHS and FAA, an explanation Read More