Los Alamos COVID-19 Impact:
COVID-19 statistics for the week ending Oct. 11, 2022 impacting Los Alamos County:
- 192 tests
- 29 diagnoses (21 in Los Alamos, 8 in White Rock)
- 0 deaths
Source: New Mexico Department of Health. By Eli Ben-Naim.
New Mexico Fills Over 350 Teacher Positions
NMHED News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico has decreased the number of unfilled teacher positions by 34 percent and has increased enrollment and graduation from teacher preparation programs as historic investments in education under Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham build traction.
The 2022 New Mexico Educator Vacancy Report published by the Southwest Outreach Academic Research Evaluation and Policy Center at New Mexico State University revealed that the state filled 358 teacher positions with increases seen in all regions of the state. The report showed that 290 additional students enrolled in teacher Read More
Aquatic Center Opens At 11 A.M. Today
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Aquatic Center’s power is back and they will reopen at 11 a.m. Read More
Rotary Speaker: Youth Exchange Student Olivia Hsieh
Rotary Youth Exchange student Olivia Hsieh, studying at LAHS this school year, recently told Rotarians about her life in Taiwan. Photo by Linda Hull
By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
Sept. 27, members of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos were captivated by the enthusiasm of guest speaker Olivia Hsieh, one of two youth exchange students the Club is sponsoring this year.
Hsieh comes from Taipei, the large and bustling capital city of Taiwan, where her father is a telecommunications engineer, and her mother a docent at the National Taiwan University Museum of Zoology. Her older Read More
EMNRD: New Mexico 30 By 30 Advisory Committee Announces Second Public Engagement Survey
Secretary Sarah Cottrell Propst
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico 30 x 30 Advisory Committee announces a public Request for Information (RFI) to gather broad input on the conservation activities most important to New Mexicans. The RFI solicits ideas for a “uniquely New Mexico” vision for conservation.
In August 2021 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Executive Order 2021-052 (E.O.), Protecting New Mexico’s Lands, Watersheds, Wildlife, and Natural Heritage. The E.O. established the 30 by 30 Advisory Committee, comprised of seven state agencies and the State Land Office.
Agencies Read More
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Requests Additional Federal Law Enforcement Assigned To New Mexico
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE — Following her continued investments in New Mexico public safety, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has asked the Department of Justice to support her request to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for additional federal law enforcement resources to support state and local public safety efforts amid a nationwide increase in violent crime.
In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Gov. Lujan Grisham asked for additional FBI agents to be assigned to New Mexico following a similar request made in June to FBI Director Read More
FBI: Fruitland Man Charged With Assault
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Elijah Cudei Etsitty was arraigned on an indictment charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
Etsitty, 25, of Fruitland and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
A federal grand jury indicted Etsitty Aug. 23. According to the indictment and other court records, June 27, Read More
State Supreme Court Ruling Resolves Legal Question About Prosecuting Cattle Theft In New Mexico
Justice David K. Thomson
New Mexico Supreme Court News:
SANTA FE — Livestock theft is to be prosecuted for each occurrence of theft rather than a separate charge for each animal allegedly stolen, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled in an opinion released Monday.
In a unanimous opinion, the state’s highest court provided the legal reasoning for a decision it announced from the bench earlier this year in a consolidated appeal involving three people awaiting trial for allegedly stealing cattle in Otero County. The Court heard oral arguments in the case in Las Cruces as part of a civics education program Read More
County To Hold Three Joint Virtual Work Sessions To Review Draft Chapter 16 Development Code
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Community Development Department (CDD) and its consultant, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (DPS) will present the final draft of the Chapter 16 Development Code to the Planning and Zoning Commission and County Council in three joint virtual work sessions, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 12, 13 and 14.
Both the Oct. 11 County Council regular meeting and the Oct. 12 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting are canceled.
Chapter 16 Development Code is the County’s zoning code that defines how a property in specific geographic zones can be used and developed. CDD and DPS have incorporated Read More
Los Alamos County CDD Updates FAQs To Assist Small Business Recovery Assistance Program Applicants
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County is pleased to announce that more than 50 local small business owners have submitted applications for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds through Los Alamos County’s online Small Business Recovery Assistance Program, ARPA.losalamosnm.us.
Sept. 1, the County’s Community Development Department launched an application process with the goal of providing financial assistance to those local small businesses that have struggled due to the negative economic impacts caused by COVID-19 restrictions. Applicants able to demonstrate eligibility will have the Read More