Los Alamos Under Weather Alerts
NWS News:
The National Weather Service has issued the following alerts for the Los Alamos area:
- Flash Flood Warning in effect July 21, 04:19 PM MDT until July 21, 06:15 PM MDT
- Flash Flood Watch in effect until July 21, 10:00 PM MDT
- Flood Advisory in effect July 21, 03:49 PM MDT until July 21, 05:45 PM MDT
Extended Weather Forecast:
- Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
- Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon.
Weekly Sustainability Tip: CFLs Use Less Electricity, Save Money and the Environment
Weekly Sustainability Tip:
CFLs Use Less Electricity, Save Money and the Environment
Save money by switching out incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
The average incandescent bulb uses 60 watts while the average CFL uses 13-25 watts. CFLs reduce fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions. They even last 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs!
According to the United States Census, there are about 7,500 households in Los Alamos County. If every household replaced just one light with a CFL, the energy saved could power 401 houses for a week!
Start using CFLs Read More
More Photos From Summer Concert
A large crowd gathered at Friday night’s Summer Concert in Mari Mac Plaza to hear Willie Nelson’s daughter Paula Nelson and her Paula Nelson Band. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Concert Promoter Russ Gordon introduces Los Alamos firefighters who were raising money for the families of the 19 Granite Mountain Hot Shots who lost their lives in the line of duty while fighting the Yarnell Hill Wildfire in Arizona earlier this month. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report:
The Summer Concert Series is presented free of charge to the public by the County of Los Read More
Los Alamos Bomb Squad Conducts Joint Training With New Mexico State Police
Members of the Los Alamos Bomb Squad and New Mexico State Police conduct bomb training at Aspen Elementary School Thursday. Commander Jason Wardlow Herrera told the Los Alamos Daily Post that the joint event was a routine training exercise. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Excitement Builds at Friday’s Concert as Smith’s Marketplace Prepares for Tuesday’s Groundbreaking
Marsha Gilford, Vice President of Public Affairs of Smith’s Food & Drugs spoke to the crowd at Friday’s Summer Concert in Mari Mac Plaza. Smith’s sponsored Friday’s concert and Gilford is in town from the corporate office in Salt Lake City, Utah for Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony of the new Smith’s Marketplace on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Officials recognize local Smith’s General Manager John Roberts including from left, Superintendent Gene Schmidt, School Board President Jim Hall, Councilor Pete Read More
Road Work Continues on 15th Street
Road work continued Friday on 15th Street between South Sage Loop and North Oakwood Loop near downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Pet of the Week: Tiger the Cat
Tiger the Cat. Courtesy photo
SHELTER News:
Tiger is a new arrival who won’t be with us long! He is a five-year-old neutered male orange-upon-more-orange tabby with golden-green eyes. He answers to his name.
Tiger likes to survey his kingdom from a high perch. He enjoys human company, but wants his personal space respected.
Tiger cries when alone too much. Gentle older kids would be okay, but perhaps little kids would not be a good fit for Tiger.
The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, (505) 662-8179, has a great selection of adoptable pets.
All adoptable pets are microchipped, spayed or neutered, Read More
Christine Chandler Submits Letter of Interest for Los Alamos County Probate Judge Vacancy
Probate Judge candidate Christine Chandler. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Local Attorney Christine Chandler has submitted her Letter of Interest to the County Administrator’s Office to fill the Probate Court Judge vacancy created with the resignation of Ellen Hong in June.
In her letter addressed to County Council Chair Geoff Rodgers, Chandler explained that the Probate Court has jurisdiction over informal probates and appointments.
“One of the court’s primary responsibilities is to ensure that pleadings filed
More Los Alamos Police Officers Filing Lawsuits
Former Los Alamos Police Commander Randy Foster. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Calling the recent termination of former Los Alamos Police Commander Randy Foster “wrongful and retaliatory,” attorneys Linda Hemphill and George Geran of the Law Office of George Geran in Santa Fe issued the following statement related to a Complaint filed Tuesday by Det. Brian Schamber.
“Mr. Foster and other officers will be filing a lawsuit related to your stories of yesterday on the filing of Brian Schamber’s
Los Alamos County Wins SWANA 2013 Excellence Award
COUNTY News:
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to announce that Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division has been named the winner of the SWANA Silver Excellence Award in the Landfill Re-Use category.
The award will be presented at SWANA’s annual conference, WASTECON® Sept. 17, in Long Beach, Calif.
The Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division will receive SWANA’s Excellence Award for its entry “Transforming a Closed Landfill into a Sustainability Asset.” Converting a closing landfill into a sustainability asset for the community was Read More
Local Leaders Visit WIPP
From left, Los Alamos County Councilor Rick Reiss, Rep. Stephanie G. Richard and Councilor Kristin Henderson. Courtesy PhotoCalling All Exhibitors for 2013 Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo
Courtesy photo
If you’re into robotics here is an opportunity to exhibit your favorite robot as well as your home preserves, garden produce and those lovely quilts! Attention gardeners, bakers, quilters and artists – you have two weeks to get your entries ready for the Los Alamos County Fair!
The County Fair and Rodeo runs Aug. 8-10. Anyone living or working in Los Alamos County is eligible to Read More
County Employees Earn Certified Public Servant Designations
The NM EDGE Certified Public Manager and County College programs graduates who received designations during the New Mexico Association of Counties’ annual conference in Clovis are, front row from left, Carol Bowman-Muskett, McKinley County commissioner; Chris Tenski, Otero County probate judge; Adrianna Ortiz, Los Alamos County senior deputy clerk; Susan Flores, Otero County commissioner; Nick Archuleta, Harding County commissioner; Lucas Fresquez, Los Alamos County chief appraiser; and Susan Trujillo, Taos County treasurer. Second row are Barbara Urioste-Lopez, NM Read More
Breaking News: Detective Files Counter Claim Against Los Alamos County Council and Others
Los Alamos Det. Brian Schamber, center in gray shirt and tie, with his wife Zina Schamber and the senior command staff of the Los Alamos Police Department during a 2012 County Council meeting at the White Rock Fire Station in which police officials briefed council on the department’s master career plan. From left, former Commander Randy Foster who was recently terminated, Commander Scott Mills who is on leave, and back row from left, Commander Preston Ballew who is on medical leave, Commander Jason Wardlow Herrera and Det. Sgt. Oliver Morris. Police Chief Wayne Torpy, currently on sick Read More
LAFD Wraps Up Granite Mountain Family Donations This Weekend
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Fire Department is wrapping up donation collections for the families of the 19 Granite Mountain Hot Shots who tragically lost their lives in the Yarnell Hill Wildfire in Prescott, Ariz. June 30.
These same firefighters defended Los Alamos and Los Alamos National Laboratory from the Las Conchas Fire of June 2011, and more recently from the threat of the Thompson Ridge Fire in the Jemez Mountains west of Los Alamos.
LAFD firefighters will host a table at the summer concert this Friday evening at Marimac Plaza where they will offer the opportunity for residents to sign
Somethings Wrong With Plane’s Return Schedule … Speak Up Now
Courtesy photo
COUNTY News:
Ridership, load factors, passengers per week for the Los Alamos Commercial Air Service show signs of positive growth although at a slower pace than last month.
This is seasonal and this “slowness” will be countered in August and September when most government employees generally travel “a little extra.” Unfortunately, we are utilizing the grant money faster than hoped. A meeting between County personnel and Lab representatives is schedule in mid-July to discuss this.
The flight schedule was changed four weeks ago to increase ridership on early morning and early Read More
County Removes Modulars Near Justice Center
With the completion of the Municipal Building, the modulars that once housed several County departments have been removed from the parking lot near the Justice Center and Los Alamos Police Station at Central Avenue and Oppenheimer Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
All that remains of the County’s modular offices near the Justice Center is a broken sidewalk, some wood and debris. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Missoula Children’s Theatre Casting Call: ‘The Tortoise Versus The Hare’
LAAC News:
Missoula Children’s Theatre is holding a casting call at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 22 at Crossroads Bible Church for The Tortoise Versus The Hare.
More than 50 roles will be cast for students entering first through twelfth grades. A parent/guardian must be with each child when registering in order to sign the permission form.
All auditioners should plan to attend the entire morning audition and, if selected, have an open calendar for the week of July 22-26, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and all day and evening Saturday, July 27. Audition is free. Cost is $35 per child who is cast for the
Water Main Break Reported in White Rock
DPU News:
Officials with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities report that a 6-inch water main broke Monday at the corner of Rover Boulevard and Azure Street in White Rock.
Reported at 3:15 p.m., DPU’s Gas, Water and Sewer crew responded.
Repairs were completed by 7:30 p.m., Monday and no customers were without water. Read More
Early Socialization for Dogs and Cats is Critical
Reggie. Courtesy/Friends of the Shelter
SHELTER NEWS:
This is Reggie. He came to the Los Alamos Shelter about 10 months ago.
He was surrendered at five months of age, along with his four littermates. All of the pups were extremely fearful. They were in a new place, and a certain level of trepidation was to be expected. But these youngsters were not just shy, they were downright terrified of people, and shrank away from any and all forms of human contact.
Why were the puppies so afraid of humans? It wasn’t because they’d been abused
They hadn’t been beaten or harshly handled. But they had been neglected, Read More
