UPDATE: NM 4 Closed Truck Route Has Reopened
Traffic Alert:
UPDATE: LOS ALAMOS COUNTY NM 4 Road closure has ended. Please drive safely.
Due to a motor vehicle accident on N.M. 4, the Los Alamos Police Department has closed the road between East Jemez Road (Truck Route) and Rover Boulevard.
Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route.
The closure is anticipated to last two hours. A follow-up message will be published when the road has been re-opened.
Read MoreFBI: Crownpoint Man Sentenced For Strangling A Woman And Attacking Tribal Police Officer With Taser
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Crownpoint man was sentence to 42 months in prison for strangling a woman and attacking a tribal police officer with a taser.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, March 18, 2025, Jason K. Thompson, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, attempted to strangle Jane Doe. Law enforcement responded to the domestic violence call and attempted to take Thompson into custody.
During a struggle with a Navajo Nation Police Department officer, Thompson grabbed the officer’s taser and deployed it against him with the intent to injure him. Read More
McQuiston: When The Monsoon Rolls In … Tips For Getting Your Home Ready Before The First Big Storm
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
The sky is clear all morning. Then around 3 p.m. the clouds start stacking up dark over the mountains, the wind kicks up, and 10 minutes later it’s coming down sideways. Hail is ticking off the windows and the street out front is already running like a creek.
If you’ve spent a summer in northern New Mexico, you know the drill. The storms are loud and dramatic, and they can do real damage in about the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee.
Monsoon season officially started in mid-June and runs through September. The good news is that Read More
Luján Issues Statement Commemorating Juneteenth
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commemorating today’s Juneteenth:
“As our nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we must remember that the promise of freedom was not extended to all Americans in 1776.
“More than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, informing more than 250,000 enslaved people that they were free.
“Juneteenth marks Read More
Los Alamos Is Addressing Its Wild Side
Los Alamos County and its contractor are working on a plan to address local wildlife issues. Courtesy photos
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Bears rummaging through trash cans, deer’s antlers getting entangled in holiday lights and mountain lions preying on household pets are all issues that are commonly heard in Los Alamos.
The question is, what can be done about it?
Los Alamos County is starting to work on the answer; during the June 9 County Council meeting, representatives from the contractor, Environmental Solutions and Innovations (ESI), laid out its Read More
