Breaking News: Car Fire Near White Rock Y Blocks Traffic Earlier [Photos / Video]
A car was found on fire approximately 100 feet from N.M. 502 near the White Rock Y underpass. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
At approximately 2:50 p.m. today, Los Alamos Fire Department personnel responded to a vehicle fire near the White Rock Y close to the westbound-to-White Rock underpass. Video from the scene exclusive to the Los alamos Daily Post may be viewed below.
The dramatic rescue of the sole occupant, a 62-year-old man in the car, occurred prior to the car engine compartment bursting into flames, according to radio reports from the scene.
The man Read More
Police Nab Fleeing Motorcyclist Near LANL
By Carol A. Clark
Los Alamos police officers arrested Tyler Webb of Los Alamos Monday after he was seen heading southbound on Diamond Drive operating his yellow motorcycle at a high rate of speed.
Webb, 36, refused to pull over when Cpl. Monica Salazar-Casias pulled up behind him and flashed her patrol unit emergency lights, according to the statement of probable cause related to the case.
“At that time the motorcycle accelerated at a very high rate of speed,” Salazar-Casias said. “I used different siren tones and followed him for 100-150 feet. When the motorcycle did not Read More
Espanola Ranger District to Start Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn
ESPANOLA RANGER DISTRICT News
The Espanola Ranger District anticipates initiating a prescribed burn Tuesday, Oct. 2 approximately three miles east of Santa Fe. Total acreage to be treated over two days is 207 acres and will occur as conditions permit. Smoke will likely be seen from Santa Fe, Pecos, Jemez, Tesuque, Los Alamos, Bernalillo, Albuquerque, and Espanola. The treatments are being implemented to help protect the municipal water supply by reducing hazardous fuels, as well as help sustain watershed, forest and wildlife health.
Smoke from prescribed fire can be a nuisance to Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Sept. 20 to Sept. 26, 2012
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.
Sept. 20 at 12:33 p.m. / A 38-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that someone burglarized her property in the 700 block of 43rd Street. The estimated loss is unknown.
Sept. 21 at 8:41 p.m. / A Los Alamos man reported that he was the victim of trespassers in the 3200 block of Villa Street.
KAREN HILL
Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. / Police arrested Karen Hill, 27, of Algodones in the 3200 block of Villa Street and charged Read More
CONE ZONE: Week of Oct. 1
NMDOT Mill & Overlay on NM502 Starts Tuesday
Starting Tuesday, Oct. 2, NM502 (Main Hill Road) to Los Alamos will be closed weekdays and Saturdays between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. while the NMDOT conducts a milling and overlay pavement rehabilitation project. Work will occur from east of East Gate Drive to the Bayo Canyon access road. Access to the East Gate Industrial Park will be maintained from the townsite.
On Monday, Oct. 8, the roadway will be closed between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Weather permitting, the project should be complete by Oct. 14. Motorists should use NM4/East Jemez Road truck route. Read More
