Light Turnout for Start of Anti-Nuke Protest
A small crowd gathered Sunday afternoon at Ashley Pond for the kick off of two days of Anti-Nuclear protests. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com.
Sunday Aug. 5 in Los Alamos:
- Rally in Ashley Pond Park, Los Alamos, speakers, music, teach-ins and information
- Audio link to the sounding of the Peace Bell in Hiroshima, Japan (5:15 p.m.)
- “Sackcloth and Ashes” peace march to LANL led by Pax Christi, New Mexico (5:20 p.m.)
- Floating of peace lanterns on Ashley Pond (following peace march)
Monday Aug. 6 in Los Alamos:
- A full day of non-violent direct action in Los Alamos beginning at 7 a.m. with
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…CHUSKA MOUNTAINS…FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS…
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS…LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY…NORTHWEST
HIGHLANDS…NORTHWEST PLATEAU…SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS…WEST CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS…WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU.
* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING
* A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH WESTERN NEW MEXICO
THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE MOISTURE AND ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL
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BREAKING NEWS: LAFD Battalion Chief Placed on Administrative Leave
LAFD News:
Battalion Chief Kelly Serna
Los Alamos Fire Department Battalion Chief Kelly Sterna has been placed on administrative leave following a report this morning that he had been arrested in Albuquerque Friday night for suspected drunk driving.
Sterna was not on duty at the time, according to the report.
“The Los Alamos Fire Department upholds the highest standards and code of conduct for its officers,” Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes said this afternoon. “We understand that the public places their trust in us to behave in a professional, law-abiding manner, both on and Read More
LANL Protester Tied to ORNL’s Y-12 Security Breach
Photo: Sister Megan Rice
By Carol A. Clark
Sister Megan Rice, 82, arrested in Los Alamos for criminal trespass during a 2010 protest at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been arrested again, this time for breaching the highest-security area of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory July 28.
Rice and two accomplices, Michael R. Walli, 63, a member of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, D.C. and Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, a member of Veterans for Peace in Duluth, Minn., and a former U.S. Army officer reportedly defaced a building during the predawn protest Read More
County Issues Advisory to Protect Animals During Fair & Rodeo
Photo: Horses with vesicular stomatitis show blanched raised or broken vesicles around the upper surface of the tongue, surface of the lips and around nostrils, corners of the mouth and the gums. Courtesy/Horsetalk
COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES News:
The New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) is reporting that New Mexico is currently experiencing a significant outbreak of Vesicular Stomatitis (VS.)
VS is classified as a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD), and, as such, cases are required to be reported nationally and internationally.
To minimize the spread Read More
