County Issues Community Update as LANL Enters Stage III Fire Restrictions
COUNTY News Alert:
The Los Alamos County Fire Department (LAFD) would like to ask the public for their continued support and assistance during Extreme Fire Danger.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory properties have entered Stage III Fire Restrictions effective July 3 and the LAFD supports their actions.
Therefore, the Los Alamos Fire Department has implemented the attached restrictions to all County owned or forested areas within Los Alamos County effective at 8 a.m. today, Tuesday July 3.
Patrols of these areas will be conducted by the LAFD and LAPD throughout the County and residents Read More
LASO, LANL Increase Fire Restrictions
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos Site Office (LASO) has upgraded fire restrictions on Department of Energy property to prohibit all outside recreational and off-road driving activities.
The upgrade to Stage III fire restrictions coincides with that of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both organizations imposed Stage II fire restrictions last week, and are now increasing their postures to Stage III.
“We are not seeing any near-term relief in the hot and dry weather,” LASO Manager Kevin Smith said. “Fire-fighting resources are spread out across the Southwest, Read More
Fire Department Asks Residents for Help
LAFD News:
With the current Fire Danger at EXTREME, and the anticipation of the fire danger level elevating to Stage 3 in the coming days, the Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) is asking for the community’s help.
LAFD asks people to refrain from using fireworks, campfires or bbq’s on public land. LAFD also asks people to smoking only inside a vehicle or building during these extremely dry conditions, especially during the annual Fourth of July celebration.
Adhering to this request could prove very beneficial, not only to the fire department, but to the citizens in the entire county,
One Year Later: Udall to Tour Las Conchas & Wallow Fire Sites
SOCORRO – This week, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will visit Catron County and Santa Clara Pueblo to examine the destructive long-term effects of last year’s Las Conchasand Wallow fires and their implications for the current record-breaking wildfire season.
Udall will also visit the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA).
Today, July 2, Udall will travel to the JVLA radio telescope facility near Magdalena.
Udall will tour the site with association directors and scientists and travel up into the interior of an antenna.
Udall will then travel to Spur Ranch in Luna where last year’s Wallow Fire crossed Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: June 21 to June 27, 2012
The following information is obtained from Los Alamos Police Department records.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
June 21 at 10:24 a.m. / Police charged Charles Pacheco, 56, of Los Alamos with fraudulent use of credit cards in the 300 block of Aragon and issued him a summons to appear in court.
JESUS ANDUJO
June 21 at 7:20 p.m. / Police arrested Jesus Andujo, 23, of Hernandez on Trinity Drive and charged him with violating a protection order.
STEWART OBRIEN
June 21 at 7:37 p.m. / Police Read More
