New Mexico Rotarians Honor Local Heroes
Former Los Alamos Fire Chief Doug Tucker, left, and Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy were honored as “Heroes of the Year” by the New Mexico Rotarians at the District 5520 Annual Banquet held Friday at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. Tucker and Torpy received special medals and honorary Rotary pins at the event recognizing their outstanding leadership during last summer’s Las Conchas Fire in protecting homes and keeping the community safe. Photo by Linda King Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 10 to May 16, 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.
May 10 at 12:33 p.m., / Police were called to Smith’s Food & Drug Centers, 31 Sherwood Blvd., on a report that someone shoplifted from the store. The estimated loss is less than $100.
May 10 at 4:40 p.m., / Police received a report of a 28-year-old Los Alamos woman who said that she was battered by a household member in the 800 block of 9th Street. The matter is under investigation.
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Police Ran Torch Relay to Jemez Springs
Los Alamos Police officers ran from the back gate to Jemez Springs Thursday for the 2012 Special Olympics Torch Relay. Local police officers and firefighters participate in the annual event as part of the fund raising efforts that they do for the Special Olympics. Lt. Jason Wardlow Herrera runs with the torch and prepares to hand it off to another officer at this juncture. Photo by N.S. Mills
Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Torpy takes his turn in the torch relay to raise money for the Special Olympics. Photo by N.S. Mills
A small caravan follows the runners as they head for Jemez Springs. Photo by N.S. Read More
Historic Fires Most Likely Occurred in Spring
By Collin Haffey
The Ecology Group at Bandelier National Monument has been monitoring tree growth on a weekly basis for more than 20 years.
Several trees located in Bandelier are ringed with dendrometer bands or dendrobands, for short.
A dendroband is a small ribbon of metal wrapped around the trunk of the tree and connected to a spring slide that moves as the tree grows and is measured by a Vernier scale. It’s basically a fancy ruler.
This scale enables us to measure a tree’s circumference down to a tenth of a millimeter.
The banded trees are located in three clusters that span the elevation range Read More
Los Alamos Infant is in ICU
Police report this morning that the 11-week-old infant whose father admitted injuring him on Wednesday when he wouldn’t stop crying, is in the Intensive Care Unit at UNM Children’s Hospital.
Police also said this morning that the total extent of the infant’s injuries have not yet been determined.
The baby’s father is locked up in the Los Alamos County Detention Center on a $100,000 bond issued by Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados.
Below is the story detailing the events involved in the arrest of the infant’s father:
Los Alamos Police have arrested Read More
