Sobriety Checkpoints Out in Force this Memorial Day Weekend
A caravan of six assorted police vehicles with DUI trailers and other vehicles and a police motorcycle were headed north from Albuquerque on I-25 Thursday. Sobriety Checkpoints are active across the state this Memorial Day Weekend. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Sobriety Checkpoints are being set up across the state this Memorial Day Weekend. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.comNew Mexico’s Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Officially A National Monument
Retired U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and community leaders from New Mexico joined the president and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell for Wednesday’s signing ceremony at the Department of Interior. Courtesy/Sen. Udall’s Office
The Organ-Mountains. Photo by Mike Groves
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—New Mexicans celebrated Wednesday the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Proclamation that was signed by President Barack Obama.
Retired U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Read More
Damon Martinez New U.S. Attorney for New Mexico
Damon P. Martinez
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined the Senate in voting unanimously to confirm Damon P. Martinez to be U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico.
Martinez has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney since 2001 and as acting U.S. Attorney since March 2014. He is highly experienced in cases concerning national security and anti-terrorism, immigration and narcotics. The senators recommended Martinez for the position of U.S. Attorney in an April 26, 2013, letter to President Obama.
“Damon Martinez has already stepped up Read More
Los Alamos High School’s Alexandr Wang Named to 2014 United States Physics Team!
Alexandr Wang
COLLEGE PARK, MD.—Los Alamos High School’s Alexandr Wang has been named as a member of the 2014 United States Physics Team.
Wang joins America’s brightest emerging physicists at Physics Boot Camp this week in College Park, Md., to prepare for the next stage of the competition to identify the world’s best high school physics students.
The team is comprised of 19 students from across the U.S. who have emerged through a rigorous exam process that began in January with approximately 4,277 students who participated in the Fnet=ma exam to become the 2014 U.S. Physics Team. These Read More
Cracked Lid of Nuclear Waste Container May Be Source of WIPP Radiation Leak
Waste container photographed earlier this month at WIPP with its lid unsealed and apparent heat discoloration. Courtesy/WIPP
HSNW News:
The radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad has been linked to a waste container shipped from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), raising questions about the safety of other containers stored at the lab’s northern New Mexico facility and at the Waste Control Specialists (WCS) site in Andrews, Texas.
As a precautionary measure, LANL has been ordered to remove thousands of similar containers filled with toxic waste from Read More
Domenici Endorses House Dist. 43 Candidate Geoff Rodgers
Sen. Pete Domenici
POLITICAL News:
The Committee to Elect Geoff Rodgers has announced today that former U.S. Sen. Pete V. Domenici has endorsed Geoff Rodgers for New Mexico House Dist. 43. The Republican primary is June 3 for this important race and early voting has already begun.
Geoff Rodgers
In his letter Sen. Domenici said “Geoff Rodgers has demonstrated himself as a dedicated and principled conservative.”
Rodgers is the current Chair of the Los Alamos County Council. He has served two terms on the council. He also is a U.S. Army veteran.
In his letter, Sen. Domenici said, “Throughout his Read More
Memorial Day Weekend Marks Beginning of Shuttle Bus Service, Summer Activities at Bandelier
Cavate dwelling in Frijoles Canyon. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of summer activities at Bandelier National Monument, and the return of free shuttle bus service from the White Rock Visitor Center area to the Park.
“The shuttles are a partnership between Atomic City Transit, Los Alamos County, and Bandelier,” Superintendent Jason Lott said. “Since the Las Conchas Fire in 2011 and resulting floods, our parking has been very limited. The flood last September made it impossible to get cars to the parking area across the creek, so Read More
Cottage Cheese Recall Underway
NMED News:
The New Mexico Environment Department has announced that a recall is underway of select Knudsen Cottage Cheese, Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese, Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese, and Daily Chef Cottage Cheese products with code dates of 09 MAY 2014 to 23 JUL 2014, manufactured by Kraft Foods of Northfield, IL.
The product was distributed nationally and in New Mexico at Walmart stores. The products are being recalled due to “out-of-standard” storage temperatures.
N.M. 502 / Trinity Storm Drain Work Underway
N.M. 502 / Trinity Storm Drain Work Improvements work is underway and expected to continue through June 6. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Road Work News:
Work is underway this week on the N.M. 502 / Trinity Storm Drain Work Improvements project including a full closure of N.M. 502 / Trinity Drive between DP Road and 4th Street. This work will continue through June 6.
Here’s what to expect:
- All eastbound N.M. 502 / Trinity Drive traffic will be able to access Trinity businesses and side streets up to and including
Luján Statement on Reports of Mismanagement at VA Medical Centers
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today on reports of mismanagement at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
Luján recently sent a letter to Secretary Shinseki expressing concerns with these reports and excessive wait times for veterans in New Mexico seeking health care services from the VA. Click here to read the letter.
“When we as a nation ask brave Americans to serve and protect our country, we make a promise that when they answer the call of duty we will Read More
