RTD’s Blue Buses Not in Service Memorial Day
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Monday, May 26, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Tuesday, May 27.
The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses over 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos; the Read More
Los Alamos Police Participating in Click it or Ticket and 100 Days and Nights of Summer Enforcement Programs
POLICE News:
The Los Alamos Police Department is participating in the statewide, Click it or Ticket (CIOT) and 100 Days and Nights of Summer enforcement programs.
CIOT focuses on driver, passenger and child restraint compliance and 100 Days and Nights focuses on reducing traffic related injuries or fatalities. These programs will run through the end of summer.
LAPD encourages motorists to use their restraint devices, monitor their speeds, pay extra attention to other motorists and pedestrians on the roadways and not get behind the wheel if they are impaired. Officers will be proactively Read More
Secretary Moniz Announces Members to New Commission on National Labs
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
- Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the Energy Department’s National Laboratories
WASHINGTON – Today, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, a congressionally-mandated committee that will evaluate the effectiveness of the Energy Department’s 17 national laboratories. The Commission is being established pursuant to the 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
“The Energy Department’s national laboratories are a leading force in driving U.S. scientific Read More
N.M. Senators Welcome Designation of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks a National Monument
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON, D.C- Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. released the following statements Monday after the White House announced President Obama’s plan to sign a proclamation designating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks in southern New Mexico as a national monument:
“The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument will put the unique and spectacular desert landscapes of Southern New Mexico on recreation maps around the world, attracting tourists to the region, creating jobs and bringing in millions of dollars in tourism revenue,” Read More
Comments Sought on State Transportation Improvement Program
NMDT News:
The public is invited to comment on the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s fifth amendmentto the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
The program will serve as a four year plan for the state’s federal aid highway program.
The STIP contains proposed road and bridge projects and is required under the federal legislation. Projects on the list are on federal and state highways (roads with I, U.S. or NM designations).
The NMDOT has posted the 2014-2017 STIP amendment on the Internet asking for public comment until June 19, 2014. In addition, the NMDOT will be Read More
FBI Seeks Public’s Help Identifying Body Discovered in Shiprock
FBI News:
The FBI and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety are seeking the public’s help in identifying a woman whose body was found in Shiprock Sunday night.
The body was discovered in a concrete irrigation ditch near Mesa Farm Road at approximately 7:30 p.m.. and no identification was found on the body, which could have been in the ditch for up to 24 hours.
The woman is described as a Native American in her late teens or early 20s, with long black hair and a tattoo of a star on her neck. She was wearing a black T-shirt.
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator will perform an autopsy Read More
LAHS State Track & Field Results
Simon Bailey wins the 4×400 final in a ‘photo finish’ with Farmington’s Avery Rasher. Photo by Blake Wood
Chelsea Challacomb in the 100 m hurdles. Photo by Blake Wood
LAHS’s Colin Hemez and Mike Walker in the lead pack early in the 3200. Photo by Blake WoodEarly Summer Activities at Bandelier National Monument
Pocket gophers dig burrows underground searching for food and can be very damaging to archeological sites. Photo by Sally King/NPS
BANDELIER News:
In addition to listed activities, the park movie is shown on request every day and there are ranger-guided tours on the first section of the Main Loop Trail throughout the week as staffing permits. All activities are weather permitting.
For information, call the Bandelier Visitor Center at 505.672-3861 x 517.
MAY 23 – Summer Free Shuttle Service from White Rock Begins
First day for the summer shuttle service from White Rock to the Bandelier
UN Mulling Rules to Govern Autonomous Killer Robots
A mock ‘killer robot’ is pictured in central London April 23, 2013 during the launching of against lethal robot weapons. Courtesy. Carl Court/AFP On Tuesday, delegates from several international organizations and governments around the world began the first of many round of talks dealing with what some call “lethal autonomous weapons systems” (LAWS), and others call “killer robots.”
Supporters of LAWS say the technology offers life-saving potential in warfare, as these robots y are able to get closer than troops to assess threats without letting emotions
Absorbent Used in Kitty Litter May Be Cause of Radiation Leaks at WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Courtesy WIPP
HSNW News:
A wheat-based absorbent often used in kitty litter may be the likely cause of the radiation leak that led to the closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the U.S. only underground nuclear waste repository, according to Jim Conca, a former geochemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
Conca noted that EnergySolutions, a Salt Lake City-based company hired to package radioactive waste at LANL into containers for shipment to the WIPP, switched from using a clay-based absorbent in the storage drums to a wheat-based mixture. Read More
