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Eco-Station Administration. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The County has recently completed Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems for the Animal Shelter, Justice Center and Eco-Station Administration buildings.

In an effort to meet the County’s goals for commitment to sustainability and hydrocarbon independence initiatives, the County accepted grants of $103,000 for both the Animal Shelter and Justice Center in June 2010.

The grants were funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

An additional $100,000 grant was received in 2006 from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals Read More

Utilities Manager John Arrowsmith. Courtesy/Los Alamos County

The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities plans to propose and discuss a 35 percent residential sewer rate increase during a joint county council and board of public utilities work session Tuesday night in White Rock. 

Utilities Manager John Arrowsmith reports that sewer rates may have been held artificially low in the past.

Costs for maintenance have risen dramatically for Los Alamos’ aging sewer system.

Hear from John Arrowsmith directly in this podcast provided by the Department of Public Utilities, Read More

Of 68 New Mexico cities and towns, White Rock and Los Alamos rank number three and five in terms of the most evenly distributed community incomes in the state.

This is not a surprising result giving the consistent incomes provided by Los Alamos County’s single largest employer, the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The U.S. Census Bureau has put together a database of these rankings for 9,423 U.S. cities, incorporated towns, boroughs, villages and census designated places (CDPs) that have at least 1,000 households.

Artesia ranks as the New Mexico community with the most disparity in income. Read More