Public Safety

National Association Of Counties Leaders Advocate For FEMA Act During Visit To Washington D.C.

by

NACo News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two dozen county leaders from 15 states are in attendance this week at a National Association of Counties (NACo) fly-in focused on disaster reform. The participants are members of NACo’s Intergovernmental Disaster Reform Task Force, a group of elected and appointed county leaders focused on strengthening our nation’s disaster mitigation, response and recovery capabilities.

In over two dozen meetings on Capitol Hill, participants advocated for the passage of the FEMA Act (H.R. 4669), which was approved by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Announces Two New Supercomputers … HPE, NVIDIA To Partner On New Mission And Vision Systems

by

Operational in 2027, Mission will allow AI capabilities with a focus on national security science. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • HPE, NVIDIA to partner on new Mission and Vision systems

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has selected HPE and NVIDIA as partners on two new supercomputers to be built, delivered and installed in the coming years, with HPE selected as the prime contractor.

The supercomputers, named Mission and Vision, will support the critical modeling and simulation that underpins national security science as well as fundamental science research and artificial intelligence Read More

State Police To Conduct Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico In November 2025

by

NMSP News:

Statewide – State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during November 2025.

We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the Read More

National Park Service To Conduct Prescribed Fire Burns At Valles Caldera National Preserve Beginning Around Nov. 3

by

NPS News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS — National Park Service (NPS) fire staff from the Pueblo Parks Fire Group are planning to begin winter pile burning operations within the South Mountain, San Antonio, and Cerro Pinyon project areas of Valles Caldera National Preserve beginning on or around Nov. 3.

Burning activities will continue throughout the winter months as weather and fuel conditions allow, and ignitions will occur only when adequate snow cover or moisture is present to ensure safe and effective operations.

The prescribed pile burns are designed to reduce hazardous fuels, promote forest health, Read More

Safeguard Metals Liable For $51M In Precious Metals Fraud

by

NMRLD News:

SANTA FE — Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner Jeffrey Ikahn will pay $51.2 million in restitution and penalties for defrauding 450 elderly investors out of retirement savings in a precious metals scheme, state and federal regulators announced today.

The judgment against Safeguard Metals and Ikahn includes $25.6 million in restitution to victims and an equal monetary penalty that will be divided between the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and 30 state regulators, including New Mexico.

Six New Mexico investors purchased $2.2 million in the scheme, which ran Read More

Op-Ed: Support For Española Pathways Shelter

by

By Pastor Russ Hall
Valley View United Methodist

We all know that the pain of addiction, grief, and homelessness runs deeply within this community. We see the symptoms of decades of systems, structures, and neglect that is tearing families apart. We do not have to bring in outsiders to fill the Española Pathways Shelter because it is full with our sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, friends and community members who would otherwise be bereft.

The Española Pathways Shelter is a presence of hope in this community to those who have lost hope. We cannot imagine, nor do we want our community to endure Read More

Supreme Court Allows Allegations Of Prior Term Misconduct To Be Considered In District Attorney Removal Case

by

COURT News:

The state Supreme Court issued an order on Friday allowing allegations of misconduct in a prior term of McKinley County District Attorney Bernadine Martin to be considered in proceedings to remove her from office. Click here to view the Court’s order and the briefing by the parties on the legal issue. The case is State v. Martin, S-1-SC-41063.

The Court had directed Martin and the State on Oct. 17 to submit legal arguments on whether a district attorney could be removed only for misconduct that occurred during a current term. In Friday’s order, the Court rejected the term issue as a defense Read More

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Responds To USDA Suspension Of SNAP Benefits

by

From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE – Today, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s suspension of SNAP benefits for 42 million individuals nationwide effective Nov. 1:

The federal government’s refusal to pay for SNAP benefits in November is unconscionable — and the absurdity doesn’t end there. For New Mexico, that’s 460,000 people in our state — 21 percent of our population, the highest participation rate in the nation. The federal government has abandoned its responsibility to feed families.

My administration Read More

Hampton: Community Encouraged To Attend November Los Alamos County Health Council Meeting

by

By LISA HAMPTON
Chair
Los Alamos County Health Council

As Chair of the Los Alamos County Health Council, I wanted to personally invite you to attend the Thursday, Nov. 6 Health Council Meeting at noon, in the Municipal Building, Room 330 (third floor).

We will have our Council Member, Leah Blackwell, Chaplain with Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service and Grief Group Facilitator, give a presentation. She will explore the topic of grief with us, learning how to cultivate grief education and literacy. She will also discuss how to support others who are experiencing grief and explore ways to move through Read More

Inside Michael Ham’s Mind: How AI Could Win Wars – And Kill The Internet By 2030

by

Michael Ham

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Step into a conversation with Michael Ham, and within minutes you’re ping-ponging between the history of semiconductors, the future of warfare, and the chilling possibility that by 2030, the internet might be more bot than human.

Ham, director of the Mission Data Stewardship Alliance at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was the keynote speaker for the members of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) this month. His presentation, titled “Agentic AI for National Security”, explored the intersection of technological Read More