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Atomic City Transit Closed July 4th … Free Shuttle Service Will Operate For 4th Of July Concert At Overlook Park … Bandelier Shuttle Will Continue July 2-4

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COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit regular scheduled bus service will not operate on Monday, July 4, 2022, in observance of the holiday.

Atomic City Transit will be providing free shuttle service for the Los Alamos Fourth of July concert at Overlook Park in White Rock. 

Shuttle service will begin at 3 p.m. from Sullivan Field in Los Alamos, White Rock Visitor Center, and Piñon Elementary in White Rock. A continuous shuttle service will be provided throughout the event with the last bus at 9:30 p.m. leaving Overlook Park. 

Paratransit services for certified and registered customers also will be Read More

State Police To Conduct Checkpoints & Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico In July

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NMSP News:

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during July 2022.

They 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 Read More

Life After 50: Day Trippin

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The Bavarian Inn in Custer, S.D. Courtesy/Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO

When I was young, if you said someone was “trippin” that meant they were crazy.

After two years in a pandemic, we needed a real trip and something meaningful. Crazy to think that a trip to Mount Rushmore is a day trip, but we made it. If you stop halfway, make it Northglenn, Colo., just the loveliest place. If you do, you must eat at Cinzetti’s for cannoli, beet salad and arancini. Then visit the little park just to see the Veteran’s Memorial.

Once arriving in Custer, we day tripped for Read More

ACT Announces Detour, Bus Stop Closure Route 6 Villa Lp

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COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit has been notified that a portion of Villa and 33rd Street and 34th Street near Aspen Elementary School will not be serviced.

Bus stops #547 and #545, as well as #546 will not be serviced due to emergency water repairs.    

Delays are expected due to traffic congestion.

Direct questions to 505-661-RIDE (7433) or the ACT Tracker to locate bus routes. For  specific route service schedules, click here.  Read More

Emergency Road Closure: 33rd/34th Streets For Repairs

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COUNTY News:

A stretch of 33rd and 34th streets will be closed to through traffic 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Wednesday for emergency water repairs.

The affected portion of the streets is 34th and Villa to 33rd and Walnut Street.

Department of Public Utilities water crews will be repairing a leak and restricting traffic in the neighborhood to only those residents who live on that stretch of road. Read More

I-25 And Canyon Ranch Road Bridge Rehabilitation Project

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) would like to alert the travelling public to a bridge rehabilitation project set to begin Monday June 27 on I-25.

Kimo Constructors Inc, in conjunction with the NMDOT is set to begin a bridge rehabilitation project on Canyon Ridge Road that spans I-25. The existing bridge superstructure will be raised and rehabilitated.

During peak commuter hours all lanes will be open for traffic. Peak commuter hours are 7-9 a.m. northbound and 3-6 p.m. southbound.

Partial lane closures in either direction may occur between 5 a.m. and Read More

NMDOT Unveils New ENDWI Campaign

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — For more than 11 years, the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) Traffic Safety Division (NMDOT-TSD) has kicked off the summer with a new ENDWI campaign to coincide with statewide law enforcement traffic initiatives. 

ENDWI campaigns always have the same undertone: “If you drink, don’t drive,” but it’s the creative delivery that changes every year. The summer 2022 concept created by local advertising agency RK Venture celebrates music, dancing, friends, fun and poolside parties during the warmer, longer days of summer with the reminder Read More

NCRTD Announces 4th Of July Holiday Closure

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District’s RTD Blue Buses will not be in service Monday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Service on the 255 Mountain Trail, which had been suspended due to the closure of the Santa Fe National Forest, will resume Tuesday, July 5.

NCRTD is wishing everyone a safe and healthy holiday. Read More