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February 10, 2023 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —
The U.S. agency in charge of producing key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal has cleared the way for new equipment to be installed at a New Mexico laboratory as part of a multibillion-dollar mission, but nuclear watchdog groups say the project already is behind schedule and budgets have ballooned.
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US nuclear agency falls short on scheduling, cost estimates
January 12, 2023 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. agency in charge of jumpstarting the production of key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal is falling short when it comes to having a comprehensive schedule for the multibillion-dollar project.
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Watchdog groups call review at US nuclear lab ‘sham’ process
August 19, 2022 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is planning to review the environmental effects of operations at one of the nation’s prominent nuclear weapons laboratories, but its notice issued Friday leaves out federal goals to ramp up production of plutonium cores used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal.
Cowboys For Trump leader fighting to keep job in New Mexico
August 16, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is fighting to keep his seat as a New Mexico county commissioner as he faces possible removal and disqualification from public office for his participation in last year’s insurrection at the U.S.
2 New Mexico counties added to wildfire disaster declaration
August 4, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two more New Mexico counties have been added to a federal disaster declaration issued in response to the state’s historic wildfire season.
State officials said Thursday that Los Alamos and Sandoval counties will now be eligible for grant funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire
May 14, 2022 GMTLOS ALAMOS N.M. (AP) — Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national security lab — where assessing apocalyptic threats is a specialty and wildland fire is a beguiling equation.
US nuclear agency sued over public records requests
April 6, 2022 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A watchdog group is suing the National Nuclear Security Administration over its failure to release public records related to the U.S. government’s plans to manufacture key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal.
Prosecutor against probation in cases of aggravated fleeing
March 29, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Dangerous incidents involving high-speed police pursuits have prompted a northern New Mexico district attorney to adopt a policy to toughen potential plea deals for defendants in those cases.
Bandelier officials assessing area of fatal rock fall
March 25, 2022 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Officials are assessing the area of Bandelier National Monument in northern New Mexico where an Illinois woman was killed when struck by a falling rock while climbing a ladder to reach a canyon alcove.
Rock strike, fall from ladder kills visitor at Bandelier
March 24, 2022 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A visitor was fatally injured at Bandelier National Monument when struck by a falling rock while climbing ladders to reach a canyon alcove, monument officials.
The visitor fell about 30 feet (9 meters) after being struck Wednesday while climbing the second of the four ladders used to the reach the Alcove House, officials said in a statement.
New Mexico bill allows testing to prevent fentanyl deaths
March 1, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is allowing broad access to test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help avoid deadly overdoses, under legislation signed Monday by Democratic Gov.
New Mexico bill allows testing to prevent fentanyl deaths
February 15, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Legislature passed a bill Monday to legalize test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help avoid deadly overdoses.
A 32-3 vote in the Senate sent the bill for final approval to Gov.
Investigation board to look into reported leak at Los Alamos
February 8, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Agency has formed an accident investigation board to look into last month’s reported leak that contaminated several workers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Preproduction of Oppenheimer movie underway in New Mexico
January 29, 2022 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Preproduction is underway in northern New Mexico for a film directed by Christopher Nolan about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist called the father of the atomic bomb for his leading role in World War II's Manhattan Project.
New Mexico church official urges nuclear disarmament talks
January 11, 2022 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The head of one of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States says now is the time to rejuvenate and sustain a global conversation about the need for nuclear disarmament and how to develop ways to avoid a new nuclear arms race.
Concerns persist about pace of cleanup at US nuclear lab
January 8, 2022 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories are reiterating their promise to focus on cleaning up Cold War-era contamination left behind by decades of research and bomb-making.
New Mexico tribes concerned about plan to power nuclear lab
December 29, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Indigenous leaders are concerned about a proposed multimillion-dollar transmission line that would cross what they consider sacred lands.
More workers sue US nuclear lab over vaccine mandate
October 27, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another group of workers is suing Los Alamos National Laboratory over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, arguing that the requirement discriminates against employees who sought religious or medical exemptions.
New Mexico judge denies lab workers’ claim in vaccine fight
October 15, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Friday denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los Alamos National Laboratory to block a vaccine mandate, meaning workers risk being fired if they don't comply with the lab's afternoon deadline.
Dozens of US nuclear lab workers sue over vaccine mandate
October 14, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday — be vaccinated or prepare to be fired.
A total of 114 workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory — the birthplace of the atomic bomb — are suing over the mandate, saying exemptions have been unduly denied and their constitutional rights are being violated by Triad National Security LLC, the contractor that runs the lab for the U.S.
US aims to relax testing of contaminants at nuke weapon lab
September 27, 2021 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department wants to switch to less stringent testing for detecting cancer-causing chemicals at and around one of its premier nuclear weapons laboratories despite concerns from environmentalists and New Mexico regulators.
US authorities warn against flying drones over national lab
August 23, 2021 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Drone pilots beware.
Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning Monday that airspace over Los Alamos National Laboratory is off limits.
Contaminated water spilled at Los Alamos National Laboratory
August 17, 2021 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two hundred gallons of contaminated water spilled at the Los Alamos National Laboratory nearly a month ago after a worker failed to close a cooling valve.
New Mexico education secretary replaced, new top cop named
July 29, 2021 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Education Secretary Ryan Stewart is the latest cabinet secretary to call it quits during the coronavirus pandemic.
The education post will be filled by former Los Alamos Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus starting Aug.
US pushes ahead with nuclear plans despite watchdog concerns
April 30, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Biden administration appears to be picking up where former President Donald Trump left off as the federal agency that oversees U...
US lab looks to boost power supply ahead of nuclear mission
April 20, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government plans to build a new transmission line and make other upgrades costing hundreds of million dollars to ensure its laboratory in northern New Mexico has enough electricity for ongoing operations and future missions that include manufacturing key components for the nation's nuclear arsenal...
US nuclear lab to relocate hundreds of workers in New Mexico
March 8, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories announced Monday that it will be moving hundreds of employees from its sprawling campus in the mountains of northern New Mexico to Santa Fe as part of a real estate deal that officials described as the largest job relocation in the capital city's history...
New Mexico goes to court over slow cleanup at US nuclear lab
February 25, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is going after the federal government for failing to make progress on cleaning up contamination left behind by decades of bomb-making and nuclear research at one of the nation’s premier labs as concerns mount over plans to resume production of key components for the U...
New Mexico Senate endorses $200 million for business grants
February 19, 2021 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Senate has endorsed a bill that would provide $200 million from the state general fund to thousands of businesses that experienced income declines in 2020, in a nearly unanimous vote Thursday...
Audit raises concerns about wildfire risks at US nuclear lab
February 10, 2021 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories isn’t taking the necessary precautions to guard against wildfires, according to an audit by the U...
New Mexico counties have long way to go under virus system
December 1, 2020 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is moving to a county-by-county system for responding to COVID-19 that allows local communities to shed some restrictions on mass gatherings, restaurant dining, attendance at religious services and some nonessential businesses — if the virus retreats...
New Mexico counties in the ‘red,’ virus spread remains high
November 27, 2020 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been trending down over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month, but nearly every county remained deep in the red zone Friday as the state was just days away from launching its new “red to green” system for reopening...
US officials: No new environmental study for nuclear lab
September 2, 2020 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Administration says it doesn’t need to do an additional environmental review for Los Alamos National Laboratory before it begins producing key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal because it has enough information...
Los Alamos newspaper to call it quits after decades in print
August 25, 2020 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — The newspaper that has served the northern New Mexico community of Los Alamos for nearly six decades will publish its last edition on Sunday.
The Los Alamos Monitor announced on its webpage that the decision was shared with staff Friday by officials with Landmark Community Newspapers.
Woman seriously injured in northern New Mexico bear attack
July 18, 2020 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A woman was seriously injured when she was chased and attacked by a bear which approached her and her husband as they were comet-watching on the deck of a northern New Mexico ski area's lodge, authorities said Saturday...
US nuclear lab investigates breach at plutonium facility
July 7, 2020 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials at one of the nation’s premier nuclear labs are investigating the potential exposure of employees to plutonium...
US Energy Department fined $304K over waste documentation
June 24, 2020 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has been fined $304,000 over missed deadlines in documenting waste shipments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, department officials said...
Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruption
May 23, 2020 GMTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though they're neighbors, two New Mexico counties couldn't be further apart in the rate of people answering the 2020 census...
Official: US must move ahead with nuclear weapons work
May 6, 2020 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top nuclear security official says the U.S. must move ahead with plans to ramp up production of key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus...
Dozens of teams to convene for New Mexico STEM Challenge
December 7, 2019 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It's crunch time for dozens of student teams that will be testing their ability to use science, technology, engineering and math to solve real-world problems.
Hundreds of people will convene Saturday in Los Alamos for the first New Mexico Governor's STEM Challenge...
New Mexico town plans major airport expansion
November 16, 2019 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Los Alamos County has big plans for its airport.
The northern New Mexico community is seeking to revitalize the airport through an estimated $9...
National lab details $13B in building plans over next decade
August 17, 2019 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory have plans for $13 billion worth of construction projects over the next decade at the northern New Mexico complex as it prepares to ramp up production of plutonium cores for the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal...
Regulators: Los Alamos lab nuclear safety effort falls short
April 30, 2019 GMTSANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — Regulators say Los Alamos National Laboratory has not ensured sufficient nuclear safety in its operations as the New Mexico facility prepares to increase its work with plutonium...
The past 100 years, April 12, 2019
April 13, 2019 GMTFrom the Santa Fe New Mexican:
April 12, 1919: The wet and dry fight as far as the state of New Mexico is concerned is far from being settled. Though no effort is to be made to attack the state wide prohibition law, passed by the voters of the state, the ratification of the national prohibitory amendment by the fourth state legislature is under fire.
The past 100 years, March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019 GMTFrom the Santa Fe New Mexican:
March 5, 1919: (Tucumcari News) “Fatty” Arbuckle passed through Tucumcari last Thursday night on his way to El Paso and afforded a few movie fans the opportunity of holding a short conversation with this distinguished screen comedian.
Suspected Utah bank robber found in Los Alamos
January 30, 2019 GMTUtah police found a suspected bank robber from the Salt Lake City area in Los Alamos earlier this month, court records say, when he was arrested by Los Alamos police and accused of distributing a controlled substance.
Mushrooms could help clean toxic groundwater in New Mexico
October 3, 2018 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Water conservationists and a Native American women's advocacy group believe they've found a potential solution to a massive, decades-old underground plume of toxic chromium that likely has spread from property owned by Los Alamos National Laboratory to San Ildefonso Pueblo land...
Who will hold Los Alamos County accountable?
September 16, 2018 GMTSome Democrats are calling on former Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Executive Director Andrea Romero to step down from the House race, but who is calling on Los Alamos County employees and county councilors to step down (“Group asks AG to launch criminal investigation,” Aug.
New Mexico nuclear weapons laboratory marks 75 years
July 8, 2018 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — When J. Robert Oppenheimer invited top scientists, engineers and technicians to New Mexico in 1943 to build the world's first nuclear weapon, no one really knew what the results would be.
3 closed Manhattan Project sites to open for science fest
July 3, 2018 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Three historic sites in New Mexico connected to the development of the world's first atomic bomb will open for a science festival.
The Los Alamos Monitor reports the Manhattan Project National Historical Park's sites located "behind the fence" in Los Alamos will be made available to a small crowd next month during ScienceFest 2018.
Endorsements for contested state House races
May 26, 2018 GMTContested races for the New Mexico House of Representatives can be few and far between — but this June primary, both Democratic and Republican voters have a number of choices. That’s good for democracy and eventually could lead to a better government.
Excellent credentials as an environmentalist — and more
May 13, 2018 GMTI am a lifetime member of the Sierra Club and have been on the executive committee of the Rio Grande Chapter and chairman of my local Pajarito Group. I am a member of at least 15 other national and local environmental groups, and have served two terms on the Los Alamos County Environmental Sustainability Board.
Clarification: Los Alamos-Plutonium Future story
May 11, 2018 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In a story May 9 about the future of plutonium core production at a nuclear weapons plant in New Mexico, The Associated Press reported that the Savanna River Site in South Carolina, which produced components for the nation's nuclear weapons caches, has been shuttered since the mid-20th century...
Robertson, St. Michael’s girls advance
May 7, 2018 GMTALBUQUERQUE — The Team State Tennis Tournament got underway Friday and, as expected, the 1A-4A girls draw saw No. 1 seed Las Vegas Robertson and No. 2 St. Michael’s easily advance into Saturday morning’s semifinals.
Santa Clara woman worked on Manhattan Project, became advocate for science education
March 14, 2018 GMTFloy Agnes Lee, one of the many unsung heroines who worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos during World War II, died in her sleep March 6 in her home at the Kingston Residence of Santa Fe, her daughter said.
Funds for ostrich farm fuel criticism of regional coalition
March 4, 2018 GMTThe embattled executive director of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is under fire again.
This time, Andrea Romero, a Democrat seeking a seat in the state Legislature, faces criticism over $41,000 she received last year to help grow her commercial ostrich farm in the town of Ribera about 50 miles southeast of Santa Fe.
U.S. Department of Energy still unsure of extent of LANL chromium contamination
September 22, 2017 GMTMore than a dozen years after a massive plume of contamination was discovered in the groundwater below Los Alamos National Laboratory — the result of the lab’s poor waste management practices four decades ago — a U.S.
Police: Man threatens to pull gun over wrong taco order
July 18, 2017 GMTLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he threatened to pull a gun on a taco shop employee for giving him the wrong order...
Los Alamos lab officials: ‘Learning curve’ with more plutonium
June 8, 2017 GMTLos Alamos National Laboratory officials told a federal advisory board that they expect to be working with unprecedented levels of highly radioactive plutonium in coming years, engaging in what was described during a Wednesday night hearing in Santa Fe as a “learning curve.”
LANL management topic of forum
April 26, 2017 GMTA public forum will be held Wednesday night in Los Alamos to discuss a proposed not-for-profit management structure for Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The forum will be held by the University Professional and Technical Employees, a group that represents employees of the University of California.
LANL’s Area G at center of nuclear cleanup effort
April 23, 2017 GMTLOS ALAMOS — To stand at one of the largest radioactive dumps in the nation requires a drive through two security checkpoints, a clearance badge and, for outsiders, a three-to-one guard by federal employees.
Pet Briefs: Shelter joins Earth Day festival in Los Alamos
April 20, 2017 GMTShelter joins Earth Day festival
The Santa Fe animal shelter will bring adoptable dogs to the annual Earth Day Festival on Saturday in Los Alamos.
The shelter’s adoptable dogs will be on site from 10 a.m.
Letters to the editor, April 14, 2017
April 14, 2017 GMTMayor Javier Gonzales shouldn’t be surprised that Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election — the same fate may fall on him. The hard-working middle class families who built this city and country have been forgotten by our public policy makers.
The past 100 years, April 7, 2017
April 7, 2017 GMTApril 7, 1917: GALLUP, N.M. — Word that a movement is on foot among members of a fraternal order of Old Mexico Mexicans to blow up the mines near Gallup and when attention is taken from the town by the explosion, to raid Gallup and seize all arms and ammunition available, was received by the Denver office of the American Fuel company and transmitted here.
Prep baseball: Formidable Hilltoppers cause chaos for Jaguars
March 15, 2017 GMTDon’t count out the Los Alamos Hilltoppers just yet.
Even though the Mang Dynasty (that would be brothers Jared and Connor, who are both members of The University of New Mexico baseball program) is over, Los Alamos is quite ready to give up its perch in Class 5A just yet.
Celebrations, March 5, 2017
March 5, 2017 GMTCollected Works Bookstore owner Dorothy Massey was honored with a certificate of appreciation Thursday when nearly 160 authors and their guests gathered at La Fonda on the Plaza for the inaugural New Mexico Writers Dinner.
Smartboard, Oct. 24, 2016
October 24, 2016 GMTTransfer day at college
The Santa Fe Community College hosts a College Transfer Day featuring representatives from many of New Mexico’s four-year colleges and universities to help students looking to continue their studies toward a four-year college degree.
Ex-Los Alamos director Harold Agnew dies
October 1, 2013 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Harold Agnew, a former Los Alamos National Laboratory Director who worked on the Manhattan Project and later led the effort to train the first group of international atomic inspectors, died Sunday, his family announced.