Los Alamos Reporter

SFNF NEWS RELEASE

Acres Burned: 8197

Containment: 0%

Start Date: August 4, 2026

Cause: Lightning

Personnel: 430

As of 6:00am, August 13, 2026, California Complex Interagency Incident Management Team 8 (CIMT),

BY ROBERT GIBSON
Chair
Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities

You’re right. Los Alamos utility rates are increasing – although not as much as some suggest. Why? What can be expected for the future?
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The basic driver of our utility rate increases is inflation.

Inflation pushes up the cost of almost everything. Utilities is no...

NMDOH NEWS RELEASE

The New Mexico Department of Health will maintain its full childhood vaccination recommendations despite President Trump’s executive order signed Monday.
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The President’s order calls for cutting the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 17 to 11 and seeks to change the schedule for when and how these disease-preventing v...

COUNTY NEWS RELEASE

Around 1300 customers are experiencing a power outage. The outage was reported around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, August 13.

Crews were quickly dispatched and are isolating where the source of the outage is located. As of 9:15 p.m., no estimated time for power restoration has been reported.

Updates will be provided as they are ...

Carla, seen here with a client at the new Hair Experts location Thursday at 2101 Trinity Drive, Suite S.. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Sarafina Flores with a client who just arrived for a manicure Thursday at the Hair Experts salon. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

A view of the bright and spaci...