On The Job: Trish Babich At Smith’s In White Rock
On the job Tuesday is Pick-up Clerk Trish Babich at Smith’s Food and Drug in White Rock. Babich will celebrate 20 years of service in May. Smith’s is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week at 31 Sherwood Blvd. For information. call 505.672.3811 or visit www.smithsfoodanddrug.com #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.comNew Mexico Emergency Public Health Order Amends Capacity Requirements For Essential Retail Spaces
From the Office of the Governor News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico state emergency public health order was amended today to accommodate slightly increased capacity inside essential retail spaces, such as grocery stores and certain other large big box retailers that generate a percentage of their revenue from consumable food and drink products, as cold weather grips most of New Mexico.
In accordance with the state’s graduated red-to-green system of measuring the risk of viral spread in specific counties, the changes establish that essential retail spaces:
- May operate at 50 percent of maximum
SpinLaunch Plans Major Expansion At Spaceport America
SpinLaunch’s 10,000 sq. ft. Integration Facility/Mission Control at Spaceport America. Courtesy/NMEDD
NMEDD News:
SPACEPORT AMERICA — A company developing and testing a mass accelerator with the aim of launching satellites into space orbit, using kinetic energy instead of rockets, is expanding at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced Tuesday.
SpinLaunch signed a lease at Spaceport America in 2019 and has since invested in test facilities and an integration facility. The company is now set to hire an additional 59 highly-paid workers and complete Read More
Curbside Pickup At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
Environment Department COVID Watchlist Update: Dec. 15
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has updated its daily Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist, which includes New Mexico places of employment that had two or more rapid responses in the last 14 days.
There are 157 establishments on the Watchlist.
The current Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist and closure list, which includes all establishments that have been required to close, are posted here.
The state initiates a rapid response when it learns of a positive COVID-19 case in a workplace. NMED or the state agency initiating the rapid response will offer direction to establishments
Ashley O’Malley Wins $500 Shopping Spree At Metzger’s
Metzger’s just announced that Ashley O’Malley is the second $500 shopping spree winner for 2020 at Metzger’s Hardware in Los Alamos. Metzger’s will be drawing again in the spring for two more $500 winners at the Los Alamos and White Rock stores. Courtesy/Metzger’s O’Donnell: County Council/Reel Deal Theater
Scene of a PEEC event held at the Reel Deal Theater before its closure. Courtesy/RDT
By JIM O’DONNELL
Former Co-Owner
Reel Deal Theater
I’m thrilled to hear our County is seriously considering investing in the former Reel Deal Theater. The theater holds within those auditoriums many possibilities for our community and so much more potential than just another office building.
For starters, they could keep one or two screens (which are fully functional) to show special showings, events, and films. They could bring back Summer at the Movies and Senior Appreciation Night, both wildly popular Read More
Council On American-Islamic Relations Asks Feds To Probe ‘Hate Vandalism’ Targeting Indian Restaurant In Albuquerque
A man was caught on video Friday night throwing rocks at the window of Taste of India near restaurant in Albuquerque – the third such crime against the eatery since October. Screenshot/LADP
Racial slurs written on a newspaper tied around a rock previously thrown at the Taste of India restaurant. Screenshot/LADP
CAIR News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a string of attacks on an Indian restaurant Read More
Gessing: Netflix ‘Deal’ A Blow To State’s Finances
By PAUL J. GESSING
Rio Grande Foundation
New Mexico remains among the most locked down states in the nation when it comes to the CoronaVirus. In October the State’s unemployment rate was among the highest in the nation at 8.1%.
This difficult economic news combined with the election of a more “progressive” Legislature in November mean that tax increases (and even spending cuts) are likely in store for the upcoming 2021 legislative session. With New Mexico relying heavily on oil and gas revenues, the State’s economic pain will last beyond the coming year.
A new deal announced by Gov. Lujan Grisham Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Wild Horse Harry Shoeing Elvis
On the job in Los Alamos inspecting a horse shoe Wednesday is Wild Horse Harry (Touloumis) at North Mesa Stables. For information, visit www.wildhorseharry.com or call 505.249.2441. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Wild Horse Harry (Touloumis) prepares a shoe for Elvis Wednesday at the North Mesa Stables. If he looks like he just walked off a movie set it is because he does have a few movie credits to his name: IMDb website: Harry Touloumis is known for his work on Outlaw Justice (2009), Las Vegas New Mexico 1875 (2008) and The Pinkertons Read More
