Real Estate Corner: 10 Tips To Purchasing A New Home
Real Estate CornerBuying a new home is exciting and a big commitment, both emotionally and financially. These 10 steps of the home buying process can help you make the best decision possible so you can purchase with confidence:.
- Step 1: Find a Mortgage Lender. Your mortgage lender can pre-qualify you for a mortgage and provide with the price range you should be looking at in your home search. A pre-qualification letter will be issued to you by your mortgage lender.
- Step 2: Find the right Real Estate Professional. A Realtor ® can help you find
Los Alamos Cooperative Market Celebrates Four Years In Business Saturday!

CO+OP News:
The Los Alamos Co+op Market is celebrating its 4th anniversary Saturday by offering fun learning experiences for all ages, live music, food sampling, cake and a semi-annual Inventory Reduction Sale.
Celebrate community while enjoying interactive booths by a variety of non-profit organizations including the NMSU County Extension, Camino de Paz, Family YMCA and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
To show appreciation for the Co+op’s member/owners, the Co+op is offering a 10 percent discount Saturday on all regular priced items.
Activities for all ages:
All Day: Read More
Yang: Smart Technologies…May Need Some EQ
Yang: Smart Technologies…May Need Some EQ (Emotional Intelligence)There is always tension between wanting to be apart from others, asserting our individual identity, and desiring to belong to a collective, be it an organization or a culture. And this tension is more evident and acceptable in some societies than in others.
For instance, in Chinese culture, the desire to be more individualistic is certainly not encouraged and often actively suppressed, whereas in the States, coexistence of individualism and belonging seems to be ubiquitous. Perhaps Read More
First National Promotes Carl Rood To Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer
Carl Rood
BUSINESS News:
ALBUQUERQUE – The Board of Directors of First National is pleased to announce that Carl Rood has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer.
Rood has been with the Bank since August of 2013 and leads the Bank’s Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance Department. He also manages the FDICIA, CRA and regulatory requirements and has more than 31 years of banking experience with several West Coast banks and the FNMA (Federal National Mortgage Association).
“Carl has shown exceptional leadership in his role at the Bank,” says Interim CEO, Doug Brown. Read More
MapLight: Platts’ Nuclear Conference – $60 Million In Lobbying From Top Five Companies
MAPLIGHT News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Top representatives of the nuclear energy industry gathered in Washington, D.C., last week for the Platts’ Annual Nuclear Energy Conference. Scheduled speakers were industry heavyweights like Bill Pitesa, the chief nuclear officer at Duke Energy, and David Brown, the senior vice president for federal government affairs at Exelon.
Since Jan. 1, 2013, the top five U.S. nuclear power operating companies and the Nuclear Energy Institute have spent a combined $60.4 million on lobbying Congress and federal agencies.
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CMS Announces Special Health Care Enrollment Period For Tax Season
CMS News:
- Eligible consumers have from March 15 through April 30 to enroll
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a special enrollment period (SEP) for individuals and families who did not have health coverage in 2014 and are subject to the fee or “shared responsibility payment” when they file their 2014 taxes in states which use the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces (FFM).
This special enrollment period will allow those individuals and families who were unaware or didn’t understand the implications of this new requirement to enroll Read More
New Emphasis On Industry Partnerships At Los Alamos
David Pesiri
By DAVID PESIRI, Division Leader
Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
We believe innovation is the key to addressing many challenges facing the Nation today. On all levels, Los Alamos National Laboratory is being asked to move the needle on issues of domestic and global security, advancing the scientific enterprise on energy concerns, and effective leveraging of the latest technologies and capabilities to bolster US industry and, ultimately, the US economy.
This is our charge by the public trust, a duty to both country and the world community. Read More
DNCU/Valencia Car Sale Extravaganza Underway
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ldailypost.com
DNCU team assisting customers today from left, Deb Salazar, Rita Zamora, Zerek Cover, Rayna Bustamante, Branch Manager Matthew Waldschmidt and Christina Archuleta. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ldailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ldailypost.com
DNCU News:
Del Norte Credit Union and Henry Valencia Chevrolet-Buick-GMC are bringing the 2015 Automobile Models to Los Alamos, until 3 p.m. today at Del Norte Credit Union, 1000 Trinity Dr.
The community is invited to invited this special vehicle event that includes the 2015 Volt, Spark and Canyon, plus Read More
Big Event At DNCU Los Alamos Branch Saturday!
DNCU News:
Del Norte Credit Union and Henry Valencia Chevrolet-Buick-GMC are bringing the 2015 Automobile Models to Los Alamos, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday at Del Norte Credit Union, 1000 Trinity Dr.
The community is invited to invited this special vehicle event that will the 2015 Volt, Spark and Canyon, plus more exciting new vehicles. The Del Norte Credit Union staff will be on hand to answer any questions and approve and process loan immediately. DNCU can offer interest rates as low as 1.99% APR* during this event and provide the same great service the public has come to expect from Del Norte. Read More
Welcoming ‘Startup SantaFe’ To New Mexico’s Entrepreneurial Scene
Justin Greene and Shawn Patrick of Startup SantaFe pose with speakers Molly Cernicek, Lee Zlotoff, Alan Webber, Gene Grant and Nicholas Seet. Courtesy photo
More than 100 Santa Feans pack Warehouse 21 for the preview of Startup SantaFe. Courtesy photo
Tuesday evening at the Warehouse 21 “creative hub” in Santa Fe, five seasoned entrepreneurs gathered in front of an audience of more than 100 locals to discuss entrepreneurship in the land of enchantment.
The well-attended event (https:////fi.co/e/32621) was the preview of Startup SantaFe (StartupSantaFe.com Read More

































