An Open Book: Summer Job
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
My Mom finagled my first real job the summer of 1976, joining her at a factory that made Navy lifeboats. On my first day, I was placed at a table in the corner of the factory floor. My task was to put together and shrink-wrap little fishing kits: a few fish hooks, some fishing line, bait made of nasty-looking leathery strips, an instruction booklet, etc. Mowing lawns paid a lot less, but it was outdoors, with the side benefit of a then-healthy-looking suntan. Other than more money, the only advantage of working in a factory that I could think of was that, before iPods or Read More
Dannemann: Get Substantive Information From Candidate Websites
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann
In this gubernatorial primary, Sam Bregman’s campaign has done something noteworthy. It is worth looking at.
Posted on his website, bregmanfornm.com, is an in-depth document of his policy priorities including a large number of specific action items. It is by far the most detailed such document I have seen on a campaign website.
“Sam’s Blueprint” runs 198 pages in big type. It’s designed as a single PDF document so readers can download it. Most of the statements are easy-to-read bullet points.
This is not an endorsement of Bregman Read More
Op-Ed: To Grow Up And Leave Los Alamos…
By Sal DeWitt
From Los Alamos
I never knew there was a part of life I was missing until I left Los Alamos.
Maybe it’s a part of becoming an adult, but now I understand what everyone meant
When they talked about it being a
Sheltered,
Quiet,
Town.
Los Alamos is like a ray of sunshine hidden in a dark alley. Sometimes even unnoticed, but too small to see beyond the walls of the buildings surrounding it. Not able to reveal how dark the world could really get.
I moved to Los Angeles
After rehab,
After the drugs,
After realizing the darkest addiction existed in places people call “perfect.”
And now I find myself Read More
Catch Of The Week: That Streaming Renewal Email? Don’t Click It
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Summer is almost here, and apparently so are streaming subscription phishing emails. This week’s catch landed in my inbox trying to look very official, very urgent… and very fake.
Prime themed phish example
The email claimed to be from PrimeStream, clearly spoofing Amazon Prime. It had the branding, the button, the membership ID, the whole setup. It said payment had failed and subscription expired on May 25 and demanded a click to “Update Payment Details” RIGHT NOW. Today. No time to think.
Here’s the thing. The sender’s address was Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: May 18, 2026
BRIDGE News:
In the May 18 Club Championship game, Sig Lodwig and Jerry Morzinski were 1st in Flight A, Michelle and Cliff Rudy were 2nd, Ann-Marie Graves and Mary Courtright were 3rd, and Bev and Martin Cooper were 4th. In Flight B, Harry Dewey and Linda Lambert were 1st, and Reggie Fuchs and Jan Barnes were 2nd.
In the May 20 Grass Roots Fund game, Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st in Flight A, and Cliff and Michelle Rudy were 2nd. In Flight B, Bev Cooper and Sam Borkowsky were 1st. The following is a very straightforward hand that should see all N/S pairs reach slam. The opportunity to bid a grand Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: May 26, 2026
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 32,444 rainbow trout weighing 15,563 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico.
Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Streamflow above 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second would be common. The terrible snowpack and poor spring runoff have kept streamflow well see below normal.
Streamflow in the Rio Grande increased slightly and is still below average to extremely below average in Northern New Mexico. At Taos Junction Read More
Robinson: New Mexico Reckons With Economic Impact Of Federal Job Cuts
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services
A recent headline tells us that New Mexico lost 2,700 federal jobs between March 2025 and March 2026. It’s actually worse than that.
Late last year the number of unemployed federal employees hit 2,900 and stayed at that level for months, pushing up our unemployment rate.
I spent years at newspapers where we reported – and lamented – the loss of even 100 jobs in this state. These numbers are breathtaking on a lot of levels.
First, about one in 20 jobs in New Mexico is, or was, in the federal government. A dollar spent by a federal employee has Read More
