Catch Of The Week: Wayne County, MI Cyber Attack
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Wayne County is the most populous county in Michigan. Per Wikipedia – “As of 2020, the United States Census placed its population at 1,793,561, making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States”. Reports are indicating that this week Wayne County fell victim to a cyber attack.
Details remain slim, but according to reports from local news they are investigating a cyber attack that has targeted “some internal systems”.
“The County Information Technology team is aware of a cyber incident targeting some internal systems. Read More
Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Green Chile Corn Fritters
Green Chile Corn Fritters. Photo by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
There is a bit of magic that happens in New Mexico when the green chile tumbles in roasters and the aroma wafts through valley. The fact that fresh green chile is being roasted while our corn harvest is ripe for the picking is an amazing moment for those seeking pairs to entice the palate. Fresh corn and green chile mark the turning of the season. That magical time when the heat of the summer backs off and allows the cool, crisp mornings of the coming fall take center stage. This is the treat that will satisfy your taste Read More
Gibson: Natural Gas Is Our Biggest Local Climate Change Challenge
By ROBERT GIBSON
Chair
Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities
What greenhouse gas (GHG) emission source is our largest and will be hardest for Los Alamos to reduce or eliminate? No, it is not automotive tailpipes or billowing smokestacks at the plants that still supply much of our electric power. It is natural gas, here called simply “gas”.
Gas is a hydrocarbon, like coal, oil, gasoline, and wood. Burning hydrocarbons produce carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal GHG. (They also produce harmless water vapor.) In addition, gas is primarily methane, a much more potent GHG. Unburned gas leaks Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 1, 2024
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Kokanee salmon snagging season begins today, Oct. 1 at Navajo Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.
Kokanee salmon are a landlocked form of sockeye salmon that spend their entire life cycle in freshwater rather than migrating to the sea. Originally native to the Pacific Northwest they have been stocked in lakes throughout the Western United States.
Like other species of Pacific salmon kokanee live for three years and in their fourth year spawn and then die. During spawning they gather in large schools Male kokanee undergo dramatic physical Read More
Haaser: Ongoing Work By Art In Public Places Board
By STEPHANIE HAASER
Chair
Art in Public Places Advisory Board
Art in public places helps to create beautiful public spaces and the Art in Public Places Advisory Board values community input.
Ongoing work being pursued by the Board:
- Working to access indoor art,
- Pending gate art for Betty Ehart Center,
- Creating a Working Group to define criteria for art celebrating homestead families,
- Working to identify language for an information plaque for Flower of Flight, located at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center,
- Voted to recommend that the Maru Fountain, located at the Los Alamos Public
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What To Know About Your Mammogram
By JANET SANDY, FNP
Los Alamos Women’s Health
Los Alamos Medical Center
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a time for all of us to acknowledge the impact breast cancer can have on our lives, and to learn about the ways we can keep ourselves healthy. Breast cancer is a health risk for many people, with one in eight women expected to develop the disease during her lifetime. Thankfully, breast cancer is very treatable – if detected early. For women who are at risk, scheduling screening mammograms on a regular basis is an essential part of managing your health.
This October, add Breast Cancer Awareness Read More
Robinson: We Celebrate 20 Years Of Columns
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
“I want to stop and smell the roses,” he said. “If you want it, you can have it. Otherwise I’m going to shut it down.”
That was newsman Hal Rhodes, founder of New Mexico News Services. He had started NMNS in 1997 to provide opinion columns to New Mexico newspapers. When Hal was ready to step aside in 2004, he passed the baton to me.
We are now celebrating 20 years of a tiny business. The writers and some of our newspapers have changed but not the mission, and that is to provide views on New Mexico issues by New Mexico writers based on long experience Read More
