Mason: Acid Canyon Well Within Safe Exposure Ranges
By THOM MASON
Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
During the Manhattan Project, the nation’s urgency to develop a weapon that could win World War II led to environmental decisions that have had long-standing consequences. That is why the Department of Energy Environmental Management and its contractor N3B continue to work to clean up legacy waste in Los Alamos.
This important cleanup work will continue for many years, however, cleanup has also yielded many success stories, returning once-contaminated land to a condition that is safe for the community once again. Acid Canyon in the Los Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 2, 2024
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
There was a chill in the air to begin the Labor Day weekend. Cooler temperatures and the continuing benefit of monsoon rains have improved fishing conditions. This has allowed the State Game and Fish Department to stock more locations.
Anglers have been reporting murky to muddy water conditions at Pilar on the Rio Grande. Flows on the Rio are not too high, so the rain may be to blame.
Grouse season began Sunday, Sept. 1, so keep an eye out for these birds. They are great eating but can be hard to find. Spotting some while driving the Forest Read More
Neal-Clinton: Changes Coming To Insurance Coverage For Prescription Drugs
By BEVERLY NEAL-CLINTON
Loreen and Lane Retirement Answer Agent
Los Alamos
Editor’s note: While this article is from Beverly Neal-Clinton in her capacity as a small business owner, she also understands the importance and agrees to mention she is a candidate for Los Alamos County Council.
Did you know 87% of participants are concerned and want their prescription drugs covered? Did you know 40 to 70% of the current participants are expected to change their plans in 2025?
Take a look at the changes below…
(1) $2,000 Out-of-Pocket Cap: Starting in 2025, Medicare Part D will introduce a cap Read More
Dannemann: Volunteers Help Assure Honest Elections
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
In my garage, clinging to a cabinet door, is a magnetic sign that reads, “Election Protection”. I saved it from the last general election, when I stuck it to the door of my car and drove around to polling places as a volunteer observer for Common Cause, a nonpartisan national organization whose mission includes safeguarding free and fair elections.
My job was to observe polling locations from my car. If I saw any problems, I was instructed to report by phone – not to intervene. Concern about possible election disruption was Read More
Werley: Legality Of Feeding Deer In Los Alamos
By Dr. Ken Werley
Los Alamos
To: State Representative Christine Chandler, Los Alamos Daily Post, and NM Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF),
Re: feeding deer in Los Alamos:
BACKGROUND:
I have lived at my residence for 40 years. For 25 years, when I notice an interested deer, I have fed it a small cup of birdseed that takes a deer 2-3 minutes of their day to consume. My house backs onto the golf course and it has the only unfenced yard on the east side of 35th St on my block. Some deer daily pass though my yard on the way between the golf course and the many fruit trees across the street (and to get to the canyon Read More
Robinson: Mass Deportation Spelled Out
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
Presidential candidate Donald Trump is mining a vein of public discontent when he calls for mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. Recent polls show that Americans favor tighter restrictions on immigration, and Republicans resoundingly support mass deportation.
This would target an estimated 11 million people living here, although aspiring Vice President J. D. Vance cheerfully suggests starting with a million.
How exactly would that work?
I searched the latest thinking on the subject in media reports to give you an Read More
Home Country … Ol’ Max Evans: The First Thousand Years
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
Four years ago now. Yep, four years ago we lost Max Evans. I sure did, anyway. That old cowboy, artist, writer, bar brawler and two-fisted philosopher meant a lot to a lot of people and not just his wife, Pat, and their twin daughters.
I met Max one day about 40 years ago. I was working for the Albuquerque Journal as a columnist at the time, and another columnist there, Jim Belshaw, came up to me in the newsroom one morning and said, “We’re having lunch with Max Evans today at noon. Don’t plan anything else for the rest of the day.”
I thought he was kidding. Lunch lasted through Read More
