Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 2, 2023
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
So far, we are off to a good start in 2023. A series of storms swept through New Mexico in January, bringing much-needed snow to the mountains. Snowpacks in the Rio Chama and Jemez River watersheds are above normal. There’s some good moisture in the soil, although it could be better at lower elevations. Streamflows are near, at or above normal.
February usually sees some warmer temperatures and some thawing of the ground, especially at lower elevations. There is the feeling that winter is losing its grip. Don’t be fooled because there can Read More
Benson: Gus, The Glow-In-The-Dark Gopher
By JODY BENSON
Los Alamos
Today demarcates the point in the calendar halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox.
In simpler times, (prior to anthropogenic green-house gases causing climate change with the resulting predictability of drought, fires, floods, and species extinction, but the rarely predictable weather) on this day—Groundhog Day—it would be up to the groundhog to partner with his shadow to determine the weather for the next six weeks.
Here in New Mexico, as many of you already know, we do not have groundhogs. Rather we have gophers. Bwazillions of gophers. Los Alamos’s Read More
Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Chocolate Flan
Chocolate Flan ready to serve. Photo by Liddie Martinez.
Video showing how to prepare chocolate flan. Video by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
Over the last decade, flan has been popping up on fancy dessert menus at high end restaurants with great frequency. It used to be that outside of New Mexico, you rarely saw it in the US and most folks did not know what it was when this special dessert came up in conversation. Now it is standard fare and holds its own among Lava Cake, Chocolate Mousse and Tiramisu.
As a kid, my sister and I would pool our money to go eat flan at El Paragua after school Read More
McQuiston: How To Help Prevent House Fires
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Using our claim data, Travelers Insurance has developed a list of the most common causes of fire-related losses as well as some things you can do to help prevent them.
Faulty Wiring and Outlets Are One of the Top Causes of House Fires.
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- Check the electrical cords throughout your home for signs of fraying, and replace all frayed wires.
- Do not pinch or cover electrical cords with items such as rugs.
- Be aware of the capacity of your home’s electrical system. Do not overload your circuits. If you have questions about your home’s
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New Mexico Ethics Watch Report On Oil & Gas Industry Reveals Political Influence
From New Mexico Ethics Watch:
At first glance, it might appear that it was a bad year for the oil and gas industry as far as elections are concerned.
After all, the industry’s top choice for governor, Republican Mark Ronchetti, lost to incumbent Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham. Rochetti received nearly $900,00 from the industry, which was about 20 percent of the total oil and gas contributions in this state last year, according to campaign finance data compiled in a new study by New Mexico Ethics Watch.
And despite oil and gas interests pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the campaigns Read More
Home Country: Making The Rounds
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
I don’t mind Boots. He just curls up quietly against my belly and stays put.
But sleeping with Desdemona can be a bit unnerving. She snores. Sometimes she gets little bad dreams and scratches me, too. But hey, I get to come in out of the cold and sleep with Aunt Ada’s cats on her sofa, and a guy can tolerate a certain amount of cat snoring for that.
I was glad when I heard Aunt Ada puttering in the kitchen because I knew it was time to get up. After she let me out, she fed me, and let me tell you … that kibble was just as good this morning as it was yesterday. And then she petted me, called Read More
Ringside Seat: Board Opts For Secrecy In Political Misconduct Case In New Mexico’s Most Populous County
By MILAN SIMONICH
The Santa Fe New Mexican
So much for sunlight in New Mexico’s most populous county.
A band of bureaucrats, formally known as the Bernalillo County Code of Conduct Review Board, decided a high-profile case Tuesday but then kept the outcome secret.
At issue was whether then-Bernalillo County Commissioner Charlene Pyskoty carried on an improper financial relationship with a high-powered lobbyist who’s married to a newly minted state senator.
The lobbyist is Vanessa Alarid. Her husband, Democrat Moe Maestas, recently was appointed to the Senate on a 3-2 vote of the county Read More
