Martinez: Protecting Financial Well-Being Of Our Small Businesses Is Essential To Sustaining Strong Community Ties And Economic Stability Of Los Alamos
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
President, Los Alamos Region
Enterprise Bank & Trust, Member FDIC
As we settle into 2026, I encourage all of our small business owners to take a moment to review their fraud prevention plans. Since many local businesses don’t have large security departments, planning ahead is an important step we can take to protect ourselves.
The world of fraud is changing rapidly, driven more recently by artificial intelligence (AI). This means scams are faster, more convincing and much harder to recognize. Those old red flags, like awkward emails or clunky visuals, are disappearing, Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Feb. 17, 2026
BRIDGE News:
Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming were Tuesday winners in flight A. Spook Kellum and Al Pratt were 1st in Flight B. Ann-Marie Graves and Mary Courtright were 1st in Flight A on Wednesday. Reggie Fuchs and Randy Baker were high in Flight B.
The following hand shows that a great fit plus a distributional hand could land the partnership in an easy slam.
Board 13 from the February 17 game: North is the dealer and both sides are vulnerable.
After North and East pass, South has a natural 2NT opening bid (20-21 HCP and a balanced hand). After West’s pass, North should bid 3♦, a transfer Read More
Op-Ed: Española Is At A Crossroads … Do We Continue Down The Path Of Decline … Or Try Something New?
By Samuel LeDoux
Española City Councilor
Española is at a crossroads: do we continue down the path of decline where instability, controversy, and incompetence dominate city hall, or do we try something new?
Over the last four years, John Ramon Vigil has made the City of Española his own personal telenovela, with constant headlines about his personal problems, staff turnover, and rising crime and homelessness rates. During his term as Mayor, the city has stumbled into millions of dollars in debt, and we haven’t been able to often pass more than 4-5 ordinances a year.
I’m supporting Read More
Op-Ed: I’m For Nuclear And I Am An Environmentalist
By JUDY-ANN POTTINGER
President & Director
Clean Energy Association of New Mexico
Is this possible? Pro-nuclear and pro-environmentalist at the same time? It might be like saying, can you be a Cowboys fan and live in Houston? Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive.
For decades, environmentalism and nuclear energy have been cast as enemies. But what if that narrative is outdated? Meet the next age nuclear—the big shift.
This shift isn’t just theoretical or fringe; it’s mainstream, even among well-known climate champions. Bill Gates, long known for his focus on climate, has become Read More
Gessing: Medical Malpractice Success A Win, But More Needed
By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
The passage of medical malpractice reform is the most important public policy success in New Mexico in more than a decade. It took support from New Mexicans of every political stripe and a bi-partisan coalition in the Legislature to achieve this success, but at long last the State’s malpractice-driven doctor shortage may be over.
In addition to the medical malpractice bill, the Legislature entered New Mexico into the national doctor compact and enacted a $10K tax credit for physicians. Combined, this may be enough to start turning the tide. Read More
Robinson: Medical Malpractice Bill Exposed Willful Ignorance And Conflicts Of Interest
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services
Sen. Joe Cervantes was litigating House Bill 99, the medical malpractice reform bill, on the Senate floor, and he had plenty to say.
Two days earlier, Cervantes, a trial lawyer, had defanged HB 99 with amendments in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he chairs. Now, in a floor fight, he was grilling Sen. Crystal Brantley, R-Elephant Butte, who was trying to strip the Cervantes amendments and restore HB 99 to its original language. Cervantes droned on about legal points in what Brantley characterized as “a back-and-forth, condescending Read More
Catch Of The Week: When Your Robot Vacuum Joins The Surveillance State
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
There are few modern purchases more comforting than a robot vacuum. You name it something cute (Mine is named “mega maid” iykyk). You watch it bonk into furniture. You pretend it is your hardworking little cleaning buddy. You fantasize about your cat riding around on it. Normal things.
Unfortunately, your hardworking little buddy may also be a mobile camera, microphone, and home mapping system waiting for a backend security mistake.
Which is exactly what happened recently, yikes!
A software engineer was trying to do something extremely Read More
