Opportunities To Share Feedback On ‘Have Your Say’ Page
COUNTY News:
eComment tool: Los Alamos County launched in August 2024 an eComment tool designed to enhance public engagement for County Council meetings. The eComment function allows individuals to submit online public comments for upcoming Council meetings once the agenda is published, typically the Friday before the meeting.
Online comments may be submitted until noon on the day of the Council meeting, and copies will be provided to each councilor before the start of the meeting and become part of the public record. This tool enables residents to participate from anywhere.
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Tales Of Our Times: History Recalls The Wisdom In Clean Air Decisions
Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
History Recalls The Wisdom In Clean Air Decisions
A common theme is: “Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.” The history of cleaning polluted air gave us hard-won lessons learned that can spare us from repeating them. As ever, what we don’t know or remember will again cost the continuing effort. So, this column looks back at the early years of clean air rules (the 1970s), when rules were first shaped.
Those pioneer struggles for clean air showed us much more than merely the outcomes of lawsuits. To Read More
All Shall Be Well: Slow Down, Advent Is Here
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, and The Rev. Mary Ann Hill. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Amy Schmuck
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
As you read this, Christian communities have celebrated the beginning of a new liturgical church year with this Sunday, Nov. 30. Advent season is here! What I most appreciate is that the messages in our church lectionary readings, the rhythm of our worship, and the music we use is counter-cultural to the hype, consumerism, stress, rush, and pressures of our society in December. We begin a new Read More
NM Junior Foodies Review: Sawmill Market Winter Experience
Come tour the Winter Market with us! Photo by Rebecca Rutherford
Outdoor space at Sawmill Market all decorated for the holidays. Photo by Rebecca Rutherford
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For NM Junior Foodies
Heritage Hotels and Resorts announces the second annual Sawmill Winter Experience, running from Nov. 28 to Dec. 31, at Albuquerque’s bustling food hall, Sawmill Market.
This indoor and outdoor winter celebration is unlike anything else in New Mexico and brings an immersive holiday wonderland to the Southwest, complete with seasonal food and beverage offerings, enchanting decorations, Read More
On Today’s Small Business Saturday, Haaland Urges New Mexicans To Shop Local, Strengthen Community Economies
Gubernatorial Candidate Deb Haaland
From the Deb Haaland for Governor Campaign:
ALBUQUERQUE – On Small Business Saturday, Deb Haaland, candidate for Governor of New Mexico, encouraged New Mexicans to shop small and support local businesses. Haaland views New Mexico small businesses as a key way to address the affordability crisis by growing opportunities for good-paying jobs across the state and providing an alternative to large corporations that price gauge.
As a single mom, Haaland started selling salsa to help make ends meet and provide the flexibility to care for her young child. Read More
Op-Ed: Response To Wallace Piece On Nuclear Weapons Testing
By CHICK KELLER
Los Alamos
In response to Terry Wallace’s recent article about previous underground testing of nuclear weapons (link), I’d like to first support his complete opposition to any atmospheric testing. I suspect President Trump isn’t serious, but is merely trying to scare other countries into cessation of any nuclear testing.
I recall the disaster of the Baneberry underground test that broke through and emitted radioactive material to the atmosphere.
I was a junior scientist working on determining how to contain the very first moments of underground tests. Soon after that Read More
Local Love: Do You Have Some To Give?
By KEVIN HOLSAPPLE
Board Member
Places and Spaces Los Alamos
Los Alamos and White Rock are communities defined in large part by their independent spirit and local businesses. If you tuned in to the Los Alamos Local Business Coalition forums earlier this year, you will understand that many of our local businesses continue to struggle with maintaining pre-pandemic cash flow and revenue margins. Challenges like difficulty finding workers, increased labor costs, and high operational costs persist in our uncertain economy. To ensure our small businesses fully recover and achieve sustainable
