Hampton: Thank You Los Alamos County!
By DAVID HAMPTON
Elected To UNM-LA Advisory Board
I want to thank the people of Los Alamos County for electing me to the UNM-LA Advisory Board. I won’t let you down!
It was great knocking doors this year and meeting so many of you, hearing your concerns regarding UNM-LA and other County issues.
I also want to thank the many individuals who helped me to get elected. You know who you are!
Additionally, thank you to all the election workers and the County Clerk’s Office, whose tireless efforts made this all happen.
And finally, congratulations to the other candidates who were elected last night. Read More
Fr. Theophan: Commemoration Of Saint Olga Of Alaska, First Orthodox Female Native-American Saint
Matushka Olga, now Saint Olga of Alaska. Courtesy photo
By FATHER THEOPHAN
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
On Sunday, Nov. 9, this year, will be the first Orthodox commemoration of a newly glorified Saint. Saint Olga of Alaska. She is the first female Native-American Saint to be recognized by the Orthodox Church. Her story should give us all comfort and encouragement in these difficult times:
Feb. 3, 1916, in the village of Kwethluk, a daughter was born to the Native Yup’ik people. Her Yup’ik name, Arrsamquq, signifies being lowly, hidden, or unadorned—like a seed quietly sown in Read More
Catch Of The Week: Massive Donor-Database Breach Hits University Of Pennsylvania
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has confirmed the seriousness of a security incident –though perhaps worse than initially acknowledged. According to the hacker who contacted media, a breach of Penn’s systems resulted in approximately 1.2 million records of students, alumni and donors being exfiltrated. Yikes!
What happened
- The incident began when Penn’s alumni and student email lists started receiving a mass message claiming “We got hacked.” The email contained offensive language and was sent from a Penn
Daily Postcard: Peaceful Pastel Sunset Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: Peaceful pastel sunset over White Rock Monday evening. Photo by Nancy Hibbs Read More
Wallace: Nuclear Weapons Testing
By TERRY WALLACE
Colorado
(Former LANL Director)
On December 18, 1970, a nuclear weapons test was conducted in an underground shaft at the Nevada Test Site. The test, code-named Baneberry, was detonated at a depth of about 900 feet. Baneberry was a relatively small weapons test and was conducted at Yucca Flats (a large playa) in alluvial soil derived from surrounding deposits of volcanic tuff. Within the alluvium, there were intermittent seams of montmorillonite clay that were saturated with water. The drill hole was filled with a concrete plug and sorted materials; the procedure for plugging Read More
Robinson: Importing Beef From Argentina Doesn’t Put America First
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services
Ranchers can finally take a deep breath and think about paying down long-term loans and rebuilding their herds because they finally caught a break on beef prices.
When the president told reporters on Air Force One that he was thinking about reducing beef prices by importing more beef from Argentina, he triggered an instant market reaction. Cattle futures dropped $9 overnight. It was a shock to cattle growers and threatened to undercut the first financial stability they’ve enjoyed in years.
The reaction from American producers Read More
Op-Ed: New Mexico Needs Common-Sense Malpractice Reform
By Robert McAtee, MD & Elena McAtee, MD
We write to encourage you to urgently ask your State Representative and Senator to pass medical malpractice reform in the next legislative session.
I am an Emergency Medicine Physician in Española and my wife is a Family Medicine Physician here in Los Alamos. We love New Mexico, but we can no longer ignore how our state’s malpractice environment is driving doctors away and making it harder for patients to get timely care.
The numbers are stark. Independent analyses by Think New Mexico demonstrate that New Mexico has one malpractice lawsuit for roughly Read More
