McQuiston: How To Tell If A Used Car Has Been In A Hidden Accident
By ALLEN MCQUISTONJemez Insurance Agency
Pay the $40 for Carfax or AutoCheck. Look for “structural damage”, “frame damage”, or “airbag deployment”. If the car has moved between states frequently, especially to states with lax title laws, this could be title washing to hide a salvage history.
Visual Inspection
- Panel Gaps: Walk around the car and check the spaces between doors, fenders,
Catch Of The Week: 183 Million Email Passwords Just Leaked – Did Yours Get Swept Up?
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Brace yourself: according to cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt, more than 183 million unique email credentials have been exposed in a massive data dump, including tens of millions tied to Gmail accounts. Yikes!
What Happened?
The cache in question spans 3.5 terabytes of data, consisting of “stealer logs” and credential- stuffing lists harvested from infostealer malware.
What does this mean? In plain terms: malicious software quietly collected login addresses + passwords + site info from infected devices — then the records Read More
Neeper: About Those Medical Measurements Pertaining To Political Choices
By DONALD NEEPER
Los Alamos resident 1968-2014
John Bartlit’s column of Oct. 26 (link) reviewed medical measurements which showed that political choices are set more by brain history than by logical choice. The measurements could support the idea that the desire for group acceptance is an inherited feature that enhanced the survival of early Homo sapiens.
In my recent book on our societal polarization, I reviewed numerical models based on the shifting internal rules of behavior that we each carry. The models, published in 2021, predicted irreversible polarization in America.
On a continental Read More
Op-Ed: Former Los Alamos County Councilors Express Support For GRT Proposal
By Former Los Alamos County Councilors:
We write to express our support for the nominal increase in Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) to be considered this evening by our County Councilors.
We are County residents and former Councilors whose service to Los Alamos and LANL spans decades and whose perspectives cover the spectrum of political positions.
Key responsibilities of our County government are the maintenance of basic governmental services and support for an enhanced quality of life, including public safety, housing, infrastructure, the local business community, and schools. Our property Read More
Op-Ed: Support For Española Pathways Shelter
By Pastor Russ Hall
Valley View United Methodist
We all know that the pain of addiction, grief, and homelessness runs deeply within this community. We see the symptoms of decades of systems, structures, and neglect that is tearing families apart. We do not have to bring in outsiders to fill the Española Pathways Shelter because it is full with our sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, friends and community members who would otherwise be bereft.
The Española Pathways Shelter is a presence of hope in this community to those who have lost hope. We cannot imagine, nor do we want our community to endure Read More
Robinson: Universal Childcare Needs Legislators’ Close Scrutiny
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services
Back in September, the governor announced that on Nov. 1 New Mexico would become the first state to offer universal childcare. We made national headlines. It would be a huge benefit to working families and employers, of course, but legislative budget makers are starting to ask hard questions about costs. And they should.
This is when I like to remind readers that I’m not Hard Hearted Hannah.
When I was a single mom on reporter wages, day care took such a big bite out of my paycheck that I had almost nothing left after rent and groceries. Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 27, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The Charette Lakes, Clayton Lake, Maxwell Lake 13, Morphy Lake and Laguna del Campo will close for the season Friday, Oct. 31.
Streamflow on the Rio Grande has been dropping now that the floodwaters from Southern Colorado have subsided. Stream flows just a week ago were over 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction Bridge and at Embudo. Stream flows Sunday (Oct. 26) was 376 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction and 461 at Embudo. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was 276 cubic-feet -per-second.
Fenton Lake State Read More
