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At Nuclear Deterrence Summit, Lab Directors Frame Regulatory Reform As Key To Modernization

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Lab directors Thom Mason of Los Alamos and Kimberly Budil of Lawrence Livermore discuss efforts to modernize aging nuclear infrastructure and accelerate weapons development during a panel at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Arlington, Va. Photo by Marlene Wilden/ladailypost.com

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

ARLINGTON, VA.—Appearing together at the annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit, held Jan. 26-28, the directors of Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories said they are seizing an unusual window of regulatory reform to cut Read More

Technology & Innovation Office Awards Innovation Infrastructure Grants

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NMEDD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) Technology and Innovation Office has awarded $2.7 million in grants to two organizations to develop and expand the physical infrastructure that supports innovation, entrepreneurship and technology commercialization across the state.

For this inaugural award cycle, Albuquerque-based New Mexico Venture Studios secured $2 million to build a life-sciences lab, and the Santa Fe-based New Mexico Innovation Hub won $700,000 to develop an innovation campus in Santa Fe’s emerging Midtown corridor.

With the Innovation Read More

Los Alamos Daily Post Celebrates 14th Anniversary

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By CAROL A. CLARK
Owner/Publisher
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Daily Post is celebrating its 14th anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 7. It is our continued privilege to bring the latest news to our readers in Los Alamos, across the nation, and around the world every day of the year.

The news team is taking this opportunity to express our appreciation to our insightful columnists, citizen photographers and other contributors who add so much to the content we provide our readers. We are also very grateful to our advertisers – many have supported us faithfully since we first opened our doors. Each Read More

Samizdat Bookstore Teahouse Offers Monthly Memberships

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Samizdat Bookstore and Teahouse, 174 Central Park Square, is offering monthly memberships. Courtesy photo

Business News:

Samizdat Bookstore and Teahouse is launching a new membership program. Members will get one book every month. For $20 per month, members of the Sonnet Society get a book of their choice from all in-store books (up to a $30 list price).

They can also join the Sonnet Society by choosing to give one free book to the community every month, thanks to the help of a local social service organization. For $50 per month, members of the Codex Consortium get a monthly book as well as 10 percent Read More

Dekker: Senate Bill 177 Is A Blueprint For New Mexico’s Economic Future

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By DALE DEKKER
Founding Principal & Brand Ambassador
Dekker

For decades, New Mexico has talked about economic diversification. Senate Bill 177, sponsored by Sen. George Munoz is what it looks like when we finally decide to do it.

This legislation is not a collection of disconnected appropriations. It is a strategic investment plan – one that recognizes where the global economy is heading and positions New Mexico to compete, lead, and win in that future. At its core, SB 177 acknowledges a simple truth: states that invest intentionally in innovation, talent, and infrastructure will Read More

State Launches NM CreativeCon 6-Event Series To Boost Creative Economy 

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NMEDD News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico is investing in its creative economy with a new statewide event series, NM CreativeCon, offering business workshops and networking opportunities to creative professionals across the state.

Hosted by the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Creative Industries Division, NM CreativeCon will bring together creative entrepreneurs and community leaders for a series of full-day events through education, networking, and hands-on learning. Beginning in March 2026, the NM CreativeCon lineup includes five regional events, culminating in a statewide Read More

NMED Powers Cleanup And Growth For Taos Distillery

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NMED News:

TAOS — The New Mexico Environment Department’s Brownfields Program is supporting the transformation of a blighted mechanic shop in El Prado, near Taos, into a new distillery and tasting room.

Taos-based Rolling Still Distillery will build the project on a former neglected and contaminated site through a $452,309 low-interest loan issued through NMED’s Brownfields Program.

NMED’s Brownfields Program offers funding for cleanup and reinvestment in properties where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of contamination or perceived contamination. Cleaning up and Read More

BLM Seeks Input Through Feb. 20 For May 2026 Sale Of Oil And Gas Leases In New Mexico And Texas

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BLM News:

SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 74 oil and gas parcels totaling 33,530 acres in New Mexico and Texas in a May 2026 sale.

The comment period ends Feb. 20, 2026.

The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in December 2025 and is now seeking public comment on the parcels and the related environmental analysis. The BLM will use input from the public to help complete its review of each parcel.

Leasing is the first step in the process to develop federal oil and gas resources. Before development operations Read More

Houck: Your Real Estate Contracts … The Buyer Brokerage Agreement (Part 2 Of 3)

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By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty, LLC

Editor’s note: This is the second column in a three-part series on the contracts one may see in the process of buying or selling a home here in Los Alamos or White Rock.

Generally, there are three primary contracts used in a real estate transaction:

  1. Listing Agreement
  2. Buyer’s Brokerage Agreement – an agreement between the buyer and their broker that outlines how much the buyer agrees to pay the broker and how long the buyer is committed to working with that brokerage.
  3. Purchase Agreement

All terms in these contracts are negotiable, and both buyers Read More

Lovington BBQ Joint Gets State Funding For Expansion

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Dunlap performs weekly live “how-to & Q&A” cooking shows on social media and you can download his free cookbook on the website at tdsbrewandbbq.com. Courtesy/NMEDD

NMEDD News:

LOVINGTON — TD’s Brew & BBQ, a Lovington-based maker of BBQ sauces and spice rubs, has been awarded state economic assistance to create 16 local jobs and expand operations through a program administered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD).

TD’s Brew & BBQ plans to hire 16 new full-time employees and generate an economic impact of more than $14 million Read More