Business

Local Teen Strives to Succeed in Music Business

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COMMUNITY News:

Brian Johnson, a 16-year-old Los Alamos High School student, is an Electro Dance Music (EDM) Disc Jockey (DJ) and music producer. 

Johnson is enrolled at the Berklee College of Music earning his bachlors degree in music production as well as completing high school.

Also known as Turbul3nc3, Johnson has been Djing since the age of 12 and started producing music about two years ago. He has two albums and three singles on iTunes and performs at a 21 and under venue in Albuquerque most weekends. 

Recently, an opportunity of a lifetime has knocked on his door, a chance to play Read More

Don Quixote of White Rock Featured in USA Today

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Staff Report

Don Quixote Distillery and Winery in White Rock is featured in USA Today’s 10Best.com series.

Los Alamos National Laboratory engineer Ron Dolin and his wife Olha own Don Quixote Distillery and Winery in White Rock. Their specialties include New Mexico-grown blue corn vodka and bourbon. Check out dqdistillery.com.

Also featured in USA Today’s 10Best.com:

  • Bradbury Science Museum
  • Los Alamos History Museum
  • Los Alamos Historic Walking Tour
  • Fuller Lodge/Oppenheimer and Groves statues
  • AreaHiking Trails
  • Bandelier National Monument
  • Pajarito Mountain
  • Valle Caldera
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PMI Signs Contract With LANL

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Eric Quintana, general manager and co-owner of Performance Maintenance Inc., signs a contract to provide janitorial equipment and supplies to the Laboratory while Lorraine E. Dominguez, seated right, of Purchasing (ASM-PUR) witnesses, during a contract signing ceremony at LANL. Standing left to right are LANL Small Business Program Manager Chris Fresquez, Nick Perry of ASM-PUR, and Daven Quintana and Geraldine Talachy, both of PMI.  The contract is for one year with option years not to exceed five years. Courtesy/LANL Read More

Los Alamos Co+op Market Sets New Bar For Daily Sales And Discounts

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Matt the Co+op produce manager kept the chile’s roasting during last weekend’s community event. Courtesy/LACM

Kids frolicked in the bouncy house loaned for the event by Little Forest Playschool. Courtesy/LACM

Michelangelo Lobato, left, of Syzygy and his band members entertained the corwd last weekend at the Co+op. Courtesy/LACM

CO+OP News:

The Los Alamos Co+op Market set a new bar last weekend for daily sales and discounts available to shoppers.

The Co+op attributes its success to its innovation, team work and community support, which started several years ago before the Read More

Gov. Announcing New Mexico Certified Chile Program

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New Mexico red and green chile. Courtesy Justin Bannister/NMSU

STATE News:

BERNALILLO — Gov. Susana Martinez will join leaders of the New Mexico Chile Association today in Bernalillo to announce a new certification program, New Mexico Certified Chile, designed to further cement the status of New Mexico Chile on par with other nationally-renowned state and regional products. Read More

Yang: Blending Cultural Spices

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Blending Cultural Spices

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

I certainly need an antidote to my recent columns, which were marked by too much negativity. And since I haven’t come across anything terribly exciting in my usual haunts, I’ll share a personal story. 

Sometime after I received my PhD, I was invited by Simmons College to give a talk on diversity, detailed topic to be my own design. I decided to focus on “what it’s like to be a female immigrant in this country.”  The organizer was concerned that this seemed a well-trodden topic, until I gave them my main points, whereupon they welcomed this Read More

Los Alamos Home Sales Rise; Prices Dip in Second Quarter of 2014

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LAAR News:

Single family home and condo/townhome sales combined increased by 8 percent when comparing the second quarter of 2014 to the same quarter in 2013, according to figures released by the Los Alamos Association of REALTORS®.

During this same period, the median price of single family homes dropped by 9 percent or from $277,525 in the second quarter of 2013 to $255,000 in the second quarter of 2014.

Condo and townhome sales also noted a dip in prices from $215,000 in the second quarter of 2013 to $155,000 during the same quarter in 2014. The overall volume of single family home sales remained Read More

Co+op Truckload Sale Underway Until 9 p.m.!

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Massive truckload sale with deep discounts for everyone is underway at the Los Alamos Co+op Market today and Sunday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

CO+OP News:

The Los Alamos Co+op Market’s first ever Truckload Sale featuring deep discounts for everyone, two consecutive Co+op Member Appreciation Days, activities for all ages and organic roasted chile is underway until 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday at 95 Entrada Dr.

Weekend activities for all ages include:

  • Bouncy House, donated by Little Forest Playschool, Saturday and
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Council Approves Contract With REDI Net to Enhance Los Alamos, White Rock Business Districts

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Los Alamos Deputy County Administrator/CFO Steve Lynne and Matt Casados of REDI Net in Council Chambers today present details of a proposed $250,000 general services contract with REDI Net for the purpose of developing ‘fiber meet points’ in business districts around the community. Council voted 6-0 to approve the contract, under which REDI Net will provide research, design, engineering and construction services to place fiber meet points in the downtown areas of Los Alamos and White Rock. Councilor Rick Reiss said this is an opportunity to spend County funds on infrastructure, Read More

Smith’s Marketplace Donates $5K to PEEC’s Capital Campaign

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Smith’s Marketplace Director Erik Boehm presented a $5,000 check this morning to Executive Director Katie Watson of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for their Capital Campaign, which is helping support the new Nature Center on Canyon Road. Watson explained that Smith’s Marketing Vice President Marsha Gilford told her that everywhere she went in the community during a July visit, people told her how much they loved PEEC and this donation is the largest among the many the new store has contributed to community organizations. Boehm added that he was pleased to present Read More