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Review: Los Alamos Little Theatre Proves Even The Ordinary Can Be … Extraordinary!

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Actors, writers & directors from ‘The 8x10s (Snappy Name to Come)’ gather for a photo. Courtesy/LALT

Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Everyone has a story to tell. Embedded in the hours that make up a day and all its mundane activities there are tales to tell.

The Los Alamos Little Theatre proves this in its “The 8x10s (Snappy Name to Come)”, which opened last weekend. Eight plays, penned by local and area playwrights, share some great stories; each told in just 10 minutes. From the most conventional circumstances: grocery shopping, baking bread or Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Jan. 21, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

The snowpack in Northern New Mexico lost ground somewhat last week and now is 19-percent of normal. The weather forecast for this coming week includes some much-needed snow. 

This week could see an Arctic blast thanks to the Polar Vortex plunging south. These cold blasts are no joke and temperatures can plunge well-below zero in some of our high mountain valleys.  

The Moreno Valley where Eagle Nest Lake is located is a prime example. Temperatures here can reach minus-15 or even lower. Please dress warmly. 

The record low temperature for Read More

Think New Mexico: House Bill 94 Introduced To Cap Size Of Kindergarten Through Third Grade Classes At 20 Students

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Mandi J. Torrez
Education Reform Director
Think New Mexico’s

From Think New Mexico:

House Bill 94 sponsored by House Majority Caucus Chair Raymundo Lara (D-Las Cruces) has been introduced to phase in a cap of 20 students per class in grades K-3. The bill was drafted by the nonpartisan statewide think tank Think New Mexico, which recommended this reform in a 2022 policy report, A Roadmap for Rethinking Public Education in New Mexico.

Current state law caps kindergarten classes at 20 students and sets “average” class sizes of 22 for grades 1-3 and 24 for grades 4-6. Yet, when Think New Mexico examined Read More

Dannemann: There’s No Mystery About Malpractice

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© 2025 By MERILEE DANNEMANN

We can’t take action on the medical malpractice issue, said Rep. Liz Thomson, because we don’t have data.

You’ve got to be kidding, I muttered.

Thomson made this comment to a standing-room-only audience at a pre-legislature town hall where she was one of eight legislators on stage. It was almost the end of the event, which had until that moment been pretty  cordial.

Instead of asking for closing statements, the moderator asked for each legislator’s final comments to be his or her proposed solutions on the issue of healthcare, which all had agreed was a major concern. Read More

Posts From The Road: Arizona Coastline

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La Paz County Park: The Colorado River seen from La Paz County Park located north of Parker, Ariz. offers many recreational opportunities and a campground for RVers. Boating and almost all water sports are available on the Colorado River on the western border of Arizona. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Lake Havasu: The setting sun lighting the sky and reflecting the waters of Lake Havasu. This is a view of boaters and a paddle boarder on the canal which was dredged out to create a setting for the London Bridge in the 1970s. The waters open up at the end of the inlet to the open lake waters. Photo Read More

Fr. Glenn: Ready Or Not…

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, a rather historic day for America on Monday—the inauguration of President Trump for the second time for a discontinuous second term—an event only matched once before with Grover Cleveland in the latter 1800s. Love him or hate him, I think just about everyone realizes that it’s going to be quite the change.

As we well know and experience, the political pendulum swings back and forth—one you win, another you lose. Nonetheless, Christians most of all should pray for wisdom, grace and sincerity of intent upon all who are in office to bring about a greater good, whether at the Read More

All Shall Be Well: Reading The Bible

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By The Rev. Lynn M. Finnegan
Associate Rector
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith

As of November 2024, the Bible, originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, has been translated into 756 languages. If you include translations of only a portion of the Old and New Testaments, that number rises to 3,756. With over five billion copies sold, it is the most popular book in the world.

How, though, do we go about reading it? Replete with Read More

McQuiston: High-Tech Cars – What’s New In Safety Features?

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

High-tech cars are here to stay. Car safety technology is evolving quickly, bringing scores of often unpronounceable abbreviations for new systems that promise to keep us safer. Can a car read a street sign? Can the family wagon’s safety systems react to a sudden traffic change faster than a seasoned driver? Automakers say yes.

We’re all familiar with established safety systems like anti-lock braking systems (ABS) and traction control. ABS dates back to the late 1920s, when it was first developed for aircraft, although Read More

Catch Of The Week: Celebrity Scams Fueled By A.I.

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By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Romance and celebrity scams have always been a huge cybersecurity issue, and with the advent of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) they are even worse. These scams aren’t new, but the new A.I. powered ones have proven to be very profitable for the scammers.

In recent news, a French woman, Anne, was scammed out of $850,000 by a fake Brad Pitt. Their correspondence was packed with A.I. generated materials like pictures and even videos, adding to the believability of the scam. It’s easy to be a jerk, and laugh at her, but that’s not the right thing to do here, she’s the victim Read More

Lauren McDaniel Shares Highlights On LACDC, Los Alamos Chamber, MainStreet And Creative District

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By LAUREN MCDANIEL
Executive Director
LACDC

With the start of the new year, I would like to take the opportunity to highlight Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) and the role of some of its programs – namely the Chamber of Commerce and Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District (LAMSCD) – in the community.

LACDC actively engages on a variety of key small business issues, meets with local small businesses, County staff, regional economic development organizations and legislators, and serves as the overarching voice for small business in Los Alamos County.

Collectively Read More