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Malenfant Recalls Own Plane Crash At Los Alamos Airport

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Scene of wreckage Oct. 12, 1975, the day following the plane crash at Los Alamos County Airport. Passenger Tim Farmer dragged pilot Dick Malenfant unconscious from the plane saving his life. Now 91, Malenfant lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and no longer flies. Photo by Bill Geer

Scene of plane wreckage Oct. 12, 1975 at Los Alamos County Airport, the day following the crash that hospitalized pilot Dick Malenfant. He said that he continued flying for several years after the accident. Photo by Bill Geer

DICK MALENFANT
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Formerly of Los Alamos

I read that article in the Los Alamos Read More

Home Country: Here Comes The Fire

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

It’s natural to mumble nasty things about the cold weather. We all do it from time to time. But even the cold has its merits.

One big plus is that it makes fireplaces a reasonable addition to our lives. In cold weather, we can build a fire in our home with a clear conscience. This is something that doesn’t translate well to summer heat, but when it’s cold, here comes the fire.

Strange, isn’t it, our love affair with a fireplace? Makes absolutely no sense. Today, we can make houses so impervious to cold that every time we light a candle, the temperature goes up 10 degrees. So what Read More

Catch Of The Week: A.I. Scams On The Rise

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Scrolling social media can be fun and all, but do you think you can tell something created by A.I. from something real?

In today’s world it is getting increasingly hard to do so, when A.I. resources are so much more accessible.

 

 

 

Here is an example:

Example A.I. Generated Post. Courtesy image

I have been seeing a trend lately of Facebook pages starting off as entertainment pages (This page was some kind of history and archaeology page)  and then getting taken over to spam A.I. garbage to the existing page’s followers. Read More

Robinson: Historians In 1980 Provide Election Perspective That’s Still Valid Today

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

Some of us remember the turbulent economy of the 1970s, which made the last few years look like a walk in the park. We didn’t just have inflation; we had something called “stagflation”. It was a combination of high inflation, high unemployment and high interest rates, along with lines at the gas pump because of the energy crisis. (Remember the 55 m.p.h. speed limit to save gas?) President Jimmy Carter inherited this economic  disaster, brewing since the Johnson administration.

In October 1980 a heated presidential campaign was Read More

New Year’s Resolution: Help Others Thrive In 2025 … Give Blood!

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

How would you like to have a New Year’s Resolution that could be accomplished in a brief period, just once or even a few times a year? If the idea is new to you, try it just once and if you like it, feel free to set your own goal. Oh, and did I mention it just might save a life?

You can help someone thrive in 2025 and help a non-profit organization save lives for people in the process. The nonprofit is Vitalant, and the goal is donating blood. Did you know in January of 2024 there was a total of 180 donations in our community? They hope to beat that goal in the new year, even by one Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: Jan. 3-9, 2025

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.

For information, visit pac8cmc.com or call 505.662.7228.

PAC 8 Television schedule for Nov. 29, 2024:

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

  • 06:00 AM Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10:00 AM The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11:00 AM County Council Meeting Replay 12-17–24
  • 03:00 PM Democracy Now!
  • 05:00 PM PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 06:00 PM Living Treasures Ceremony
  • 07:30 PM Basslines
  • 08:00 PM Hot Topics
  • 12:00 AM Free Speech TV
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Weekly Fishing Report: Dec. 30, 2024 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

Happy New Year!

Heading into the New Year, New Mexico’s snowpack is suffering from the lack of precipitation and warmer-than-normal daytime temperatures. The snowpack last week was just 18 percent of normal.

There can be some strong storms later this winter. They will be needed.

Anglers should consider a trip to Southern New Mexico.

Most of the small lakes and reservoirs in this part of the state are stocked with catchable-size rainbow trout during  the winter months. Locations that offer a chance at not just stocked trout but larger holdover Read More

Robinson: Tech Honchos May Break Immigration Logjam To Get Workers

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

She’s studying computer engineering at UNM on a student visa. Her husband, who has graduated, is working in IT until his student visa runs out, and then he’ll return to school and try to juggle work and studies to stay in the United States. Going home is not an option because there is nothing for them in their small, impoverished country.

“All my friends are here or in Canada or Australia,” he says.

Both would be hired in a heartbeat if our immigration system met today’s needs. This young couple and thousands like them are at the center of Read More

Posts From The Road: 2024 Year In Review

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Salmon River and Stanley, Idaho: The Sawtooth Mountains serve as a majestic backdrop for this view of the Salmon River near the town of Stanley, Idaho. The Sawtooth Valley offers abundant space for ranching as well as many summer and winter outdoor recreational activities. This is a portion of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument: The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a remote park 44 miles from Silver City. The cliff dwellings were inhabited around the year 1260. The interiors of the caves are constructed Read More

Fr. Glenn: Of Eternal Amity

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, here we are almost at the new year … gym operators gearing up for the onrush of many resolutionists, kids trying to get as much as they can out of the quickly waning respite from school, CPAs dreading long hours, weeks and months prepping tax returns.

Speaking of government stuff, while not really in this column’s purview, something very important which will affect many came up in conversation with my CPA (of 40 years’ experience), missed by media attention, yet having potentially devastating effects for many—especially small businesses, and perhaps many readers.

Called Read More