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Benson: Early Voting Has Begun … You Can Vote Now Too

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By JODY BENSON
Los Alamos

Voting in New Mexico began on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, an auspicious historical date when Mexican General Zaragoza led his outnumbered troops to win the Battle of Pueblo against the imperial army of Napoleon III as he expanded France’s influence in the Americas. Against all odds, the Mexicans defeated the great European power, thus proving that in a battle for your country, every single fighter, every single bullet, counts.

Voting in the Primary is like the Battle of Puebla. How could one little soldier, one little voter, make a difference? Because just as every bullet counted Read More

Robinson: To Survive, News Outlets Learn New Ways Of Reaching Readers

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services

This week, after a conference of New Mexico Press Women, I’d like to turn the high beams on my own world – newspapers, reporting and journalism. Despite bad news and worrisome trends, I came away hopeful because the public still wants local news. That’s a reliable constant we newshounds can hold to our hearts.

But we’re in troubled waters.

The nation’s founding fathers considered basic freedoms of the press so important to the new democracy that they cemented them in place with the First Amendment.

“It was about accountability in a Read More

Denish: Local News And First Amendment, What’s At Stake

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By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner
diane@dianedenish.com

We often hear about threats to the First Amendment in big, national terms: government restrictions on speech, banning of journalists or protests, or legal threats over what can and cannot be published or said in comedy.

Those threats are real. But in rural New Mexico, the danger often looks much quieter. It looks like the slow disappearance of local news.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and of the press. But those rights don’t mean much if there’s no one left to exercise them. No local reporters. No editors asking hard questions. Read More

Home Country: We Live In An Age Of Small Miracles

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

When we first noticed the baby sparrow, here at the house, it saddened us all. He had fallen from his nest and was slowly walking around the front yard under the tree while his mother and father had an absolute fit.

We knew we were looking at a dead baby bird, as it was only a question of who does it, where it is done, and how long before it happens. Years of experience in these kinds of things have taught us the finality of a baby bird falling out of a tree.

Would the end come from a cat, or from a raccoon wandering up from Lewis Creek, or a snake? One of the problems with being a baby bird Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: April 29, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

In Monday’s game last week, in Flight A, Jerry Morzinski and Sig Lodwig were 1st in Flight A, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 2nd, Cliff and Michelle Rudy were 3rd, and Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming were 4th. In Flight B, Bev Cooper and Helen Butler were 1st, Jan Barnes and Reggie Fuchs were 2nd, and Neill Goltz and Tom Alexander were 3rd.

In Wednesday’s game, in Flight A, Sig Lodwig and Jerry Morzinski were 1st, Cliff Rudy and Jerry Fleming were 2nd, Alan Wadlinger and Randy Baker were 3rd, and Sam Brokowsky and Martin Cooper were 4th. In Flight B, Neill Goltz and Bev Cooper Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: May 4, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The Western United States, particularly the states that are part of the Colorado River drainage are facing an unprecedented water crisis. 

A severely below-normal snowpack and warm temperatures in March have led to low stream flow and reservoir levels throughout the region. 

Glen Canyon Dam, which impounds Lake Powell, is in danger of reaching “Dead Pool” meaning no water could be released. Reservoirs upstream from Lake Powell, like Flaming Gorge in Utah, have been ordered to release more water to prevent this catastrophe.  The Read More

Martin Arellano Discusses Run For Sandoval County Sheriff

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By MARTIN ARELLANO
Candidate
Sandoval County Sheriff

Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office serves one of the most diverse populations in the state. We span 12 pueblos and tribes with rural areas reaching as far as the continental divide. I am Martin Arellano and I am the best qualified candidate to revitalize this agency to serve our needs.

Retiring from the U.S. Army with 20 years of service and completing my career as Command Sergeant Major, I led one of the largest and most successful recruiting battalions in the country.

The Southern California Recruiting Battalion was not my first successful Read More

Posts From The Road: Bob Dylan Center In Tulsa

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Bob Dylan Center: The Bob Dylan Center is located in a three-story brick building in the Tulsa Arts District near downtown Tulsa. This image of Dylan is painted on the brick wall of the building. I believe that the image is flat with little contrast to create a more vague photo of Dylan. Dylan’s lyrics, music and persona were sometimes a mystery and could be interpreted various ways. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Not So Quiet: An example of a wall featuring Dylan’s life in chronological order. The displays featured video, photos, written explanations, and audio to correspond with the events Read More

Fr. Glenn: To Protect And To Serve

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Remember the old TV back in the pre-internet days? We were the “remote control” (“Glenn: get up and turn it to channel 12. And adjust the rabbit ears.”). Ah, the old black and whites. Horizontal and vertical controls. The stations signing on in the morning and off at night with the national anthem. The radio announcement: “It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” The old shows like Gunsmoke, Laugh-In, Get Smart, Bonanza, Hee Haw, Star Trek (what a legacy THAT one has had!). And one of my favorites was Adam-12, which centered around two Los Angeles police officers on Read More

McQuiston: Advantage Of Local Agent Vs 1 800 Number

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

On the surface, insurance can feel like a simple transaction. Call a number, get a quote, move on.

But where people start to see the difference is not at the beginning. It is when something actually matters.

The Advantage of a Local Agent vs a 1 800 Number   

  • Someone Who Knows You vs Someone Who Knows a Script 
    • A 1-800 agent is trained to handle volume. They follow systems, prompts, and timelines.
    • A local agent works differently. They recognize your name, your situation, and how your needs may have changed over time. That familiarity
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