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McQuiston: 8 Ways To Protect Yourself Against Scams On Black Friday And Cyber Monday

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, especially for scammers. Consumers are typically spending more, doing it quickly, and not paying as much attention to who they’re buying it from because of the rush.

If you’re planning to skip in-store holiday shopping, it’s important to be on the lookout for the online scams that will undoubtedly show up in people’s email, texts and social media feeds.

Here are eight ways you can make your holiday season safer:

  1. Don’t click that link…

According to a Better Business Bureau Read More

Op-Ed: The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Shape It

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By SUZIE HAVEMANN
Los Alamos County Councilor

My friend Sharon Stover, who is a former and esteemed County Councilor, used to say, “There is always more to the story”. And I used to add “There are almost always two sides to every story”.

I thought about these sentiments during Tuesday night’s Council meeting as we heard presentations, questions, public comment, and staff’s answers on two important topics:  community wide broadband and the purchase of real property on Diamond Drive, across from the high school. The former ultimately passed on a 6-0 vote and while we must do better in giving reasonable Read More

NMSOP: Patient-Driven Report Reveals Corporate Takeover Playbook Of Healthcare In New Mexico

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NMSOP News:

          • Calls for transparency, accountability and patient-driven solutions to healthcare in New Mexico grow as data reveals dark underside of corporate-driven healthcare

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico patient advocacy group named Safety Over Profits (NMSOP.org), released a powerful and first-of-its-kind report Monday on the healthcare crisis in New Mexico.

Ezra Spitzer, a patient advocate, explains, “Corporate interests are proposing corporate-driven solutions that harm patients in the name of increasing corporate and insurance profits. This report offers patient-driven Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 19, 2024 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

High elevation lakes will likely soon freeze over and be hard to access due to snow. Lakes that usually freeze over and offer ice fishing include Eagle Nest, Lake Maloya, Lake Alice, Fenton Lake and sometimes Heron Lake. This usually happens in December.

This time of year it’s always a good idea to call ahead to check on conditions.

Navajo Lake does not freeze over and remains open all winter. The San Juan River below Navajo Dam has excellent winter fishing and a little bit more elbow room during this time of year.

Streamflows remain higher Read More

Robinson: Days Of Mama Lucy Gang & Cowboy Coalition

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

In 1984 New Mexico voters took a turn to the right, sending more moderates and conservatives of both parties to the Legislature. Back then the parties entertained a greater range of ideas.

After voters had spoken, conservatives had a new opportunity to take back the House. Rep. Jerry Sandel, a conservative Democrat from Farmington, became the swing vote that unseated House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, D-Albuquerque, and replaced him with Rep. Gene Samberson, D-Lovington.

Last month, Sandel died at 82 in Farmington, where his family Read More

Dannemann: The Illogic Of Asylum Seeker Detention

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

About once a month, several volunteers from Albuquerque and Santa Fe travel to one of New Mexico’s immigrant detention prisons.

They are from VIDA, Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque (abqvida.org). They go to provide comfort and solace for incarcerated asylum seekers who are mostly abandoned in a prison where conditions are miserable. They are not lawyers and don’t provide legal services.

The VIDA members are part of a coalition seeking to end immigrant detention in New Mexico. There will probably be Read More

Catch Of The Week: Apple Store Text Scams

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos 
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Nothing gets your attention more than a text or email letting you know an unauthorized purchase has been made on your account, am I right?

Well, scammers know that too and they are actively taking advantage of it in a recent text scam I observed on my own phone.

Check it out, what do you think? Gets your attention, right?

 

 

Image of scam text message

So at first glance, you might freak out a little, the text is saying there’s an unauthorized charge, and at first glance you can see it’s directing you to go to a legitimate apple domain, Read More

Lamborn: NM Should Use Science Of Reading Instruction

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By PETER LAMBORN
© 2024 New Mexico News Services 

My life changed dramatically at a school meeting during my son’s 4th grade year. This particular meeting was reviewing test results to see how he had progressed over the last three years of special education. In my mind, this child was doing OK but not great at school. However, the test results painted a bleak picture. His scores, relative to his peers, had significantly dropped, with the worst scores related to his reading. I was blindsided. 

Sadly, this experience is all too common. I later learned that many New Mexico students are poor readers. Read More

Posts From The Road: San Juan Mountains Scenery

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Ranch Land: Cattle ranching is prevalent in the San Juan Mountains north of Pagosa, Colo. Shown is a herd of cattle grazing in the high meadow grasslands surrounded by high mountain peaks in all directions. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Calm Waters: Calm waters create a mirror reflection of nearby trees at Williams Reservoir in the San Juan Mountains about 25 miles north of Pagosa, Colo. This was a small, calm inlet spotted on the south end of the reservoir but the beautiful reflections made it easy to spot. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Read More

Fr. Glenn: As Gold In Fire

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Now that we’re in the latter part of November, our minds will soon be drifting to thoughts of Thanksgiving holidays and, for we Catholics and other Christians, we know that Advent and Christmas are just around the corner. Before the Church liturgical year begins anew at Advent, which usually coincides with the first weekend of December, we first end the year with its grand finale: a celebration in anticipation of the second coming of Jesus.

We Christians believe that, when Jesus does come again, or when we go to God at our deaths, judgment awaits. “Judgment” has a negative connotation Read More