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Osborn: A Path Forward For Affordable Housing In Los Alamos

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Los Alamos Housing & Special Projects Manager Dan Osborn speaks to a crowd about housing infrastructure during a recent Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDI) Summit. Courtesy/LAC

By DAN OSBORN
Housing & Special Projects Manager
Los Alamos County

As a community development professional living and working in Los Alamos, I recognize the urgent need for affordable housing in our community. This belief is reinforced by the conversations I’ve had with our local community in addition to those who work and visit and would like to become part of what makes Los Alamos special. Read More

Los Alamos Eats: Beef And Leaf Review

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Key lime margarita and strawberry lemonade. Courtesy photo

Short rib beef empanadas. Courtesy photo

Review by BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Beef and Leaf is the latest offering from Laura Crucet, chef/owner of Pig and Fig and Sugar and Cream. Crucet is an award winning chef with over 25 years of experience. Beef and Leaf is her latest restaurant offering located in Los Alamos in the heart of North Community. She opened Pig and Fig in 2016 and Sugar and Cream in 2023. Beef and Leaf offers an expansive menu of upscale comfort food, and features a full bar.

I visited with my son last week. I strongly recommend Read More

Life After 50: Show Us Your True Colors

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions

Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) is asking the community to celebrate on the first Friday in September. The date is the 6th to be precise and many years ago, it was called, “College Day”. We were asked to call it College & Military Day, which helped to demonstrate different paths of education.

I’m not sure what to call it this year, but ask people to show their love of education, in whatever way you see fit. Perhaps you received a welding certificate, became a licensed plumber, massage therapist, cosmetologist, barber Read More

Robinson: Las Cruces’ Sanctioned Homeless Encampment Works

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

Since the U.S. Supreme Court blessed local government bans on public camping, many have tried to sweep away their homeless camps. They just pop up again somewhere else, or individuals fan out to new places.

Where are they supposed to go? Courts don’t answer that question. Neither do local governments.

Except Las Cruces, where Camp Hope, a sanctioned homeless encampment, has been thriving for 13 years at no cost to taxpayers. I often wonder why officials of every New Mexico community with a homeless problem haven’t made a pilgrimage Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 20, 2024  

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

After a cool and wet start to August, the weather has changed to hot and dry. Now is a good time to do a little preseason scouting and learning of the Big Game hunting unit you plan on hunting this fall if you were lucky enough to draw a license.

Grouse season begins Sept. 1, so keep an eye out for these birds. They are great eating but can be hard to find. Spotting some before the season starts may help you find a good spot to look for them.

Streamflows have dropped and water temperatures are rising. It is best to limit fishing to early  mornings, evening Read More

Hampton: Support Vote For RECA On House Floor

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By DAVID HAMPTON
Los Alamos

Downwinders are the residents of the Tularosa Basin, who have experienced, and continue to experience to this day, high levels of cancer, infant mortality, and other ailments, since the world’s first nuclear weapon was detonated near their homes in July 1945. These ailments appear to be associated with the effects of nuclear fallout and exposure to plutonium, and are similar to those experienced from the detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as sites associated with nuclear weapons production.

In spite of their suffering, they were initially excluded Read More

Dannemann: Election Time For PERA Board

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

If you are a retiree from New Mexico state or local government, you probably recently received a letter from PERA telling you about your pension increase starting in July. PERA is the Public Employees Retirement Association, which administers your pension.

You probably also received a packet from PERA inviting you to vote in the PERA board election, which is taking place now by mail. That packet contains a mail-in ballot, which must be received by Sept. 13 to count. You must sign the outer envelope.

Municipal and state employees Read More

Martz: Regarding Detection Of Plutonium Contamination In Soils Around Los Alamos

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By JOSEPH MARTZ
Los Alamos

Recent new stories regarding detection of plutonium contamination in soils around Los Alamos have received considerable attention. I have a quite personal interest, as I spent nearly 50 years in Los Alamos, and grew up playing in these canyons. The studies report only the levels measured and leave the most important question unanswered: are these levels a hazard? 

As I could find no reporting discussing the actual hazard of this level of contamination, I took the liberty of using the provided data to see if these levels are something I should be concerned about. A bit Read More

Posts From The Road: Lewis Clark Valley

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Lewiston-Clarkson: A viewpoint just out of Lewiston, Idaho on Highway 95 gives visitors a nice view of the cities of Lewiston and part of Clarkson, Wash. The viewpoint is almost 2,000 feet higher in elevation than Lewiston at the river level. Lewiston is seen on the left side of the photo and Clarkson on the right. The two cities and surrounding area are the center of activity and population in the Lewis Clark Valley. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Confluence: The confluence of the Clearwater River seen on the left in the photo and the larger Snake River seen in the upper and right side of the Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘Give. Us. FREE!!’

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By Fr. Glenn Jones

Considering the effects of art upon the human spirit, movies are often underrated as an art form. For instance, many of us likely remember various movie moments that are etched in our memories or moved us to the depths of our emotional core.

One of the most powerful and memorable moments I can remember is in the movie “Amistad”, a film based on the true story concerning events surrounding the Spanish slave ship La Amistad and its “cargo” of captured Africans, and subsequent legals battles concerning whether if, and by whom, the Africans were “owned”. Cínque, portrayed by Djimon

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