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Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: April 20, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

In Monday’s game, in Flight A, Jerry Fleming and Martin Cooper were 1st, Neill Goltz and Helen Butler were 2nd, and Cliff and Michelle Rudy were 3rd. In Flight B, Jan Barnes and Reggie Fuchs were 1st, and Randy Baker and Alan Wadlinger were 2nd.

In Wednesday’s game, in Flight A, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 1st, Cliff Rudy and Jerry Fleming were 2nd, and Earle Marie Hanson and John Ruminer tied with Jerry Morzinski and Sig Lodwig for 3rd. In Flight B, Bev Cooper and Helen Butler were 1st, and Alan Wadlinger and Randy Baker were 2nd.

This past weekend, several local players Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: April 26, 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 streamflows 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 City Read More

Posts From The Road: Visiting Budville With Its Storied Past

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Budville Trading Company: The exterior of the Budville Trading Company sits silent today. The old gas pumps are gone and the place remains a monument to better times. The building has obviously been maintained over the years and still attracts many Historic Route 66 travelers today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Budville, N.M.: A closer view of the entrance area and signage at the Budville Trading Company in the ghost town of Budville, N.M. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

New Mexico proudly displays many features and artifacts Read More

Fr. Glenn: Confirmed In Faith

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

It’s been quite the media spectacle for the last couple of weeks—Pope Leo and President Trump at odds about the Iran conflict, though the Pope was somewhat circumspect about referring to the conflict directly. Then, of course, the debates about what constitutes a “just war” and who determines such, with even bishops emphasizing different aspects and “sides”.

To those unfamiliar with the Church, it might seem there are fractures in its unity. But it only seems so. Debate has been the norm within the Church since the beginning, as it hammers out what is right and wrong, true and Read More

Tales Of Our Times: As We Aim To Study The Moon, We Learn More About The Earth

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

As We Aim To Study The Moon, We Learn More About The Earth

“Earthrise” retains the feelings when astronauts first sighted Earth rising above the moon’s curvature. The first color photograph of “Earthrise” was taken Christmas Eve 1968 from aboard Apollo 8. A consequent event was the first “Earth Day” on April 22, 1970. The Los Alamos Nature Center opened its doors on April 22, 2015. My theme that day in the Los Alamos Daily Post explored ways these events are likely related.

This April, four current astronauts made an Read More

All Shall Be Well: God’s Waiting Room

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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 Finnegan
Former Associate Rector
Church of the Holy Faith, Santa Fe

We’ve all been in waiting rooms. Sitting in the waiting room of a doctor or dentist, waiting in line at the grocery store, waiting to board a plane, waiting for the results of an exam or a job interview, waiting for a small child to “do it herself” – all of these are “waiting rooms” we enter on a daily basis. We may feel anxious or annoyed, excited or amused, Read More

McQuiston: Northern New Mexico 2026 Fire Season Outlook

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
If you’ve felt like winter never really showed up this year, you re not imagining it—and that’s exactly why fire officials are paying close attention right now.
A Season Starting Earlier Than Usual
In New Mexico, fire season typically runs from March through June, with the most dangerous window landing in April and May before the monsoon arrives. 
This year, though, conditions are lining up for a season that started early and could run hotter than normal.
Across the Four Corners region, fire danger is already showing up 
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Home Country: Love And Other Fiction

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

We wondered about the origin of the new sign down at the Read Me Now bookstore. Sarah McKinley has had the place for about five years now and has become a real asset to our valley. If you’re looking for a book, she either has it or you don’t need to read it.

She is picky, of course, and tends to buy the kind of books she thinks we should read and not always the ones we’d like to read. Fortunately for her, enough of us agree with her choices that we have kept her in business.

There’s speculation about the new sign, naturally. The word got out around the valley about ten minutes after she Read More

Daily Postcard: A Pika Sits On A Rock

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Daily Postcard: A pika sits on a rock. Courtesy/NPS. Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandelier National Monument are continuing to survey for native pika this year, and we’d love for you to join us as a volunteer! Pika monitoring volunteers will collect data to help researchers understand the impacts of environmental changes on these animals and develop strategies to mitigate these effects. Duties include: – Gathering data from iButtons installed in pika burrows. – Conducting field observations to monitor pika activity. – Documenting and recording evidence Read More