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Op-Ed: The Constitutional Promise … Why The Right To Counsel And A Day In Court Define Our Justice System

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By CYNTHIA FRY
Retired Judge
New Mexico Court of Appeals

Deb Haaland’s campaign for Governor has chosen a troubling line of attack, often used against lawyers, criticizing Sam Bregman for representing people accused of crimes. It may be convenient politics, but it is fundamentally at odds with our Constitution and with the very principles that define our justice system. Our system accepts that both the government and the accused have attorneys. They battle it out in a courtroom and a jury decides guilt or innocence. This system protects all of us from government abuse.

At the core of this system Read More

Catch Of The Week: FBI Would Like A Word About Your Apps

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alams Daily Post

You know that app you downloaded because it had a cute filter? The one that wanted access to your camera, your contacts, your location, and possibly your firstborn?

Yeah. The FBI noticed.

Last month, the bureau dropped a Public Service Announcement with a message for every smartphone user in America: some of your most popular apps may be quietly handing your personal data to the Chinese government. Yikes! Apps that maintain digital infrastructure in China are subject to that country’s national security laws – and those laws Read More

Ryti: FY2027 Budget Hearing And Other Engagement Opportunities

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By RANDALL RYTI
Chair
Los Alamos County Council 

The annual budget hearings are scheduled for April 27, 28, and 29. The proposed FY2027 budget for Los Alamos County reflects a necessary shift in fiscal strategy—one that acknowledges a new economic reality after several years of unusually strong revenue growth.

At its core, this budget is about stabilization. Gross Receipts Tax (GRT), which accounts for roughly three-quarters of the County’s General Fund revenue, has proven to be volatile. After peaking in the post-pandemic period, revenues declined sharply—down nearly 18% in FY2025, Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: April 8, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were Monday winners in flight A. Alan Wadlinger and Allyn Pratt were 1st in Flight B.

Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st overall in Flight A on Wednesday. Spook Kellum and Allyn Pratt were high in Flight B.

Preemptive hands are among the most interesting when it comes to making bidding decisions. This was demonstrated in our last bridge column.

Here is another opportunity to deal with a preemptive opening bid.

This is Board #13.  North is the dealer, and both sides are vulnerable.

After North passes, East will open with 4♥.  After south passes, this Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: April 13, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The Department stocked a total of 28,022 rainbow trout weighing 12,336 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico. 

It looks like there will be one of the weakest spring runoffs in memory this year. The snowpack is already disappearing, and the weather has been unseasonably warm and dry. This is reflected in streamflow measurements. 

Several lakes in Northeast New Mexico opened for fishing. Morphy Lake State Park, Clayton Lake State Park, Charette Lakes and Maxwell Lake 13 opened after being closed for the winter. Read More

Home Country: An Old Man’s Prayer

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

When old Joe Gilliam began digging that hole in his front yard, out there close to the street, neighbors watched and wondered. When he got his grandson to help him carry the shade tree sapling from his pickup to the hole, people nodded.

Mystery solved. Old Joe’s planting a tree.

After removing the root mass from the five-gallon pot, the grandson disappeared and Old Joe was left to care for the baby tree. He carefully spread the tiny feeder roots out and tucked them in with soil. Then he packed more dirt around the tree’s base and soaked it well with the hose.

No one else saw anything Read More

Posts From The Road: Route 66 Through Tucumcari

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Route 66: A beautiful Route 66 monument sits next to the Tucumcari Convention Center on the west side of town. Tucumcari has embraced the Route 66 heritage and grown a nice tourist business featuring many of the sites that have been in town since the 1950s and before. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Tepee: Tepee Curios is a popular stop for Route 66 travelers in Tucumcari. The shop is housed in a former gas station remodeled and transformed into the shop you see today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

When driving Route 66 from east to Read More

Fr. Glenn: Good For The Soul

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

I came across a pretty good series on Prime the other day called “Genius”, in which four seasons cover some notable persons in history—specifically the lives of Einstein, Picasso, Aretha Franklin and Martin Luther King, Jr. The season covering Picasso focused largely on his many romantic relationships and rather hedonistic lifestyle, which resulted in much angst, anger, sadness and chaos in Picasso’s life and the lives of his various wives, mistresses and their resulting children. As the series progresses, the viewer can’t help but wonder if the real Picasso had many regrets Read More

All Shall Be Well: Easter Is A Season!

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, and The Rev. Mary Ann Hill. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Deacon Cynthia Z. Biddlecomb, (ELCA) retired

Happy Easter! You might, unless you are Christian Orthodox, say “but that was a week ago”. In many of our churches, Easter is celebrated for 50 days, until the Day of Pentecost, which means “Fifty”. Among us, Easter is a season!

In this Easter Season, we tell the gospel stories in which the resurrected Jesus came to be among his apostles. He first needed to calm them down with the words, “Peace be with you”, here Read More