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Gessing: Understanding New Mexico’s Data Center Boom

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By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation

After years of failure to land a “big fish” business for New Mexico’s economy (or effectively use the oil and gas revenues to grow the economy) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham with the help of her Economic Development Secretary Rob Black have lured no fewer than three large data centers to New Mexico. These data centers are being built to serve the booming world of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and they will have profound impacts on New Mexico.

It is our view that having these data centers locate in New Mexico is better than having them locate elsewhere. Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Jan. 5, 2026

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

Happy New Year! 

Rainbow trout were not stocked anywhere last week in Northern New Mexico. All the stocking activity took place in Southern New Mexico. Even Tingley Beach and the Albuquerque area drains were not stocked. 

The weather has been too warm and the ice-fishing season is off to a slow start. With  the exception of Hopewell Lake, no New Mexico lakes or state parks are open for ice fishing. Fenton Lake was starting to freeze, but what ice there was is melting and there is plenty of open water. Some much colder air is forecast for the coming Read More

Posts From The Road: 2025 Year In Review Part 2

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Sheep Creek Bay: Sheep Creek is one of many contributors to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Seen is Sheep Creek Bay, framed nicely by the red cliffs and hills, which is a part of the large and long reservoir. This is near Wyoming and it is easy to visualize how the reservoir is opening up and becoming wider as it exits the deep canyons to the southern part of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Viewpoint: A group of hikers stop at a viewpoint near the Canyon Rim Campground to view the river and canyon below. The viewpoint is near the Red Canyon Visitor Center. The river is hundreds Read More

Fr. Glenn: Overlap

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well … it’s been quite the “interesting” start to the new year, hasn’t it?

New York City has its first Muslim socialist mayor; that will definitely be “interesting” in the financial capital of the world. I, like many, find it hard to believe that, with the tragic history of socialism throughout the world, people are still swayed by its siren song. “Equity” sounds good, but that necessarily presumes equity in effort, ability, etc., which does not happen in practice. If I work harder to produce/earn more, it’s taken from me to give to someone who does not. So why work hard, or at all? Read More

Houck: Thinking Of Selling Your Home?

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By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty, LLC

The holiday season has come to a close, family visits are wrapping up, and it’s time to refocus and get back to work. If selling your home is on your mind, we’d like to share a few important considerations.

One of the first decisions you’ll need to make is how you want to sell your home:

  • Use a broker to fully market and manage the sale
  • Use a broker only for transaction management and paperwork after finding a buyer
  • Or sell entirely on your own (FSBO)

While we may be a bit biased, it’s worth honestly considering the time, effort, and responsibilities involved—especially Read More

Dannemann: Affordable Housing

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann

Everybody wants affordable housing.

At a recent legislative town hall, several legislators present named affordable housing as a top priority. There was not much specificity as to how housing should be made affordable or how to get it done.

Meanwhile, the people who actually build the houses (more precisely, the people who speak for the people who build the houses) are trying to tell us why new laws and regulations are making it less affordable to build anything.

In a letter to me, Melanie Lawton, government affairs director Read More

McQuiston: Happy New Year … May It Be Good To You

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

As we close the chapter on another year and stand at the threshold of new beginnings, there’s something special about this moment. The turning of the calendar brings with it a sense of possibility, a chance to reflect on where we’ve been and dream about where we’re going.

This past year has held its share of challenges and triumphs, lessons learned and memories made. Whether it brought you closer to your goals or taught you resilience in unexpected ways, each experience has shaped the person you are today. Read More

Amateur Naturalist: The life Of Oaks And Mosses

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By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Consider some the dimensions of a gambel oak tree. It may grow as tall as 30 feet. It is considered to be a large shrub or small tee. Its leaves may be 2 to 7 inches long and 1.5 to 3.5 inches wide with deep lobes, (see Picture 1 below). Its fruit is the acorn seed pod. The lower half of a seed pod connects with a branch. It has a bowl shaped cup at this connecting end. A seed pod may weigh about 1/10 of an ounce.

Now consider a moss. Unlike a gambel oak tree, a moss “branch” may be 0.1 to 3.9 inches long, far less in comparison to the trunk or branches an oak tree. The main branch of a moss may have Read More

An Open Book: Math Lesson

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ 
Los Alamos

I inherited my interest in mathematics from my Dad. He had studied engineering for a year in Uruguay before having to drop out and get a job, but his love for the subject remained. Even as a factory worker, he would work through geometry puzzles during his work breaks. 

Uruguay’s technical university system was modeled on the French system, heavy on abstract mathematics and cruelly reliant on culling students through difficult written and subsequent oral exams. One of the last subjects he struggled through was synthetic projective geometry, a subject last Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Dec. 22, 2025

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BRIDGE News:

This is the last bridge session of the year. Duplicate bridge will resume Jan. 5, 2026. Happy New Year, everyone!

Open winners on Monday were Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young. Flight B winners were Harry Dewey and Linda Lambert.

Here is an interesting hand where, with competitive bidding, the optimal contract is difficult to find.

Board 8:  South is the dealer, and nobody is vulnerable.

After South passes, West appears to have three options:  Open with 1♣; Open with 3♣, or pass.  The hand is too good for a 3♣ opening; a pass will make later bidding difficult, so probably the best option Read More