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Fr. Theophan: Commemoration Of Saint Olga Of Alaska, First Orthodox Female Native-American Saint

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Matushka Olga, now Saint Olga of Alaska. Courtesy photo

By FATHER THEOPHAN
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church

On Sunday, Nov. 9, this year, will be the first Orthodox commemoration of a newly glorified Saint. Saint Olga of Alaska. She is the first female Native-American Saint to be recognized by the Orthodox Church. Her story should give us all comfort and encouragement in these difficult times:

Feb. 3, 1916, in the village of Kwethluk, a daughter was born to the Native Yup’ik people. Her Yup’ik name, Arrsamquq, signifies being lowly, hidden, or unadorned—like a seed quietly sown in Read More

Catch Of The Week: Massive Donor-Database Breach Hits University Of Pennsylvania

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has confirmed the seriousness of a security incident –though perhaps worse than initially acknowledged. According to the hacker who contacted media, a breach of  Penn’s systems resulted in approximately 1.2 million records of students, alumni and donors being exfiltrated. Yikes!

What happened

 

 

  • The incident began when Penn’s alumni and student email lists started receiving a mass message claiming “We got hacked.” The email contained offensive language and was sent from a Penn
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Wallace: Nuclear Weapons Testing

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By TERRY WALLACE
Colorado
(Former LANL Director)

On December 18, 1970, a nuclear weapons test was conducted in an underground shaft at the Nevada Test Site. The test, code-named Baneberry, was detonated at a depth of about 900 feet. Baneberry was a relatively small weapons test and was conducted at Yucca Flats (a large playa) in alluvial soil derived from surrounding deposits of volcanic tuff. Within the alluvium, there were intermittent seams of montmorillonite clay that were saturated with water. The drill hole was filled with a concrete plug and sorted materials; the procedure for plugging Read More

Robinson: Importing Beef From Argentina Doesn’t Put America First

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services

Ranchers can finally take a deep breath and think about paying down long-term loans and rebuilding their herds because they finally caught a break on beef prices.

When the president told reporters on Air Force One that he was thinking about reducing beef prices by importing more beef from Argentina, he triggered an instant market reaction. Cattle futures dropped $9 overnight. It was a shock to cattle growers and threatened to undercut the first financial stability they’ve enjoyed in years.

The reaction from American producers Read More

Op-Ed: New Mexico Needs Common-Sense Malpractice Reform

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By Robert McAtee, MD & Elena McAtee, MD

We write to encourage you to urgently ask your State Representative and Senator to pass medical malpractice reform in the next legislative session.

I am an Emergency Medicine Physician in Española and my wife is a Family Medicine Physician here in Los Alamos. We love New Mexico, but we can no longer ignore how our state’s malpractice environment is driving doctors away and making it harder for patients to get timely care.

The numbers are stark. Independent analyses by Think New Mexico demonstrate that New Mexico has one malpractice lawsuit for roughly Read More

Los Alamos Real Estate Market Report: 3rd Quarter 2025

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By RYAN MAUPIN
REALTOR
RE/MAX First

Greetings, Los Alamos! The third quarter of 2025 is in the books, so it’s time for our latest real estate update for Los Alamos County.

Overall, this year’s market activity has been very similar to last year. From January – September 2025, we had 220 reported sales in Los Alamos County, compared with 221 reported sales during the same time period last year. 

As with most of the country, we have seen home prices drop slightly this year. The 2025 average sales price has dropped from $624,512 in 2024 to $597,783 from January – September 2025.  Similarly, Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 2, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors 
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The stocking of rainbow trout by the State Game and Fish Department has shifted its emphasis to Southern New Mexico. Lakes and ponds too warm in the summer to support trout are being stocked now because of cooler weather. 

Streamflow on the Rio Grande increased over the last week. Streamflows today were 497 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction and 557at Embudo. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was 380 cubic feet per second. All of these are above normal and should be good for trout, allowing any stocked trout not yet caught Read More

Posts From The Road: Texas Roadside Oddities

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Outlaw Gas Station: During the prohibition era, many establishments secretly began to appear with one product in mind, moonshine. Often these businesses appeared to be legitimate establishments such as a gas station or other common business but moonshine sales were king. This gas station may have sold more moonshine than gas back in the day. The old station is in Glen Rose, Texas. The structure was constructed with stone, bricks, and petrified wood. Petrified wood was plentiful in the area and widely used in buildings in the area. After the prohibition era ended, the business but the shell of Read More

Fr. Glenn: Saints…and Sinners

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Happy November everyone! Hard to believe we’re nearing the end of 2025 already. Ah, precious time. It’s like the words of that country song about the centenarian: “Don’t blink…A hundred years goes faster than you think.”

Yep, the time goes fast, and before you know it, we all inevitably look at the end of earthly life. Society tends to look at that end as tragic, but we Christians … not so much. As God is the master of life, we should not seek, and certainly never hasten, the end of life, but our greatest hope lies after this life with a future life with Him. As St. Paul so famously Read More