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Life After 50: Homecoming 2025!

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Angela Aldrich, Pharm D Class of 1995, top right, Sylvester Jones ISU football receiver and running back 1989-1992, top left, and their daughter Amelia Jones, center, with friends, at the ISU Bengals game Sept. 6 at UNM in Albuquerque. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

ISU Class of 1991 graduate Bernadette Lauritzen and her husband and Navy sidekick Chad represented USU at a Sept. 6 game in Albuquerque. ISU holds its homecoming game today in Pocatello, Idaho. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions

I graduated in 1986 from Edgewater Read More

Janecky: Thank You Los Alamos

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By LOUI JANECKY
Los Alamos School of Gymnastics

As my 44 years in the town of Los Alamos come to a close, I would like to thank all of the gymnasts (from 2 years old to 52 years old) and their families for all that they have given me.

Thank you for entrusting your children to me, thank you for sharing your lives with me, thank you for helping me make my dream come true. I learned and grew with you and your children for four decades and 3 generations (for some families). I had so much fun sharing life with you.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who made this member-owned business work. We did it together. It is a model Read More

Hampton: Community Encouraged To Attend November Los Alamos County Health Council Meeting

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By LISA HAMPTON
Chair
Los Alamos County Health Council

As Chair of the Los Alamos County Health Council, I wanted to personally invite you to attend the Thursday, Nov. 6 Health Council Meeting at noon, in the Municipal Building, Room 330 (third floor).

We will have our Council Member, Leah Blackwell, Chaplain with Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service and Grief Group Facilitator, give a presentation. She will explore the topic of grief with us, learning how to cultivate grief education and literacy. She will also discuss how to support others who are experiencing grief and explore ways to move through Read More

Op-Ed: A Bike Park Is A Smart, Community-Inspired Investment In Los Alamos’s Future

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By JAMES WERNICKE 
Bike Park Working Group Member

Outdoor, all-ages, all-abilities recreation that fosters physical health and social connection is as much a part of Los Alamos’s identity as its scientific legacy.

We are a community that plans and deliberates carefully—perhaps to a fault—and consistently expresses that we value our natural assets, quality of life, fiscal responsibility, and operational excellence.

While some may view it as “excessive”, the proposed North Mesa Bike Park represents a fiscally prudent, environmentally responsible, and community-supported Read More

McQuiston: Why Some Cars Keep Their Value – And Others Tank Immediately

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
If you’ve ever wondered why some cars seem to hold their worth while others lose half their value the moment you drive off the lot, you’re not alone. Most drivers assume it comes down to the badge on the hood or the number of miles on the odometer. But the truth is, there’s a deeper mix of psychology, practicality, and market forces at play.
Let’s unpack what really separates a “smart buy” from a “short-lived thrill.”
1. Reputation: The Most Valuable Option You Can’t See 
  • Cars that hold their value well almost always share one
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Mason: Raising Gross Receipts Tax Could Hinder LANL’s Growth–And The Region’s Prosperity

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By Director Thom Mason
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Next week, the Los Alamos County Council will consider two measures to increase the gross receipts tax rate paid by residents and businesses located within the county’s boundaries. I am writing to express my concern about this proposed increase because, as the budget at Los Alamos National Laboratory has begun to stabilize after several years of growth, we did not anticipate this additional cost.

The projected increase to LANL is expected to be roughly $13.5 million a year, or $135 million over 10 years. This proposed increase will have Read More

Jaipriya Goff, Pharm.D.: Safely Manage Medications To Protect Your Personal and Community Health

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By Jaipriya Goff, Pharm.D.
Director of Pharmacy
Los Alamos Medical Center

Many of us have taken medicine to help heal from illness or injury at some point in our lives. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 50 percent of American adults used at least one prescription drug within the past 30 days.

Although medications can provide many benefits, their misuse can also pose a serious health risk to you and our community. That’s why it’s so important to establish and maintain safe medication habits, especially as we observe National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Read More

Op-Ed: No Kings Protest 2.0 Showcases Unity

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By KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos

Saturday’s No Kings events across the U.S. likely included some Marxists and anti-fascists, but the overwhelming majority of those peacefully protesting were there because we don’t want one branch of government to rule unchecked by the other two. Such a government is unconstitutional and anti-American.

The protest included the expected Progressives and Democrats, but also Centrists and former Republicans, united in our strong disapproval of how the president insults, indicts, lies about, fires, or otherwise ruins those who publicly disagree with him.

We Read More

Catch Of The Week: Hey, You! Get Off Of My Cloud!

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

It started just after midnight Pacific Time on Monday—most of us were likely still half-asleep, relying on devices we trust to wake us, shop for us, secure our homes, keep us connected.

Instead, a massive outage across the internet made it clear just how thin the thread is that holds our digital lives together.

I was trying to check my Ring cam on the front porch about 3 a.m. to check on the pumpkin my kid carved and see if anything was trying to eat it. It wouldn’t connect at all and wouldn’t even display history. I checked downdetector.com Read More

Review: The Internet Is Distra – Oh Look A Kitten!

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Catch the LAHS Olions’ production of ‘The Internet is Distra — Oh Look a Kitten!’ at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Los Alamos High School’s Black Box Theater. Photo by Zach Sestric

By KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos

Hey, excuse me.

Yes, you!

Can I have your attention? I know it’s hard with the whole Internet going on and all the pesky things happening IRL (In Real Life), but I saw a show this weekend at Los Alamos High School that you’ve got to see.

The LAHS Olions’ one-act play, “The Internet is Distra — Oh Look a Kitten!” by Ian McWethy and directed by LAHS student Zachary Sestric, is one of Read More