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Houck: FSBOs—Thinking About Selling Your Home As For Sale By Owner?

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DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty

Thinking About Selling Your Home as a For Sale by Owner (FSBO)?

Here Are Key Factors to Consider:

  1. High-Quality Photos and Walkthroughs: Professional marketing starts with strong visuals. High-quality photos and 3D walkthroughs are critical for attracting buyers quickly and securing top dollar for your home. If you don’t have the tools or expertise to produce and edit marketing content, some brokerages such as Atomic Realty can offer these offer these services à la carte—even if you're selling on your own. Investing in professional media
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Amateur Naturalist: Looks Different And Looks Alike

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A Spanish Broom with its many straight green stems. Photo by Robert Dryja/ladailypost.com

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

An exploratory walk can lead to plants that look very different from one another or very much alike. The Spanish broom is an example. It is a bush that may grow six to eight feet high. It is somewhat circular in shape and can have hundreds of straight slim stems.

The stems are up to an eighth of inch wide, green colored, and two to three feet long. A stem may have few small leaves growing toward it base, (see Picture 1). It is at its flowering peak in June.

The perennial sweet pea also is at its Read More

Welcome Letter From LAPS Superintendent Jennifer Guy

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LAPS Superintendent Jennifer Guy

Dear LAPS Families,

I am excited to welcome you to the 2025–2026 school year! Whether your family is returning or joining us for the first time, thank you for being part of the Los Alamos Public Schools community.

The first day of school is Monday, August 11. Individual schools will be sending out details about schedule pick-ups, classroom assignments, and opportunities to meet your child’s teachers before the year begins.

Our schools are clean, safe, and ready to welcome students back to classrooms. A big thank you goes to our custodial and facilities teams Read More

McQuiston: The Airbnb Neighbor – How Short-Term Rentals Are Secretly Affecting Your Insurance

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
That House Next Door Isn’t What It Used to Be
Maybe you’ve noticed the subtle changes. A constant rotation of unfamiliar cars. More foot traffic than usual. A suitcase rolling down the sidewalk at midnight.
Chances are, you’ve got an Airbnb or short-term rental nearby.
At first glance, it may not seem like a big deal. It’s just someone renting out a room or home, right?
But what many homeowners and neighbors don’t realize is that these short-term rentals are quietly reshaping the landscape of local neighborhoods — and that
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Pages Of Our History: Stirling Auchincloss Colgate

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Stirling Auchincloss Colgate Nov. 14, 1925 – Dec. 1, 2023

By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos

Stirling Auchincloss Colgate (Los Alamos Ranch School 1940–1943) was born in New York City and died in 2013 in Los Alamos, NM.

Stirling Colgate was one of the last four graduates of Los Alamos Ranch School, along with his classmates William “Bee” Barr, Theodore “Ted” Church, and Collier Baird. Intensified studies allowed them to graduate on Jan. 28, 1943, and enter colleges at mid-year.

Stirling went to Cornell University, where he eventually earned a degree in electrical engineering, though his studies Read More

Best Of Liddie’s Recipes: Gazpacho

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Gazpacho. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

At the height of summer, my childhood days were spent playing stickball with the neighborhood kids, wandering along the riverbanks looking for lizards or rabbits or wildflowers, roaming the acequia with my sister searching for wild asparagus and harvesting veggies with my grandma in her garden.

Tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers were brought in by the bucketsful and, for us, that meant fresh Gazpacho was readily available.

My mom used to make it by the gallon and leave it chilling in the refrigerator for us to serve ourselves Read More

Catch Of The Week: St. Paul Cyber Attack … What We Know So Far

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

The city of St. Paul, Minn., was the latest target of a cyber-attack, bringing city systems and services to a grinding halt. The attack was first detected on July 25 and still appears to be affecting city services. The impact to the city was so great that Gov. Tim Walz had to call in the National Guard, which also has a cyber component.

What happened? What we know so far – the city first noticed suspicious activity in their systems on the morning of July 25. Leadership shut down access to that system and then shut down internet access Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 5, 2025

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

There was very limited stocking of trout last week in Northern New Mexico. This reflects the conditions. Rising water  temperatures and low streamflows limit the amount of water where hatchery trout can be stocked. 

One river that seems to be holding up well is the Pecos River. The Eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo mountains have been getting more monsoon rain than North-Central and Northwestern New Mexico. 

Some of the best fishing will be found below dams. Water released from the bottom of the lakes will be cooler so trout remain Read More

DeHaven: The Role Of Social Services Division In Our Community

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By Jyl DeHaven
Vice Chair
Los Alamos County Health Council

If you are living life in Los Alamos, you may have often thought, “I wish we had… more restaurants, more things to do after 8 p.m., less traffic going up/down the hill, more affordable housing choices, better medical access…”

However, most days we are grateful for the sense of peace, safety, beauty, moderate weather, and walkability. For many of us, this is a great place to raise a family and grow old. We seldom see the harsh realities present in other towns in this nation – the invisible community members who sometimes need a hand-up. Those Read More

Robinson: Jobs Numbers Look Better In New Mexico Than They Do Nationwide

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

Day in, day out, the number crunchers at the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics keep tabs on the economy and report data, a job only a geek could love. Much hangs on those numbers.

The stock market, industry and government decision makers, and the business press track statistics coming from the BLS and other agencies to gauge the health of the economy. That’s why there was such an uproar when President Trump fired the bureau’s head geek, Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, because he didn’t like the numbers in the July jobs report. The economy Read More