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Weekly Fishing Report: April 15, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

This last week saw unseasonably warm temperatures with several cities throughout the state setting records for daily high temperatures, including Santa Fe and Albuquerque. It was a toasty 97 degrees in Roswell.

Streamflows around the state showed some dramatic increases due to melting snow.

However, streamflow in the Rio Grande is low. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was just 117 cubic-feet-per second. This indicates that they are already irrigating crops in Colorado’s San Luis Valley.

New Mexico’s snowpack remains Read More

Robinson: Your Word Of The Day—Uncertainty

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

Tax season was extra painful this year. Because I did well in the stock market last year, I 558`ikhad to pay extra for capital gains, but those gains have evaporated and then some in Wall Street’s downward skid. Now, like millions of others with dwindling retirement accounts, I’m wondering what to do.

As a journalist, I’ve never made a lot of money, so it’s remarkable that somebody like me even has a stock portfolio. I credit that to workplace 401Ks, some smart brokers and the penny pinching I learned from my mother.

More than half of Americans Read More

Danneman: Cooling Down The Rhetoric

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
© 2025 Triple Spaced

“We are going to back off extremist political rhetoric, encourage our supporters to follow our example, and ask the opposing party to do the same,” said nobody, after the March 31 fire at New Mexico Republican state party headquarters. In a front-page headline, the Albuquerque Journal said GOP leaders were asking for a “cool down” after the fire, but the article below that headline, quoting reactions to the fire, suggested they only wanted Democrats to cool down. Based on the quoted comments, it appears Republican leaders were ready to blame Democratic Read More

Posts From The Road: Dantes View And Artists Drive At Death Valley National Park

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Artists Palette: Artists Palette is the star viewpoint on the nine mile Artists Drive area of Death Valley National Park. This view features some of the most colorful rock formations within the national park. The formations are a result of volcanic activity millions of years ago and the array of colors are caused by oxidation of the various minerals found in the rocks. A scale of the scene is seen by two groups of visitors who are located near the center of the photo who were getting a closer view of the rock formations and colors in the area from a ridge line of white rock. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

Fr. Glenn: Even If He Will Not…

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Big week this week for most of us Christians, beginning today with Palm (Passion) Sunday, with the rest of Holy Week following as we journey with Jesus to the cross on Good Friday and celebration of His resurrection on Sunday April 20. Many think that Christmas is the holiest day of the year, but while Christmas is certainly a prerequisite for it (at least in the way that God ordained), the greatest day for Christianity is Easter. In Christmas the divine assumes humanity with itself, and with the Easter resurrection divinity opens humanity to new life with Him in eternity as Jesus Read More

All Shall Be Well: The Three Hours Service Returns

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

By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

Today, Palm Sunday, begins the holiest week of the Christian year. Traditionally churches celebrate with processions with palm branches and readings remembering Christ’s entry into Jerusalem.

Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of the three holiest days. Maundy comes from the Latin word “mandatum” or commandment. The worship on this day recalls the Last Supper Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘The King Of Kings’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

Now showing at SALA, through Easter Sunday, April 20, is a wonderful, new animated film, “The King of Kings”. It tells the story of Jesus in a way both children and adults can appreciate. 

The film is based on “The Life of Our Lord” the story that Charles Dickens wrote solely for his own children. It was his tradition to read it to his family at Christmas each year. Dickens, who died in 1870, insisted the story not be published during his lifetime and not until the family agreed to it. In fact, it was 1934 before the story was published, 64 years after Charles Dickens’ death Read More

Catch Of The Week: Scammers Fake Video Links In Comments

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By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Sadly there was yet another horrible accident this week in Los Alamos, but as I was checking out the post from the Los Alamos Police Department, something else stood out to me.

Scammers!

 

 

 

 

If you saw this post, you might have noticed there were quite a few comments. And most of them had links offering “live footage” of the accident. Yikes. Are the hairs on the back of your neck standing up yet? They should be! The scammy comments often contain a phrase such as “Terrible that this happened video” or “It’s scary what happened” Read More

McQuiston: What It Really Costs To Go To The ER After A Car Accident In New Mexico

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

Getting into a car accident is stressful enough — but an ER visit afterward can also hit you with some serious bills.

Here’s what you can actually expect if you need emergency care after a crash in New Mexico.

First: Just Walking Into the ER Costs Money

Even if your injuries seem minor, just stepping into an ER comes with built-in charges.

Triage and Facility Fees:

  • Most New Mexico hospitals charge around $1,200 to $2,500 just for evaluating you and using the ER.

Doctor’s Fee:

  • The ER physician will send a separate bill, usually
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Playing The Hand You’re Dealt: A Tribute To Parents And Community

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By JAMES RICKMAN
Los Alamos

Choices have consequences.

That’s what my parents used to say, starting back as far as I can remember. As a tiny kid I didn’t have the bandwidth or life experience to grasp the larger context of those three words beyond recognition that bad behavior led to delivery of a few quick, violent smacks to my backside from The Belt or a Rubbermaid dustpan.

Years later, during a few fall weekends each year, we were dragged up to the ski hill for work parties. As a husky kid, the lot I usually drew was hauling freshly chainsawed aspen stumps to the bed of a truck so they could be hauled away Read More