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Los Alamos County Assessor Ken Milder Provides Information On Unintended Consequences Of Well-intentioned State Law Called ‘Tax Lightning’

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By KEN MILDER
Los Alamos County Assessor

Los Alamos County property owners will be receiving their 2021 property tax bills over the next couple weeks. Most will see relatively little change from last year, but for some there may be a big surprise.

Imagine yourself in a home you just purchased. You settle in and maybe even do some fix-up to make it “your own”. Then comes the first week of November and you receive your first property tax bill in the mail. You tentatively open the envelope and suddenly realize that WOW, it’s not that bad. In fact, your tax might be much lower than anticipated.

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Los Alamos On Nation’s Most Affordable Towns To Live List

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View of the Los Alamos County Golf Course. Realtor.com has named Los Alamos one of the most affordable small towns to live in the entire nation. When selecting Los Alamos, Realtor.com looked at towns in the United States with a population of less than 50,000 and compared these communities using very specific data points. Courtesy/Realtor.com

By COURTNIE ERICKSON
Realtor.com

When choosing a place to live, there are several factors that an individual must consider. However, one factor that should be at the top of almost every wishlist is the affordability of the area.

Realtor.com has released Read More

McQuiston: How To Prepare Your Home For Winter

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

I don’t know about you, but fall is my favorite season. The weather is perfect, the leaves turn beautiful colors, and it means the holidays are quickly approaching.

The worst part about the autumn season is that it goes too fast and all of a sudden, winter is here. Freezing temperatures, snowy and icy weather, more dangerous roads, and did I mention freezing temperatures? Brrr! Is your home prepared for the winter season? Here are a few things you can do as a homeowner to prepare their homes for the coming winter.

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Groundbreaking Ceremony At The Hill Apartments Nov. 3

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COUNTY News:

The Hill Apartments, a new housing development at 121 and 141 35th St. at the intersection of 35th and Finch Street will host a Groundbreaking Ceremony at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3.

The site is the former Los Alamos Site Office, or “LASO” for Los Alamos National Laboratory. Grading of the site commenced in the Summer of 2021 and the developers are beginning the construction of the apartments.

The development was realized through the conveyance of land to Los Alamos County from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the purpose of Economic Development.

Los Alamos County rezoned the property Read More

State Surpasses Milestone With New Mexico Emergency Rental And Utilities Assistance Program

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ERAP News:

SANTA FE — The State of New Mexico, in partnership with the City of Albuquerque, has awarded more than $54 million in rental and utility assistance to New Mexico households through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP).

An additional $71 million has been earmarked for innovative assistance programs being awarded over the coming months.

As a result of this effective progress, the important milestone of 65 percent allocation has been surpassed and the state will not revert any of the $185.5 million in funds made available by the federal government. 

“COVID has been hard on Read More

Los Alamos County Officials And Staff Get Sneak Peak Of New Canyon Walk Apartments On DP Road

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From left, Division Manager for Kay-Kay Realty Robin Jacobi, Bethel Development & Qualcon Builders Development Project Manager Timothy Donhauser, CDD Director Paul Andrus, Public Works Director Anne Laurent, Council Chair Randall Ryti, Councilor David Izraelevitz, Council Vice Chair James Robinson, County Manager Steven Lynne, Housing Program Manager Margaret Ambrosino, Economic Development Administrator Dan Ungerleider and Interim Public Information Officer Leslie Bucklin tour the Canyon Walk Apartments Friday morning. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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Power Outage Planned For Portion Of Western Area

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COUNTY News:

Weather permitting, electric linemen with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) have scheduled a 4-hour power outage for properties surrounding Sandia Drive in the Western Area.

Beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, July 29, the outage will continue until 2 a.m. Friday, July 30.

Customers affected by the outage are on Ridgeway between 47th Street and Diamond Drive, the 45th/41st street loop south of Sandia; 44th, 43rd, 41st streets and homes on the west side of 40th Street that intersect Sandia.

DPU linemen have planned the evening outage to minimize the inconvenience Read More

Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Peas

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Learn how to shell and cook peas. Video by Liddie Martinez 

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

 

We always grew peas in our garden. A northern New Mexico staple for centuries, alverjón is an old Arabic word, a remnant of the invasion of Spain by the Moors in the 8th century that made a permanent home in Northern New Mexico by way of the Camino Real. The archaic word was first documented in the new world in 1626 by Fray Alonso de Benavides. Newly arrived to northern New Mexico nearly 30 years after Don Juan de Oñate he wrote in his journal that the land was, “…exceedingly fertile and produced in great Read More

Rep. Leger Fernández Announces Over $3.3 Million In COVID Relief For Affordable Housing Nonprofits In CD-3 

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced more than $3.3 million in COVID relief funds to Homewise, Santa Fe Community Housing Trust, and the Native Partnership for Housing to help create successful homeowners, address affordable housing issues, and promote long-term financial wellbeing.

The grants were made through the U.S. Department of Treasury’s community development financial institutions Rapid Response Program to respond to economic challenges created by the pandemic, Read More