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New Mexico State Police Arrest 34 Drunk Drivers And Issue More Than 2,300 Traffic Citations During C.A.R.E. Operation Over Thanksgiving Holiday

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New Mexico State Police participated in the Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) operation across all roadways within the state over the Thanksgiving holiday. Courtesy/NMSP

NMSP News:

During the Thanksgiving holiday, the New Mexico State Police participated in the Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) operation across all roadways within the state.

The goal of the traffic initiative is to increase motorist safety and reduce the number of crashes through a strong law enforcement presence.

Because of the increased volume of traffic during the holiday, NMSP increased Read More

Curbside Farmers Market Returns Beginning Thursday!

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Curbside Farmer’s Market returns beginning Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 through April 2022. The market will be held 10 a.m. to noon each Thursday in the small parking lot across the street from Fuller Lodge on Central Avenue. The public may pre-order and pre-pay or pay when picking up their purchases. Courtesy/Farmers Market Read More

LAPS Ride The Bus To School Day Wednesday Dec. 1

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LAPS is encouraging all eligible students to ride the school bus to school Wednesday, Dec. 1, as part of ‘Ride the Bus’ Day. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools is encouraging all eligible students to ride the school bus to school on Wednesday, Dec. 1 as part of “Ride the Bus” Day.

This initiative not only helps the environment, but also funds the LAPS Transportation Department.

Two days a year, the New Mexico Public Education Department has each school district tally student ridership for transportation funding: once in December and again in February.

This school year, the bus Read More

NMDOT Invites Public To Comment On Future STIP Projects

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is required under federal legislation and contains projects located on federal and state highways (roads with I, U.S. or N.M. designations).

The STIP is a collaborative state, local, regional, and tribal transportation planning effort, developed by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT).

Projects included in the STIP are funded with a combination of federal, state and/or local funds.

NMDOT strives to keep the public informed and values their opinions. The STIP is amended quarterly and always Read More

Posts From The Road: Palo Duro State Park In Texas

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Campground Visitors: On our first morning at Palo Duro State Park, we were greeted by a dozen or so wild turkeys, content  with their activities as I viewed them through the camera lens from our van. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Layers of Time: Layers of different sediments created the canyon walls at Palo Duro over millions of years. This colorful landscape and state park are hidden in the middle of the Texas panhandle. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

With Thanksgiving gatherings and platefuls of turkey with all the trimmings Read More

Fr. Glenn: O Gracious Gratitude

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

I pray that all had a blessed and joyful Thanksgiving this year, especially after last year’s separation from loved ones due to the dangers of COVID. We now pray also that this new “omicron” variant does not become widespread, but rather will fizzle out quickly. God bless all of you and your families, and keep all of you safe.

But … back to Thanksgiving and its theme of gratitude.

St. Thomas Aquinas—along with St. Augustine, one of the greatest theologians and philosophers in Christian history—noted that gratitude is not only a courtesy, but a virtue and a moral obligation, for Read More

Gruninger: The Fourth Yama – Bramacharya

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By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IATY, ERYT500
Los Alamos

Just in time for the holidays! Bramacharya is the perfect Yama to consider during the whirlwind giving season.

Like the other Yamas, Bramacharya has many layered meanings. The literal translation is “walking like or towards Brahma”. In the Hindu tradition, Brahma is the creator.

This translation is about doing everything in your power to lead yourself to your higher power or the creator. It required strict adherence to rules, practices and self-study. One of these rules was celibacy so students of yoga would conserve their sexual energy to Read More

HSD: $1.4 Million In Financial Assistance Funds For New Mexico Low Income Households

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HSD News:

SANTA FE — This week more than 3,000 low-income New Mexico households will receive a one-time payment of $452 in emergency financial assistance under an initiative administered by the New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) in partnership with the Taxation and Revenue Department (Tax & Rev).

The funding for this effort was made possible through an initial $5 million appropriation from the New Mexico Legislature.

The one-time payment is for low-income state residents who did not receive the federal pandemic stimulus payments. An initial round of payments was issued earlier Read More

#forlosalamos, New Beginnings Fellowship And Los Alamos JJAB Provide Thanksgiving Meals To 42 Local Families

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COMMUNITTY News:

Forty-two local families enjoy a complete Thanksgiving meal today thanks to #forlosalamos at New Beginnings Fellowship and Los Alamos JJAB.

This is the 5th year that #forlosalamos has partnered with JJAB to give families complete meals. Five  years ago this started with just 13 families and the numbers have increased every year.

Mike and Juanita McNiel head up #forlosalamos.

“Five years ago we met with our pastors Shawn and Lanessa Amburgey to discuss how to create a spirit of blessing within our community,” Mike said. “Juanita having worked Read More

Home Country: Thanksgiving … A Time When We See Where We Belong

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

“It’s a danged shame ‘bout Thanksgivin’,” Windy Wilson said. The others stopped stirring things into their coffee cups and looked at the aging cowboy and camp cook.

Windy glanced at the semi-circle of puzzled faces there in the Mule Barn coffee shop. “You know what I mean … ‘stead of people we achully know, we gotta spend it with folks we haven’t seen since the end of Dubya-Dubya Two.”

“You mean family?”

“Shore do, Doc. Now jest think for a minute and 15 seconds here, okay? Now with Halloween, which is my favorite holiday, you get to say hi to a mess-a little kids and give ‘em Read More