Opinion

Heinrich Opposes Hegseth Confirmation To Lead Pentagon

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting against advancing the confirmation of President Trump’s controversial and unqualified nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

“Pete Hegseth’s dishonorable record of sexual assault and domestic violence, drunk and disorderly conduct in public, racist, Read More

High School Sports Fans: Simmer Down Or Sit Down

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By Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff
NFHS Chief Executive Officer 

If you’re a fan of high school sports, we need to talk.

When you’re at the game, do you lose control? If so, everyone sees it—the teachers, the officials, the other fans, the parents, and most importantly, the student-athletes. They see you at your worst. And it leaves an impression—not just of you and the school but all high school athletics. 

Research consistently underscores that kids look to adults as inspiration for who they want to be and how they want to live. That’s because adults set the tone. Adults show what behaviors are acceptable Read More

Skolnik: The Health Of Anyone, Anywhere, Is The Health Of Everyone, Everywhere

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock

US withdrawal from the World Health Organization will make the US less safe, the world less safe, and diminish US leadership in global health.

Effectively preventing the spread of communicable diseases requires global cooperation in: disease surveillance; understanding the pathogen; developing diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics; determining best practice for addressing the disease; and, providing technical and financial support for countries that lack the means to address these diseases themselves.

US absence from WHO will make the control of Read More

Review: Los Alamos Little Theatre Proves Even The Ordinary Can Be … Extraordinary!

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Actors, writers & directors from ‘The 8x10s (Snappy Name to Come)’ gather for a photo. Courtesy/LALT

Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Everyone has a story to tell. Embedded in the hours that make up a day and all its mundane activities there are tales to tell.

The Los Alamos Little Theatre proves this in its “The 8x10s (Snappy Name to Come)”, which opened last weekend. Eight plays, penned by local and area playwrights, share some great stories; each told in just 10 minutes. From the most conventional circumstances: grocery shopping, baking bread or Read More

Skolnik: Reducing Excess Alcohol Consumption

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock

I encourage the Los Alamos Community to ignore the comments of the Rio Grande Foundation that the Post published Jan. 13 and focus instead on the facts and evidence about reducing alcohol-related harms in New Mexico.

First, New Mexico leads the nation in alcohol-related deaths, with a rate of such deaths that is six times the rate of the state with the lowest rate. In addition, New Mexico’s high rate of alcohol-related deaths has gone on for many years.

Second, there is consistent evidence within the US and across countries that higher alcohol taxes and higher alcohol Read More

DPU To Launch ‘Voice Of The Customer’ Survey Monday

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Following the 2024 survey, DPU was presented with a Customer Satisfaction bronze-level award by the American Public Power Association. Many of the Voice of the Customer Survey questions are benchmarked by APPA and responses to those questions put DPU among 20 public power providers nationwide to receive the award. Courtesy/DPU

COUNTY News:

Let your voice be heard, utility customers! The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is kicking off its annual “Voice of the Customer” survey on Monday, Jan. 13  to measure customer satisfaction and engagement in areas such as quality, reliability Read More

Dannemann: A Donation-Free New Year

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again

The anti-donation season has started in New Mexico. What a great way to start a new year!

Starting Jan. 1, leading up to the legislative session, New Mexico law prohibits legislators, several other public officials, candidates for those offices and anyone acting on their behalf from asking for contributions. Other officials covered by this law are the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, commissioner of public lands and state auditor, any candidate for any one of those offices and anyone acting on Read More

State Treasurer: Let’s Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is!

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By LAURA M. MONTOYA
New Mexico State Treasurer

My journey is similar to many other New Mexicans’ in that it took a lot of hard work, hope, resilience, community, and prayer to keep pushing forward to work towards something better for me and my family.

Dreams were the hope that helped drive the determination to keep pushing forward, but survival was always at the forefront of every decision and job I undertook. Financial struggle, living paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet — a typical New Mexico story. Add limited resources, knowledge and opportunity, and you have an equation for failure or extreme Read More

Op-Ed: Deer And Roads In Los Alamos County

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By LESLIE HANSEN
White Rock

I have read with interest the recent letters about feeding wildlife and its possible unintended consequences. I was the senior investigator on a study of road-crossing behavior of deer in Los Alamos County that was funded by LANL around 2002 and 2003. If you would like to read the final report, it is available here: Life in the Fast Lane: Road Crossing Behavior of Mule Deer in a Wildland-Urban Interface (Technical Report) | OSTI.GOV. We put GPS collars on mule deer and recorded where, when, and how often they crossed roads in and around Los Alamos.

For the four deer we collared Read More

Op-Ed: County-Issued Roll Carts

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By MARIA PEROTTO
Los Alamos

Nuisance or Not

Each property owner as a resident of Los Alamos [town and county] has been required to use a county-issued container, the roll cart, which was instituted to control garbage dispersal and to eliminate physical injuries to collection staff. Garbage generation and collection are a part of everyday aggravation of regular life. Using roll carts is not a nuisance. Using roll carts is a sufficient solution to the town of Los Alamos for reasonable garbage collection. Anyone who has newly moved to Los Alamos has assumed the risk and conditions of roll cart use, Read More