By PATRICK SORANShame on us! We are a town built on higher education and we can’t even support our community college.
Disappointing. Perhaps we are just selfish and don’t really care about future generations. After all we got ours. Read More
By CEDRIC PAGE, Ph.D.Dear Residents of Los Alamos,
As Executive Director for UNM-Los Alamos, I want to extend my sincere thanks for the community support we’ve received during our recent special election. It is very rewarding to hear personal stories from our students and alumni about their many positive experiences at UNM-LA. Our contributions to the quality of life in Los Alamos are amplified in the testimonials from those who have had rewarding and, for some, life-altering experiences as a result of their participation in our programs at UNM-LA. We are proud and Read More
By DOUG PIPPIN
By DYLAN PHILLIPS, 8Wind howls through the trees.
Rocks and logs piled crazily.
Boom! Another flood? Read More
By GERALD ANTOSIm afraid I have to agree with Erika Gorman that the school levy is a very bad idea. We just learned today at the Lab Director’s talk that our health care costs are probably going to go up more then 11 percent and with the prospect of another 1 percent raise I’m sinking into a hole fast.
By ELLEN WALTONOn Friday morning we woke to heavy rains and news of region wide flooding. My husband and I have never had flooding before on Esperanza and thought we were safe.
But not this Friday the 13th. The water rose and flowed over the sidewalk and down the steps leading to our front door. As the water came closer to our door, I called the County for help, but there was nothing they could do.
When I looked to the street and up the hill, it dawned on me what was happening. The pile of illegally dumped gravel that had been blocking the right side of the road for three weeks was now washing Read More
By ELIZABETH JACOBI was appalled to have read about the events surrounding the capture and separation of these bears.
Euthanizing? Is this our way of getting rid of a situation that we created? Global warming, burn down their environment, take away their food source, and, when they come to our doorstep because they smell food, we kill them!
De ja vu all over again. We did the same thing to the indigenous peoples of the Americas and proclaimed self righteousness.
Shame on us! Read More
RAMONA MAICZYNSKIThis summer, New Mexico saw deadly wildfires and yet more extreme drought.
Now, a new report reveals the biggest culprits causing the global warming pollution, which scientists warn will bring even worse extreme weather in the future.
Environment New Mexico Research and Policy Center finds that power plants are New Mexico’s single largest source of carbon pollution, responsible for over half of our carbon emissions. What’s more, the Four Corners Power Plant, outside Farmington, is the 15th most carbon polluting plant in the nation.
I urge New Mexico’s leaders, Read More
By RAO GARIMELLAI have been following the discussion on scheduling of the Next Big Idea festival on Yom Kippur. I just wonder if the community should also take into account the Chinese New Year or Dia del Los Muertos (which Wikipedia says is a national holiday in Mexico)?
Incidentally, my family follows Hinduism and on our festival days we wake up early to finish our rather elaborate worship or perform it in the evening and go about our secular activities during the day.
Other than Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year, which have become established as days that the entire nation takes time Read More
By MORRIE B. PONGRATZI have joined with many in our community including leaders of the local Democratic and Republican parties in supporting the UNM-LA mill levy.
As a retiree, I benefit from the training our EMS folks get at UNM-LA. We all benefit from the Fire Science courses our fire department personnel take at UNM-LA.
Most of all the presence of this high quality institution makes Los Alamos more attractive to the “best and brightest” that LANL needs to attract to compete effectively for future