Politics

Shin: Questions Regarding County Sale Of 20th Street And A8A Properties

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By LISA SHIN
Los Alamos

Tomorrow, on Aug. 26, 2025, the Purchase, Sale, and Development Agreements for the 20th Street Redevelopment and the Mixed-Income Workforce Housing on the A-8-A Parcel will be on the Council agenda.

As many already know, I am closely watching redevelopment in Los Alamos. There are both positive and negative consequences on small business owners like myself. All citizens should be concerned about the impact of high-density housing on existing utilities, our environment, open spaces, traffic, pollution, and crime.

Please attend to make your voices heard, or email Read More

Robinson: Sanitizing History Is A Dangerous Exercise

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote

The history police are at it again. Taos officials want to rename Kit Carson Park, and the president aims to scrub “propaganda” from the venerable Smithsonian. Freeing the historical record from uncomfortable facts doesn’t change anything.

I’ve written before that history isn’t pretty. History is what happened, good and bad. History has shaped where we are today. If we ignore history, it repeats itself until we citizens finally get it.

Kit Carson, one of New Mexico’s best known historical figures, was a scout, soldier, Indian agent, rancher and trader. In 1862 Read More

Utility Payment Method Enhanced With Convenience Feature

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COUNTY News:

The payment portal used on the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) website for web payments has a new feature called BillWallet™ that allows customers to save payment information for more convenient future transactions.

“Customers have expressed a desire to save their payment information when paying online and we’re excited that our vendor for online payments, Paymentus, has added that option to the payment portal’s functionality,” said Joann Gentry, DPU Deputy Utility Manager of Finance and Administration. “Customers who are more comfortable not saving information Read More

Kiwanis Club Features County Council Chair Theresa Cull

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County Council Chair Theresa Cull presents an update to Kiwanis Club members on Aug. 11 about the happenings in the County Government. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

At the Aug. 11th Kiwanis meeting, County Council Chair Theresa Cull presented an update on the happenings in the County Government, projects both underway and planned for the future.

She first talked about housing projects. The County adopted the Los Alamos Affordable Housing Plan in September 2024 and in January 2025, entered into a new contract with the SF Community Housing Trust for Homebuyer and Read More

Heinrich, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Help Veterans Struggling With Infertility Grow Their Families

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

          • Legislation would expand services—from IVF to adoption assistance—covered by DoD and VA

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined his colleagues, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in introducing legislation to make it easier for veterans who struggle with infertility to build their families.

The Veteran Families Health Services Act would expand fertility treatments and family-building services covered under Read More

Heinrich Statement On New Federal Investment To Address Spread Of New World Screwworm

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U.S. Senate News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration, welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it will begin construction on a new domestic sterile fly production facility to combat the growing New World screwworm (NWS) outbreak in Central America that threatens to spread and wreak havoc on the U.S. cattle industry.

In June, Heinrich welcomed a USDA announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility, which came on Read More

DEA Launches Bold Bilaterial Initiative To Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers, Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking

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DEA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Drug Enforcement Administration announces a major new initiative to strengthen collaboration between the United States and Mexico in the fight against cartels, whose trafficking networks are responsible for flooding American communities with deadly synthetic drugs.

At the core of this effort is Project Portero, DEA’s flagship operation aimed at dismantling cartel “gatekeepers”, operatives who control the smuggling corridors along the Southwest Border. Gatekeepers are essential to cartel operations, directing the flow of fentanyl, methamphetamine, Read More

New Mexico Delegation Welcomes $22 Million To Provide High-Speed Internet To Socorro, Torrance & Valencia

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CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $22 million via the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide high-speed internet to 783 people, 14 businesses, and 40 farms in Socorro, Torrance, and Valencia Counties in New Mexico.

This investment is made possible through congressional funding provided to USDA’s Rural Development, which offers loans, grants, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic Read More