Politics

Los Alamos Historical Society To Present ‘Oppenheimer & The Next Generation’ July 23 At Fuller Lodge

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Los Alamos Historical Society News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society will host “Oppenheimer & The Next Generation: A Conversation with Eric Singer” 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, in Fuller Lodge. This event will feature author and educator Singer, adapter of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb, the young readers edition of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus.

Attendees will enjoy an evening of Oppenheimer trivia, a lively conversation with Singer and a book signing of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. Special guests Susan and Alex Sherwin, Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court Clarifies State Law Limiting Attorney Fees In Workers’ Compensation Cases

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New Mexico Supreme Court News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled today that people hurt in a workplace accident may qualify for separate awards of attorney fees for subsequent injuries stemming from their initial injury.

In a unanimous opinion, the Court concluded that a state agency worker was entitled under the Workers’ Compensation Act to recover up to $22,500 in attorney fees – a cap imposed by the law – on other injuries suffered after a slip-and-fall at the workplace. Treatment for the initial injury resulted in multiple surgeries and a brain injury.

The justices ordered a Workers’ Read More

New Mexico Environment Department Reviews Stage 1 Abatement Plan For Former Elephant Butte Landfill

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NMED News:

The New Mexico Environment Department is reviewing a Stage 1 Abatement Plan to address chloride and manganese contamination at a former landfill site, located southwest of the Sierra de Rio Golf Course and west of Clubhouse Road in Elephant Butte.

Environmental Consultants Parkhill, representing the owners of the City of Truth or Consequences, submitted the plan on May 28, 2025, to continue assessing environmental contamination caused by over 10 years of landfill operation at the site. It was used as a municipal solid waste landfill and closed in 1974.

Currently, the site’s Read More

Think New Mexico: Why Is This Dark Money Group Fighting Healthcare Reform?

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By FRED NATHAN JR.
Executive Director
Think New Mexico

Recently the New Mexico Ethics Commission sued a secretive, dark money group calling itself New Mexico Safety Over Profits (NMSOP) for violating state laws that require the disclosure of the source of funds used to influence legislation.

The lawsuit alleges that NMSOP spent tens of thousands of dollars on advertisements opposing medical malpractice reforms designed to center the needs of patients and bring down malpractice premiums for doctors, which are about twice as high in New Mexico as in our surrounding states.

Earlier this year, Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Helps DOE Save $2B

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Los Alamos National Laboratory leverages a combined $7 billion in annual spending to negotiate prices, cut costs and reduce duplication of efforts across the complex. Courtesy/LANL

LANL employees honored by the Kansas City National Security Campus for their active roles in the DOE strategic sourcing initiative, from left, Yvonne Gonzales, Brooks Baldwin and Gian Chaves. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Lab Improves Efficiency As Part Of Supply Chain Management Center

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has saved $426 million — almost one quarter — of the Supply Chain Management Center’s Read More

From The Depths To The Desert: Three Submarine Veterans Resurface At LANL Immersed In Mission-critical Work

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From left, Will Graves, Ted Fan and Andy Felton, proudly display the U.S. flag at the Lab. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • After serving in the same vessel, they are now immersed in mission-critical work

In the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, three Navy officers once patrolled the seas aboard Ohio-class submarines, ready to deploy the nation’s ultimate strategic deterrent should the order ever come. Years later, those same men — Ted Fan, Andy Felton and Will Graves — find themselves on land but still immersed in mission-critical work. This time, their theater of operation is the Laboratory.

The connection Read More

Aquatic Center Closing 8am-3pm July 29 For Training

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Aquatic Center’s Olympic Pool and Therapy Pool will be temporarily closed, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, for a scheduled in-service training.

During this time, Aquatic Center staff and community members will receive training on the new Colorado Timing System, which will be used for hosting swim meets and other timed events.

The Leisure Lagoon will remain open during normal hours on July 29.

The Aquatic Center’s Olympic Pool and Therapy Pool will reopen and resume normal operations after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29.

Direct questions to the Aquatic Center Read More

Dannemann: The Future Of Undeveloped Land

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann

President Joe Biden proposed to protect 30% of all the land in America from development. The proposal was expressed as an executive order, but it was more like a goal, because the intention was to reach the goal by the year 2030.

In working toward that goal, President Biden protected more land from development than any other president in American history.

The goal was not merely wise but visionary. It assumed, among other things, that our generation is not the last generation of humankind on earth, and the resources locked in undeveloped Read More

County P&Z Commission To Meet Wednesday July 9

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave.

The meeting is open to the public in person and available via Zoom: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81885706651

  • Or Telephone:
  • Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
  • US: +1 719 359 4580 or +1 253 205 0468 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669
  • 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833
  • Webinar ID: 818 8570 6651

Agenda:

  1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
  2. PUBLIC COMMENT

This section of the agenda is reserved for Read More