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Los Alamos Police Seek Help Identifying ID Theft Suspect

Los Alamos Police seek the public’s assistance to identify this female identity theft suspect. Anyone who recognizes her may report details anonymously by calling L.A. Crime-Stoppers at 505.662.8282. Courtesy/LAPD

Anyone who recognizes this female identity theft suspect may report details anonymously by calling L.A. Crime-Stoppers at 505.662.8282.Courtesy/LAPD

LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) Criminal Investigations Division is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the female in the following photographs.

LAPD detectives are investigating crimes Read More

Life After 50: Life Is Good, Really Good!

Sunday marked the first formal Adopt-A-Road Clean up. Pictured is: Board Member Deb Snow, Sci Guy Chad Lauritzen, Board Member Gabriel Vigil, friends Jeremy Herrera and his mom Della Herrera (not pictured Board Member Karen Greenfield). Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions

We planned to kick off some new things as we get close to 10 weeks until Champions of Youth Ambitions turns 10. I got a little too excited to wait.

We recently celebrated the Community Asset Awards, wrapped up our collections for veteran and pet shelters delivering Read More

Los Alamos Co-op Market Announces Potential Closure

Los Alamos Co-op Market News:

As a Co-op, it’s easy to feel small in a world of corporate giants, but size doesn’t always determine strength. At the Los Alamos Co+op Market – Los Alamos’ only local grocer – the team has been taking on the Goliaths of the grocery industry since the store opened in 2011. With a wide selection of local products, freshly made deli foods, and affordable pricing on organic groceries, their staff continues to be a resource for excellent food that supports the community.

With the changes in shopping habits of customers brought on by COVID and the opening of a large, national Read More

Catch Of The Week: United Healthcare Cyber Attack

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Could your business keep going if key services suddenly were offline, and if you were unable to get paid for your services? That would likely be problematic, right?

This is the situation faced by doctors across the nation after Optum’s Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack, causing them to shut down their networks on Feb. 21, 2024.

Change Healthcare is owned by UnitedHealth Group, the biggest healthcare company in the US. Change Healthcare provides payment processing, allows for checking of patient benefits, and manages Read More

Kiwanis Club Hears Boomtown Presentation

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Cub of Los Alamos

The Kiwanis Cub of Los Alamos was treated to a presentation at its March 3 meeting from Boomtown news outlet co-founders Stephanie Nakhleh, Minesh Bacrania and Sam McRae. They gave a look into the type of journalism they are endeavoring to bring to Los Alamos.

Bacrania, a freelance photographer, started off with introducing the group and then turning the mike over to Nakhleh who showed several Los Alamos Monitor front-page stories from 30 years ago when she was working as a beat reporter. They included a large and diverse amount of local news such as: “Rabid Read More

New Mexico Securities Division Joins $1.5 Million Multistate Securities Settlement Against Crypto Platform, TradeStation

NMRLD News:

SANTA FE — The Securities Division of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department announced today that it has entered into a settlement with TradeStation Crypto, Inc. (TradeStation) to resolve New Mexico’s investigation into TradeStation’s crypto interest-earning program.

The $1.5 million multistate settlement is the result of a North American Securities Administrators Association task force comprised of eight state securities regulators including Alabama, California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin. The task Read More

Councilor David Reagor Files For Re-Election

Los Alamos County Councilor David Reagor, a Republican, files for re-election this morning at the Municipal Building. Reagor offered two reasons why he decided to run for re-election, ‘The main thing is I am very happy to campaign for small businesses,’ he said. He noted Los Alamos has lost a lot of small businesses and things like COVID mandates didn’t help. Reagor said he would like to do everything he can to support local businesses. Reagor added that he also wants to ‘preserve Los Alamos’ utilities’. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

New Mexico Unemployment Rate: 4.0% In January 2024

NMDWS News:

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in January, unchanged from the revised December rate and up from 3.6 percent in the previous year.

The national unemployment rate in January was 3.7 percent, unchanged from the revised rate in December and up from 3.4 percent in January 2023.

Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 15,500 jobs, or 1.8 percent, between January 2023 and January 2024. The majority of gains came from the private sector, which was up 9,000 jobs, or 1.3 percent. The public sector was up 6,500 jobs, or 3.6 percent. Most private Read More

Catch Of The Week: The Day The Facebook Died

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Ah yes, 10:00 a.m. EST, March 5th, 2024… a day that would live in infamy…the day Facebook crashed!

Facebook users across the world were disconcertingly logged out of their accounts, then received an ominous error message when they tried to log back in.

Many users (obviously not me! :P) panicked, thinking that their accounts had been hacked, or that they had finally posted that one over the top meme that earned them time in Facebook jail (banned!).

 

OK yes, I did panic for about 5 minutes wondering if I had somehow been hacked, then Read More

Paya Pávlíková Of Los Alamos Becomes American Citizen

Paya Pávlíková with her husband Delbert Romero following her natualization ceremony Feb. 9 at the convention center in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo

Staff Report:

Paya Pávlíková of Los Alamos, the only member from the Czech Republic, was among 140 people sworn in as American citizens from more than 44 different countries Feb. 9, during a ceremony at the convention center in Albuquerque.

Pávlíková is the daughter of Radka Pávlíková and Jiri Moravek of the Czech Republic. Pávlíková’s husband Delbert Romero is an associate broker for Exit Realty Advantage NM and newspaper distribution coordinator Read More

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