McQuiston: The Hill On The Way Down From Los Alamos … How To Save Your Brakes And Your Nerves
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
You’re heading down the truck route or the main hill out of town, the road drops away in front of you, and you can feel the car wanting to pick up speed. So you do what feels natural: you ride the brake the whole way down. By the bottom, there’s a faint burning smell and the pedal feels a little soft. You made it, but something didn’t feel right about how you got there.
If you live in Los Alamos, you make this drive constantly, and the descent is steep enough and long enough that it asks something real of your car. It’s easy to treat it like Read More
Hand: What Have I Done For You Lately?
By MELANEE HAND
Candidate For Re-Election
Los Alamos County Councilor
As I seek the opportunity to continue serving Los Alamos County, I want to share how I have contributed behind the scenes over the past four-plus years. Anyone can see how I voted on hundreds of issues and initiatives in Council Sessions over the four plus years I have already served, and to mention only a few popular topics does not encompass the full scope of the job as a County Councilor.
The work of a County Councilor is often constrained by the Open Meetings Act and by the structure of our government, where no Councilor can direct Read More
Op-Ed: Sacred Space Should Be Safe Space
By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos
As a rabbi, I am sadly and keenly aware of the appalling rise in antisemitism in this country and around the world. And as a human being, I mourn alongside our Muslim neighbors in the wake of the tragic event in San Diego on Monday. Beginning with my move to New York in 2019 and continuing after my return to Los Alamos, I’ve been a member of the New York Board of Rabbis (NYBOR). Rather than try to express my own thoughts on the terrible shooting at the San Diego mosque, I reproduce here the message sent out by NYBOR earlier today and strongly encourage all of us to reflect Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: May 13, 2026
BRIDGE News:
In the May 11 Unit Championship game, Earle Marie Hanson and John Ruminer were 1st in Flight A, Jack Stafurik and Sam Borkowsky were 2nd, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic tied with Bev Cooper and Jerry Fleming for 4th. Alan Waddinger and Randy Baker were 1st in Flight B.
In the May 13 Grass Roots Fund game, Sig Lodwig and Jerry Morzinski were 1st in Flight A, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 2nd and Ann-Marie Graves and Mary Courtright were 3rd. In Flight B, Allyn Pratt and Spook Kellum were 1st, and Alan Wadlinger and Randy Baker were 2nd.
The following is a very difficult hand for E/W to Read More
Daily Postcard: Ranch Foreman’s Cabin Under Starry Sky
Daily Postcard: Ranch Foreman’s Cabin under a starry night sky. Courtesy/NPS/Alex Arnold
Izraelevitz: Record-breaking Tenures, Multiple Court Battles, And Other Fun Facts About The Los Alamos Sheriff
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Candidate
Los Alamos County Sheriff
Record-breaking Tenures, Multiple Court Battles, And Other Fun Facts About The Los Alamos Sheriff:
My time discussing my campaign for Sheriff with the voters of Los Alamos, along with my own research, has highlighted some common questions and interesting facts about this position. Not all of these tidbits are relevant to your decision-making process regarding the election, but I think they are all curious in one way or another. Los Alamos is special in many ways, and our County Sheriff is no exception!
FACT: Los Alamos holds the record Read More