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Letter To The Editor: Brenner – ‘Los Alamos Wins!’

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By PATRICK BRENNER
Republican Candidate for Council
 

It was an exciting night. The results are in. Los Alamos wins, again. Congratulations to Antonio (Maggiore), Pete (Sheehey), Chris (Chandler) and Los Alamos! We’ve got great leadership, again.

 

The one thing that I’m not happy about is that everyone puts so much emphasis on the national results. The real change happens on the local level. We had fantastic candidates to choose from. Los Alamos would have won regardless of the results.

 

I’m looking forward to continue fighting for small business. While it won’t be through

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Sheriff: ‘The People Have Spoken’

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Sheriff Marco Lucero speaking to the Los Alamos Daily Post in the media room Tuesday night at the Municipal Building after learning the community voted to keep the Office of the Sheriff in Los Alamos County: ‘The People Have Spoken’. The final unofficial vote on whether to abolish the Office of the Sheriff is 5,284 against and 4,825 for. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Final Unofficial Los Alamos County Election Results

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Scene from this evening as folks watch the results roll in at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building for the 2016 General Election. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Scene from this evening in the media room set up at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building for the 2016 General Election. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

County Council candidate Pete Sheehey watches the returns in the media room this evening at the County Building. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The final unofficial results in Los Alamos County for the 2016 General Election are listed Read More

Local Unofficial Results Are In From Votes Cast Today

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We apologize but due to technical difficulties we cannot live stream election results this evening from the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. We do have unofficial numbers to report from ballots cast today at the Municipal Building, Golf Course and White Rock Library. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Unofficial Results for votes cast today (Some 40 percent of the total. Early and Absentee are being counted):

State Representative Dist. 43:

Sharon Stover (GOP) 1,414

Stephanie Garcia Richard (Dem) 1,237

County Council:

Steven Girrens (GOP) 1,228

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Nearly 11,000 Local Voters Cast Ballots To Date

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Nancy Birnbaum, left, and Shelby Redondo hold a two-sided sign at 5 p.m. today on Central Avenue near the Municipal Building encouraging people to vote. A woman across the street holds up a Naomi Maestas for County Clerk sign. The Clerk’s Office reports that as of about 5:10 p.m. in this 2016 General Election, 10,795 people have voted including absentee, early voting and in person. Today alone, 845 people have voted at the Municipal Building, 763 at the White Rock Branch Library and 818 at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Shelby Redondo, left, and Nancy Read More

Heinrich To Hold Rural Health Care Listening Tour

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
 
SENATE News:
 
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be holding a multi-day rural health care listening tour to meet with medical professionals and discuss tele-health for veterans, recruiting and retaining staff, and other issues facing New Mexico’s growing health care industry.
 
Beginning Monday, Nov. 7, he toured the Guadalupe County Hospital, a new Veterans Tele-Health Clinic in Mosquero, the Union County Hospital, and the Miners’ Colfax Medical Center, and convene listening sessions
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Los Alamos NJROTC Defeats Lehman NJROTC

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NJROTC News:
 
Los Alamos NJROTC defeated Lehman NJROTC 877 to 830 last week in the National Air Rifle League.
 
Their second win in a row, Los Alamos NJROTC is in fifth place in their Division with a 3-2 record. Los Alamos NJROTC was led by Neil Wilkerson who shot a 245. The remaining contributing members were Julio Shipman, Kaden Lim, and Thomas Kwei. Los Alamos NJROTC is from Los Alamos, NM, and is coached by Wes Shumaker.

Lehman NJROTC dropped to 1-4 on the season. They are currently in seventh place in their Division. Lehman NJROTC was led by Rafael Sibrian who shot a 234. The remaining

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Local Cubs Fan Rejoices 71 Years Later!

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Natali Steinberg of Los Alamos is watching the finally victorious Chicago Cubs with friends Nov. 2 and wearing her Cubs cap that she wore to Cubs games 71 years ago. Photo by Don Krier

SPORTS News:

The Chicago Cubs have appeared in 11 World Series. The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116–36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763, before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox (“The Hitless Wonders”) by four games to two. The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive Read More

IRS Warns Tax Professionals Of e-Services Scam

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― The Internal Revenue Service recently issued an urgent alert to tax professionals who use IRS e-services to beware of an email asking them to update their accounts and directing them to a fake website.
 
The subject line for the fraudulent email is “Security Awareness for Tax Professionals.” The “From” line is “Your e-Services Team.” It has both an IRS logo and an e-services logo that hyperlinks to a URL verified as a phishing site. The spoofing site poses as an e-services registration page.
 
The scammers are attempting to exploit current IRS efforts
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