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McQuiston: Someone Broke Into My Car … What Does My Auto Insurance Cover?

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
The Jemez Agency

What if someone broke into your vehicle and took whatever was inside? Do you know what your car insurance covers?

If you have comprehensive coverage, your insurance company will most likely pay to repair any damage the burglar has done to your car.
 
Typically, this includes broken windows, damaged locks and dismantled ignition systems. If your vehicle is stolen, your insurer will pay you its value (if you have comprehensive coverage).
 
However, even comprehensive coverage does not pay to replace the belongings taken from within your car. This Read More

Exascale Computing Project Awards $34 Million For Software Development Projects

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ECP Director Paul Messina
 
DOE News:
 
OAK RIDGE ― The Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) announced the selection of 35 software development proposals representing 25 research and academic organizations.
The awards for the first year of funding total $34 million and cover many components of the software stack for exascale systems, including programming models and runtime libraries, mathematical libraries and frameworks, tools, lower-level system software, data management and I/O, as well as in situ visualization and data analysis.

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Los Alamos ScienceFest 2015 Wins Outstanding Event Award From New Mexico Hospitality Association

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Los Alamos MainStreet Executive Director Suzette Fox

Los Alamos MainStreet News:

The New Mexico Hospitality Association annual Top Hat Awards were presented Thursday, Nov. 17 at Isleta Resort & Casino and Los Alamos ScienceFest was a big winner.

The New Mexico Hospitality Association is a nonprofit that focuses on all segments of the hospitality industry. The association delivers decades of combined experience to lead public policy and workforce development strategy for a more prosperous economy. Tourism & hospitality is the state’s premier industry and contributed $610 million Read More

Sipapu Opens To Skiers Today

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Snowmaking began this week on Pajarito Mountain in Los Alamos as it gears up for opening day, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 25. Photo by Tommy Long/Pajarito Mountain

SKI News:

It’s an exciting day for skiers and riders as New Mexico opens for ski season today. The quad turns all day at Sipapu Ski Resort with skiing on Thumper. 

Crews have been working around the clock making snow for today’s opening. Sipapu is the only ski resort in New Mexico to open today for the season.  

Purgatory Resort in Durango, Colo., also opens today for the ski season. Due to the unseasonably Read More

Los Alamos Co+op Market Offers Local, Organic Thanksgiving Fare And New Holiday Hours

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CO+OP News:
 
Head to the locally owned Los Alamos Cooperative Market this week for everything needed for the perfect—and sustainable—Thanksgiving table.
 
All-natural and organic varieties of Mary’s free-range, non-GMO turkeys are available in a variety of sizes. The turkeys, which were raised by the Pitman family in California’s sunny San Joaquin Valley, were fed a vegetarian diet, did not receive antibiotics, and were raised without added hormones. The meat contains no preservatives.
 
Beeler’s hams (boneless or bone-in) also are available
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Valentina Devine Presents Her Fabulous Trunk Show This Weekend

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Zachary Bice models a custom designed sweater from the new line for him, designed and knit by Valentina Devline. Courtesy photo
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Nationally known designer and fiber artist Valentina Devine will open her studio to visitors during the Fabulous Trunk Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19 and 20. Devine’s studio is located at 1222 Big Rock Loop in Los Alamos.

Devine came to Los Alamos 26 years ago from the Washington, D.C. area, where she became a life-time member of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, she sold one-of-a-kind garments as well as Read More

Sirphey Launching Lunchtime Delivery Options

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Courtesy image
 
SIRPHEY News:
 
Sirphey, the Los Alamos food-tech company that encourages you to “eat global” with its daily-changing, curated menu, will soon offer lunchtime delivery!
 
No matter how much one might want to escape the office for a lunchtime treat, it’s not always possible, so Sirphey is making some changes! For those too tied up to leave the office, Sirphey has them covered! And for those offices where not everyone is craving the same type of food, Sirphey has them covered, too, with a constantly changing menu that offers 4-5 cuisines,
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LAAC’s Holiday Arts And Crafts Fair At LAMS Saturday

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Shoppers check out the wares for purchase during a previous Los Alamos Arts Council’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair. Courtesy photo 
 

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) will host its annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday at Los Alamos Middle School.

The arts and crafts fair is a tradition in the community; the arts council has hosted this event close to 50 years. Shoppers can purchase everything from jewelry, paintings and photography to metal, wood and pottery. Work by local artists Robert Winkel and Kathy Creek will be among the wares showcased Read More

Culture, Farolitos All Aglow In Jemez Dec. 10

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‘Light Among the Ruins’ returns 5-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 at Jemez Historic Site. This FREE annual family event is noted far-and-wide for the thousand plus farolitos outlining the historic ruins of ‘Gisewa’ Pueblo and San José de los Jemez Mission Church, for the traditional Jemez song and dance performed between two bonfires (luminarias), and for the delicious Pueblo food and art available for purchase during this event.
 
JEMEZ News:

 

JEMEZ SPRINGS — The historic ruins of the Jemez Historic Site in Jemez Springs will be lit by more than 1,400 farolitos during the unforgettable,
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