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Posts From The Road: Coronado Island

Ferry: A pedestrian ferry leaves the dock on Coronado on its way across the bay to San Diego. There are two docking sites in San Diego. The Coronado Ferry Center where the ferry docks in Coronado offers a great view of downtown San Diego about two miles away. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Orange Avenue: Orange Avenue is the main street in downtown Coronado, Calif. The tree lined street is filled with shops, restaurants and galleries as well traditional downtown staples such as banks and office buildings. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Read More

Fr. Glenn: Planting Season

By Father Glenn Jones:

Ah, ‘tis St. Paddy’s Day, when those (we) of Irish descent (and many others) celebrate this great man who promoted so successfully the Christian faith in the land of Erin, so much so as to be the isle’s patron saint and called “the Apostle of Ireland”.

But other than been associated with “the green” and legends about ridding Ireland of snakes, few know much history of St. Patrick. He was not born Irish, but actually Welsh or Scottish, taken in a slave raid as a boy by Irish pagans or possibly pirates. After six years, he escaped and returned home and eventually became a priest, and Read More

All Shall Be Well: The Shattered Lantern

Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church

“I dedicate this book to my mother and father, Mathlida and George, who taught me never to ridicule anyone who is searching for God with a lighted lantern.”

This dedication is the introduction to the book The Shattered Lantern by Ronald Rolheiser. This book draws from a variety of sources to offer a spiritual Read More

McQuiston: Why Is Homeowners Insurance So Expensive?

By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

I am hearing scary high insurance rates are coming … 30%, 40%, even up to 50% price increases … on top of rate increases from 2023.

The reasons behind rising premiums are complex. They also relate to broad changes in underlying risk and how those risks affect the financial health of insurance companies.

There are three reasons why risks have changed:

        • The frequency and size of natural disaster losses are increasing.
        • The costs of building a home are going up.
        • Low housing inventory is causing home prices to rise dramatically.
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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

Robinson: Feds, State Fund Wildland Fire Management, Firefighters And Smokey Bear

By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

Drought maps colored in cheerful red, orange and gold are anything but cheerful in their meaning. They confirm what ranchers already know, that it’s painfully dry here. Devastating wildfires in West Texas add an exclamation point.

If there’s any good news it’s that Congress and the Legislature are more attuned to the reality of fire.

The spending bill that just passed Congress includes more for wildland fire management.

In fact, the online Source New Mexico reported it was a priority in the bill, according to summaries from both 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

Weekly Fishing Report: March 12, 2024

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

In this week’s stocking report there are several stockings of small rainbow trout that number in the tens-of-thousands.  

These stockings are done primarily in the larger lakes and rivers of New Mexico that are big enough for the small fish to survive, fertile enough for the fish to thrive and grow Io a catchable-size and have cooler temperatures so the fish can survive year-around. Smaller lakes that do not have these qualities but that experience heavy fishing pressure are stocked with catchable-size trout (9-12 inches) for immediate Read More

Denish: Cheers For Title IX And Women’s Sports

By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

For me, one of the most exciting sports events in New Mexico is about to get underway – the high school basketball tournament! Prep basketball has long been a community event across New Mexico, from Dulce to Eunice to Belen to Taos to neighborhoods in Albuquerque.

I grew up in Hobbs, where boys basketball was legendary. Coach Ralph Tasker was himself a legend and the first high school basketball coach nationwide to win 1,000 games. It was a family activity, a teenage activity, and eventually an adult activity for me. I have attended every Read More

Cat Ozment Closes 2024 Campaign, Donates To Self Help

By CAT OZMENT
Los Alamos

For almost a year I have been laying the groundwork for a 2024 campaign for County Council. For much longer than that I have been preparing to serve as an elected official with a goal of building a more equitable Los Alamos that serves all our citizens. I am incredibly grateful for the enthusiasm and encouragement I’ve received for this endeavor. I am heartened by the number of people of diverse interests willing to work toward shared local goals.

However, with great disappointment I have accepted that I will not be running for Council in 2024.

It has become clear to me that I Read More