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Denish: The Best 250 Anniversary Celebration Is Just Outside Your Door

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By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner
diane@dianedenish.com

We are moving into those “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer … those days of soda and pretzels and beer.” Those lyrics come from an old Nat King Cole song that ends with the wish that summer could always be here.

Summer has always carried that carefree feeling. School is out, temperatures rise, and people head outdoors for baseball games, picnics, concerts in local parks, and pickup basketball games. Some kids attend day camps, some help on the family farm, and others line up for the latest Minions movie. Teenagers look for their first Read More

Chappel: Taking A Moment To Thank Community

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By JASON CHAPPEL
Candidate
Los Alamos County Council

As we head into tomorrow’s primary election, I want to take a moment to thank the people of Los Alamos and White Rock.

Over the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to attend events, answer questions, and have conversations with residents from across our communities. Whether you support me, support another candidate, or are still deciding, I am grateful to everyone who has taken the time to engage in the process.

When I decided to run for County Council, I did so because I believe local government works best when it stays focused on the Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: May 26, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

In the May 27 handicap pair game, Allyn Pratt and Bobby Haynes were 1st in Flights A and B, Ann-Marie Graves and Mary Courtright were 2nd is Flight A, and Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 3rd in A.  Jerry Morzinski and Tom Alexander were 2nd in Flight B, Bev Cooper and Randy Baker were 3rd in B, and Linda Lambert and Harry Dewey were 4th in B.

In the May 27 Grass Roots Fund game, Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st in Flight A, Tom Alexander and Jerry Morzinski were 2nd in A, 1st in B, Jerry Fleming and Cliff Rudy were 3rd in A, and John Ruminer and Earle Marie Hanson were 4th in A.  Bobby Haynes Read More

Posts From The Road: Arizona Biltmore

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Exterior View: Many extraordinary views of the Arizona Biltmore are seen when strolling the grounds with each one accentuating a feature of this exquisite resort. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Garden: Shown is one of many gardens with water features seen about the Arizona Biltmore property. As expected the grounds and the gardens are maintained with precision and care. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Lobby: A view of the lobby in the Arizona Biltmore reveals interior features and the size of the facility. The Biltmore contains over 200,000 feet of meeting and conference space Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: May 31, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE 
Sports and Outdoors 
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 49,338 rainbow trout weighing 10,606 pounds (about 4810.8 kg). Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico. 

Unless you have been living on the dark side of the moon, you are aware that we are experiencing severe drought here in New Mexico and Southern Colorado. If we do not get substantial rain during the upcoming monsoon season, it’s going to be a tough season for fish and anglers. 

Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Streamflows Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Triune One

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Had a funeral yesterday—a weekly, if not even daily, occurrence in many parishes. Sometimes there are family members who do not get along for this or that reason (sadly, often due to bickering over mere things or inheritance), but it’s always nice when there seems to be an absence of that as we had yesterday, with all the family embracing and rejoicing in the love of one another. As our society changes and relatives become scattered to the various states and even countries, we love when we can rejoice in that common bond of family which unites us.

I was thinking of that as we move from Read More

Tales Of Our Times: ‘Context’ Improves Policymaking

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

‘Context’ Improves Policymaking

“Facts” in the news depend hugely on context. Yet, news has little time for context (i.e., how facts relate). Through the years, many have observed that, at its core, the news is designed to lack context. In the early 1900s, famed newswriter Ben Hecht put it this way: “Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.”

Hecht reveals both the prime strength and weakness of news reporting. For quick Read More

Op-Ed: The Facts About Project Jupiter’s Water Usage

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By JULIA ROBIN
Head of Infrastructure Planning and Sourcing
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

In southern New Mexico, water is a precious resource that touches everything. It touches families and businesses. It touches agriculture and the food we eat. It touches public health and safety.

And ultimately, it touches the region’s long-term future. We take our responsibility to preserve water very seriously, so we want to help clarify and correct the record about the Project Jupiter’s water use. We updated the project’s power design last month and want to give residents of Doña Ana County the most Read More

An Open Book: Summer Job

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ 
Los Alamos

My Mom finagled my first real job the summer of 1976, joining her at a factory that made Navy lifeboats. On my first day, I was placed at a table in the corner of the factory floor. My task was to put together and shrink-wrap little fishing kits: a few fish hooks, some fishing line, bait made of nasty-looking leathery strips, an instruction booklet, etc. Mowing lawns paid a lot less, but it was outdoors, with the side benefit of a then-healthy-looking suntan. Other than more money, the only advantage of working in a factory that I could think of was that, before iPods or Read More

Dannemann: Get Substantive Information From Candidate Websites

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann

In this gubernatorial primary, Sam Bregman’s campaign has done something noteworthy. It is worth looking at.

Posted on his website, bregmanfornm.com, is an in-depth document of his policy priorities including a large number of specific action items. It is by far the most detailed such document I have seen on a campaign website.

“Sam’s Blueprint” runs 198 pages in big type. It’s designed as a single PDF document so readers can download it. Most of the statements are easy-to-read bullet points.

This is not an endorsement of Bregman Read More