McQuiston: How Telematics Can Help Improve Driver Safety
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Telematics, also known as usage-based insurance or “Pay How You Drive” car insurance, tracks driving habits, including driving distances, speed, braking behaviors and more. That information is used by an insurance company to help customize your auto insurance premium.
If the thought of having an insurance company monitor your driving makes you nervous, remember, the benefits could far outweigh your concerns – especially if you and the people on your auto policy drive safely. And if you already are a careful driver, Read More
Transportation Board Meeting Update For March 7, 2024
By DAVID HAMPTON
Chair
Los Alamos Transportation Board
At our last Transportation Board meeting, March, 7, 2024, we started with a presentation and public comment on the Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project. This project will begin at Central and curve around Bathtub Row and Juniper Street to 15th Street, improving vehicle, pedestrian, ADA, and utilities conditions. Additional options for improvements to adjacent areas will be provided to Council for consideration.
The next presentation was on new Median Design Standards, which will be piloted on Canyon Road before being extended to Diamond Read More
Styron: County Community Services Corner
By CORY STYRON
Community Services Department Director
Los Alamos County
With spring right around the corner, staff in the divisions comprising the Community Services Department (CSD) are working hard to improve and expand programming in time for the busy outdoor season. We’d like to highlight some of the key projects and expanded programming we have for the summer, from increased hours to several facility renovations, and the many opportunities for the community to participate in the planning process.
If you have any questions, contact me at cory.styron@lacnm.us or any of the staff contacts. Read More
Fuselier: The Monsters We Create
By ROBERT FUSELIER
Los Alamos
I’ve wanted to write about all the anger that is present these days, but broaching a topic that leads us to be our worst self isn’t that easy. Perhaps it’s not as bad as it seems, just amplified by all the political pundits on cable TV and social media and those chasing power and hoping to stoke the flames of anger so they can motivate us to blindly do their wishes.
Whether amplified or not, there are many in our society who have little if any inhibition to expressing anger whenever the feel angry. I’m not sure when this started to become acceptable, but societies have historically Read More
Meadows: The Importance Of How You Eat
By JENNIFER MEADOWS
Deeply Rooted Nutritional Therapy
Los Alamos
You’ve probably heard the term “fight, flight, or freeze” in relation to how we respond to stress. When we are in a stressful situation, our bodies are more concerned about survival than anything else. Our autonomic nervous system (ANS) enters into a sympathetic state, meaning we are on high alert. We either fight back, flee the scene, or shut down/freeze until the situation (a perceived threat) has been resolved, and it is safe to move on.
When the sympathetic system is activated, adrenaline is released, our heart rate increases, Read More
Dannemann: Nine Stealth City Elections
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
©2024 New Mexico News Services
Nine municipal governments around New Mexico held local elections a couple of weeks ago. If you didn’t know anything about this, you’re in good company.
For these municipalities, according to the Secretary of State, there were a total of 122,035 eligible voters. Of those, 9,785 voted. That is 8.02%.
In the off-year consolidated local elections last November, the average turnout was about 20%, or two and a half times as much as this turnout. The municipalities that held elections in March were Artesia, Clovis, Española, Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 19, 2024
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Our neighbor to the North, Colorado, got absolutely hammered with snow last week. Some communities received 60 inches of snow and two feet and more were common throughout the Central Rocky Mountains.
It’s been a good year for snow in Colorado and New Mexico. This will likely result in a strong spring runoff with heavy currents and murky water. Fishing these swollen rivers and streets can be challenging. A good tactic is to fish the edges of the current. Dropping your bait or fly into pockets of slower water behind streamside rocks and boulders Read More
