Political News

Councilor David Reagor Files For Re-Election

Los Alamos County Councilor David Reagor, a Republican, files for re-election this morning at the Municipal Building. Reagor offered two reasons why he decided to run for re-election, ‘The main thing is I am very happy to campaign for small businesses,’ he said. He noted Los Alamos has lost a lot of small businesses and things like COVID mandates didn’t help. Reagor said he would like to do everything he can to support local businesses. Reagor added that he also wants to ‘preserve Los Alamos’ utilities’. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

Q&A With County Council Incumbent Denise Derkacs

Council Incumbent Denise Derkacs

Staff Report:

Democrat Denise Derkacs is running for re-election for her seat on Los Alamos County Council. She recently answered questions from the Los Alamos Daily Post about the local election.

This is part of a series of Q&As with political candidates that the Post will publish ahead of the June 4 Primary Election.

Post: How long have you lived in Los Alamos?

Derkacs: 42 years. Born and raised in New Jersey, my husband Dennis and I have lived in 10 states and settled in New Mexico in June 1982. We raised our three sons in Los Alamos County and chose to stay here Read More

Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler Files For Re-Election

New Mexico House Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, filed for re-election this morning at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. Rep. Chandler said she decided to file for election because, ‘I feel privileged to be representing the people in District 43 and I feel I have a lot to offer in terms of supporting working families and advancing tax reform. I feel the legislature has accomplished a lot during my tenure…’ Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

From Rep. Christine Chandler Campaign:

Today, State Rep. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos) filed for re-election Read More

FY2025 Budget For NNSA Advances Ongoing Modernization, Strengthens Response To Deteriorating Global Environment

Administrator Jill Hruby

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) released its portion of President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget.

The proposal reflects a demanding, expanded mission. Across all its portfolios, NNSA is delivering in this geopolitically complicated moment.

With this Budget, NNSA will deliver a safe, secure, reliable, and modernized nuclear stockpile to enable an effective deterrent, and to support NNSA’s recapitalization of key production capabilities. It will advance nonproliferation and Read More

BLM: June 2024 Oil And Gas Lease Sale In NM & Kansas

BLM News:

SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office Monday announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for June 13, 2024, to offer 19 oil and gas parcels totaling 3,128 acres in New Mexico and Kansas.

The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in September 2023 and held a public comment period that closed in December 2023 on the parcels, potential deferrals, and the related environmental analysis. A 30-day public protest period to receive additional public input opened today and will close April 10, 2024.

The parcels the BLM has analyzed, as well as maps and instructions Read More

Libertarian Phillip Mach Files For N.M. Dist. 43 Seat

Libertarian Phillip Mach files for New Mexico House Dist. 43 this morning at the Municipal Building. Mach, who has lived in Los Alamos for three years, said he decided to run for the seat because, ‘I think it is important that we have a contested election’. He added that he believes the Libertarian Party will have  a contested primary, ‘which is exciting’. The seat is held by Democrat Christine Chandler who is seeking re-election. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

DeVolder: Oxygen

By MARK DEVOLDER
Los Alamos

Probably to the relief of climate change deniers, I am not particularly worried about carbon emissions. 

Instead, I have greater concerns about oxygen levels in the atmosphere. The typical oxygen level in the atmosphere is approximately 21 percent. The minimum level required to sustain human life is 19.5 percent. In the last century, oxygen levels have decreased by approximately 0.1 percent. This would lead one to believe that there is no problem.

I began to think about combustion processes (that is, combustion of coal, oil, natural gas, wood, paper, plastic, garbage, Read More

Clerk’s Office Stands Ready For Candidate Filing Day

Los Alamos County Clerk Naomi Maestas, center, prepared this morning for the opening of Candidate Filing Day today for the 2024 Primary Election. Maestas is joined in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building by her team, from left, Senior Deputy Clerk Danielle Miera, Deputy Clerk Casey Salazar, Elections Manager Victoria Martinez, Deputy Clerk Allison Collins, Deputy Clerk Marie Pruitt and Chief Deputy Clerk Tessa Jo Mascarenas. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

New Mexico Unemployment Rate: 4.0% In January 2024

NMDWS News:

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in January, unchanged from the revised December rate and up from 3.6 percent in the previous year.

The national unemployment rate in January was 3.7 percent, unchanged from the revised rate in December and up from 3.4 percent in January 2023.

Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 15,500 jobs, or 1.8 percent, between January 2023 and January 2024. The majority of gains came from the private sector, which was up 9,000 jobs, or 1.3 percent. The public sector was up 6,500 jobs, or 3.6 percent. Most private Read More

County Parks & Recreation Board To Meet March 14

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in the Los Alamos County Council Chambers at 1000 Central Ave. and virtually on Zoom.

This meeting is open to the public.

Find the agenda for this meeting here.

Find the link to this meeting here.

Webinar ID: 890 3074 0299 Read More

Denish: Cheers For Title IX And Women’s Sports

By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner

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 state tournament with few 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

Governor Signs Into Law Senate Bill 137 To Upgrade Training And Transparency Of Local School Boards

Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart

THINK NEW MEXICO News:

Senate Bill 137, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque) and Senate Education Committee Chair William Soules (D-Las Cruces) to upgrade the training and transparency requirements of local school boards, has been signed into law by the governor.

Senate Bill 137 is based on reforms proposed by the nonpartisan statewide think tank Think New Mexico, which recommended these reforms in a 2022 policy report. In that report, titled A Roadmap for Rethinking Public Education in New Mexico, Think New Mexico explained Read More

AFT New Mexico Offering Two Retirement Workshops

AFT New Mexico News:

Thinking about the end of your career of serving students and communities? This process can be difficult to navigate, and AFT New Mexico wants to help you plan and prepare for your retirement when you are ready.

To provide clear guidance and useful tips, AFT New Mexico and the AFT New Mexico Retirees are partnering with the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board and the NM Retiree Health Care Authority to host two different workshops where you can learn and ensure that you have taken the necessary steps to retire on your own timetable.

Even if you don’t have a firm date in mind Read More

NMTD Announces Applications Opening For Trifecta Of Tourism Infrastructure Grant Programs

NMTD News:

SANTA FE — Applications for the New Mexico Tourism Department’s three infrastructure and development grants for fiscal year 2025 are set to open during the month of March.

The New Mexico Clean and Beautiful Grant Program, Tourism Event Growth and Sustainability Program and Destination Forward are administered by NMTD to help municipal, county and tribal governments and other eligible tourism entities build and strengthen tourism infrastructure to meet the demand for travel to the Land of Enchantment.  

Over the past few years, NMTD has expanded its capabilities to support local Read More

Los Alamos Early College And Career Academy Students Described In One Word … ‘Amazing’

Los Alamos Early College and Career Academy (LAECCA) students from left, Asher Koh, Michael Bane and Brandon Stokes pose with House Rep. Christine Chandler and Sen. Leo Jaramillo at the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

If there is one word that describes the Los Alamos Early College and Career Academy (LAECCA) students, it would be amazing.

LAECCA students, Asher Koh, Mikey Bane and Brandon Stokes attended the recent Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast where they met with community leaders and heard about the recent legislative Read More

Indian Affairs Secretary: Statewide Public Awareness Campaign For Behavioral Health, Missing And Murdered Indigenous Persons

NMIAD News:

SANTA FE — Secretary Josett D. Monette (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) announced Wednesday that the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) has launched a public awareness campaign about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP), behavioral health and suicide prevention, and the Indigenous Youth Council.

Traditional and digital media is rolling out statewide, including billboards, web, video, radio and social media throughout the state.

“I am honored to work alongside New Mexico’s Sovereign Nations and inspired by our Indian Affairs Department’s commitment Read More

Governor’s Veterans’ Advisory Council To Meet March 13

From the Office of the Governor:

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — The governor’s Veterans’ Advisory Council will host its next quarterly meeting March 13 at the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences, at 992 South Broadway.

The meeting is 9 a.m. to noon in Building D/Annex classroom—the building to the left as you enter the grounds.

The council is made up of veterans and individuals with expertise in veterans’ issues. It meets at locations throughout the state seeking input from veterans to make recommendations to the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services for improving its service Read More

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