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Catch Of The Week: Substack Data Breach

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Substack is one of those platforms that feels personal. You subscribe to newsletters you actually want, you hear directly from the writers you like, and most of the time you don’t expect to get hit with the digital equivalent of finding someone rifled through your junk drawer. But that is exactly what happened with a recent data breach.

Security researchers have confirmed that a data breach exposed email addresses and phone numbers for many Substack users. That means if you have ever signed up for Substack, your contact info might be Read More

Robinson: One-sided Clear Horizons Act Failed In Senate

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services

The Clear Horizons Act was another of those bills we’ve seen so often in New Mexico that balances the environment against the economy. In a floor vote, the Senate chose the economy.

Senate Bill 18 was one of those marquee bills that got a lot of attention before and during the session. Senate President Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, revamped the bill she carried last year. It would help reduce natural disasters driven by climate change if legislators could cement greenhouse gas reductions in state law, supporters believed.

I’m not Read More

Dr. Lee Lui: Happy Chinese New Year!

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Dr. Lee Lui with her friendly horse. Courtesy photo
Artist Xu Beihong’s famous brush painting of a horse. Courtesy photo

By Dr. LEE LUI
Los Alamos

Dear Los Alamos and New Mexico,

Happy Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse!

Horse presence, power and freedom, look at those who are running in the open field in the west.
Horse presence, passion and wisdom, their joy and love for life, and to live honestly in the present,
Horse presence, transformation and moving forward, to change from a passenger to the driver of your own destiny.

So many heartfelt stories filled with those intelligent animals. We

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Doctors Thank Rep. Christine Chandler For Leadership In Sponsoring, Championing HB 99 Medical Malpractice Reform

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By Robert McAtee, MD
Española

By Elena McAtee, MD
Los Alamos

We would like to express our gratitude to Representative Christine Chandler for her leadership in sponsoring and championing HB 99, a long-needed step toward meaningful medical malpractice reform in New Mexico.

Throughout this process, Representative Chandler listened carefully to her constituents, thoroughly researched this complex issue, and then worked diligently to advance thoughtful
solutions. Passing this legislation required navigating significant resistance and complex competing interests, making its success Read More

Ringside Seat: Silver-Tongued Jesse And George Of The Mumble

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By MILAN SIMONICH
The Santa Fe New Mexican

As public speakers go, the late Jesse Louis Jackson was the best I ever heard. State Sen. George Muñoz might be the worst.

These two men from different worlds of politics intersected in the news this week.

Let’s start with Jackson. I once covered a crowd of 3,000 waiting outdoors on a cold, blustery day in Colorado to hear from him. It was 1988. Jackson was running late as he ran for president.

The audience shivered for 40 minutes without complaint. Secret Service agents assessed the scene and positioned themselves to protect the candidate. They referred Read More

Dannemann: The Quiet Influence Of Legislative Committee Chairs

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again

Some years ago, New Mexico’s Senate Judiciary Committee had the nickname Fernando’s Hideaway. The nickname came from a song called “Hernando’s Hideaway,” published in 1954, from a Broadway musical comedy called “The Pajama Game.” The song, with an enticing tango rhythm, is still a staple in the musical repertoire.

Hernando’s Hideaway was “a dark, secluded place, a place where no one knows your face.” The nickname Fernando’s Hideaway was based on committee chairman Senator Fernando Macias, Las Cruces Democrat. It was given because some bills assigned Read More

Houck: Your Real Estate Contracts … The Purchase Agreement – Part 3 Of 3

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By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty, LLC

Generally, there are three primary contracts used in a real estate transaction:

          • Listing Agreement
          • Buyer’s Brokerage Agreement
          • Purchase Agreement – This contract establishes the agreed-upon price and terms of sale between the Buyer and the Seller. 

All terms in these contracts are negotiable, and both buyers and sellers should carefully review and negotiate them before signing.

The Purchase Agreement

The purchase agreement is a legally binding contract between the Buyer and the Seller. It begins as an offer and becomes a fully executed Read More

Sen. Gonzales: Protecting Northern New Mexico’s Land, Water, And Communities From Wildfire

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By Sen. Bobby Gonzales
District: 6
Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe & Taos

In northern New Mexico, wildfire is not an abstract threat—it is something we have lived through, endured, and are still recovering from.

Communities across Taos, Mora, San Miguel, and Colfax counties know this all too well. The Hermits Peak–Calf Canyon Fire burned hundreds of thousands of acres, displaced families, damaged acequias, destroyed grazing lands, and forever altered watersheds that our villages and pueblos rely on. The scars remain visible today—not just on the land, but in the lives of the people who

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Fuselier: The Mirrors Of Our Lives

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By ROBERT FUSELIER
Los Alamos

Whether we want to admit it or not, the subconscious parts of our mind (the majority of our brain) is programmed to see life as a choice: is this good for my survival or is this harmful for my survival. We share this programming with every living thing. Even plants, which have no nervous system as we know it, react to their environment through this paradigm.

Our minds are programmed to see the world through the dualistic lens of either/or. This/they are either on our side and good or this/they are against us and are bad. Unfortunately, this view is an extremely limited view Read More

Home Country: Dear Billy

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Home Country
By Slim Randles

I don’t mind Boots. He just curls up quietly against my belly and stays put. But sleeping with Desdemona can be a bit unnerving. She snores. Sometimes she gets little bad dreams and scratches me, too. But hey, I get to come in out of the cold and sleep with Aunt Ada’s cats on her sofa, and a guy can tolerate a certain amount of cat snoring for that.

I was glad when I heard Aunt Ada puttering in the kitchen because I knew it was time to get up. After she let me out, she fed me, and let me tell you … that kibble was just as good this morning as it was yesterday. And then she petted me, called Read More