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Don’t panic. The grace period for the Valles Caldera National Preserve is not half over, it’s half begun.

This in paraphrase is what the preserve’s new executive director had to say about the organization’s report to Congress on its progress last year.

“What the trust has been striving to do is to keep on the straight and narrow with the mandates they have by law,” Gary Bratcher said in a telephone call Thursday.

A new organization for women business owners called “New Mexico Women in Business” is opening in Los Alamos.

The organization is comprised of  women who own their own businesses, whether home-based or in a traditional store front.

“The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome New Mexico Women in Business and we’ll be hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony and boutique from 5:30-8 p.m., at H&R Block in Central Park  Square,” said Chamber Member Services Coordinator Katy Korkos.

Rumors of meth houses inside the manufactured home community were circulating when Steve and Peggy Gianes first took over management of Royal Crest at 2025 East Jemez Road.

“Working together with our local police, we've gotten rid of those homes,” Gianes said during an interview Wednesday. “In another home in our community there was an illegal resident who would not have been approved to live here because of his criminal history. It was difficult to get him out of here but with the help of the police, we did it.”

The Santa Fe Police Department and Los Alamos National Laboratory confirmed Wednesday that three computers were stolen from a Santa Fe residence Friday.

Captain Gary Johnson, the public information officer for the criminal division, said there was evidence of forcible entry into the home in the 1300 block of Madrid Road, an east side Santa Fe neighborhood.

“There is nothing solid at this point,” he said, adding that there was no information about whether the computers held classified information.”