Carol A. Clark

Acosta Is Best Predictor In ACRR Pace Race

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ACRR News:

Eliverio Acosta was the top predictor in the Atomic City Road Runners (ACRR) weekly Pace Race held starting at the Pajarito Complex on Arizona Avenue. Acosta was 11 seconds off his predicted time.

Other accurate predictors were Felix Candia with a 18 second difference; Warren Scoggins recording 28 seconds off; a tie between Madeline Harms and Conor Gavin with a 33 second differential; and Zach Medin at 36 seconds off.

On the 1-mile course, Ivana Velechovsky, 8, was the best finisher at 10:22 and Ryder Hetrick, 5, was the first male with a time of 11:43.

Eric Anderson was the top finisher Read More

Transform Recycled Materials Into Beautiful Handmade Paper And Books At Workshop June 13

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NMDCA News:

Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) is hosting a hands-on workshop from 12–3:30 p.m., Saturday, June 13, with Chantel West of we.grow.eco at Los Luceros Historic Site.

In this hands-on workshop focused on creative reuse, participants will learn how discarded cotton fabric is broken down and transformed into handmade paper, then bound into a simple and beautiful buttonhole-style journal. During the workshop, participants will process cotton clothing waste into pulp, form their own sheets of paper using traditional papermaking techniques, and learn basic Read More

State Announces $76.2M Investment In Rural Healthcare

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NMHCA News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Health Care Authority today announced a new $76.2 million federal funding opportunity through Healthy Horizons, part of the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program, to expand access to specialty, maternal, behavioral health and chronic disease care in rural, frontier and Tribal communities across the state.

“Rural health needs are different across New Mexico, so the solutions need to be different too,” said Elisa Wrede, acting rural health director. “Through Healthy Horizons, we are investing in regional partners who can bring providers, Tribal Read More

Seventh Corner Productions Presents ‘It’s Just Dinner’ At Teatro Paraguas June 25–28

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THEATER News:

Teatro Paraguas is pleased to host Seventh Corner Productions and their original play It’s Just Dinner!

Written by Grayson Pinto, Lily Pinto, and Reilly Stranahan, and starring Dakotah Rose, Grayson Pinto, Lily Pinto, Marika Sayers, and John Michael Hayley, the play is a raucous comedy. The fairly cryptic tagline is “She vanished a year ago, now’s she back. It’s fresh, it’s hilarious, it’s fruity, It’s Just Dinner.”

Grayson Pinto directs the production, with light and sound design by Brody Silver, and set design by Marika Sayers and Grayson Pinto.

Performances are at Read More

PEEC Planetarium’s Night Sky Shows Moving To Tuesdays

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PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will be moving the monthly “Night Sky” planetarium talks to 7 p.m., the first Tuesday of the month through the summer. These fascinating full-dome presentations allow all ages to explore what stars and planets will be in the night sky for that month. Starting in June the new time will allow families to enjoy the planetarium programs as well as other summer activities Los Alamos has to offer. Join the exploration at the PEEC Planetarium with tickets $20/ family, (or $6/child, $8/adult).

This program is in addition to the free Wednesday Read More

State Announces $4.5 Million For Outdoor Youth Programs

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Cochiti Pueblo youth explore and connect with ancestral landscapes at Bandelier National Monument through the Keres Children’s Learning Center’s Outdoor Equity Fund-supported program. Courtesy/EDNM

EDNM News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico is investing $4.5 million in youth outdoor programs after demand for the State’s Outdoor Equity Fund exceeded available funding by more than 90% last year, $3.7 million above the available amount.

The FY27 investment marks one of the largest annual allocations to date in the highly competitive program, which helps connect youth across New Mexico to outdoor Read More

Obituary: Nima Diane Ward May 4, 1934 – March 2, 2026

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NIMA DIANE WARD May 4, 1934 – March 2, 2026

Nima Diane Ward, beloved mother, teacher and legislative advocate, died March 2, 2026, at the age of 91. She passed peacefully at St Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe surrounded by family. Nima was born May 4, 1934, in Los Angeles, CA to David and Mable Roland.

She graduated from Augustana College in Moline Illinois with a BA in education 1955. Nima met John Ward at Augustana, and the couple soon married and moved to Los Alamos, NM in 1957 where Nima began teaching second grade at Aspen Elementary and would go on to raise her family of four boys. In 1984 Nima began a 16-year Read More

County Resumes Installation Of Fast Chargers At Mesa Public Library Starting June 8

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Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The County Sustainability Office, in partnership with Public Works, is excited to announce that two, new direct-current fast-charging stations are coming to Mesa Public Library. This is the next step in expanding the community’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Resuming June 8, 2026, the main vehicle access route and parking lot will be closed until paving activities are completed (by June 30). Community members visiting the library can use the parking lots on the east side of the library near Fuller Lodge. Community members returning books Read More

Fugitive Who Stole Dead Man’s Identity For Four Decades Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A fugitive who lived for more than 40 years under the stolen identity of a deceased Arkansas man pleaded guilty to federal identity theft, passport fraud, and firearms offenses.

According to court documents, Stephen Craig Campbell, 73, assumed the identity of Walter Lee Coffman, who died in 1975 at the age of 22, just months after graduating from the University of Arkansas with an engineering degree in the early 1980s. Campbell first applied for a U.S. passport in Coffman’s name in 1984 and renewed it multiple times, always submitting his own photograph and current address. Read More

Los Alamos Food Co-op Seeks Support To Secure Its Future And Preserve Local Food Access

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The Los Alamos Food Co-op at 95 Entrada Drive is seeking community support. Courtesy image 

From the Los Alamos Food Co-op:

  • The Community-Owned Grocery Has Stabilized, Rebuilt, and Launched a $100,000 Campaign to Secure Its Future

The Los Alamos Food Co-op — the only locally owned natural grocery store in Los Alamos County — is moving forward. After navigating a difficult period, the co-op has stabilized its finances, rebuilt its management team, and is growing its sales. Now it’s asking the community it has served for more than 15 years to help secure what they built together.

Over the past two Read More