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SFCC Pickleball Club Host Yuletide Pickeball Palooza Dec. 14

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s Pickleball Club will present a Yuletide Pickleball Palooza Sunday, Dec. 14 at the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center (FEC), 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, 87508.

Pre-registration is required online at https://bit.ly/4pdiw7d. Time slots accommodate players of all levels. Beginner and Intermediate play is from 10 a.m. to noon (doors open at 9:30 a.m.).

Advanced and Advanced Intermediate play is from 1 to 3 p.m. (doors open at 12:30 p.m.).

The event will support SFCC students in two ways. Fifty percent of the $20 registration Read More

Sangre de Cristo Chorale Holiday Concert Will Feature Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs Dec. 6-7

Courtesy/Sangre de Cristo Chorale

SCC News:

SANTA FE — The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will perform its holiday concert, Mid-Winter Songs, at 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7 in Santa Fe. Both concerts will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe. Celebrating its 48th season, the 52-voice Chorale is led by Music Director George Case and accompanied by pianist Deborah Wagner.

The centerpiece of this concert is Morten Lauridsen’s five-movement choral symphony Mid- Winter Songs for chorus and piano. Based on the poetry of British poet and novelist Robert Graves, Mid-Winter Songs Read More

Autism Training Series For Spanish Speaking Community

UNM News:

Hilos Sobre el Autismo is a monthly virtual program offering trainings, educational supports, and resources on autism to Spanish-Speaking families in New Mexico.

This training series is presented in Spanish. English translation is available.

Training event details:

  • Date: Nov. 19, 2025
  • Time: 1–2:15 p.m. (MT)
  • Presenter: Alexandria Lofton, Trust Director of The Arc of New Mexico
  • Topic: Navigating Special Needs Trusts
  • Registration link: https://bit.ly/4on6w33              

Questions? Contact us at HSC-AutismPrograms@salud.unm.edu or 505.272.1852.

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Scenes Of 2025 Veterans Day Ceremony At Ashley Pond

The Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) displays its American flag for the 2025 Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday at Ashley Pond Park. The Veterans Day event included Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8874, American Legion Post 90, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90 and Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of the Military Order of the World Wars. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos High School NJROTC participates in the 2025 Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails lead the Pledge of Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 9, 2025 

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The State Game and Fish Department stocked Nov. 5 a total of 7,160 Gila trout in the East Fork, Middle Fork and West Fork of the Gila River. The fish averaged four inches in size.

Gila trout are raised at the Federal Fish Hatchery in Mora. They are one of two species of trout native to New Mexico. The other is the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. Gila trout inhabit the Gila River drainage in Southwestern New  Mexico.

At one time, Gila trout were considered an endangered species due to habitat loss and interbreeding with rainbow trout. Limited angling Read More

New Mexico Department of Transportation Announces Land Of Enchantment Young Ambassadors

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Office of the Governor, has named 14 high school students as the 2025–2026 Land of Enchantment Young Ambassadors, a new statewide leadership program focused on preventing litter and graffiti while promoting community pride.

The Young Ambassadors initiative is part of NMDOT’s Que Linda program and the Governor’s youth-focused #KeepLitterOut campaign and aims to empower youth to lead local beautification efforts across New Mexico. More than 150 students applied for the inaugural program, which Read More

Museum Of Natural History & Science Announces November Education Programs

NMMNHS News:

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) Education team is continuing its offsite education efforts, with a new slate of free events for all ages and interests during November.

With the museum temporarily closed for a renovation project, NMMNHS educators are bringing natural history into the community with a full slate of public programs in Bernalillo County libraries and community spaces during the fall months through the Natural History in your Neighborhood program.

A full rundown of each program is available HERE.

When and Where:

  • 4–5 p.m., Thursday,
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Daily Postcard: Sunshine Highlights European Starling

Daily Postcard: Autumn sunshine highlights a European Starling’s iridescent feathers as it dines on the berries of  Virginia creeper on Saturday in North Community. The European Starling is dark with iridescent green and purple during spring and summer. In the fall, the new feathers grow cream colored tips that give them their spots. Source: All About Birds https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/id. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More

House Republican Leader Armstrong Condemns Progressive Lawmaker’s Website Targeting ICE Operation

NM LEGISLATURE News:

SANTA FE — This week, a progressive New Mexico lawmaker launched a website that allows people to report and track U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity across New Mexico.

In response, House Republican Leader Gail Armstrong issued the following statement: “The far-left progressive state representative crossed a line. Launching a website to monitor and report ICE operations endangers officers, compromises investigations, and could obstruct federal law. New Mexico is already battling drug trafficking and illegal border activity, and we don’t Read More