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LACF: Local Music Organizations Need Your Support

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Dean Decker. Courtesy photo

LACF News:

Music plays a significant role in Los Alamos, providing entertainment, community, and culture to our little town on the mesa. Concerts and performances, however, require funding to pay for music, performance space, and special guest musicians. Resident Dean Decker, who has been involved in the Los Alamos music scene since 2004, has established two new endowments to help fund established music organizations: one for Los Alamos Community Winds and one for Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra.

“I want to provide for the long-term financial stability of these Read More

Topper Duo Aditya Viswanathan And Michael Witkowski Repeat As State Champions In Historic 2026 Tennis Run

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Aditya Viswanathan, front left, and Michael Witkowski, front right, are the first Los Alamos boys doubles team to win back-to-back individual state tennis titles—and the first in program history to win the title twice, following their May 7 victory, pose with their coaches, from left, Travis Gibson, Tim Khazratkulov, and Hari Viswanathan. Photo by Gowri Srinivasan

By TRAVIS GIBSON
LAHS/LAMS Tennis Coach

Aditya Viswanathan and Michael Witkowski made Los Alamos tennis history Thursday, May 7, capturing their second straight Class 4A boys doubles state championship at the Jerry Cline Tennis Read More

Letter To The Editor: When The Power Goes Out, So Do (Most) Gas Appliances

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By ROBERT GIBSON
Chair
Board of Public Utilities

Tom Tierney’s thoughtful op-ed piece “When the Power Goes Out, Natural Gas Still Works” (https://ladptest2.ortizaudio.net/op-ed-when-the-power-goes-out-natural-gas-still-works/) contains many valid points. But it leaves out two large ones that should also be considered.

Gas stoves can be lit with a match. Gas furnaces and boilers have electric control systems and use electric fans, blowers or pumps to distribute the heated air or water. Most gas water heaters also have electric control systems. Gas clothes dryers need electricity Read More

‘Sons Of Gunshooter’ Author Talk, Book Signing At Bosque Redondo Memorial May 30

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NMDCA News:

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site is hosting an author presentation and book signing for a new book about one of the West’s most famous Indian traders who was shot to death in a remote corner of the Navajo Nation.

Authors Dorothy Denetclaw, Diné (Navajo), and Matt Fitzsimons introduce their exciting new book, The Sons of Gunshooter, at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 30, in the Resource Room at Bosque Redondo Memorial. Part history, part true crime, the book reexamines the killing and subsequent murder trial, while simultaneously embedding the story in a much larger saga Read More

Los Alamos County Begins Installation Of Direct Current Fast Chargers At Mesa Public Library

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During construction, the main parking lot and vehicle access to the drive-up book drop will be closed. Community members visiting the library can use the parking lots on the east side of the library near Fuller Lodge. Community members returning books can park on the east side of library and walk the books into the drop-off bin. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos 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 Read More

New Mexico Governor Leads Trade Mission To Japan

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham arrived in Tokyo Tuesday to continue discussions launched in 2025 about economic partnership opportunities between New Mexico and Japan.  

The governor aims to advance potential trade deals in energy technologies, computing and natural gas exports during the official trade mission to Japan. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is joining Lujan Grisham on the trade mission this week.  

“From abundant and clean natural gas to advanced technologies, New Mexico has a lot to offer Japan and other markets around the world,” Lujan Grisham said. “This mission Read More

Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers Return To Los Alamos

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Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers have returned to the Santa Fe National Forest, Los Alamos County, for the third year in a row. This species is a rare migrant in the western United States, but in 2024 they nested along the reservoir road, the first confirmed nesting in New Mexico, and fledged one young. In 2025, they moved south to Upper Water Canyon, and successfully fledged two young. This year a male was first seen April 11, and by May 10 a male and female had settled back into Upper Water Canyon again, in the same exact spot as last year. If you hike this trail, listen for the distinctive song ‘cheree Read More

DPU Investigates Root Cause Of Townsite Power Outage

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COUNTY News:

A power outage that impacted the whole townsite of Los Alamos in the evening hours of Friday, May 8, started at 9:32 p.m. with a high-magnitude fault (greater than 5000 amps) on both transformers that feed the townsite from the electric substation on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) property.

While any interruption of electric service experienced on LANL property was brief, the townsite outage spanned the townsite from the far east ends of North and Barranca mesas, west toward the outer edge of the Quemazon subdivision, and then east again to the commercial and county buildings Read More