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Conservation Groups Move To Stop Destructive Logging On Santa Fe National Forest

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WildEarth Guardians News:

SANTA FE — WildEarth Guardians, the Santa Fe Forest Coalition, and the Forest Advocate today filed a notice of intent to sue the Forest Service over Endangered Species Act violations related to increases in logging approved under the Encino Vista Landscape Restoration Project and the Revised Forest Plan. 

When the Forest Service finalized its 2022 Revised Forest Plan, it approved a 150% increase in commercial logging over the previous 1986 plan, including in areas identified as not suitable for timber production. Toward this end, the Encino Vista project authorized Read More

Luján And Others Introduce CHILE Act To Strengthen Support For Specialty Crop Growers

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 23, U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) introduced the Cultivating Horticultural Innovation in Local Economies (CHILE) Act, legislation to strengthen federal support for specialty crop growers facing economic losses and market disruptions.

The CHILE Act builds upon language included in the House-passed Read More

Catch Of The Week: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Breach

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Need another reason to dislike Texas (kidding!)? If you or anyone you know bought a Texas hunting or fishing license recently, your personal information may already be in criminal hands.

A breach involving a third-party vendor used by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has exposed data belonging to more than three million people. We are talking driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses. Yikes!

That combination is worth understanding. A driver’s license Read More

County Announces Modified Holiday Hours For July 3-4

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Scene from 2025 Fourth of July drone show at Ashley Pond. Photo by Cathy Bottoms 

COUNTY News:

In observance of our 250th Independence Day, Los Alamos County government offices will join other federal, state, and local governments and close Friday, July 3. 

While the County’s administrative offices, Atomic City Transit fixed bus routes, and the Environmental Services division are closed on Friday, the following facilities will be open or have modified hours during the holiday weekend:

  • Atomic City Transit – No fixed bus routes or Dial-a-Ride service will be available. Regular services will
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New Mexico’s Unemployment Rate Was 4.9% In April 2026

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NMDWS News:

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in April, up from 4.8 percent in March and up from 4.1 percent in the previous year. The national unemployment rate in April was 4.3 percent, unchanged from the rate in March and up from 4.2 percent in April 2025.

Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 400 jobs, or less than 0.1 percent, between April 2025 and April 2026. The private sector was up 2,200 jobs, or 0.3 percent, while the public sector was down 1,800 jobs, or 0.9 percent. Within the private sector, the private service-providing industries were Read More

FBI: Navajo Man Charged With Arson

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – A Navajo man is facing federal charges for burning down a dwelling.

According to court documents, on May 13, 2026, Rashaan McMillan, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, set fire to and burned down the dwelling of John Doe and Jane Doe.

McMillan is charged with arson of a dwelling and will remain in federal custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled. If convicted, McMillan faces up to life in prison.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, Read More

Wilderness Society Responds To BLM Oil & Gas Rule Rollback Announcement

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Wilderness Society News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Department of the Interior announced its plan to revise the BLM Oil and Gas Rule (also known as the Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Rule), which updated and improved a woefully outdated federal oil and gas leasing program that was riddled with de facto subsidies for fossil fuel companies. The Interior Department also announced its plan to roll back regulations aimed at preventing methane waste from oil and gas operations.

Undermining the Rule is another attempt by the administration and its allies in Congress to use the pretense of a national Read More

Firefighters Contain Human Caused Wildfire At Clearcreek Campgrounds On Cuba Ranger District

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Forest Service News:

          • Firefighters have contained the fire using a full suppression strategy

The Divide Fire was detected on Sunday, June 21 on the Cuba Ranger District off N.M. 126 at the Clear Creek Campgrounds.

Fire is human caused. Fire was burning in willows and an adjacent log near the creek. Firefighters were able to contain the fire at 0.1 acres Sunday evening. Firefighters will continue to monitor the fire and extinguish any heat in order to ensure the fire is dead-out.

Fire information is available on the Santa Fe National Forest website, Inciweb, NM Fire Information, and social media Read More

Chamber To Host Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrating Grand Re-Opening Of Mesa Top Adventures June 24

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CHAMBER News:

The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the Grand Re-opening at Mesa Top Adventures at 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 24 at 109 Central Park Square.

Escape Rooms:

Mom’s Party Frenzy — Mom is throwing a World Cup Watch party and USA 250 party… on the same day! She needs you to finish decorating the room and to make sure you do, she locked you in! Decorate the room and get yourself out before the party starts!

Escape Mesa Top Labs — During a routine travel review, Mesa Top Labs security discovered a fraudulent passport in use! Suspecting a spy, the Read More