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Igniting The Future: Technology On Prescribed Fire

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Fire managers filling the plastic sphere dispenser in the Alta X on Blackberry Prescribed fire on the Helena Ranger District, Montana. Forest Service photo by Mariah Leuschen-Lonergan

USFS News:

Along the foothills of the Big Belt Mountains near York, Montana, it’s unusual to see bare ground above 5,000 feet in February. But this winter’s low snowpack in the Northern Rockies created a rare chance to conduct prescribed burns.

Prescribed burning is a planned fire used to make forests and grasslands healthier. Fire managers wait for the right conditions like weather and fuel conditions before Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: May 18, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

In the May 18 Club Championship game, Sig Lodwig and Jerry Morzinski were 1st in Flight A, Michelle and Cliff Rudy were 2nd, Ann-Marie Graves and Mary Courtright were 3rd, and Bev and Martin Cooper were 4th. In Flight B, Harry Dewey and Linda Lambert were 1st, and Reggie Fuchs and Jan Barnes were 2nd.

In the May 20 Grass Roots Fund game, Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st in Flight A, and Cliff and Michelle Rudy were 2nd. In Flight B, Bev Cooper and Sam Borkowsky were 1st. The following is a very straightforward hand that should see all N/S pairs reach slam. The opportunity to bid a grand Read More

Teatro Paraguas Teen Ensemble Presents Comedy ‘Cuentos’ June 19–21

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THEATER News:

Teatro Paraguas is pleased to announce the relaunching of the Teatro Paraguas Teen Ensemble, which will open with a production of Cuentos, a comedy with music by Carlos Morton and Angel Vigil.

Cuentos is a fast-moving comedy with music about a sister named Sheri (Mesa Harman) and a brother fondly known as Snake Eyes (Kingston Leyba) who hail from Denver. Their abuelita (Monica Arteaga), whom they are visiting, implores them to go to Chimayo to find Tia Juanita, who is a curandera with healing herbs and a magic spell. For abuelita has seen Doña Sebastiana at the foot of her bed, and knows Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: May 26, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 32,444 rainbow trout weighing 15,563 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico.  

Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Streamflow above 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second would be common. The terrible snowpack and poor spring runoff have kept streamflow well see below normal. 

Streamflow in the Rio Grande increased slightly and is still below average to extremely below average in Northern New Mexico. At Taos Junction Read More

Summiting Four Of Ecuador’s Iconic Volcanoes At Mountaineers Meeting Tonight

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Snowfield high in the Ecuadorian Andes. Courtesy photo

Mountaineers News:

The May 26 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Sarah Wright and Eric that shares their experiences summiting four of Ecuador’s iconic (and highest) volcanoes—Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Antisana, and Chimborazo—across two very different but equally rewarding trips in 2025. Even the least of the peaks reaches almost 19,000 feet, while 20,560-foot Chimborazo is the point on the Earth’s surface farthest from the Earth’s center.

One expedition was a structured climb with a large US‑based guide service; the Read More

Notice Of Quorum Of The State Game Commission

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NMDW News:

SANTA FE — A quorum of the State Game Commission will be in attendance at the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) 2026 Summer Meeting being held May 31-June 5 in Boise, Idaho.

Although agency business may be discussed, no final action will be taken by the State Game Commission. The purpose of this event is not to formulate public policy or take any action within the authority of the State Game Commission.

Meeting information, including the schedule and agenda, is available here. Read More

2026 New Mexico Small Business Person Of The Year Eric Quintana Of PMI Receives SBA National Award

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From left, Performance Maintenance Inc. (PMI) CEO and Co-Founder Eric Quintana, the 2026 SBA National New Mexico Small Business of the Year recipient, U.S. SBA Associate Administrator of Field Operations Lisa Shimkat and PMI Chief Operating Officer Daven Quintana in Washington, D.C. Courtesy photo

From left, PMI Chief Operating Officer Daven Quintana, Small Business Advocate Trish Alley, LANL Small Business Program Manager Yvonne Gonzales, PMI CEO/Co-founder Eric Quintana (SBA National New Mexico Small Business of the Year recipient), SBDC Director Julianna Martinez-Barbee, TSAY Read More

NM Supreme Court Invalidates Man’s Convictions For Killing When He Was A Teenager

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COURT News: 

SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court today vacated the second-degree murder and evidence tampering convictions of a Valencia County man, Brandon Villalobos, for a killing that occurred when he was a teenager.

The Court unanimously concluded that Villalobos was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. He spent nearly six years in custody awaiting trial after his arrest in 2014 for the beating death of a 12-year-old friend, who was identified in the opinion by his initials, A.M. The Court reversed a decision of the state Court of Appeals that affirmed Villalobos’ convictions. Read More

Robinson: New Mexico Reckons With Economic Impact Of Federal Job Cuts

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services

A recent headline tells us that New Mexico lost 2,700 federal jobs between March 2025 and March 2026. It’s actually worse than that.

Late last year the number of unemployed federal employees hit 2,900 and stayed at that level for months, pushing up our unemployment rate.

I spent years at newspapers where we reported – and lamented – the loss of even 100 jobs in this state. These numbers are breathtaking on a lot of levels.

First, about one in 20 jobs in New Mexico is, or was, in the federal government. A dollar spent by a federal employee has Read More