STEM Santa Fe Giving Tuesday Math Festival Fundraiser
STEM SF News:
There is a great need in Northern New Mexico to boost students’ math and science skills. In 2023-2024, only 22% of Santa Fe Public School students were proficient in math, and 36% in science. In Española Public Schools, 11% were proficient in math and 27% in science. (https://nmvistas.org)
STEM Santa Fe’s Efforts
We believe that Math literacy is crucial for STEM careers and for fostering a future-ready generation that is equipped to excel in any profession.
STEM Santa Fe brought the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival to New Mexico in 2017. This international festival Read More
Upcoming County Personnel Board Meeting Canceled
COUNTY News:
The Personnel Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, has been canceled.
There is no urgent business to address at this time, as the 2026 Personnel Board workplan was presented and approved with amendments, at the Oct. 28 Personnel Board meeting. Read More
Local Lobo Celebrates After Team Wins Final Game
Melaki Gutierrez #14, Los Alamos High School class of 2024, celebrates after the Lobos football team won their final game, played Nov. 28, against San Diego. With the game going into overtime, the Lobos pulled through to win 23-17. Courtesy/Jordan Archuleta Read More
Shin: RPLA Announces Dec. 18 Christmas Party; Please Support Our Small Business Community
By LISA SHIN
Chair
Republican Party of Los Alamos
Please mark your calendars for our last Central Committee meeting of the year, 6 p.m. on Dec. 18, at Open Door Bible Church (2101 Trinity Drive). We will have a brief business meeting to review our 2026 budget, then celebrate Christmas and spread holiday cheer!
The Republican Party of Los Alamos (RPLA) has always supported our small business community, and thankfully, we have Councilor David Reagor. However, as Kevin Holsapple recently wrote, “Many of our local businesses continue to struggle with maintaining pre-pandemic cash flow and revenue Read More
Kiwanis News: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!
Santa with young boy. Courtesy photo
Holiday Family. Courtesy photo
KIWANIS News:
The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is welcoming back jolly St. Nick at Breakfast with Santa from 7:30–11:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 6.
Santa will be visiting with the good children in our community at the Betty Ehart Senior Center (lower level), located at 1101 Bathtub Row. Breakfast will be provided by the Kiwanis and LAHS Key Club.
Thanks to the support of the Del Norte Credit Union, there is no cost for the event, however in order to avoid the long waiting lines, families are REQUIRED to reserve a time slot for their visit Read More
Home Country: Imaginary Squirrel
By SLIM RANDLES
Home Country
It might have been the winter doldrums that did it. You can never be sure of these things. It’s just that … well, Doc is one of those guys who can’t stand to see anyone bored. He claims it’s bad for their inner chemistry, and since he has more initials after his name than anyone else in town, we tend to listen to him.
When it happened, we in the inner circle of the World Dilemma Think Tank down at the Mule Barn truck stop thought back on what Doc had said a year ago when the temperature dropped, along with everyone’s spirits.
“In weather like this,” Doc pronounced, stirring sugar Read More
Celebration Of Life: Elias Tiberi Saturday, Dec. 6
County Transportation Board To Meet Dec. 4
COUNTY News:United Church Holds ‘Everything Christmas’ Sale Dec. 6
COMMUNITY News:
From 9 a.m.–12 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, Graves Hall at The United Church will be filled with carefully curated and gently used donated Holiday items gathered from donations to the Thrift Shop throughout the year.
2525 Canyon Road is the place to get real bargains on indoor and outdoor decorations, Christmas lights and artificial trees of all sizes, clothing, jewelry, toys, holiday cards, dishes… you name it.
There is plenty of parking and handicapped access throughout. Read More
Childcare And Early Learning Programs Honored For Promoting New Mexico-Grown Food
ECECD News:
SANTA FE — A record-breaking number of awardees will be honored Monday at the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Albuquerque for their efforts to provide statewide New Mexico-grown food to children and seniors.
The Golden Chile Awards – established by the New Mexico Grown Coalition in 2021 – celebrate statewide efforts aimed at promoting good nutrition and supporting the state’s farming economy. The Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) is among the state agencies, community organizations and individuals working together to strengthen community food Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunspots On Sun’s Surface Viewed From Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Several prominent sunspots on the left side of the Sun are visible in this photo taken Dec. 1 from the deck of a residence in Los Alamos. Such sunspots may become a source of ultraviolet flares and coronal mass ejections, which in turn could trigger strong aurora activity. As reported at spaceweather.com, ‘some of the dark cores are individually larger than Earth’. Photo by John Sarracino Read More
Valles Caldera Winter Prescribed Burns Likely Tuesday
VCNP News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS – The National Park Service is set to begin winter pile burning operations within the San Antonio Mountain project area of Valles Caldera National Preserve beginning on or shortly after Tuesday, Dec. 2.
If conditions are not favorable to begin burning in San Antonio, the team will switch to burning piles on either South Mountain or Cerro Piñon. The area around the burn activities will be closed to public access until operations are completed.
Fire updates will be posted on the Current Conditions page of the park’s website, the park’s Facebook page, and the New Mexico Read More
LRG First-Tuesday Breakfast Dec. 2 At Muy Salsas
Scene of a previous LRG First-Tuesday breakfast at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive. Courtesy/LRG
LRG News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) monthly breakfast social, Tuesday, Dec. 2 at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive.
“Come hang out and join the conversation with other Lab retirees,” –LRG.
LRG pays for coffee and tea, and attendees pay for their breakfast and other drinks.
The LRG is a non-profit organization that seeks to maintain communications with and to serve Read More
Community Encouraged To Help Local Nonprofits Like Los Alamos Film And Culture Festival On Giving Tuesday
Director Mikheil Gabaidze, right, from the Country of Georgia, and producers Elene Japharidze and Sophiko Komakhidze won the 2025 LAFCF short film award for “Vasomotor Rhinitis”. Courtesy image
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
Do you know that warm, fuzzy feeling when you see the child of a friend achieve success? Recently, the Los Alamos Film and Culture Festival’s (LAFCF) Sandy Jones experienced that same feeling.
Mikheil Gabaidze, from the Country of Georgia is the director behind the winning 2025 LAFCF short film “Vasomotor Rhinitis”. Gabaidze used a portion of his Los Alamos winnings Read More
Next Launch Pad Lecture: ‘Preservation Moon – Defining And Preserving The Cultural Landscape Of Tranquility Base’
NMMSH News:
You don’t want to miss the next Launch Pad Lecture, “Preservation Moon: Defining and Preserving the Cultural Landscape of Tranquility Base,” at 9 a.m., Friday, Dec. 5, in the New Horizons Dome Theater in Alamogordo. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
Presenting the lecture is NMMSH’s new Executive Director Karen Kincaid Brady, the first woman to serve in this role. Her presentation revisits Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 landing at Tranquility Base, offering archival media and preservation insights that will engage your curiosity.
About the Speaker: Karen Kincaid Brady Read More
NM Republican Party To Host Grand Opening For HQ Office
RPNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Republican Party of New Mexico is set to open their headquarter office eight months after being destroyed by a firebomb in an act of political violence.
The grand opening party will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5150 San Francisco Rd NE, #A, Albuquerque, NM.
“Political violence has no place in our country,“ Chairwoman Barela said. “We will not back down and our message is clear: the Republican Party of New Mexico is stronger than ever and we are poised to have our best election cycle yet.” Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Nov. 24, 2025
BRIDGE News:
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, we only held one duplicate game, on Monday afternoon.
Open winners were Mary Courtright and Ann-Marie Graves. Flight B winners were Bobby Haynes and Norm Worth.
Like last week, today’s hand is very competitive, this time at the part score level. Without looking at the auction and play, look at the four hands and visualize the bidding.
Board 1: North is the dealer and nobody is vulnerable.
After North passes, East opens with 1♣, South and West should pass and North should compete to 1♠. East has a good 2♣ rebid, and South may well bid 3♠. After Read More
Limited Tickets Remaining For Home Alone & Hot Chocolate With PEEC Dec. 13
PEEC News:
Kick off the holiday season with a cozy evening at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium onfrom 4:30–6:30 p.m., Saturday, December 13, with a screening of the beloved holiday classic Home Alone and a festive hot chocolate bar. Registration is almost full!
The hot chocolate bar opens at 4 p.m., followed by the movie at 4:30 p.m. Guests are encouraged to wear holiday sweaters (or even pajamas and slippers) to fully embrace the festive spirit.
Home Alone (1990) tells the story of 8-year-old Kevin McCallister, who is accidentally left home alone while his family heads to Paris. Excitement Read More
Denish: Affordability Of Rising Energy Prices
By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
diane@dianedenish.com
Affordability simply means something can be afforded—not expensive. Despite the President recently saying, “they have this new word—affordability,” it’s hardly new. It’s the daily reality for most Americans.
In 2025, prices for housing, food, health insurance, and clothing continue to rise. In 2024, Trump made the cost of eggs—inflated by bird flu and higher production costs—a political flashpoint. Today eggs remain 30–50% higher than a year ago.
Consumers feel the squeeze everywhere: food, housing, health care, and now energy. Read More
Cowboy Breakfast At Sheriff’s Posse Lodge Sunday
Sheriff’s Posse News:
The Los Alamos County Sheriff’s Posse is hosting its monthly Cowboy Breakfast this Sunday, Dec. 7.
The breakfast is served 7–11 a.m. at the Sheriff’s Posse Lodge at 650 North Mesa Road, near the North Mesa Stables.
The all-you-can-eat breakfast includes:
- Pancakes – Banana, Blueberry, Chocolate Chip and Plain;
- Scrambled Eggs;
- Sausage;
- Bacon; and
- Coffee, Tea and Orange Juice.
The price for adults is $10, children 4-10 years of age $5 and those 0-3 are free.
Proceeds this month go to benefit the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Read More
