Moving Arts Española Co-Founder And CNN Hero Roger Montoya Honored With National Dance Teacher Award
Roger Montoya, Tuesday, Oct. 7, visited New York to receive his award as a 2025 Dance Teacher Honoree, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors recognizing outstanding contributions to dance education. Courtesy photo
MOA News:
ESPAÑOLA — The good news continues for Moving Arts Española. Co-Founder and Creative Director Roger Montoya, a CNN Hero, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Dance Teacher Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors recognizing outstanding contributions to dance education.
Montoya and fellow Co-Founder Salvador Ruiz-Esquivel attended the awards Read More
Obituary: Jan Rebecca Steele Bowers July 5, 1942 – Aug. 4, 2025
JAN REBECCA STEELE BOWERS July 5, 1942 – Aug. 4, 2025
Jan Rebecca Steele Bowers was the oldest of six children, born on July 5, 1942, in Los Angeles, California to Dorothy Jane Petersen and Floyd George Steele.
She grew up walking the beaches of Southern California and spent summers on her grandparents’ ranch in Colorado. She graduated from The Bishop’s School and attended The San Diego College for Women. Jan met her husband, Richard Bowers, in La Jolla, married in August 1963, and moved to Eugene Oregon. The family lived in Austin, Texas, New Providence, New Jersey and Livermore, California before Read More
Los Alamos Police Close One Lane On Main Hill Due To Rockslide … Motorists Asked To Seek Alternate Route
UPDATE: Road is cleared and traffic is moving smoothly. The Los Alamos Police Department has closed one lane on the Main Hill Road this morning for an undisclosed amount of time due to a rockslide. Officers are allowing commuters to use one lane and directing traffic around the rockslide located near Anderson Lookout. Commuters are encouraged to seek an alternate route and to expect delays. Photo by Mary Arrowsmith
Scene of a Los Alamos Police Officer clearing the roadway this morning following a rockslide near Anderson Lookout on the Main Hill Road.Photo by Mary Arrowsmith Read More
Low Clouds Settle Over White Rock This Morning
Low morning clouds settle around the area as viewed from White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
After-School Good News Clubs Expanding To Pojoaque, Sobrillo, And Espanola
COMMUNITY News:
After-school Good News Clubs are are in all 5 elementary schools in Los Alamos, and are now expanding into Pojoaque, Sobrillo, and Espanola.
Each Club meets once a week after school and features Bible and missionary stories, Scripture memory, songs, games, snacks, prizes and occasional crafts.
The Clubs are inter-denominational, entirely free, and run from September through the end of April. No Clubs on snow days, holidays, or parents conference days.
Los Alamos Clubs:
- Aspen (library)—2:40–4:30 p.m., Mondays
- Mountain (music room)—2:40–4:30 p.m., Mondays
- Pinon (room
County Proclaims October Arts & Humanities Month
The Los Alamos County Council proclaimed October as Arts and Humanities Month in Los Alamos County at the Sept. 30 Council meeting. Representatives from local arts and cultural organizations, including members of the Los Alamos Arts Council, Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, Step Up Gallery, Samizdat Bookstore and Teahouse, Village Arts, Los Alamos Community Foundation, and Los Alamos Little Theater, joined the celebration. The event even featured two community members dressed as giant puppets to highlight the spirit of creativity. Courtesy photo Read More
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration At Museum Of Indian Arts And Culture
NMDCA News:
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture invites the public to a vibrant and family-friendly celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day 2025, from 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 12.
The event will feature Native dance performances, storytelling, cultural demonstrations, a special exhibition tour, and more. Special guests include White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers (White River, AZ), Kenneth Duncan (San Carlos Apache), and Shannon Trujillo (Diné/Washoe), Face Painter. Free admission all day, generously sponsored by Sandia Resort & Casino.
Schedule of events:
- All day: Air
This Week At Los Alamos Farmer’s Market
Canceled: National Federation Of The Blind To Hold Annual Fundraiser At Bathtub Row Brewing Oct. 11
Canceled due to possible rain.
NFB News:
The At Large Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of NM will be having a fundraiser at the Bathtub Brewery at 12 p.m., Saturday Oct. 11.
We will be selling hamburgers, brats, and hotdogs. There will also be a cakewalk, face painting, bake sale, auction items, NFB merchandise, a braille booth, and live music by local musician Bob Manzanares. There will be free face painting and pumpkin decorating. You do not want to miss out on the corn hole toss tournament and be the lucky winner with “bragging rights.”
A portion of the beer sales will go to the NFBNM. Read More
Beyond Words: Enhancing Communication Access For All Abilities Oct. 13
Lawmakers, Land Grant And Acequia Leaders Announce Legislative Priorities For Upcoming Session
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Today, statewide land grant and acequia leaders joined the legislature’s interim Land Grant Committee to announce their shared legislative priorities for the upcoming session. In this final meeting of the interim committee, members officially endorsed three pieces of proposed legislation.
One proposal would improve the distribution process and adjust payout amounts within the Land Grant-Merced Assistance Fund, created in 2022. It also makes this a permanent fund, which retains allocated money for use the next year, rather than reverting it back to the state’s Read More
County Proclaims October Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Los Alamos County Councilor Beverly Neal-Clinton (right) presents a proclamation at the Sept. 30 Council meeting designating October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Los Alamos County to cancer survivors (from left) Leslie Linke, Theresa Cull, Chris Treml and Nancy Partridge. Courtesy photo Read More
NMMNHS Family Days To Be Held At Albuquerque Museum
NMMNHS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science’s (NMMNHS) Family Days are returning this fall on the second Saturday of each month, with help from their neighbors at the Albuquerque Museum (2000 Mountain Rd. NW)!
During the museum’s renovation project, NMMNHS monthly family days are shifting to the Albuquerque Museum. From 12–3 p.m., starting Saturday, Oct. 11, join educators from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and explore how science meets art through activities designed for creativity, curiosity and discovery.
The theme of October’s Read More
Purgatory Resort Named In Condé Nast Traveler 2025 Reader’s Choice Awards
Courtesy/Purgatory Resort
PURGATORY News:
DURANGO — Condé Nast Traveler today announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards with Purgatory Resort recognized as the #23 Ski Resort in the USA.
Condé Nast Traveler received more than 757,000 survey responses from readers across the United States rating their travel experiences across the globe to offer a comprehensive look at the places they eagerly anticipate revisiting. The Readers’ Choice Awards, with their unparalleled legacy as the travel industry’s longest running and most prestigious accolades from Read More
NMED: Toxic Algae Detected In Clayton Lake
NMED News:
UNION COUNTY —The New Mexico Environment Department is warning visitors to avoid water contact at Clayton Lake after samples confirmed the presence of harmful algae and toxins.
Harmful algae blooms, or HABs, occur when certain types of algae grow excessively in water, posing potential health risks to people and animals. HABs can appear blue, bright green, brown or red and may resemble scum or floating grass clippings on the water’s surface. These blooms can produce toxins that are harmful to humans and animals.
Samples collected by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED show Read More
Mark Your Calendar For Ski Swap At LAMS Oct. 18
2019 LASRC Ski Swap. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
LASRC News:
The annual Los Alamos Ski Swap, hosted by the Los Alamos Ski Racing Club, will take place at the Los Alamos Middle School on Saturday, Oct. 18 with important times to note.
- 8 a.m.–11 a.m.: Equipment for public resale drop off.
- 1–4 p.m.: Public Sales open. Come and purchase your new or swapped gear.
- 12–3 p.m.: Sunday, Oct 19: Pick-up for unsold equipment and pick up payment for sold equipment
- Special pre-sale access time for those who sign up and volunteer for the swap. Contact Tim Brown tjbrown73@gmail.com to sign-up.
The swap Read More
Unemployment Insurance Operations Center Closed Friday Afternoon And Monday
NMDWS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — All New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ offices, including the Unemployment Insurance Operations Center, will be closing at noon, 12 p.m., Friday, Oct. 10 for seasonal observance and closed on Monday, Oct. 13, in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day.
The Unemployment Insurance Tax & Claims System (www.jobs.state.nm.us) is available online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customer Service Agents in the Unemployment Insurance Operations Center will be available when business hours resume at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14. The business hours of the Unemployment Read More
Daily Postcard: Bee Alights On Mullein Near Reservoir
Daily Postcard: A bee prepares to land on a mullein flower near the reservoir. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More
Darleane C. Hoffman, Pioneering Nuclear Chemist And Trailblazer For Women In Science, Has Passed Away
Darleane C. Hoffman Nov. 8, 1926 – Sept. 4, 2025
By ANNE BARANGER
Interim Dean
University of Berkeley
It is with profound sadness that I write to share the news that Darleane C. Hoffman, pioneering nuclear chemist and trailblazer for women in science, has passed away (Sept. 4, 2025) at the age of 98.
Professor Hoffman was born and raised in Iowa. She entered Iowa State College (now Iowa State University), where she first majored in applied art but later changed to chemistry, and there earned her B.S. (1948) and then her Ph.D. (1951) in physical (nuclear) chemistry.
She began her career as a Chemist Read More
Early Voting Now Underway In Los Alamos County
Political signs line a section of Rover Boulevard today in White Rock as early voting gets underway at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. Learn more details about early voting here. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Political signs line a section of Trinity Drive today as early voting gets underway at the Municipal Building. Learn more details about early voting here. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
