PAC 8 Community Media Center: Aug. 22-28, 2025
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for Aug. 22–28, 2025:
Friday, Aug. 22, 2025
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program 11:00 AM County Council Replay 8-05–254
- 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Coexisting With Cougars: Protecting Wildlife While Reducing Conflict
- 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media
LAYSL/LAFC Coaching Clinics For 2025-26 Season
Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 18, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
This is a good time to give trout a break as streamflows are low and water temperatures warm.
Early predictions for the upcoming winter are for a weak La Nina pattern. La Nina usually means lower precipitation and warmer than average temperatures. This is not what is needed.
One river that seems to be holding up well is the Pecos River. Streamflows throughout the drainage are at or near normal.
Some of the best fishing will be found below dams. Water released from the bottom of the lakes will be cooler so trout remain active. The San Juan Read More
Topper Baseball Fundraiser Cornhole Tournament Sept. 13
Solid Waste Bureau Renamed Resource Recovery Bureau
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department has officially renamed its Solid Waste Bureau the Resource Recovery Bureau, or RRB.
The bureau’s updated name and new logo reflect its evolving role in advancing sustainable materials management and supporting a circular economy. In addition to regulating landfills and solid waste facilities, the Resource Recovery Bureau oversees a broad range of programs focused on waste reduction, recycling, composting, and resource conservation.
“Our new name properly reflects the bureau’s innovative approach to solid waste management Read More
Fresh Offerings At Los Alamos Farmer’s Market Aug. 21
DEA Launches Bold Bilaterial Initiative To Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers, Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Drug Enforcement Administration announces a major new initiative to strengthen collaboration between the United States and Mexico in the fight against cartels, whose trafficking networks are responsible for flooding American communities with deadly synthetic drugs.
At the core of this effort is Project Portero, DEA’s flagship operation aimed at dismantling cartel “gatekeepers”, operatives who control the smuggling corridors along the Southwest Border. Gatekeepers are essential to cartel operations, directing the flow of fentanyl, methamphetamine, Read More
LAHS Boys Soccer Pickleball Event And Fundraiser
Coach Mike Brown is with players Jason Rodgers (left), John Fung and Brendan French (right) worked hard to raise money and recruit players for the event. Courtesy photo
Boys wrapping up their round robin. Courtesy photo
SPORTS News:
Pajarito Pickleball Club members Scott Parkinson, Dennis WIlhoit and Kristine Coblentz tutored and guided the LAHS soccer boys in play 5-7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9. We are thankful to these pickleballers for their time and guidance.
More than 30 community members, including local barbers Greg and Dave, came to support the pickleball event.
Music was played and pickleball Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Aug. 13, 2025
BRIDGE News:
This is an interesting hand that came up in our August 13 game! With the distribution in both hands, both sides can make a game. So it comes down to who is the more aggressive.
This is board #1. North is the dealer and neither side is vulnerable.
North is the dealer and passes, as does East. South has an easy 1♣ opening. After West’s 1♦ overcall, North should bid 1♥. East could either make a preemptive jump in diamonds or bid his/her 5-card spade suit. I think most players would jump in diamonds, knowing they have a 10+ card fit. Regardless, South should bid 4♥. When Read More
Albuquerque Couple Indicted For Conspiring To Harbor Illegal Aliens And Laundering Human Smuggling Proceeds Through Real Estate
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque couple is accused of conspiring with human smugglers, turning their rental properties into stash houses for human smuggling operations, and laundering what they believed to be human smuggling profits through a real estate deal structured to avoid detection.
According to court records, between March 2023 and July 2025, Nan Zhang, 44, and her husband Sanjay Khurana, 62, both naturalized U.S. citizens, conspired with human smugglers to rent properties in Albuquerque to be used as stash houses for individuals who had been unlawfully brought into the Read More
Robinson: Democrats Are On The Wrong Side Of Medical Malpractice Reform
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
The State Ethics Commission tore the mask off New Mexico Safety Over Profit and revealed – ta da! – trial lawyers.
After arguing that they didn’t have to register as lobbyists or reveal funding sources, NMSOP had a change of heart after reading the commission’s 73-page lawsuit. They settled by paying a $5,000 fine (the maximum allowed), registering with the state, and releasing their full list of donors, along with expenditures.
We learn that in recent years about 50 trial lawyers and/or their firms dug into deep pockets and found nearly $1.3 million to fight reforms Read More
Land And Water Conservation Fund Helps Pay For Lights At Socorro’s Sedillo Park Baseball Fields
New energy efficient lighting at the Sedillo Park baseball fields in Socorro. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
SANTA FE — The City of Socorro is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of a $797,908 project to install lights on the Sedillo Park baseball fields.
Nearly have the project cost, $342,504, came from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal program that in New Mexico is administered by the State Parks Division.
“The Land and Water Conservation Fund is the only federal program solely dedicated to outdoor recreation, providing matching grants to states, local Read More
Dannemann: At Last, Legislators Have In-District Aides
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann
One of her projects, said the recently hired legislative aide, is to track the capital outlay projects for her district that were passed before her senator was in office. This legislative aide works for a first-term senator. The project is nonpartisan, it is not controversial, and it may not be particularly difficult, but it certainly could be useful. With this information, she will know what capital outlay projects were passed by her boss’ predecessors, what progress has been made on getting them done and whether any of them Read More
The Adobe Theater Presents BUS STOP Sept. 5-28
This Week In Sports: Aug. 22-23, 2025
This Week In Sports:
Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of John McHale, Mike Cote and Nate Limback.
This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:
Aug. 22 Friday
- Football vs Española Away – 7 p.m.
- Girls/Boys Cross Country at Trooper Twilight El Paso
Aug. 23 Saturday
- Girls Soccer vs ABQ High at APS Metro Tournament (Field 2) – 1 p.m.
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Sunset On Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: Flowers add to the beauty of a sunset recently on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More
Obituary: Kimra Lyn Ray Aug. 12, 2025
KIMRA LYN RAY Aug. 12, 2025
Kimra Lyn Ray passed away on August 12, 2025, after a brief battle with cancer. She was surrounded by loved ones as she made her way onto the next adventure.
“Though she be but little, she is fierce.” –William Shakespeare
Never was there a more accurate way to describe our mother. She was a little thing, but man she sure was a firecracker. If she was mad about something or if there was an injustice, she’d let you know it. She was kind and empathetic. She loved people and animals and always stood up for the underdog.
She was a talented artist who loved to paint and she probably crocheted Read More
Brand New Chamisa Elementary School Welcomes Students
A little morning excitement before students line up for the day at the new Chamisa Elementary School on Meadow Lane in White Rock. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
A brief glimpse inside the entry of the new elementary school. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
The new Chamisa Elementary School held its grand opening Wednesday in White Rock.
What began with a community meeting in March of 2020 has come to fruition with a gorgeous, new educational facility.
“Designing, planning, and building these schools has been a little like being on a roller coaster with a lot of Read More
Living With Wildlife: What Do Black Bears Do In August?
COUNTY News:
How Bears Beat the Heat
Bears don’t have sweat glands, so they can’t cool off the way people do when it gets hot. They do lose much of the dense underfur that helps keep them warm when temperatures drop. Shedding lets air circulate while still “shading’ their skin from the sun.
Bears will also pant like dogs and dissipate heat through their paws and other areas with little hair. They avoid the hottest parts of the day and often relax in daybeds under a nice shady tree, or sometimes seek shelter from the sun on a shady patio, under decks and porches, or in crawl spaces. They’ve also been known Read More
Valley Lodge #69 AF&AM Donates To ‘All Individuals First’
Tom Swertfeger, representing Valley Lodge #69 AF&AM in Española, presents a check for $1,240 to Executive Director Doris Roberts, right, of ‘All Individuals First’, a nonprofit day program for adults with developmental disabilities. Sharon Roberts assists with the presentation, which took place on Thursday at ‘All Individuals First’ in the lower level of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church on Trinity Drive in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo Read More
