Sen. Leo Jaramillo Represents New Mexico And National Hispanic Caucus Of State Legislators At International Leadership And Diplomacy Exchange In Spain
Representing New Mexico and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, Sen. Leo Jaramillo addresses international leaders and senior Spanish government officials during an international leadership and diplomacy exchange hosted by Fundación Consejo España–EE.UU in Madrid and Cádiz, Spain. Courtesy photo
Sen. Leo Jaramillo, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & Santa Fe counties, 4th from right, gathers for a photo with international leaders and senior Spanish government officials during an international leadership and diplomacy exchange in Spain. Courtesy photo
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New Documents Added To Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Reading Room
LANL News:
New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
- Response to the Notice of Disapproval, Supplemental Investigation Report for Material Disposal Area T, at Technical Area 21, Los Alamos Laboratory (LANL), EPA ID# NM00890010515, HWB-LANL-25-054
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704341_EMLA-26-BF134-2-1_Resp_to_MDA_T_SIR_NOD_052126.pdf
Igniting The Future: Technology On Prescribed Fire
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Daily Postcard: Enhanced View Of Waxing Gibbous Moon Over Los Alamos Daily Post
Daily Postcard: An enhanced view of the waxing gibbous moon on Sunday night over the Los Alamos Daily Post newspaper office at 1247 Central Ave. Photo by Steve Bublitz Read More
Robinson: New Mexico Reckons With Economic Impact Of Federal Job Cuts
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
Greens, Scones At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
Op-Ed: Don’t Join The Flock
By JIM RICKMAN
Los Alamos
Big Brother is relentlessly watching the citizens of little Los Alamos, but who is watching Big Brother?
Over the past months, a growing network of surveillance cameras have been mysteriously installed on lamp posts along Trinity and Diamond drives. These cameras ostensibly are automatic license plate readers, Flock cameras, or some cheaper knock off. Regardless of the brand, these systems are entirely self-contained, never blinking or running out of power—watching every coming and going every minute of every day.
Data about your travels, the configuration of Read More
More Scenes From First Friday Night Concert Of 2026
Platinum-awarded duo, Downtown Avenue performs Friday at Ashley Pond Park to kick off the 2026 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Photo by Tomás Redondo/ladailypost.com
The crowd dances to Downtown Avenue performing Friday at Ashley Pond Park, kicking off the 2026 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Photo by Tomás Redondo/ladailypost.com
Scene from the first concert of the 2026 Summer Concert Series. Photo by Tomás Redondo/ladailypost.com
The crowd visits booths and food vendors Friday during the first concert of the 2026 Summer Concert series. Photo by Tomás Redondo/ladailypost.com Read More
Taylor Endorses Reelection Of Melanee Hand For County Council
By TONI TAYLOR
Los Alamos
I enthusiastically support Melanee Hand to serve a second term on the Los Alamos County Council. I encourage Los Alamos citizens to vote for her in the upcoming election.
Melanee has been a positive force on the County Council, advocating for environmental sustainability and conservation, wildlife and animal welfare, recreational opportunities, and small businesses. She has facilitated communication between residents and the County and fostered collaboration with neighboring communities.
However, I want to focus on my personal interactions with Melanee Read More
JROMC’s 53rd Oppenheimer Memorial Lecture To Feature Internationally Known Space Scientist Dr. Dante S. Lauretta
OSIRIS-REx launches from Cape Canaveral. Courtesy/United Launch Alliance
JROMC News:
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) announces its 53rd Annual Public Lecture is 7 p.m. Monday, June 22, at Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.
In this free lecture, “Origins of Our Solar System: The NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission,” Dr. Dante S. Lauretta will discuss his work as the Principal Investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.
OSIRIS-REx, a robotic spacecraft, traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect and study carbon-based compounds that date from the very earliest times Read More
Bill Led By Leger Fernández To Strengthen Public Safety In Indian Country Advances In Natural Resources Committee
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a hearing Thursday on the bipartisan Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act, legislation led by U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) alongside representatives Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) to strengthen public safety in Indian Country, improve coordination in missing persons investigations, and support the recruitment and retention of Bureau Read More
Co-op Showcase Series: Quemazón Jazz Combo May 29
The Co-op Summer Showcase Series continues with Quemazón Jazz Combo, Friday at 1010 Central Ave. Courtesy photo
Co-op Summer Showcase Series News:
The community is invited to attend the third show of the Co-op Summer Showcase Series at 6 p.m. this Friday, featuring the Quemazón Jazz Combo, at 1010 Central Ave.
The Quemazón Jazz Combo is the flagship ensemble of The Santa Fe Symphony’s Jazz Project. It is one of The Symphony’s 27 after-school programs – including orchestras, choirs, mariachi ensembles, chamber groups, and early childhood programming – that serve students ages 0-18 in Los Read More
BLM Seeks Initial Input For November 2026 Sale Of Oil And Gas Leases In New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma And Texas
BLM News:
SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 53 oil and gas parcels totaling 13,453 acres that may be included in a November 2026 lease sale in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The scoping period ends June 22, 2026.
Leasing is the first step in the process to develop federal oil and gas resources. Before development operations can begin, an operator must submit an application for permit to drill detailing development plans. The BLM reviews applications for permits to drill, posts them for public review, conducts Read More
