Heinrich Tours Re-Envisioned Schoolyard At Polk Middle School, Announces Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) plants seeds with Polk Middle School students in their re-envisioned schoolyard, April 9, 2026. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with Polk Middle School students in Albuquerque to tour their re-envisioned schoolyard and announce introduction of his Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act, legislation to help New Mexico schools transform schoolyards into vibrant, nature-rich spaces for learning, play, and community use.
For many kids, the closest outdoor space is an asphalt schoolyard—offering little Read More
National Horseshoe Pitchers Association Brings 2026 U.S. Open To Albuquerque
VISIT ABQ News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque will host top horseshoe pitchers from across the country at the 2026 U.S. Open Horseshoe Tournament, set to take place at Mariposa Basin Park beginning today, April 10, through April 12. The national event is expected to bring 350 competitors, supporters and spectators from across the U.S. to Albuquerque and contribute $150,000 in estimated direct spend to the local economy.
Organized by the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association (NHPA) in partnership with the Albuquerque Sports Commission and the New Mexico Horseshoe Club, the tournament is Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Cpl. Michael Weiss & Canine Partner Jaskey
On the job in Los Alamos are Cpl. Michael Weiss and his K-9 partner Jaskey on Tuesday, searching for narcotics by performing a ‘sniff’ on a vehicle in the Los Alamos Police Department parking lot at 2500 Trinity Drive. Cpl. Weiss, a 12-year veteran of the LAPD, went through an 18-week training program with the 4-year-old German Shepherd. Jaskey began his service with the LAPD on Sept. 23, 2021. Photo by Tomás Redondo/ladailypost.com
Another scene of Cpl. Michael Weiss and his K-9 partner, Jaskey, on the job Tuesday searching for narcotics by performing a ‘sniff’ on a vehicle in the Los Alamos Police Read More
Los Alamos JJAB To Meet Wednesday April 15
Los Alamos JJAB News: PEEC Awarded Outdoor Equity Fund Grant To Expand Outdoor Access For Northern New Mexico Youth
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is proud to be named a recipient of the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division’s Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF). Through this grant, PEEC will support both in-school and out-of-school programming for K–12 students across five counties, including Rio Arriba and Los Alamos Counties, increasing access to meaningful outdoor learning experiences for youth. These programs connect young people to the outdoors through accessible, hands-on, place-based learning experiences that support academic learning, social-emotional Read More
LANL Researchers Show Some Quantum Learning Models Are Classically Simulable
As proposed and demonstrated by the Los Alamos team, the architectures and techniques proposed to mitigate or altogether avoid barren plateaus in variational quantum computing make them classically simulable. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Variational quantum computing is a hybrid quantum-classical approach that has emerged as one of the most promising applications for quantum devices. But this approach is hindered by the “barren plateau” phenomenon, which undermines the approach’s machine learning training capabilities. As a team of Los Alamos researchers suggest in a recent perspective Read More
All Prescribed Fire Projects Declared Out; No Heat Detected
Forest Service completed critical fall and winter fuels reduction work across the forest. Courtesy photo
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest has completed its fall 2025 and winter 2026 prescribed fire operations, calling out all prescribed fires after an infrared flight confirmed no remaining heat. Personnel will continue to patrol burn units as part of standard postfire procedures.
To confirm that all prescribed fire units were out, fire managers ordered a fixed wing aircraft equipped with a military grade infrared camera capable of detecting heat sources as small as a dinner Read More
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.
- Submittal of the 2025 Sandia Wetland Performance Report
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704278_EMLA-26-BF088-2-1_2025_Sandia_Wetland_Rpt_040326.pdf - Land Application of Groundwater
Los Alamos Middle School Students Explore Engineering And Technology At UNM College Of Engineering Field Trip
Los Alamos Middle School student Cassie Salazar on the tour of the UNM College of Engineering. Courtesy photo
LAMS students Gabriel Hamilton, Daniel Yampolsky and Witness Awuzing on the UNM College of Engineering tour. Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
Forty students from Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) recently had a hands-on opportunity to explore the frontiers of science and engineering during a field trip to the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Engineering. The trip was designed to connect the concepts taught in LAMS’s computer science, robotics, and engineering classes with Read More
MOIFA Presents Alebrijes: A Linares Family Tradition, A Vibrant Traveling Exhibition
MOIFA News:
The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) presents Alebrijes: A Linares Family Tradition, a vibrant traveling exhibition celebrating the extraordinary artistry of the Linares family, renowned creators of alebrijes and central figures in Mexico’s cartonería tradition.
A bilingual adaptation of MOIFA’s popular exhibition La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste, the exhibition explores the fantastical world of alebrijes—vividly colored, mythical creatures that have become icons of Mexican folk art. For generations, the Linares Family of Mexico Read More
Frito Pie Dinner & Bake Sale Fundraiser April 15
Home Country: The Family Dove
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
We have a master gardener in our family. Two, actually. My wife, Catherine, and her identical twin, Eleanor. These women spent a whole year studying stuff like how to grow things that you’d like to have and how to avoid growing things that turn your stomach.
Catherine is really active in the group and volunteers to find volunteers. Hey, you can ask. She loves doing it, and I’m kinda an occasional tag-a-long.
We went to a pruning clinic just the other day to learn how to prune grapevines. We listened, took pictures and snipped things off that looked to me like they belonged Read More
Topper Baseball Defeats Pojoaque Elks 15-1 Wednesday
The Los Alamos Topper baseball team traveled to Pojoaque to play a conference game against the Pojoaque Elks Wednesday. The game was all Toppers as the Elks struggled with their pitching and the Toppers ran the score up to 15-1 and the game was shortened by the mercy rule in the 5th inning. Pictured: Jacob Diez beats the throw to 1 st baseman Israel Hall as the ball arrives late and Jacob was safe. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
The shortstop Josh Giertz fields a bounding grounder in the 3rd inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Terran Robertson is hit in the back by a pitched ball; it Read More
Friends Of History Announce Historic Santa Fe Walking Tours April–November
FOH News:
SANTA FE — Friends of History has announced its historic walking tours of Santa Fe are available to the public almost daily for eight months this year, from April 1 through November 30.
History buffs and students, educators and travelers, writers and artists, and New Mexicans everywhere are invited to step into the atmosphere and authentic story of a top-rated U.S. travel destination* with Friends of History, the official walking tours and volunteer docents of the New Mexico History Museum.
Friends of History offer three, two-hour walking tours for small groups. On the regularly Read More
Experience New Mexico After Dark During International Dark Sky Week April 11–18
City of Rocks State Park pictured at nighttime. Courtesy/EMNRD
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — Home to some of the darkest skies in the country, New Mexico will mark International Dark Sky Week with a series of guided nighttime programs at state parks across the state, offering residents and visitors a chance to experience the night sky up close.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has proclaimed April 13-20 as International Dark Sky Week in New Mexico, recognizing the state’s exceptional night skies and the importance of preserving them for future generations.
“New Mexico offers some of the best night sky Read More
Explore New Mexico’s French Connection At Brown Bag Lecture April 15
NMOAS News:
James Bruseth, author of From a Watery Grave, the Discovery & Excavation of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle, presents details of 22-year-long analysis and conservation of the recovered 1.8 million artifacts—representing an explorer’s “kit” for building a colony in the seventeenth-century New World
In 1686, the ill-fated La Salle expedition found itself stranded on a Texas beach. What followed was years of desperation, starvation, and the murder of La Salle by his own crew.
Two of those crew members, Jean L’Archeveque and Jacques Grollet, settled in New Mexico under the names Read More
Daily Postcard: A Bee’s Emerald Eyes Captured In Flight
Daily Postcard: A bee’s emerald eyes captured in mid-flight Photo by Richard Skolnik Read More
New Mexico Aging Dept. Relaunches Statewide Volunteer Program & Opens Nominations For Volunteer Awards
ALTSD News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) has relaunched its statewide volunteer program with a new centralized hub connecting New Mexicans to service opportunities — and is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Volunteer Recognition Awards through April 22.
Last fiscal year, 1,018 volunteers contributed nearly 600,000 hours of service across programs, including the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companion Program, and the Foster Grandparents Program. Combined, their work contributed an estimated Read More
Santa Fe National Forest And Spanish Land Grant Sign Historic Memorandum Of Understanding
From left, Monica T. Rodriguez, Secretary of the San Joaquin del Rio de Chama Land Grant, Leonard Martinez, President of the San Joaquin del Rio de Chama Land Grant, Shaun Sanchez, Forest Supervisor, Santa Fe National Forest. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest and the San Joaquín del Río de Chama Land Grant signed a first ever Memorandum of Understanding March 27, to advance both organizations’ goals of improved coordination, communication, and collaboration on land and natural resource management.
“This is truly a momentous occasion,” said Santa Fe National Read More
RPLA Announces April 2026 Events
By LISA SHIN
Chair
Republican Party of Los Alamos
Dear Friends:
We had a wonderful time with NM Rep. (District 63) and NM CD-3 Candidate Martin Zamora on March 28.
According to the most recent National Community Survey in Los Alamos County, over 97 percent of residents would like local businesses, fiscal stewardship, and communication and engagement to be prioritized in our community. However, the lowest performing areas continue to be the vibrancy of downtown/commercial areas, cost of living, shopping opportunities, and overall quality and variety of business and service establishments. Read More
