FBI: Morgan Lake Man Pleads Guilty To Assaulting An Officer
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Morgan Lake man pleaded guilty to striking and injuring a Navajo Nation Police officer with his car.
According to court documents, Sept. 28, 2025, officers from the Navajo Nation Police Department responded to a report of a suspected drunk driver. When they arrived in the area, the driver, Kendall Benally, 42, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, refused to obey commands and attempted to flee in his vehicle, striking and injuring an officer and a marked unit in the process. Benally then exited the vehicle and fled on foot and attempted to hide from officers. Benally Read More
New Mexico Public Defenders Join National Day Of Alarm Over Heavy Workloads, Inadequate Funding
LOPD News:
New Mexico’s public defenders and supporters are joining a nationwide day of solidarity to help raise the alarm about public defense sustainability. Severe and chronic underfunding combined with overwhelming caseloads are pushing public defense to the breaking point and endangering the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Participants in the awareness campaign plan to wear black on Thursday and lead conversations online and in their communities. The nationwide effort follows the recent contempt sanction against San Francisco Chief Public Defender Mano Raju. He was fined $26,000 Read More
Catch Of The Week: Roblox Cheat Codes Lead To Breach
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Fun new game: guess which link in a chain of events caused a major cloud platform breach this week.
A. Was it a sophisticated zero-day?
B. A nation-state attack on critical infrastructure?
C. A hard-to-detect supply chain implant buried in open source code?
Nope. Someone at a small AI startup was looking for Roblox cheats. Yikes!
Not even joking here! Researchers at Hudson Rock traced the Vercel breach that came to light this weekend all the way back to February, when an employee at Context.ai downloaded Lumma Stealer malware while Read More
Be Bear Aware: Living With Black Bears In Los Alamos County
Black Bear mama and baby searching for food in the spring in the Jemez Mountains. Courtesy/Leslie E. Bucklin
COUNTY News:
As spring returns to the Jemez Mountains, black bears are becoming more active throughout Los Alamos County. It’s an important time for residents and visitors alike to stay aware, take precautions, and understand how to safely coexist with Black Bears in the community.
Spring Behavior: Why You’re Seeing More Bears
After months of hibernation, black bears emerge in the spring hungry and focused on finding food. Natural food sources are still limited this time of year, which Read More
Los Alamos County Emergency Alert Test Set For April 24
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Emergency Management will conduct a test of the County’s emergency notification system, Everbridge, at 12 p.m. on Friday, April 24.
This test is part of the County’s ongoing efforts to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of its emergency communication tools and to familiarize the public with how alerts are delivered.
During the test, community members registered with Everbridge may receive a test notification via text message, email, and/or phone call, depending on their selected alert preferences. The message will be clearly labeled as a test and will Read More
