FBI: Zuni Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Shooting Zuni Resident
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Zuni man was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for shooting a man during a confrontation.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, Sept. 19, 2024, Devin Wade Wyaco, 34, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, fired a handgun from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle at two bicyclists following a dispute, striking one of them in the abdomen. The victim was treated at a local hospital and survived the shooting.
As a previously convicted felon, Wyaco was prohibited from possessing a firearm and ammunition.
Wyaco pled guilty to three Read More
DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monday, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long operational surge aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels, responsible for flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin.
In February, the Trump Administration designated the Sinaloa Cartel, along with seven other groups, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The Sinaloa Cartel remains one of the most significant threats to public safety, public health and our national security. Read More
Isleta Grill Sweeps People’s Choice, Blind Judging Awards At New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge
NMSF News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The highly-anticipated New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge crowned Isleta Grill of Isleta Pueblo as both the People’s Choice Champion and the Blind Judging Champion. Isleta Grill also captured the Blind Judging crown in 2024.
Hungry fairgoers crowded Main Street, hoping to get a taste of the nine best green chile cheeseburgers in the state and the competitors did not disappoint with nine delicious, chile-topped burgers to satiate the crowd.
Thank you to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, as well as the competition’s sponsor, the Read More
New Court Program Offers Help To Newly Arrested People Struggling With Mental Illness
Left to right: Supreme Court Justice Briana H. Zamora, Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Thomson, First Judicial District Chief Judge Brian Biedscheid. Courtesy photo
COURT News:
SANTA FE — The First Judicial District Court announced a program today to help newly arrested people with severe mental illness obtain treatment and other community services. Individuals charged with misdemeanors, except DWI, and nonviolent felony offenses are eligible for the program.
The initiative is the fourth competency diversion pilot program established by New Mexico courts since last year.
“The Read More
Public Input Requested On Improving Visitor Services Across National Parks System
NPS News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service is seeking public input to help identify ways to improve visitor services in national parks, including more efficient methods for delivering and managing those services.
This request for information supports Executive Order 14314, Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to take steps to enhance services for United States residents visiting national parks.
“We’re inviting those who know our parks best, the visitors, to share their experiences,” said the Read More
Palestine Film Series Continues Sept. 9, 10, 11 At SALA
COMMUNITY News:
The community is invited to attend the upcoming Palestine Film Series at SALA Event Center. This is a free event.
Details:
The Promised Land Museum: Dr. Steve Feldman, Tuesday, Sept. 9 at SALA.
- Dr. Feldman works to foster dialogue and understanding by amplifying overlooked perspectives and encouraging thoughtful engagement with one of today’s most pressing human rights issues. Visit https://promisedlandmuseum.org/gateway-to-understanding/.
Palestine Activism Program: Yousef Aljamal. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10 at SALA.
- Aljamal is the Gaza coordinator at the Palestine
NNSA, LANL Given Okay To Depressurize Containers
From LANL:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) received Temporary Authorization from the New Mexico Environment Department to safely perform the controlled depressurization of headspace gas from four flanged tritium waste containers at LANL’s Technical Area 54, Area G.
The “Transmittal of Notification of Planned Start of a Temporary Authorization Request” is posted in the LANL Electronic Public Reading Room at https://eprr.lanl.gov/.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Read More
Fuselier: A Simple Solution To A Complicated Problem
By ROBERT FUSELIER
Los Alamos
With all the division in our country and world, and the fear, anger, and hatred that flows from it and contributes to it, it can be easy to be pessimistic about our future. The news, whether delivered by cable, network, or internet, seems to be full of the bad with little of the good. Social media loves to keep us scrolling – and their ad revenue up – by taking advantage of the fact that bad news and divisiveness are big attention-getters. Hope seems like a lost dream. But is it?
Our community, state, nation, and world are full of dedicated organizations doing Read More
Silver Alert Issued By Los Lunas Police Department
Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 8, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The cooler temperatures and rain that New Mexico experienced this past week should help to improve fishing conditions. Bank fishermen at our lakes should benefit the most as trout will start moving into shallower water as the water temperatures cool down.
If you are a hunter, bring along your shotgun on trips into the mountains. Blue grouse season is open. These game birds are often encountered while driving dirt roads in our National Forests. They are excellent eating. The daily bag limit is three
The Pecos River is still holding up Read More
