$100,000+ Purse Propels 2025 New Mexico Open Into Top 10 PGA Section Tournaments In U.S.
TMGR News:
ELEPHANT BUTTE — With a record-breaking purse of at least $100,000, the 2025 Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort (TMGR) New Mexico Open has officially earned its place among the Top 10 PGA Section tournaments in the United States based on total purse.
The championship, to be held Sept. 15-17, 2025, will feature an elite field of 155 PGA of America Golf Professionals, touring professionals including two-time PGA Tour winner Matt Every, Korn Ferry Tour professional AJ Crouch, and NCAA individual champion Todd Demsey, and amateur golfers from around the region.
This year’s tournament Read More
Captured Mexican Gray Wolf Asha Released With Mate Arcadia And Pups In New Mexico
Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
NMFWS News:
SILVER CITY — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released into the wild an endangered Mexican gray wolf called Asha, along with her mate and pups. Asha was featured in National Geographic and other media for twice roaming north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico before being captured and kept in prolonged captivity for having strayed beyond the arbitrary northern boundary of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area.
Asha is a female adult wolf who was released with her captive-born mate Arcadia and their five pups onto the conservation-managed, Read More
FBI: Thoreau Woman Sentenced To 24 Months For Fatal DUI
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Thoreau woman has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter for driving while intoxicated and fatally striking John Doe with her vehicle following an altercation.
According to court records, on the morning of May 28, 2023, Nora Abeita, 50, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, and several others, including John Doe, consumed alcohol together. After an altercation with John Doe, Abeita attempted to leave the residence with a friend. While driving away, Abeita struck John Doe with her vehicle and did not immediately Read More
Today Marks National Purple Heart Day
Purple Heart recipient Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell Puller
Most decorated Marine in U.S. history
By DAVID VERGUN
Department of Defense News
(Today) is Purple Heart Day, a time to honor and remember service members who were wounded or killed by an instrument of war in the hands of an enemy or while prisoners of war.
The following are a few stories of the nearly 2 million who were awarded the medal.
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller was wounded Nov. 8, 1942, during the Battle of Koli Point, a significant engagement of the Guadalcanal Campaign in the South Pacific. He was wounded in the arm Read More
Energy Secretary Marks 200th Day Of Trump Administration At SRNL’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative Center
Energy Secretary Chris Wright
DOE News:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright joined U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC-02), and state and local leaders for the opening of the new Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, creating a new chapter for American innovation in South Carolina.
Launched during the first Trump Administration and led by the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), the new center enables Read More
Pages Of Our History: Stirling Auchincloss Colgate
Stirling Auchincloss Colgate Nov. 14, 1925 – Dec. 1, 2023
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos
Stirling Auchincloss Colgate (Los Alamos Ranch School 1940–1943) was born in New York City and died in 2013 in Los Alamos, NM.
Stirling Colgate was one of the last four graduates of Los Alamos Ranch School, along with his classmates William “Bee” Barr, Theodore “Ted” Church, and Collier Baird. Intensified studies allowed them to graduate on Jan. 28, 1943, and enter colleges at mid-year.
Stirling went to Cornell University, where he eventually earned a degree in electrical engineering, though his studies Read More
FBI: Santa Fe Man Sentenced 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE – A previously convicted felon was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing and distributing heroin and methamphetamine while illegally possessing firearms.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court records, the early morning hours of July 8, 2020, officers from the Española Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting a suspicious vehicle parked outside a residence. Officers found Antonio Quintana-Pena, 40, unconscious behind the wheel of a gray Nissan. In his lap was a silver and black box containing a baseball-sized bundle of Read More
Dangerous Heat Wave To Hit New Mexico This Weekend
NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — Dangerously high temperatures are forecast across New Mexico this weekend, with many areas in northern and southern parts of the state expected to reach over 100°F and up to 107°F through Sunday.
The New Mexico Department of Health advises residents to take steps to protect themselves and others—particularly those most vulnerable to heat-related illness.
“Since April 1 there have been over 500 emergency department visits related to heat illness around the state,” Chelsea Eastman Langer said, bureau chief of the New Mexico Department of Health’s (NMDOH) Environmental Read More
State Awards $1.25M For Lincoln County Broadband Recovery After Wildfires And Flooding
OBAE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) has awarded more than $1.25 million in disaster grants to restore high-speed internet services in Lincoln County for communities hit by wildfires and flooding.
Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative will receive $1 million, and TDS Telecom will get $251,300 through the state’s Connectivity to Declared Disaster Areas Grants program. The funding comes from New Mexico’s $117 million American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation dedicated to expanding broadband access.
“The Office of Broadband stands ready Read More
Catch Of The Week: St. Paul Cyber Attack … What We Know So Far
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
The city of St. Paul, Minn., was the latest target of a cyber-attack, bringing city systems and services to a grinding halt. The attack was first detected on July 25 and still appears to be affecting city services. The impact to the city was so great that Gov. Tim Walz had to call in the National Guard, which also has a cyber component.
What happened? What we know so far – the city first noticed suspicious activity in their systems on the morning of July 25. Leadership shut down access to that system and then shut down internet access Read More
