Atomic City Transit Expands Trip-Planning Across Los Alamos And The Region With ACT MyCommute
COUNTY News:
Atomic City Transit (ACT) has announced the expansion of trip-planning across Los Alamos and the region with the all-in-one “ACT MyCommute” app, which launches Monday, June 8.
The launch of ACT MyCommute brings together real-time information from nearby public transit agencies (Park & Ride, Blue Bus, Santa Fe Trails, and Rio Metro Rail Runner) so that riders can plan regional transit connections to destinations including Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Española, Albuquerque, and more all from a single app.
While the current ACT MyRide app allows riders to book on-demand and paratransit Read More
Urenco USA Plans Significant Expansion In New Mexico Of U.S. Uranium Enrichment Capacity
Urenco USA announced today that it will expand the capacity of the United States’ only commercial uranium enrichment facility by nearly 50 percent with construction of a new enrichment plant at its enrichment facility in Eunice, N.M. Courtesy/Urenco USA
Urenco USA News:
EUNICE – Urenco USA announced today that it will expand the capacity of the United States’ only commercial uranium enrichment facility by nearly 50 percent, marking a major commitment to strengthening the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain as the country expands the use of nuclear power.
This strategic, multi-billion-dollar Read More
Secretary Of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver Provides Primary Election Day Information
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Today is Primary Election Day and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver is providing the following information for voters and media outlets.
As of today, more than 181,900 eligible voters have voted in New Mexico’s 2026 Primary Election, including more than 18,500 voters not registered with a qualified political party. This is the first year independent voters can participate in the state’s primary election without updating their voter registration.
Semi-open Primary
New Mexico has semi-open primary elections, effective July 1, 2025. This means that: Read More
Forest Service Debuts New Recreation Mobile App
USFS News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — To kick off Great Outdoors Month, the Forest Service is launching a new, single visitor-information mobile app, National Forests and Grasslands, now available for download as visitors plan their summer trips to recreation sites across the National Forest System.
For the first time the app provides the most complete and accurate collection of Forest Service recreation sites that has ever been made available to the public, along with important planning tools like critical safety alerts, closures, amenity details and more.
“Due to the sheer size and remote Read More
State Police Checkpoints, Saturation Patrols Across State
NMSP News:
State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during June 2026.
We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right decision Read More
Robinson: Data Centers Can Work For Local Communities
By Sherry Robinson
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services
Can we have a rational discussion of data centers?
I was hoping this could happen in Socorro, where New Mexico Tech has agreed to consider participating in Green Data Center. Who better to look at the proposal than a place full of scientists and engineers?
What we’ve heard instead is so much hysteria that Congressman Gabe Vasquez urged Socorro County officials to approve a one-year moratorium on the project.
Data centers have become flashpoints all over the country. Nobody wants one because of their potential impacts, and yet they Read More
Honor The Enduring Strength Of The Diné At Treaty Of 1868 Commemoration At Bosque Redondo Memorial
NMHS News:
FORT SUMNER, NM — The public is invited to commemorate the Treaty of 1868 between the US Government and the sovereign Navajo Nation from 1 – 4 p.m., Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site.
The event includes cultural presentations by Shawn Price (Diné) and the Dineh Tah’ Dancers, who will perform traditional dances in recognition of the resilience of the Diné. Throughout their performances, Price will share stories and the historical significance of the treaty and the influential role of General William T. Sherman and Colonel Samuel Read More
Luján, Padilla, Cantwell Lead Senate Colleagues In Urging Secretary Lutnick To Halt Elimination Of Vote-By-Mail
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, led 13 Senate Democrats in demanding Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick opposing the Department’s involvement in President Trump’s illegal Executive Order (EO) attacking vote-by-mail and interfering with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
They also demanded that the Commerce Department halt implementing Read More
Elks Lodge To Host Annual Flag Day Celebration June 14
Elks Lodge 2083 to host its annual Flag Day Celebration June 14 at 1601 Trinity Drive. Courtesy photo
Elks Lodge 2083 News:
On Sunday, June 14, Elks Lodge 2083 will host its annual Flag Day Celebration. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude with a light lunch. All are welcome to attend.
Damaged flags may also be brought to the lodge for proper disposal. Prior to Flag Day, flags can be placed in the labeled can outside the south entrance of the lodge.
The history of Flag Day:
On June 14, 1885, in a one-room schoolhouse in Waubeka, Wisc., schoolteacher Bernard Cigrand asked his students to write Read More
McCrory Endorses Katherine Clark For Secretary Of State
By Tom McCroryLos Alamos
Democratic voters in New Mexico are blessed with an abundance of well qualified candidates for federal, state and local conditions. However, we are especially fortunate to have Katharine Clark running for New Mexico Secretary of State.
