New Mexico State Police Arrest Corrections Department Officer For Criminal Contact With Female Inmates
NMSP News:
New Mexico State Police (NMSP) arrested a New Mexico Corrections Department Officer May 15, 2025, on multiple charges of Criminal Sexual Contact of female inmates after a lengthy investigation.
The investigation began April 16, 2025, when the New Mexico State Police Uniform Bureau received information about alleged sexual assaults that occurred at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants. Multiple female inmates alleged that corrections officer Elijah Williams, 21, sexually assaulted them.
During the investigation, NMSP revealed credible evidence suggesting Read More
‘Get Your Hands In The Soil’ At Coronado Historic Site
NMDCA News:
Spring has sprung at Kuaua Pueblo at Coronado Historic Site and the garden needs tending.
From 10:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, May 28, Coronado Historic Site’s Ranger Anthony will lead the monthly program, “What’s Growing on, Kuaua.”
Each month Ranger Anthony demonstrates different gardening techniques and aspects of garden care and maintenance. Bring water and wear comfortable clothes, a hat, and shoes you can get dirty.
This program is included with admission of $7 for adults and free to children 16 years and younger, New Mexico residents 60+ with ID, Native/Tribal affiliations, Read More
New Mexico State Bar Foundation’s Modest Means Helpline To Host Small Business Webinar June 4
State Bar News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico State Bar Foundation’s Modest Means Helpline will host its third free small business webinar of the year, noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 4.
The webinar is titled, “Independent Contractor or Employee? How to Navigate Legal Classification and Contracts.”
This is the final webinar in the Modest Means Helpline’s 2025 three-part small business webinar series for New Mexico small business owners. The June 4 webinar will be presented by Margaret Lorenz, who is a licensed N.M. attorney with the Modest Means Helpline, and Taylor Duffney with Briones Business Read More
BLM Seeks Initial Public Input For January 2026 Sale Of Oil And Gas Lease In New Mexico And Oklahoma
BLM News:
SANTA FE —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 32 oil and gas parcels totaling 20,479 acres that may be included in a January 2026 lease sale in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The comment period ends June 11, 2025.
Leasing is the first step in the process to develop federal oil and gas resources. Before development operations can begin, an operator must submit an application for permit to drill detailing development plans. The BLM reviews applications for permits to drill, posts them for public review, Read More
Public Accountability Act Signed By Governor, Targets $5.8 Billion In Stalled Capital Projects
State Auditor Joseph Maestas
From the Office of the State Auditor:
SANTA FE — In a major bipartisan victory for fiscal oversight and infrastructure reform, the New Mexico Legislature has passed the Public Accountability Act (HB 493) — landmark legislation designed to bring increased transparency and accountability to the state’s capital outlay process.
The bill passed the Senate unanimously (40–0) and cleared the House with overwhelming support (51–13), a rare alignment that underscores growing concern about New Mexico’s $5.8 billion backlog in unspent capital funds.
Gov. Michelle Read More
LAMC Honored For National Quality Leadership
Lifepoint Health corporate leadership and LAMC officials gathered at a special celebration on May 9 to recognize LAMC for its continued quality excellence. Back row from left, James McGonnell CFO, Dr. Chris Frost Chief Quality and Medical Officer, David McCullough Division Medical Group Services, Caryn Iverson western Division VP quality, Dávid Loehr, Division Compliance Director, Jason Zachariah Chief Operations Officer LifePoint Health, Jen Aldefer Western Division President; and Tracie Stratton CEO of LAMC. Front row from left, Debra Temple, Chief Nursing Officer LAMC, Mo Jones Read More
Pages Of Our History: Highlights Of The Life Of Los Alamos Ranch School Student Whitney Ashbridge
Whitney Ashbridge as a boy at the Ranch Schoool. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society Photo Archives
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos
Several Los Alamos Ranch School boys have returned to the site of their school in their adult years, bringing back the memories. One such boy returned in his adult years, but he had very little time to reminisce during the months he spent on the grounds of his old school. That returning Ranch School boy was Col. Whitney Ashbridge, the Post Commander for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.
Ashbridge was born in 1904 in Philadelphia, Penn. He attended the Los Alamos Ranch Read More
Travel: Walk In The Footsteps Of Soldiers, Kings And Queens At Edinburgh Castle
View looking out from Edinburgh Castle. Photo by Debbie Stone
Edinburgh Castle. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Edinburgh Castle is one of the most recognizable landmarks and top attractions in Scotland’s capital city. It’s hard to miss it, as this stone bastion sits upon a mighty rock atop the Royal Mile and has a commanding presence over the town. Those who built this stalwart stronghold knew what they were doing, as with this prime location, they had strategic advantage.
As you tour the castle, you’ll learn that it has guarded some key moments Read More
Los Alamos High School Graduate Lillian Kay Petersen Named 2025 Hertz Fellow
Lillian Kay Petersen
COMMUNITY News:
Lillian Kay Petersen, a 2020 graduate of Los Alamos High School, has been named a 2025 Hertz Fellow.
Petersen aims to reveal the mechanisms of gene regulation by combining high-throughput microfluidic assays and synthetic biology. She is a first-year doctoral student in genetics at Stanford University. In 2024, she graduated from Harvard University, where she studied applied mathematics and molecular biology.
Petersen has written three first-author papers to date, ranging from revealing the genetic underpinnings of disease to predicting crop Read More
Leger Fernández, Valadao And Pingree Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Support Water Conservation And Drought Resilient Practices
U.S. CONGRESS News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M-03), David G. Valadao (R-CA-22) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) introduced the Support Water-Efficient Strategies and Technologies Act (WEST) Act (H.R. 3293) to support agriculture practices more commonly used in Western arid climates. This bipartisan bill would allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary to increase cost shares to 85 percent for Environmental Quality Incentives Programs (EQIP) practices that support water-conserving and drought-resilient programs. It would also make Read More
