SFCC 2025 Katie Besser Art & Writing Award Winners
SFCC Katie Besser Award winner Judith White 2025. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC Katie Besser Award winner Tony Blankenship 2025. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s emerging writers and artists were recognized during the Katie Besser Art & Writing Awards celebration hosted by Meow Wolf on May 5. The awards were named for the late Katie Besser in recognition of her love of literature and creative writing. The event celebrated students’ creative expression through writing, photography and media arts. Writers representing SFCC’s diverse community read from their Read More
Statement From Republican Governors In Support Of Jewish American Heritage Month And Recognizing Israel’s Independence Day
RGA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — All Republican governors joined together in a statement in support of Jewish Heritage month and to stand in solidarity with Israel on the 77th anniversary of Israel’s independence.
All Republican governors wrote:
“As public servants and governors, we are proud to recognize May as Jewish American Heritage Month. We encourage all Americans to honor and celebrate the profound historical, cultural, and economic contributions of Jewish Americans who continue to enrich our communities and strengthen our nation. In our classrooms and at the kitchen table, we encourage Read More
NMDOH: Homeless Face Greater Health Risks
NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — People who are homeless are more likely to get sick, hurt or even die from preventable causes.
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has published a report titled “A Novel Strategy for Counting Persons Experiencing Homelessness and Describing Their Health Outcomes in New Mexico Healthcare Facilities, 2019–2023.“ The report analyzed statewide hospital data to more accurately estimate the number of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) and to better understand their health conditions. It examined key demographic and clinical factors, including Read More
FBI: Mescalero Man Sentenced For Assault Of Minor
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Mescalero man was sentenced to 48 months in prison for sexually assaulting a teen 20 years his junior.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, Sept. 27, 2024, Thomas Lee Chaffins, 35, an enrolled member of Mescalero Apache Tribe, sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation
Upon his release from prison, Chaffins will be subject to five years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Phillip Russell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Read More
New Mexico Economic Development Department Announces Matching Grants In Science & Technology Opening Soon
NMEDD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department announces that applications for the FY26 New Mexico Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Matching Grant will open on Tuesday, May 20.
The SBIR Matching Grant is a competitive state-funded grant that supports the commercialization of technologies being developed with federal SBIR/STTR grant awards. This grant assists early-stage companies in product readiness with the goal of market entry, sales, expansion, and job creation.
All New Mexico-based for-profit companies with an active Phase I or Phase II Federal Read More
Toppers Girls Softball Wins First Round Of State Championship … Set To Play Belen In Consolation Bracket
Los Alamos High School Toppers girls softball team won the first round of the state championship bracket. The team plays at 11 a.m. Thursday in the consolation bracket against Belen at Cleveland High School. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com Read More
Hampton: Proposed Heat Regulations Damaging To Business
By DAVID HAMPTON
Los Alamos
The New Mexico Environment Department is currently inviting public input on a new “heat” regulation. You can comment on the project at the NMED website through May 30, 2025: EIB 25-11 (R) – Proposed New Regulation, 11.5.7 NMAC – Heat Illness and Injury Prevention.
Among the provisions contained in the proposed regulation is the requirement that employers must conduct time-consuming heat exposure assessments when the heat index meets or exceeds just 80°F.
It goes without saying that 80 degrees is a common temperature for nearly any New Mexican to Read More
LAHS Track & Field Teams Are 2025 District Champions!
The 2025 District Champion Hilltopper Boys Track & Field team! Photo by Blake Wood
The 2025 District Champion Hilltopper Girls Track & Field team! Photo by Blake Wood
By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track & Field
Both the Boys and Girls Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Track & Field teams were crowned 2025 District Champions on an intermittently rainy evening last Friday at Moriarty High School. The Boys finished ahead of Taos, 198-111, and the Girls bested Moriarty, 206-119.
Although athletes can qualify for next weekend’s State Championship based on meeting a performance Read More
New Mexico Environment Department Enforcement Watch Alert: 184 Actions Initiated; 88 Resolved In April 2025
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its Enforcement Watch initiative — a program designed to provide the public with transparency of the Department’s enforcement efforts across environmental, public health, and worker-safety programs.
Launched in May 2023, Enforcement Watch shares monthly updates on enforcement actions and their resolutions.
These updates are broadly divided into two categories:
- Active Matters: Alleged violations of state regulations, rules, permits, or licenses that are currently
Weekly Fishing Report: May 14, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
This past week saw good, soaking rain at lower elevations. There was heavy snow at higher elevations (up to three feet at some locations). The mountains were covered with a beautiful white blanket. They looked better in the beginning of May than they had looked most of the winter.
The moisture is most welcome after our dry winter and meager snowpack.
Streamflow increased and should slowly drop this coming week. The increased flows will help the trout become more active. The increase in nutrients washing into the rivers and streams will Read More
