Community
County Seeks Feedback For Climate Action Name And Style
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County is seeking your input on how climate action information and efforts are presented to the community over the next several years. This may include programs and initiatives related to energy efficiency, alternative transportation, and zero-waste. We encourage you to take a short survey with potential names, taglines, and visual styles that may represent climate actions.
Your input plays a crucial role in guiding how climate action efforts are presented and how residents are engaged moving forward.
“We want to create something that sparks curiosity and inspires Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools Accepting Out-Of-District Applications For The 2026-2027 School Year
Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) is currently accepting open enrollment applications for the 2026–2027 school year. Students who reside outside of Los Alamos County and wish to attend a Los Alamos public school may learn more and submit an application at: https://www.laschools.net/families-students/registration.
Applications are available for students eligible for preschool, and kindergarten through 12th grade.
Los Alamos Public Schools continues to be recognized as one of the highest performing districts in New Mexico.
All seven LAPS schools have earned Read More
County Invites Vendors To Attend Summer Vendor Meeting
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Community Services Department will host a Summer Vendor Meeting from 5:30–7 p.m., Wednesday, April 15, at Fuller Lodge, with a virtual option to attend available.
This meeting is open to all businesses, food vendors, and artisans interested in participating in upcoming county events. Attendees will learn about the vendor application process, permitting requirements, and event opportunities for the 2026 season.
Can’t make it in person? Join the meeting via Zoom: Zoom Link
View vendor permit details: Permits-and-Vending/Special-Event-Vendor-Permits Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers: ‘Adak, Birthplace of the Winds’ Presentation By Tanja Pietraß March 24
Sunrise over the Bering Sea. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
The March 24 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Tanja Pietraß on adventuring in the far Aleutians. Along with her Alaska adventure partner Raz, Tanja traveled to Adak—a windswept Aleutian island closer to Russia than to the continental United States. Once home to a major U.S. naval base, Adak now stands as one of America’s most remote and hauntingly beautiful frontiers, where volcanoes rise into the clouds, rain often falls sideways, and the saturated landscape seems alive underfoot.
Equipped with ultralight gear—quickly Read More
$25,000 Youth Civic Infrastructure Fund Grant Gives Boost To NNMC’s Parkinson’s Glove Development
Steve Cox works with McCurdy Charter School volunteer Gabe Zak. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — What began three years ago as the Parkinson’s Glove Project at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and Española Valley High School’s (EVHS) has transformed into Española GloveWorks, a newly formed 501(c)(3) focused on developing youth creativity, technical competence and leadership while bringing the hope of a promising technology to people suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
Students from the EVHS MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) program are working with mentors Read More
Daily Postcard: Mourning Cloak Spotted At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: A mourning cloak is spotted recently at Bandelier National Monument. These butterflies are known for their graceful gliding flight and often perch on high points such as the tops of bushes or trees to watch for mates. Courtesy BNM Read More
The Voice Of Hind Rajab Comes To Los Alamos For One-Night-Only Free Screening At SALA Event Center March 24
SALA News:
The Free Palestine Series will host a free community screening of The Voice of Hind Rajab at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 24 at SALA Event Center, 2551 Central Ave.
Admission is free and open to the public. The screening is expected to be the only opportunity for Los Alamos residents to see the film on a big screen, as it has received extremely limited US theatrical distribution.
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) is directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, the Tunisian filmmaker previously nominated for an Academy Award for Four Daughters. The film received the Grand Jury Prize (Silver Lion) at the 82nd Venice Read More
Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op Wins First Place At 10th New Mexico Brewers Guild Stout Invitational
The Tub brew crew, Assistant Brewers Emily Blumenthal and Dave Shepard and Head Brewer Adam Auden. Courtesy/Bathtub Row Brewing
The Tub News:
Bathtub Row Brewing Co-operative took first place at the 9th Annual New Mexico Brewers Guild Stout Invitational. Sixteen breweries competed in the event hosted by Bathtub Row at their taproom in Los Alamos.
Thirsty Eye Brewing took 2nd place, followed by Quarter Celtic Brewpub in 3rd place.
Organized by the New Mexico Brewers Guild, the annual invitational brings together breweries from across the state to showcase their best stout-style beers. This Read More
Spiritus Climate Technology Company In White Rock Appoints Dorian West And Kip Hensley To Support Commercial Scale-Up
Dorian West
BUSINESS News:
Spiritus, a climate technology company based in White Rock that is developing carbon-negative power generation and industrial-scale direct air capture systems, recently announced two leadership appointments that deepen the company’s execution bench as it delivers firm, carbon-negative power infrastructure for AI data centers and other power-intensive customers.
Kip Hensley has joined as Head of Project Development, and Dorian West has joined Spiritus’s Board of Directors.
Together, they bring the leadership required to move Orchard Power from technical Read More