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Los Alamos Middle School Engineering Students Complete Service Project With Nonprofit Mesa To Mesa

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LAMS students taking an Advanced Engineering class are working on building an accessibility ramp as part of a service project with Mesa to Mesa. Courtesy/LAPS

LAMS students lift the frame of an accessibility ramp they are building for Mesa to Mesa. Courtesy/LAPS

From Los Alamos Public Schools:

Seventeen Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) students from Dr. Brent Collom’s Advanced Engineering classes recently completed a service project with the nonprofit Mesa to Mesa. They built several accessibility ramps, an activity that brought together hands-on, project-based, and service learning. Read More

Hilltopper Swim And Dive Team Goes To State

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Hilltopper Swim/Dive State Team: Front row from left, Samantha Clayton, Michelle Lo, Deb Brug, Emilie Daligault. Second row from left, Grace Nowell, Madalyn Baily, Sonya Pakin, Alma Hurlocker, Emma Reide, Grace Evans, Catherine Price, Anna Kerstiens. Back row from left, Austin Theye, Sam Nowell, Thomas Daligault, Peter Maginot, Ammon Lee, Gus Marchand. Not pictured: Steven Yeamans. Courtesy photo

Hilltopper Seniors from left, Catherine Price, Emma Reide, Deb Brug, Sam Nowell and Austin Theye. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

The Hilltopper Swim/Dive Team set out for the NMAA State Swim/Dive Read More

Driver Ends Up In Ditch Off Edge Of NM 4

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A driver alone in their vehicle somehow drove off the edge of N.M. 4 on Tuesday afternoon. The tip of the vehicle is visible here to the right of the tow truck, at the base of the tree. Los Alamos police said the driver sustained minor injuries and was transported (by Los Alamos Fire Department EMTs) to Los Alamos Medical Center. No citations were issued by Los Alamos police, which handled the scene until the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office arrived, because the location of the incident is in the SFSO jurisdiction. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

Traffic is backed up from Pajarito all the way past the Truck Read More

Family’s Fate Forever Altered: Los Alamos Medical Center Saves Two Lives

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Hannah and Rayne Bachman and their children, Max and new baby Violet. Courtesy/LAMC

Los Alamos Medical Center News:

Contractions began the night of her due date, signaling the on-schedule conclusion of a perfectly healthy pregnancy. Bags were packed, and a trip to Santa Fe was all planned to welcome the Bachman family’s second child into the world. But just hours later, Hannah Bachman found herself in a terrifying emergency fighting for two lives.

“Everything was going fine and normal,” recalled the Los Alamos resident of that moment just more than one month ago. “And then, in the morning, my Read More

SFIS & MIAC Form New Partnership

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EDUCATION News:

AstroTour [AR]: Indigenous Cosmologies Through Code is a 6-week transdisciplinary youth workshop that fuses augmented reality, coding, and sky observation.

This powerful new collaboration brings together cultural perspectives, space science, and creative technology in partnership with the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) and the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS).

Students from SFIS’s Advanced Computer Science class visited the Makowa exhibit at the museum for inspiration.

Bethany Rivera and the STEMarts team with Dr. Julia Blue Bird, Lakota Astrophysicist Read More

Enterprise Bank & Trust Continues Legacy Of Local Investment With $30,000 Commitment To United Way Northern New Mexico In 2026

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United Way NNM Director of Corporate & Community Engagement Donna Milanovich, Enterprise Bank & Trust President, Los Alamos Region & Director of Community Engagement  Liddie Martinez  and United Way NNM Executive Director Cindy Padilla. Courtesy/UWNNM

United Way Northern New Mexico News:

When a bank chooses to invest locally, it does more than fund programs—it strengthens the fabric of the community itself.

In 2026, Enterprise Bank & Trust reaffirmed its commitment to Northern New Mexico with a $30,000 investment in United Way Northern New Mexico. This contribution Read More

SFCM Announced Grant Funding From Santa Fe Downtown Kiwanis Foundation

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SFCM News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Children’s Museum (SFCM) is excited to announce that it has received a $5,000 grant from the Santa Fe Downtown Kiwanis Foundation funded through the net proceeds of Will Shuster’s Annual Burning of Zozobra® event. This generous support expanded the Museum’s Access for All Initiative, increasing free access to hands-on learning experiences for families living in Southside Santa Fe.

Grant funds supported the creation of Zozo Passes—branded, one-time-use day passes that provide all-day Museum admission for up to six individuals. Each pass is valued at $60 Read More

Sweet Charity Exhibit At Village Arts Ends Feb. 28

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ART News:

What do hats knitted by Melissa Alexander, a watercolor pencil portrait of Bubo the Great Horned Owl by Lydia Marshall, and abstracted collages by Jacci Gruninger have in common?  Each of these artists care! 

The common theme of the current exhibit at Village Arts follows the title “Sweet Charity”, where artists were invited to submit artwork that, if sold, would go to the charities of their choice. Nearly 2 dozen artists submitted over 40 pieces to the exhibition in the hopes of giving back to potentially over different 20 causes that are close to their Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: Feb. 27–March. 5, 2026

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.

For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.

PAC 8 Television schedule for Feb. 27–March. 5, 2026:

Friday, Feb. 27, 2026

  • 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 2-17-26
  • 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
  • 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce “Los Alamos County Manager Update”
  • 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media Classes
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