Education

Los Alamos High School Graduate Carson Hick Named To 2025-26 USA Swimming National Team

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Carson Hick of White Rock has been named to the USA Swimming National Team. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

It was announced Monday, Sept. 8, that Carson Hick of White Rock, 2023 graduate of Los Alamos High School and a junior at the University of Kentucky, has been named to the 2025-26 USA Swimming National Team. 

The men’s team includes 67 of the country’s most elite swimmers and 21 represented universities, Hick being among those selected for his national team debut.

The selection process for the National Team is based purely on times. The six athletes with the fastest times at any qualifying competition Read More

Los Alamos Hilltoppers Swat Highland Hornets 13-0

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The Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers wait to burst onto the field through the banner prepared by the Topper Cheer Team for Friday’s game against the Highlands Hornets at Milne Stadium in Albuquerque. It was the Hornets’ homecoming game and the Toppers’ first conference game. The Toppers beat the Hornets 13-0, extending their record to 4-0. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 

Dylan Baca lunges into the end zone through the tackle attempt by Jose Tapia for the Toppers’ first touchdown after a long pass catch from quarterback Haden Watkins in the second quarter. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: Sept 19-25, 2025

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of 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 Sept 19-25, 2025:

Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

  • 06:00 AM Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10:00 AM The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11:00 AM County Council Replay 9-09–25
  • 04:00 PM Democracy Now!
  • 05:00 PM PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 06:00 PM Coexisting With Cougars: Protecting Wildlife While Reducing Conflict
  • 07:00 PM PAC 8 Summer
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This Week In Sports: Sept. 16-20, 2025

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SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers teams have a busy week coming up with soccer, football, cross-country and 2025 Homecoming events.

The games and events are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of John McHale, Mike Cote and Nate Limback.

This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:

Sept. 16 Tuesday

  • Boys Soccer vs Rio Rancho Home – 5 p.m.
  • Girls Soccer vs Rio Rancho Away – 6 p.m.

Sept. 18 Thursday (Homecoming)

  • Girls Soccer vs St. Pius Home – 4 p.m.

Sept. 19 Friday (Homecoming)

  • Football vs Capital Home – 7 p.m.

Sept. 20 Saturday

  • Boys Soccer vs Goddard Home – 2 p.m.
  • Girls/Boys Cross
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Keller: Wildflower Extravaganza Blooming Right Now!

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By CHICK KELLER
PEEC Los Alamos Nature Center

Late summer is always a good time to see our wonderful wildflower numbers. Right now there is a particularly large number of blooms (some 50 species!) on the Walnut Canyon Rim Trail.

This trail goes between the golf course and Walnut Canyon. It begins just off of San Ildefonso Road, just beyond the roundabout. One goes up a dirt road for about a hundred yards, then turns left onto a trail. A bit farther on, that trail splits with the Walnut Canyon Rim Trail going right.

The blooming wildflowers begin where you park and continue all along. The trail goes for Read More

Balderas: From Violence To Hope … How Education And Storytelling Can Transform Española

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By HECTOR BALDERAS
President
Northern New Mexico College
Former NM Attorney General

New Mexico is in crisis. A state of emergency has been declared in Rio Arriba County, where Española—home to Northern New Mexico College—faces daunting crime rates and some of the highest overdose deaths in the nation. Like every community in America, we also live under the shadow of horrific school and campus shootings that continue to devastate families. Parents everywhere are asking the same urgent question: How do we keep our children safe and give them hope?

At Northern, we believe the answer lies in education—and Read More

League Of Women Voters September Meeting To Feature Los Alamos Medical Center CEO Tracie Stratton

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Tracie Stratton

COMMUNITY News:

This month’s League of Women Voters’ community event, Lunch with a Leader’, will feature Los Alamos Medical Center CEO Tracie Stratton. The meeting begins at noon on Sept. 18, at the Unitarian Church and is open to the public.

Stratton graduated from Casper College in Wyoming with an Associate’s degree in nursing. She completed her Master’s degree in Nursing Administration while working as the Chief Nursing Officer at Mountain View Hospital in Casper.

In 2012, Stratton and her family moved to Los Alamos, where she started her career with LifePoint Health as Read More

‘Women’s Mind-Body Masterclass’ Begins Sept. 18

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From Mullein Leaf Wellness Institute:

Registration is now open for the “Women’s Mind-Body Masterclass” hosted by Mullein Leaf Wellness Institute. This 4-week masterclass begins Sept. 18.

About “Women’s Mind-Body Masterclass”

Are you Stressed? Tired? Low Sex Drive? Depressed? Anxious? Each of these can be signs of a dysregulated nervous system, often fueled by past traumatic experiences. Trauma lives on in the body, especially the nervous system. Come learn to release and rewire yourself.

We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the Read More