Education

Los Alamos MainStreet And Creative District Launches ‘Voltage Visions’ Youth Mural Project

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LAMSCD News:

Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District (LAMSCD) is proud to announce the debut of Voltage Visions, the first project in a series of placemaking initiatives rolling out this year.

Funded by a grant from the Creative Industries Division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department (NMEDD), Voltage Visions transforms local electrical transformer boxes into vibrant public art. The murals are strategically located near three upcoming fall placemaking sites.

For this initial project, partnered with the Los Alamos Teen Center and hired local artist Margarita Ryan to Read More

NFHS Honors New Mexico Pair With Citation Awards

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Former NMAA Executive Director Sally Marquez is honored by the NFHS for her outstanding service, leadership, and lifelong dedication to high school athletics and activities. Courtesy/NMAA

Lori Mabrey accepts the award from the NFHS for her husband, former NMHSCA Executive Director Dr. Thomas ‘Buster’ Mabrey, honored by the NFHS for his outstanding service, leadership, and lifelong dedication to high school athletics and activities. Courtesy/NMAA

NMAA News:

Today, June 28, in Salt Lake City, Utah, former New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) Executive Director Sally Marquez and Read More

Wonders On Wheels Mobile Museum On The Move In July

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NMDCA News:

The Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum July visits. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is traveling a new exhibit, “The Arts of Democracy in New Mexico.”

Upcoming Wonders on Wheels locations:

  • 7/1: Gallup Public Library, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
  • 7/2: Loma Colorado Public Library, Rio Rancho
  • 7/3: UFO Festival, Roswell
  • 7/4: Freedom 4th Celebration, Albuquerque
  • 7/6: Santa Fe Southside Public Library, 12–6 p.m.
  • 7/7: Fort Sumner Public Library,
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UNM-Los Alamos Starts Phase Two Of Outdoor Infrastructure Improvements Project

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Arial view of UNM-LA campus. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos has begun the second phase of its outdoor infrastructure improvements project. Construction is currently underway in the campus courtyard, which will affect how visitors and students navigate the area during the summer.

The north parking lot is closed to accommodate construction staging.

All entrances to and from the courtyard, with the exceptions of Building 2 and Building 7 from the front entrance, are closed until the beginning of the fall semester. Visitors are encouraged to follow posted directional and closure Read More

SFI Presents ‘The Beautiful Engineering Of Us: Neurons To Collective Minds’ By Thalia Wheatley This Evening

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Camillo Golgi’s “image of a dog’s olfactory bulb (detail)” from Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso, 1885. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

For more than a century, neuroscience has viewed intelligence as a property of individual brains. But brains did not evolve in isolation. Humans are an intensely social species whose minds are continuously shaped by other minds. Increasingly, evidence suggests that our most sophisticated cognitive abilities emerge not from solitary brains, but from networks of interacting people. Human intelligence is fundamentally collective: Read More

PEEC To Host Free Screening Of Documentary ‘The Little Things That Run The World’ June 25

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PEEC News:

In celebration of National Pollinator Week, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will host a free screening of the 2025 documentary The Little Things that Run the World from 6–7:45 p.m., Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.

This powerful film explores the dramatic global decline of flying insects: an animal group that makes up three‐quarters of all species on Earth and plays an essential role in holding ecosystems together. Through interviews with scientists, gardeners, farmers, and passionate bug enthusiasts, the documentary Read More

Scenes Of JROMC Banquet Honoring Scholarship Recipients

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A scene from the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) annual banquet that included scholarship recipients, donors, a lecturer and members of the committee, Sunday evening at Pig+Fig Cafe in White Rock. Scholarship recipients included, Santa Fe Indian School graduate Raeann Chavez, Capital High School graduate Emily Trevizo, Española Valley High School graduate Kiara Salinas Ontiveros, Santa Fe High School graduate Paige Tomkins, Capital High School graduate Mariah Sofia Chavez, Capital High School graduate Osmel Pacheco, Los Alamos High School graduate Matthea Fung, Read More

Los Alamos JJAB Hosts 2026 School Supply Drive

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Los Alamos JJAB staff shopping for school supplies in 2025. Courtesy/Los Alamos JJAB

Los Alamos JJAB News:

Los Alamos JJAB has announced the kickoff of its annual School Supply Drive, a community effort dedicated to helping Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) students start the school year prepared and ready to learn.

As families continue to face rising costs, school supplies can place an added strain on household budgets. JJAB is committed to easing that burden by collecting financial donations to purchase essential items such as backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, folders, and other classroom Read More

McQuiston: When The Monsoon Rolls In … Tips For Getting Your Home Ready Before The First Big Storm

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

The sky is clear all morning. Then around 3 p.m. the clouds start stacking up dark over the mountains, the wind kicks up, and 10 minutes later it’s coming down sideways. Hail is ticking off the windows and the street out front is already running like a creek.

If you’ve spent a summer in northern New Mexico, you know the drill. The storms are loud and dramatic, and they can do real damage in about the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee.

Monsoon season officially started in mid-June and runs through September. The good news is that Read More