Employment

Embudo Valley Tutoring Association Seeks Retired Professionals To Uplift Students In 2025-26 School Year

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EVTA News:

The Embudo Valley Tutoring Association (EVTA) is seeking tutors in reading and math for high-need elementary school students in the Española Independent School District

EVTA is seeking committed, retired professionals interested in helping uplift local students, many of whom are a year or two behind their class.

Tutoring for 2025-26 School Year:

  • EVTA is seeking people with education or tutoring experience are encouraged to apply; however, EVTA is interested in talking with any degree-holding person who desires to work with students.  EVTA provides training.
  • The best, long-term
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Public Utilities Board To Hold Closed Meeting June 25

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities is scheduled to hold a closed meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, in the Department of Public Utilities Conference Room at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave.

The purpose of the meeting is to conduct “Utilities Manager Performance Planning”. Read More

Three LANL Leaders Honored For Military Service Support

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Recipients of the Patriot Award, seated from left, Nestor Trujillo, Ed Cagle and Mark Voss gathered with representatives from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, back row from left, Joshua Rowley, Willy Griego and Aaron Mondragon. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

When it comes to supporting those who serve, leadership makes all the difference. That’s why Josh Rowley nominated his managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Ed Cagle, Mark Voss and Nestor Trujillo for the Patriot Award, presented by the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office.

Rowley Read More

New Mexico Court Education Institute Presents Former UNM Law Professor Barbara Bergman Judicial Education Award

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Law professor Barbara E. Bergman

Administrative Office of the Courts News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Law professor Barbara E. Bergman received an award June 12 honoring her lasting contributions to judicial education in New Mexico.

The New Mexico Court Education Institute (CEI) presented Bergman with the inaugural Rozier E. Sanchez CEI Faculty Award for excellence in judicial education during a ceremony in Albuquerque at the annual training conference for state court judges.

Bergman taught at the University of New Mexico School of Law for 28 years and in 2016 joined the faculty of the James E. Rogers Read More

Two Longtime Attorneys Appointed To New Mexico Public Defender Commission

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NMLOPD News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Attorneys Sheila Lewis of Santa Fe and Maria Padilla of Albuquerque were sworn in Wednesday to the New Mexico Public Defender Commission, which provides guidance on the administration of the New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender (NMLOPD) and selects the state’s chief public defender.

The LOPD employs more than 400 New Mexicans in the service of providing legal representation to indigent people charged with a crime in the state’s courts.

The independent state agency most recently received an $80.2 million budget to operate 13 offices across the state and Read More

Kirsten Laskey Promoted To Managing Editor At Daily Post

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Newly promoted Managing Editor Kirsten Laskey at her desk Monday in the newsroom at the Los Alamos Daily Post at 1247 Central Ave.. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Longtime reporter Kirsten Laskey has been promoted to managing editor of the Los Alamos Daily Post. Laskey began writing for the Post on a part-time basis in 2012. She joined the news team full time in January 2017, primarily covering County government. She also covers other beats, including the schools, businesses, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and writes Read More

Ana Tafoya Expands Farmers Insurance Operations To Los Alamos

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Farmers Insurance agent Ana Tafoya, right, with Insurance Producer Terri Nevarez during an interview Monday afternoon in her office at 935 Central Ave. Suite A. Nevarez has worked for Farmers Insurance agent Bernadette Naranjo for the last six years and is continuing to work for Tafoya. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

After many years of dedicated service to the Los Alamos community, Farmers Insurance agent Bernadette Naranjo has officially retired. Farmers Insurance agent Ana Tafoya has taken over Naranjo’s agency Read More

FSN Announces New Executive Director Jen Demas

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New FSN Executive Director Jen Demas

FSN News:

Family Strengths Network (FSN) announces its new Executive Director, Jen Demas.

Demas has been the program coordinator for FSN for more than a year, leading Toddler Craft, Family Yoga/Move With Me, Monthly Playdates, and Toddler Tunes.

With an extensive background in working with children in a variety of settings, Demas has been a fan favorite during her time at FSN and has the superpower of connecting with kids of all ages.

In addition to FSN, Demas has worked in childcare for 20 years as a preschool teacher, a direct care specialist in a hospital Read More

New Mexico Department Of Workforce Solutions Teams Up With Northern NM Youth Fund To Expand Job Training

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NMDWS News:

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) is investing $500,000 in the Northern New Mexico Youth Fund, becoming the first state agency to partner with the organization to provide job training for underserved youth. 

The investment comes through NMDWS’s Community Benefit Fund, created by Senate Bill 48 to advance workforce development in non-extractive sectors. As the first state agency to contribute to the fund, NMDWS will direct funding toward worker training in electrical grid modernization, renewable energy development, and climate change mitigation.  Read More

2001 LAHS Graduate Kyle Trottier Assumes Command Of Training/Operations For 38,000+ Soldiers At Ft. Bliss Texas

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LTC Kyle Trottier, a 2001 graduate of Los Alamos High School and son of Andre and Cherie Trottier of Los Alamos, changed command of 1-37 Armored Regiment 2nd Brigade, First Armored Division, May 22, 2025 at Fort Bliss Texas. LTC Trottier completed a 2-year command and missions training of more than 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in Germany 2024, completing fleet modernization of all unit M1 tanks, and a highly successful deployment to the National Training Center. LTC Trottier is pictured with his wife, Hilary, 2nd Brigade CSM William Thacker, left, and Brigade Commander Colonel Douglas Baker, Read More