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
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Fusion Industry Association To Host Inaugural Fusion Supply Chain Trade Show In Santa Fe June 23-24
By ANDREW HOLLAND
Chief Executive Officer
Fusion Industry Association
Commercial fusion energy is no longer a line on the horizon, with a timeline that stretches to the theoretical. It is now an emerging, multi-billion-dollar global industry transitioning from laboratory experiments to commercial reality – at a pace that will bring this clean, safe, sustainable energy to market soon. Fusion, when fully operational with power plants across the country, will provide unlimited carbon-free, affordable energy that can meet ever-increasing energy demands; and can be built in New Read More
Environmental Department To Host Public Information Session On LANL Chromium Plume June 25
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department is hosting a public information session at 5:30–7 p.m., Thursday, June 25 at Harold Runnels Auditorium in Santa Fe to provide updates on the hexavalent chromium groundwater contamination beneath Los Alamos National Laboratory and Pueblo de San Ildefonso.
The plume, discovered in 2005, stems from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) operations dating to the 1950s, when chromium-laced water used in the facility’s power plant was dumped into nearby Sandia Canyon. In November 2025, the plume was found to have migrated beyond lab Read More
Rio Fire Daily Update: June 22, 2026
Courtesy photo
New Mexico Fire Information News:
Acres: 184
Start Date: June 16, 2026
Location: Mesa De La Gallina, 3 miles northeast of Chicoma Mountain
Fuels: Oak, Ponderosa, and Locust.
Containment: 0%
Personnel: 172
Cause: Lightning
Highlights: The Navajo, Santa Fe, Sawtooth, and Texas Canyon Interagency Hotshot Crews (IHCs) assigned to the Rio Fire completed handline around the entire fire perimeter on Sunday. Aerial resources continued to support firefighters on the ground by conducting targeted water drops, reducing heat and increasing line integrity.
Operations: Firefighters Read More
Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee Advances Bipartisan America The Beautiful Act
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to consider pending legislation, the Committee advanced S. 1547, the America the Beautiful Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Angus King (I-Maine) to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund. The Committee also adopted a bipartisan amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Chairman Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.).
“The bipartisan advancement of the America Read More
SFNF: Wildfires Start From Recent Thunderstorms
SFNF News:
SANTA FE —Thunderstorms over the past few days have brought a significant amount of lightning to the area. Fires continue to pop up from lightning, as heat gets established in available fuels and conditions such as temperature and wind align.
The Middle Fork Fire was detected yesterday June 20, 2026. The fire is located on the Cuba Ranger District off Forest Road 531 in Middle Fork Ojitos Canyon near the Cuba and Jemez District boundary, 1.7 miles northwest of Seven Springs. The fire is 1 acre and is 50% contained, burning in oak brush, Douglas-fir, and log duff. Fireline has been constructed Read More
Long Live The State Of New Mexico—New Exhibition Takes A Fresh Look At Statehood
Courtesy/NMHM
NMHM News:
SANTA FE — As America celebrates its 250th birthday, New Mexico celebrates 114 years as a state. A new exhibition at New Mexico History Museum, “1912,” opens Sept. 5, 2026, offering a snapshot of the state at a time of remarkable change and growth, and exploring what formally tied 327,000 Nuevo Mexicanos to the union.
The exhibition lets visitors step back into 1912 and explore a striking matrix of 36 historic objects that reveal interesting, surprising, and sometimes unusual connections from that time, sparking curiosity about the past.
“The state we know and love Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: June 22, 2026
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 18,839 rainbow trout weighing 9,089 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico.
The Fourth of July holiday is coming up next week. Popular fishing destinations will be crowded.
Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Stream flows above 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second would be common. The terrible snowpack and poor spring runoff have kept stream flows well below normal.
Streamflow in the Rio Grande decreased just a little Read More
Rio Fire Update: June 21, 2026
Operation Section Chief Brandon Glenn conducts a briefing this morning on the Rio Fire. Courtesy photo
New Mexico Fire Information News:
Acres: 184
Start Date: June 16, 2026
Location: Mesa De La Gallina, 3 miles northeast of Chicoma Mountain
Fuels: Oak brush, Ponderosa Pine
Containment: 0%
Personnel: 167
Cause: Lightning
Highlights: The four Interagency Hotshot Crews (IHCs) assigned to the fire made further progress on Saturday with support from aviation resources. Hot, dry, and windy conditions caused several areas near the retardant lines to flare up. Aircraft dropped water along those Read More
Eric Anderson Best Predictor In ACRR Weekly Pace Race
Scene from the Atomic City Road Runners weekly pace race Tuesday on North Mesa. Courtesy/ACRR
Scene from the Atomic City Road Runners weekly pace race Tuesday on North Mesa. Courtesy/ACRR
ACRR News:
Eric Anderson was the top predictor in the Atomic City Road Runners (ACRR) weekly pace race held by the North Mesa Picnic Grounds on North Mesa. He was 8 seconds off his predicted time.
Other accurate predictors were:
- Eliverio Acosta with a 15 second differential;
- Aurea Rojas recording 27 seconds off;
- Jan Velechovsky with a 30 second difference; and
- Ted Romero at 49 seconds off.
On the 1-mile course: Read More