DPU Investigates Root Cause Of Townsite Power Outage
COUNTY News:
A power outage that impacted the whole townsite of Los Alamos in the evening hours of Friday, May 8, started at 9:32 p.m. with a high-magnitude fault (greater than 5000 amps) on both transformers that feed the townsite from the electric substation on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) property.
While any interruption of electric service experienced on LANL property was brief, the townsite outage spanned the townsite from the far east ends of North and Barranca mesas, west toward the outer edge of the Quemazon subdivision, and then east again to the commercial and county buildings Read More
Video: Councilor Cull Gives Briefing On Tuesday Meeting
Los Alamos County Councilor Theresa Cull gives a briefing on Tuesday’s meeting. Video by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
NM Senate GOP Leaders Congratulate Newly Confirmed Bureau Of Land Management Director Steve Pearce
New BLM Director Steve Pearce
From Senate Republican Leadership Office:
SANTA FE — Senate Republican Leaders praised the United States Senate for confirming former Congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Across New Mexico, the BLM manages approximately 13.5 million acres of federal land, much of it concentrated in the oil & gas regions of southeastern and northwestern New Mexico but also encompassing vast grazing ranges and recreation areas like the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
“We are grateful to President Trump for appointing New Read More
LALT Variety Show Fundraiser May 16 At Performing Arts Center
From left, Matthew DeSmith, Kelsey Denisson and Heather Beemer have performed many times with LALT and with the Atomic Follies. All three will sing and/or dance at the Saturday Variety Show Fundraiser. Courtesy/LALT
John Gustafson, member of LALT and Atomicomedy, will perform standup comedy at Saturday’s fundraiser. Courtesy/LALT
LALT News:
Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) is back in the Performing Arts Center (PAC). To celebrate the longtime local troupe’s return to the PAC, LALT will host a no-holds-barred, 18 and older variety show featuring not only LALT performers, but those from Read More
LWV New Mexico Shares Vote411 Online Guide
LWV News:
The League of Women Voters of New Mexico is providing an online Election Voter Guide for the June semi-open primary elections. The guide covers races all over the state. The Vote411 Voter Guide is simple, easy to use and free.
It is different than other online voter guides because it provides candidates’ responses to League questions about their qualifications plus where they stand on national, local or state issues.
This is how it works: Go online at Vote411.org. Enter your address to find what races
and candidates are on your ballot.
“The League is offering this as a free public service Read More
Los Alamos County Hires Max Khudiakov To Serve As Economic Development Administrator
Newly hired Los Alamos County Economic Development Administrator Max Khudiakov. Courtesy/Max Khudiakov
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County announces Max Khudiakov as Economic Development Administrator. He will begin on June 8, 2026.
The Administrator plays a crucial role in driving economic growth, supporting existing businesses while attracting new businesses.
Khudiakov has a wealth of economic development experience and knowledge. He comes from the Town of Red River, where he was the Director of Economic Development & Tourism for more than four years and implemented many award-winning Read More
Students In Hidalgo County To Receive Broadband Access
OBAE News:
LORDSBURG — Nearly 400 rural students in the Lordsburg Municipal Schools now have access to high-speed internet after a state-funded broadband project completed construction in one of New Mexico’s rural communities.
The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) awarded Transworld Network LLC (TWN Communications) a $1.5 million Student Connect grant to build broadband infrastructure, connecting 395 rural student households and staff in the Lordsburg Municipal Schools District.
“Rural communities are too often left behind when it comes to affordable, high-speed Read More
Kiwanis Club To Host Aluminum Collection Saturday May 16
The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is collecting and buying aluminum cans from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16, to be sent for recycling. The collection location is the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church on Diamond Drive (near Sullivan Field). The community is encouraged to bring the aluminum cans they’ve had accumulating and help support the environment and the Kiwanis. Courtesy/Kiwanis Read More
C’YA Calls On Artists To Submit For CommUNITY Calendar
C’YA is known to be good for the heart, metal work done by Richard Roquillo. Courtesy/Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) is calling on artists of all ages, abilities and in all mediums as they inaugurate a plan for a 2027 community calendar called CommUNITY Year-round Art (C’YA). The goal is to reflect on an answer to the question, What does good health look like to you?
The result will be in an 18-month community health/wellness education project. Local contributors have until September 1st to submit Read More
Rocketeer Academy Summer Camp Blasts Off In July At Museum Of Space History
NMDCA News:
ALAMOGORDO — The International Space Hall of Fame Foundation and New Mexico Museum of Space History have announced that registration is now open at spacehalloffame.org for the Rocketeer Academy Summer Camp. The camp offers two one‑week sessions with two class levels: Explorers (grades 3–5) and Challengers (grades 6–8), each limited to 25 students.
Cost is $275 per cadet and includes the week-long space-based camp, field trip to Holloman AFB, lunches, and a camp t-shirt. The camp is held at the Tombaugh Education Building on the grounds of the Museum of Space History on July 6-10 Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: May 4, 2026
BRIDGE News:
We had a great turnout of 6.5 tables in our Monday, May 4 STaC game. Overall winners were Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming. Jerry Morzinski and Sig Lodwig were 2nd. Neill Goltz and Tom Alexander were 3rd, and Helen Butler and Beth Schaefer were 4th. Cliff and Michelle Rudy tied with Al Pratt and May Courtright for 5th, and Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 7th. Jan Barnes and Reffie Fuchs were 8th.
In Wednesday’s STaC game, in Flight A, Neill Goltz and Beth Schaefer were 1st, Earle Marie Hanson and John Ruminer were 2nd, Martin Cooper and Sam Borkowsky were 3rd, Cliff Rudy and Jerry Read More
Los Alamos Police Department Invites Community To Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony Friday May 15
LAPD will host its annual memorial ceremony on Friday as part of National Police Week. Courtesy photo
LAPD News:
The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) invites the community to attend its annual memorial ceremony at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 15, as part of National Police Week. The ceremony will take place in the north parking lot of the Los Alamos Justice Center, at 2500 Trinity Drive.
“Please join us as we remember the fallen, support their families, and reaffirm the bond between our community and those who serve it,” Deputy Chief James Rodriguez said in extending the invitation to the community. Read More
DOE Awards $5 Mil. Grant To Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization For Nuclear Cleanup
DOE News:
CINCINNATI — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced today that it has awarded a $5 million non-competitive grant to the Savannah River Site (SRS) Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO) in North Augusta, South Carolina. The five-year grant, Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers (WORC), effective May 9, 2026, supports local colleges and universities by educating and training students for future DOE employment at SRS and throughout the EM complex.
Through this award, SRSCRO will continue to partner with local colleges and Read More
FBI: Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Assault
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — An Arizona man pleaded guilty to assault after assaulting a woman at her residence.
According to court documents, on September 16, 2024, Kendrick Harvey, 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, went to the home of Jane Doe while intoxicated. There, Harvey assaulted Jane Doe and the assault resulted in serious bodily injury to Doe.
Harvey pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury and faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Read More
Bill Would Protect 105,623 Acres Of Caja del Rio Habitat, Culturally Significant Landscape
NWF News:
SANTA FE — The Caja del Rio Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), would designate the Caja del Rio as a Bureau of Land Management National Conservation Area and U.S. Forest Service Special Management Area to permanently protect the region.
“The Caja del Rio supports a resident population and migration pattern of deer and elk that have supported our ancestors and Tesuque Pueblo’s inherent health and cultural ties to the natural environment. The landscape also serves as a migration corridor for these animals Read More
HSFF Presents ‘Carving The Southwest: The Artistry Of Dorthy Stewart’ Opening May 29 At Edwin Brooks House
Courtesy/HSFF
Dorothy Newkirk Stewart. Courtesy/HSFF
HSFF News:
SANTA FE — Opening May 29, 2026, Historic Santa Fe Foundation is proud to celebrate the centennial of the Stewart sisters’ arrival on Canyon Road. In honor of this anniversary, we invite you to a retrospective of the work of Dorothy Stewart (1891–1955), a pioneer of the Santa Fe art community and the founder of Pictograph Press.
This exhibition features over twenty original woodblock prints on translucent paper, rare hand-printed editions of her Shakespearean volumes, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and select Read More
NMSA Hires Creative Writing & Literature Chair Sasha Grafit
NMSA News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) announces the selection of Sasha Grafit to lead its Creative Writing & Literature Department. Grafit is a published author, translator, educator, and editor who has taught creative writing at Columbia University and at Harlem High School in New York City. Sasha is passionate about inspiring young people to write. “My teaching philosophy,” he explains, “is focused on preparing students to carefully observe the world with an artistic eye and to express their own ideas in a compelling manner. When students competently wield the Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Issues Temporary Closures For Campground Construction, Post-Fire Safety
SFNF News:
Forest Order 03-10-05-26-04 closes three developed recreation sites and an access road while contractors perform vault toilet and water system construction.
The following areas are closed to public entry:
- Field Tract Campground
- Panchuela Campground
- Jacks Creek Campground and Equestrian Area
The order also closes the road north of Cowles at the junction of State Road 63 and Forest Road 555, beginning at the middle gate leading toward the Jacks Creek Campground and Equestrian Area.
These closures are in effect from 8 a.m., May 4, 2026, through 11:59 p.m., Sept. 30, 2026, Read More
Dannemann: New Mexico Has A New Political Party
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann
If all has gone as planned, New Mexico has a new political party.
Official events to establish the Forward Party were scheduled to take place on May 8. On that day—within 30 days of its April organizing event as prescribed by law—the party was due to present its bylaws along with a sufficient number of signatures to the Secretary of State or a county clerk. According to chairman Bob Perls, the required number of signatures was about 3500 and they have more than enough. Party leaders have been working with the Secretary of State’s Read More
Local Comic Creators To Release ‘Cuentos Infernales’
Paul Ziomek and Octavio Ramos will launch Cuentos Infernales a new comic book later this month. Plans will include local opportunities for signed copies, including ChamberFest on June 6. Courtesy/Evelyn Ziomek
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
Octavio Ramos is a proud first generation American with a passion for folklore which has always played a role in his life. Now that he has retired from LANL, he is telling stories full time. He and his partner in storytelling, Paul Ziomek, have a new project combining their creativity in new comic book, Cuentos Infernales (“Infernal Tales”), Frightening Read More