Explore New Mexico’s French Connection At Brown Bag Lecture April 15
NMOAS News:
James Bruseth, author of From a Watery Grave, the Discovery & Excavation of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle, presents details of 22-year-long analysis and conservation of the recovered 1.8 million artifacts—representing an explorer’s “kit” for building a colony in the seventeenth-century New World
In 1686, the ill-fated La Salle expedition found itself stranded on a Texas beach. What followed was years of desperation, starvation, and the murder of La Salle by his own crew.
Two of those crew members, Jean L’Archeveque and Jacques Grollet, settled in New Mexico under the names Read More
Daily Postcard: A Bee’s Emerald Eyes Captured In Flight
Daily Postcard: A bee’s emerald eyes captured in mid-flight Photo by Richard Skolnik Read More
New Mexico Aging Dept. Relaunches Statewide Volunteer Program & Opens Nominations For Volunteer Awards
ALTSD News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) has relaunched its statewide volunteer program with a new centralized hub connecting New Mexicans to service opportunities — and is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Volunteer Recognition Awards through April 22.
Last fiscal year, 1,018 volunteers contributed nearly 600,000 hours of service across programs, including the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companion Program, and the Foster Grandparents Program. Combined, their work contributed an estimated Read More
Santa Fe National Forest And Spanish Land Grant Sign Historic Memorandum Of Understanding
From left, Monica T. Rodriguez, Secretary of the San Joaquin del Rio de Chama Land Grant, Leonard Martinez, President of the San Joaquin del Rio de Chama Land Grant, Shaun Sanchez, Forest Supervisor, Santa Fe National Forest. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest and the San Joaquín del Río de Chama Land Grant signed a first ever Memorandum of Understanding March 27, to advance both organizations’ goals of improved coordination, communication, and collaboration on land and natural resource management.
“This is truly a momentous occasion,” said Santa Fe National Read More
Luján, Leger Fernández Demand Accountability From New Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Leadership
STATE News:
SANTA FE — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after meeting with FEMA and Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office leadership:
“As the sponsors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, we fought to establish the Claims Office and secure $5.45 billion to help New Mexicans rebuild. Since the fire, we have consistently pressed FEMA to speed up relief and answer for the unacceptable delays families continue to face.
“Yesterday, we met with the new leadership at the Claims Office to get answers. The Read More
Los Alamos Tennis Team Celebrates Senior Night With Win Against St. Michael’s
Los Alamos boys and girls teams. Left to right (back row), Coach Timur Khazratkulov, Coach Travis
Gibson, Leah Gramer, Olivia Hamilton, Vivian Haigh, Lucia Rudin, Alea Kretz, Ajla Bock, Julia Robel, Coach Lindsay Gibson, Levi Gibson, Adis Bock, Aditya Viswanathan, Mike Witkowski, Zach Gibson, Coach Nick Sarafin, (front row) Kylee Lovato, Angelie Echave, Caris Hatler, Lorrin Fordham, Emily Xu, Luke Gibson, Cullen McLean, Logan Swickley. Courtesy photo
By TRAVIS GIBSON
Tennis Coach
The Los Alamos Tennis team celebrated senior night with a win over St. Michael’s Wednesday night. The boys Read More
Obituary: Batrice I. Vigil Nov. 9, 1959 – Feb. 28, 2026
BATRICE I. VIGIL Nov. 9, 1959 – Feb. 28, 2026
Batrice I. Vigil, 66, of Chimayo, NM, born Nov. 9, 1959, passed away on Feb. 28, 2026. Batrice was preceded in death by her husband Gerald Vigil, sons Antiono and Pablo Vigil, father Lennis “Skip” Taylor, brothers Jerry Wayne and Michael Ray, paternal grandparents Clyde and Flossie May Taylor, maternal grandparents Paul and Ernistine Olivas, and God Father Tony Lujan.
Batrice is survived by her mother Mary Taylor, brother Adrian, granddaughter Tatyana Vigil, Aunt Rose Lujan, close cousin who she considered a sister Bernie Quintana, Uncle Jerry Taylor Read More
County Council Directs Staff To Probe Four-Way Stop At Urban Street And North Road
Los Alamos County Council unanimously approved directing the County to investigate and research the possibility of installing a four-way stop at the intersection of North Road and Urban Street during its regular meeting Tuesday night. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Over the years, a wide range of people have spurred Los Alamos County Council to act on various issues. During the regular council meeting Tuesday night, council was again moved to act due to a citizen’s petition.
Council voted 7-0 to direct staff and/or Read More
Battle Tested Fitness, Nutrition & Body Contouring Opens At 555 Oppenheimer In Los Alamos
Battle Tested Fitness, LLC, owners Orlando and Gina Martinez, with Dexter, in their business at 555 Oppenheimer Dr., Suite #103. Courtesy photo
SBDC-Los Alamos News:
A new local wellness business, Battle Tested Fitness, Nutrition & Body Contouring, has officially opened in Los Alamos, offering fitness coaching, nutrition support, non-invasive body contouring, and fresh meal prep options—all designed to help people build healthier, more sustainable lifestyles.
Gina Martinez, a long-time local fitness trainer, and her husband Orlando Martinez, started the business to help people Read More
DEA To Host 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
DEA News:
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide.
Twice a year, DEA joins forces with local law enforcement and community groups to host DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, giving the public a safe and anonymous way to dispose of expired and unused prescription medications.
By getting rid of unnecessary medications in the home, families can help prevent prescription drug misuse and reduce the potential for accidental poisonings. Read More
Los Alamos Community Ceramics Opens New Location, Invites Public To Open House May 13
Courtesy photo
LACC News:
After more than a decade of bringing people together through ceramics, the Los Alamos Community Ceramics (LACC) is beginning a new chapter with its move from its longtime home at Fuller Lodge to a new studio at 2101 Trinity Drive, Suite Q1, Los Alamos. LACC is grateful for the many years at Fuller Lodge, where members of the community first envisioned creating a clay cooperative, and for Little Studio on the Mesa where a satellite White Rock Studio was housed for the past year. In those spaces, creativity blossomed and many lasting friendships were formed. That spirit Read More
Celebrate Ancestral Roots To The Land This Earth Day At Jemez Historic Site
NMDCA News:
Celebrate Earth Day with a variety of fun activities including a hike, traditional children’s games, an “artifact” dig, pottery demonstrations, bread baking in the horno, and Native arts and crafts vendors.
This year, Jemez Historic Site celebrates Earth Day in a big way. From 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday, April 18, we’ll be leading a guided 3.2-mile hike up Oak Canyon (a.k.a. Church Canyon) to teach about native plants, birds, and animals. The event will also include a pottery demonstration where you can make your own pottery. You can paint flowerpots and take home a daisy plant in Read More
Justice Vargas Takes Oath Of Office As Chief Justice
Chief Justice Julie J. Vargas takes the oath of office from Justice David K. Thomson, her predecessor as Chief Justice. Courtesy/Administrative Office of the Courts
Chief Justice Julie J. Vargas, NM. Courtesy/Supreme Court)
NMSC News:
SANTA FE — April 8, Justice Julie J. Vargas became Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Vargas was sworn into office after being elected by her colleagues on the Court to a two-year term. She is the 44th person to serve as Chief Justice of the state’s highest court. She succeeds Justice David K. Thomson, who had been Chief Justice since 2024. Read More
Senator Crystal Brantley Issues Statement On DOJ CYFD Investigation Report And Lawsuit
STATE News:
ELEPHANT BUTTE — Wednesday, Attorney General Raúl Torrez released a 224-page investigative report finding that New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department has systemically endangered the children it is sworn to protect—returning children to dangerous homes, obstructing oversight, and losing at least seven children to preventable deaths since the investigation opened in April 2025. Simultaneous with the report, AG Torrez announced a lawsuit to narrow the Children’s Code confidentiality statute.
Sen. Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) has introduced Read More
Remembering The Legacy: Fred Harvey’s Indian Detours 100 Years Later
Courtesy photo
NMDCA News:
The New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe present an afternoon of armchair travel along historic Route 66 and the Fred Harvey Company’s Indian Detours with four special guests. The event will take place from 2–4 p.m., Sunday, May 3.
Join four guest speakers at La Fonda at the Plaza for photos and stories about the history of Indian Detours. Ed Pulsifer, historian at La Fonda on the Plaza, will give a tour of yesteryear, when the Fred Harvey Company started its residency and Mary Colter’s vision radically changed the look and feel of the hotel.
History Read More
New Document Added To LANL Legacy Contract Cleanup Electronic Reading Room
LANL News:
A new document has been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
- Review, 2025 Annual Progress Report for The Corrective Measures Evaluation for Royal Demolition Explosive in Deep Groundwater (November 2025) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704281_NMED_Review_2025_Annual_Prog_Rpt_RDX_CME_040726.pdf
From Moscow To The Main Stage Red Elvises Guitarist Yury Krivoshein Brings His Journey To New Mexico
Yury Krivoshein on stage with the Red Elvises. Courtesy image
Yury Krivoshein’s first band out of school – country music. Courtesy image
By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Yury Krivoshein grew up in a musical suburb of Moscow, picked up a guitar at 12, and spent his formative years obsessing over Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, and Pink Floyd. By the time he was a working musician, he was playing in Russia’s oldest rockabilly band, doing session work for film and radio, and living what he describes as a successful career. Then, Feb. 24, 2022 changed everything.
“On the Read More
House Republicans Demand CYFD Accountability Following DOJ Report
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Following the Department of Justice’s report on the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD), House Republicans are demanding immediate accountability and reform, calling on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, CYFD leadership, and the legislative majority to answer for years of ignored warnings and blocked efforts to fix a broken system.
The findings in this report are disturbing. They describe a system that failed to protect children, missed clear warning signs, and allowed dangerous situations to continue when intervention was needed most. These failures are Read More
Los Alamos Photo Club’s 30th Annual Exhibit Now Open
Peter LaDelfe discussing photos with exhibit visitors. Courtesy photo
Exhibit visitor viewing photos. Courtesy photo
By DIXON WOLF
LAPC Member
Los Alamos Photo Club’s 30th annual exhibit opened Monday, April 6. The display includes a special display of photographs by the late Hal Davis, a long-time member who passed away last year.
The Los Alamos Photo Club (LAPC) is devoted to photography topics in general. Meeting topics have included the gamut of techniques for taking photos, “post-processing” them, and printing them. LAPC is open to all who are interested in photography, Read More
Sunday Forum ‘Beyond Depression: Understanding Serious Mental Illness, Supporting Individuals And Families’ April 12
COMMUNITY News:
Most people today are familiar with depression and anxiety, but there is far less public understanding of more severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder with psychosis, and borderline personality disorder – conditions that can profoundly affect individuals, families and communities. Because these illnesses often begin in young adulthood and can alter a person’s sense of reality, families frequently find themselves navigating confusion, stigma and complex systems of care.
This presentation, offered by NAMI Santa Read More