NM Returns To SXSW As Next Frontier For Innovation
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) will return to South by Southwest as a lead partner of the “New Mexico House” event, highlighting the state’s growing role in frontier technologies, film and digital media.
Building on a sold-out debut that drew more than 2,800 registrants in 2025, this year’s New Mexico House takes place March 16, 2026, at The Courtyard ATX on 4th Street in Austin, Texas. At South by Southwest (SXSW), EDD will showcase how its Technology and Innovation Office is helping new technologies reach the market and how the New Mexico Film Office Read More
Critical – Extreme Fire Weather Conditions Expected Sunday
Areas in red are where Red Flag Warning Criteria (Winds ≥ 20 mph & Relative Humidity ≤15%) are likely for at least a short duration. Courtesy/NWS
Courtesy/NWS
Courtesy/NWS
From National Weather Service – Albuquerque:
Fire Weather: Critical fire weather conditions continue through this evening across eastern New Mexico and widespread critical to extreme fire weather conditions are expected Sunday.
Fire danger will increase in the forests of western and northern New Mexico for the first time this season.
High Winds: Gusty winds this afternoon become even stronger tonight through Read More
Santa Fe Community College To Close For Spring Break/Spring Holiday From March 30 Through April 6
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) at 6401 Richards Ave. will close for Spring Break from Monday, March 30, through Sunday, April 5, followed by Spring Holiday on Monday, April 6.
All campus facilities will be closed. No classes, activities or student services will be available. SFCC’s early childhood development center Kids Campus and the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center will also be closed. The Santa Fe Higher Education Center (SFHEC), 1950 Siringo Road, will remain open throughout the week.
SFCC’s Continuing Education (CE) Department is closed during Spring Read More
Los Alamos High School Science Bowl Team Named 2026 Regional Champions!
LAHS Science Bowl Team A members, from left, Henry Gans, Julia Zou, Michelle Lo, Drew Bacrania and Gavin Bent are named Regional Champions. Courtesy/LAPS
Members of the Science Bowl teams are back row from left, Henry Gans, Drew Bacrania, Noah Bane and Tate Plohr. Center row from left, Aven Heavner, Amelia Dolejsi, Jack Harris, Gavin Bent and Suchir Jha, Front row from Kevin Zou, Michelle Lo, Coach Ali Renner, Sylvia Stanek, Julia Zou and Calvin Marksteine. Not pictured, Lydia Davis. Courtesy/LAPS
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Science Bowl A Team took first place at the New Mexico Regional Read More
Sen. Jaramillo: Española’s Culture Deserves Recognition
By Sen. Leo Jaramillo
New Mexico Dist. 5
Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & Santa Fe
As a proud native son of the Española Valley and a member of the New Mexico State Senate, I was deeply disappointed to see the veto of $500,000 that would have funded Phase 2 of the feasibility study for a Lowrider Museum in Española. This follows last year’s veto of legislation recognizing our community as the “Lowrider Capital of the World”.
That license plate bill received bipartisan support, and when I rose to defend it on the Senate floor, my colleagues responded with a standing ovation. Lawmakers from across Read More
County To Host Community Design Workshop For North Mesa Picnic Grounds March 19 At Fuller Lodge
COUNTY News:
Community members are invited to attend a Community Design Workshop to share ideas and help explore the future of the Picnic Grounds at North Mesa. The Community Design Workshop is 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, March 19, at Fuller Lodge.
The County is seeking community input to better understand how the picnic grounds are used and what improvements residents would like to see in the future.
The workshop will provide an opportunity for neighbors to participate in a hands-on discussion about potential improvements and future possibilities for space. Discussion will include potential Read More
Los Alamos Group Of Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Dates
Los Alamos Group of Alcoholics Anonymous News:
The Los Alamos Group of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) welcomes all who have a desire to stop drinking and anyone interested in learning more about AA.
This is an anonymous program with open meetings nightly at 7 p.m. and morning meetings at 9 a.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m Sundays.
The meetings are at 3747 Pueblo Drive in Los Alamos.
Please use the AA hotline if struggling and need to talk to someone local who understands 1.888.526.5559. Read More
LAPS Foundation: Last Chance For Shower With Love!
Los Alamos High School teacher Matthew Kretz received the board game Wavelength through the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation’s Shower With Love campaign. Kretz said students are enjoying the game during lunch and downtime, noting that it sparks conversation and has quickly become one of the tabletop game club’s most popular activities. Courtesy/LAPSF
From the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation:
Have you fulfilled a teacher’s wish yet? These are the final few days of Shower With Love, a community-wide campaign to “shower” Los Alamos teachers with the supplies they need for their classrooms. Read More
Obituary: Charles W. ‘Chuck’ Owens March 12, 1939 – March 1, 2026
CHARLES W. ‘CHUCK’ OWENS March 12, 1939 – March 1, 2026
Charles W. “Chuck” Owens, born March 12, 1939, in Washington, Indiana, passed away March 1, 2026, reuniting with the love of his life after 65 beautiful years of marriage.
Chuck spent his early years in Washington, Indiana, before moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he spent many of his formative years. He eventually made his home in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather — a good man whose quiet strength, steady work ethic, and deep love for his family defined his life.
Chuck worked Read More
County Invites Community To Share Input On Bayo Canyon Trailhead Improvements March 24 At Fuller Lodge
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County, in partnership with landscape architecture firm Groundwork Studio, invites community members to attend a public meeting to provide input on planned renovations at the Bayo Canyon Trailhead.
The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge. Residents, trail users, and community groups are encouraged to attend and share feedback about how the site is currently used and what improvements could better serve the community.
The goal of the meeting is to gather insights from the public and local user groups to Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘The Optimist’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
Now playing at SALA is a film worth your time, the “based on a true” story of a man whose early life he kept secret for sixty years.
Herbert Heller, played by Stephen Lang (Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar), is told by his oncologist that he should put his affairs in order. Even as he doesn’t tell his family this news, he has never told them that he survived Nazi concentration camps as a boy. But now, he commits to tell his survivor story to a project filming interviews with Holocaust survivors.
Abby (played by Elsie Fisher), a young intern on the project, is left to interview Read More
Daily Postcard: Ten Butterfly Species Spotted On Reservoir Road Last Weekend
Daily Postcard: Tortoiseshell is one of 10 butterfly species spotted last weekend on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Echo Azure relaxes on a budding branch last weekend on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Southwestern Orangetip sits on a pine tree branch last weekend on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Mourning Cloak rests on dry leaves last weekend on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Mylitta Crescent pauses on a rock last weekend on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Red Admira stands on a budding branch last weekend on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Painted Read More
County Personnel Board To Meet Wednesday March 18
LANL Retiree Releases Novel – The Warsaw Gambit
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory retiree Fred Berl, who played the Creature in the Los Alamos Light Opera’s Young Frankenstein, has gone from terrorizing villagers to writing novels.
He introduces The Warsaw Gambit, a gripping new thriller that plunges readers into a dangerous world of espionage, geopolitical tension, and covert operations. Driven by stolen military technology and the race to prevent it from falling permanently into hostile hands, the novel delivers a tense and timely story of loyalty, revenge, and international consequences.
At the center of the story Read More
Traffic Advisory: Pedestrian Refuge Island Modifications At Trinity Drive To Begin March 17
COUNTY News:
RL Leeder, working for Pavilion Construction, contractor of the Hill Apartments and the Realignment of 35th Street at Trinity Drive (NM-502), will be performing the following work beginning on March 17: Construction activities will take place within the center median at the new pedestrian refuge island just west of 35th Street and Trinity Drive. Construction will take place between the hours of 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Traffic control devices will be set up to protect the workers in the central lane while both eastbound and westbound lanes remain open. Motorists and cyclists are asked Read More
Rep. Gabe Vasquez Pushes To Ban Public Officials From Insider Trading On Prediction Markets
STATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) continued his push to hold Washington accountable and cosponsored a bill to ban public officials from insider trading on prediction markets.
The Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act addresses flagrant corruption that allows government employees to use insider information for personal gain on prediction markets. The bill bans the use of prediction markets for any federal employees who may be able to profit from their position and access to government information through betting or trading.
“Enough with the Read More
Hantavirus Confirmed In Santa Fe County Resident
NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health reported a Santa Fe County resident was hospitalized with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome – the first case in New Mexico this year – and has since recovered.
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe respiratory disease which is fatal in approximately a third of affected people. New Mexico recorded seven cases in 2025, with three of them fatal.
In New Mexico, deer mice are the primary carriers of hantavirus, though it can be found in other rodents. The virus is found in mouse droppings and urine. People are typically exposed to hantavirus Read More
Santa Fe Community College To Host Northern New Mexico Healthcare Career Fair April 15
SFCC Medical Assisting students in the SFCC Simulation Lab. Courtesy photo
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College will host the Northern New Mexico Healthcare Career Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center, 6401 Richards Ave., 87508.
The public is invited to attend and encouraged to complete a registration form at https://bit.ly/NNMHealthcare-career-fair-2026. The event is presented in partnership with the Northern New Mexico Workforce Integration Network (WIN), SFCC Foundation and the Regional Development Corporation Read More
Ark Child Development Center Gauging Community Interest In After School Care For 3 Year Olds
By LEIGHA OLIVER
Childcare Director
Ark Child Development Center
Do you need after school care for your 3-year-old?
The Ark Child Development Center is exploring the possibility of opening an after-school program for 3-year-olds in the Los Alamos Public Schools. If you would be interested in such a program, please scan the QR code to fill out the quick form or contact the office by March 20.
The program will run from 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday during the regular school year and would be for 3-year-olds only. The district would provide transportation to the Ark. Contact the Ark if you Read More
Family YMCA Announces 2026 Summer Camp At Aspen Elementary—Registration Now Open
YMCA News:
The Family YMCA is gearing up for fun, learning, and adventure at this year’s Summer Camp. Designed to keep kids active, engaged, and learning throughout the summer. Y Camp will take place at Aspen Elementary School, running 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, from June 4 through July 24.
This year’s camp theme is Magic School Bus, inspiring campers to explore science, discovery, and imagination all summer long. Each week, children will dive into themed activities that encourage curiosity and hands-on learning.
Y Camp reinforces learning all summer with fun, interactive Read More