FBI: Las Cruces Man Sentenced For Robbery
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Las Cruces man was sentence to 18 months in prison for stealing merchandise from a Lowe’s store and threatening an employee with a firearm when confronted.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, on Jan. 24, 2025, Saul Gonzalez, 36, stole several pairs of work gloves from a Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Las Cruces, New Mexico. After store employees confronted him about the unpaid merchandise, Gonzalez brandished a derringer-style firearm, causing an employee to fear for their safety. Gonzalez then left the store with the stolen Read More
Produce, Breads, Hot Food At Farmers Market June 25
County Invites Community To Engagement Session On Mesa Trail Improvements June 24
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County invites community members to attend the second community engagement session for the Los Alamos Mesa Trail Rehabilitation Project at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, at Fuller Lodge.
This initiative focuses on creating a safer, more accessible, and welcoming trail experience for users of all abilities. The project will rehabilitate approximately 2,500 linear feet of the Los Alamos Mesa Trail to bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG). Planned improvements include Read More
SFI Presents ‘The Beautiful Engineering Of Us: Neurons To Collective Minds’ By Thalia Wheatley This Evening
Camillo Golgi’s “image of a dog’s olfactory bulb (detail)” from Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso, 1885. Courtesy/SFI
SFI News:
For more than a century, neuroscience has viewed intelligence as a property of individual brains. But brains did not evolve in isolation. Humans are an intensely social species whose minds are continuously shaped by other minds. Increasingly, evidence suggests that our most sophisticated cognitive abilities emerge not from solitary brains, but from networks of interacting people. Human intelligence is fundamentally collective: Read More
PEEC To Host Free Screening Of Documentary ‘The Little Things That Run The World’ June 25
PEEC News:
In celebration of National Pollinator Week, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will host a free screening of the 2025 documentary The Little Things that Run the World from 6–7:45 p.m., Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.
This powerful film explores the dramatic global decline of flying insects: an animal group that makes up three‐quarters of all species on Earth and plays an essential role in holding ecosystems together. Through interviews with scientists, gardeners, farmers, and passionate bug enthusiasts, the documentary Read More
Daily Postcard: Buck Checks Out Sullivan Field After Hours
Daily Postcard: Buck Checks out Sullivan Field after hours. Courtesy photo Read More
Scenes Of JROMC Banquet Honoring Scholarship Recipients
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
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
Jigsaw Puzzle Competition At Fuller Lodge June 25
Scene from a previous Jigsaw Puzzle Competition at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County is back with another Jigsaw Puzzle Competition.
Sign up below for the individual competition to face off against other individual puzzlers for the chance to be crowned the Individual Champion.
Details:
- Date: Thursday, June 25;
- Time: 6-7:30 p.m.;
- Location: Fuller Lodge;
- Audience: Adults; and
- Categories: Adults.
Registration is required. There are no seats available, but a waiting list is available. Read More
Daily Post Website Undergoing Repairs
Post News:
The Los Alamos Daily Post website is undergoing repairs for a technical glitch preventing some readers from accessing recent articles.
Because of this issue, the Post is redirecting readers to the Los Alamos Daily Post Facebook Page to view the latest articles.
“Thank you for your patience,” –The Post News Team Read More
Los Alamos JJAB Hosts 2026 School Supply Drive
Los Alamos JJAB staff shopping for school supplies in 2025. Courtesy/Los Alamos JJAB
Los Alamos JJAB News:
Los Alamos JJAB has announced the kickoff of its annual School Supply Drive, a community effort dedicated to helping Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) students start the school year prepared and ready to learn.
As families continue to face rising costs, school supplies can place an added strain on household budgets. JJAB is committed to easing that burden by collecting financial donations to purchase essential items such as backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, folders, and other classroom Read More
Mountaineers Feature Reid Priedhorsky—Helicopter Evacuation From The Canyon Country June 23
Reid Priedhorsky, subject of and speaker for the June Mountaineers talk
Mountaineers News:
The June 23 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Reid Priedhorsky entitled “How to win 37 pieces of flair via helicopter evacuation from the canyon country, or, perhaps: How not to.”
On Oct. 24, 2025, at 12:12 pm, while hiking near Cheesebox Canyon in southwest Utah, Reid fell 43 feet, smashing his L3 vertebra and pelvis, among other injuries. This yielded a full-scale search-and-rescue response and helicopter evacuation to Grand Junction, Colorado, then, the following morning, eight hours Read More
Frontline Academy, LLC Opens Firearm Training Facility
Ribbon cutting at Frontline Academy, LLC. Courtesy photo
LACDC News:
The Chamber and LACDC representatives recently led a ribbon cutting for Frontline Academy, LLC, along with owner Isaiah Romriell. The storefront is located at 2101 Trinity Dr Ste F across from Ashley Pond. They are open 5 p.m.–8 p.m., Monday–Thursday, and 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Friday-Sunday.
Frontline Academy LLC is a veteran-led tactical firearms and CCW training, providing professional firearm safety training, Basic Pistol instruction, one-on-one firearms coaching, and advanced simulator-based training. Training 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
County: When And How To Scare A Bear
Mama black bear with her cub. Courtesy photo
COUNTY News:
With bear activity in the community, residents should be aware of when and how to safely scare a bear.
YES — If the bear is anywhere it should not be: eating garbage, bird seed or pet food; near a vehicle, building, chicken coop or garden.
NO — If hazing the bear would chase it into people, dogs, a busy road or another unsafe situation.
NO — If the bear is in a natural area where bears belong.
NO — If the bear is running away or up a tree.
NO — If the bear is a cub. You could easily injure the cub and cause the mother to react defensively.
Safe Ways to Scare Read More
Obituary: Steffanie L. Coonley Nov. 16, 1951 – May 30, 2026
STEFFANIE L. COONLEY Nov. 16, 1951 – May 30, 2026
Steffanie L. Coonley of Golden passed away at home May 30, 2026, while under hospice care for illness. She was born Nov. 16, 1951 in Omaha, Nebraska to Robert and Phyllis Coonley.
She grew up in Minnesota and graduated from Colorado State University in 1974. She earned a Master’s degree from the University of New Mexico in 1984. She worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory 26 years as a technical writer, manager of the science museum redesign, and group leader for land use planning.
Steffanie is survived by her husband, Jeffery Pederson; daughter Read More
East Park Pool Splash & Dash Series Starts This Wednesday
Courtesy photo
East Park Pool News:
Join East Park Pool for Splash And Dash every other Wednesday from 7–9 p.m. This timed swim/run event is open to everyone. You do not need to be an East Park Pool member to participate. Entry is $5 per participant. Register at https://eastparkpool.org/splash-and-dash.
There are three distances to choose from:
- Long Course: 400-yard swim + 5K run
- Medium Course: 200-yard swim + 3K run
- Short Course: 100-yard swim + 1-mile run
Whether you are training seriously or just looking for a fun summer activity, Splash And Dash is a great way for the whole family to get moving. Read More
Alzheimer’s And Extreme Heat: Exercise Caution
HEALTHCARE News:
As temperatures rise, extreme heat can have a significant impact on everyone’s safety, but these conditions can be especially stressful and confusing for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
“Alzheimer’s disease causes a number of changes in the brain and body that may affect the individual’s safety, including changes in sensitivity to temperatures,” said Terri Spitz, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association of New Mexico.
According to a study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), people living with Alzheimer’s were 6% more likely to die 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
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: June 15, 2026
BRIDGE News:
In the June 15 North American Pair club qualifying game, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 1st in Flight A, Michelle and Cliff Rudy were 2nd in A, Randy Baker and John Ruminer were 3rd in A, and Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming were 4th in A.
Tom Alexander and Alan Wadlinger were 1st in Flight B, and Al Pratt and Ann-Marie Graves were 2nd in B. In the June 17 North American pair club qualifying game, Bobby Haynes and Norm Worth tied with Sam Borkowsky and Martin Cooper for 1st in Flight A, Joy Green and Jerry Morzinski were 3rd in A, and Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 4th in A. Al Pratt and John Read More