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LAPS Seeks Nominations For 2026 NMSBA Excellence In Student Achievement Award

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) is accepting nominations from the community for the 2026 New Mexico School Board Association’s (NMSBA) Excellence in Student Achievement Award.

The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

The NMSBA Excellence in Student Achievement Awards are presented to individuals selected by local boards of education throughout New Mexico who have played an important role in improving student achievement in their local school district.

Nominees may include administrators, teachers, staff members, parents, community members or Read More

Los Alamos County Publishes FY2025 Popular Annual Financial Report, Winning 12th Consecutive National Award For Outstanding Achievement

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County News:

Los Alamos County’s FY2025 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) has been published. The County’s PAFR has won the national Award for Outstanding Achievement for the last 12 consecutive years from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).

The GFOA’s mission is to advance excellence in public finance, and it established the PAFR Program in 1991 to encourage and assist state and local governments to extract information from their annual comprehensive financial report to produce high quality popular annual financial reports, specifically designed to be readily Read More

Think New Mexico: New Scandal From The Dark Money Group Opposing Medical Malpractice Reform

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From Think New Mexico:

Since the session began, New Mexicans like you have sent 10,879 emails to your legislators and the governor through Think New Mexico’s Action Center, with more than half of those urging lawmakers to reform the state’s malpractice laws.

Last night, New Mexico InDepth reported that the dark money group fighting malpractice reforms has been delivering emails to legislators that appear to be from their constituents expressing opposition to House Bill 99 – but when legislators reached out to respond, their constituents said they had never sent those Read More

Reminder: LAMC Community Seminar Tomorrow

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LAMC News:

Community members are invited to attend the first entry in a new free health seminar series hosted by Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) at SALA Event Center.

The first talk, presented by Tania Pence, DO, Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist, is titled “Active Lifestyles And ACLs” at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12. 

Attendees will be able to enjoy refreshments, prizes, socialize, meet a subject matter expert and learn about their health. They can do so all while enjoying SALA, a vibrant community event center at 2551 Central Ave.

Individuals interested in attending are asked Read More

Letter To The Editor: Well Done Los Alamos County!

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By KAY GRADY
Los Alamos

Well done Los Alamos County for initiating a lease with Piñon Pool to help while the County Pool is out of commission. 

First, I am pleased you are using a facility already in the community. I am also excited to see White Rock have access to a community pool in their neighborhood. 

So many memories from my girls growing up in White Rock. As soon as chores were done, they would pack a lunch or find some way to buy snacks at the pool. They were off on their bikes and so excited to go to the pool, visit with friends, or just swim to their heart’s content. 

I remember sitting at the pool Read More

New Mexico Republicans Push For Ban On Using SNAP For Soda, Candy

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By Margaret O’Hara
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Republican state senators have introduced legislation that would restrict shoppers from spending federal food aid on sodas and candy. 

Senate Bill 186 takes a page out of the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again playbook, with both U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. encouraging states to remove sugary foods from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility. 

Some of New Mexico’s neighboring states — including states with Read More

FBI: Convicted Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Methamphetamine Trafficking

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — After one day of trial testimony, an Albuquerque woman pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking.

According to court records and evidence presented at trial, May 18, 2023, the FBI Violent Gang Task Force executed a search warrant at the northeast Albuquerque residence of Nora Baca, 67. During the search, agents located approximately three pounds of methamphetamine in the bedroom of Baca’s housemate and codefendant.

Sept. 10, 2024, following an investigation into a significant intergang drug trafficking conspiracy involving both incarcerated and non-incarcerated Read More

House Passes Bill To Crack Down On Violent Armed Felons

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to strengthen penalties for convicted violent felons who possess firearms illegally, sending House Bill 49 to the Senate in a bipartisan show of support for public safety. 

The legislation, approved on a 54-9 vote, increases the penalty for firearm possession by a serious violent felon from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony, punishable by up to nine years in prison — three years more than current law allows.  

“Raising the penalty for serious violent felons who flout the law by possessing Read More

Legislative Roundup: 10 Days Left In Session

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Marilyn Converse, a volunteer with the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, and Perla hang out in the grass on the east side of the Roundhouse Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, Animal Protection Lobby Day at the Legislature. Photo by Matt Dahlseid/The New Mexican

The Santa Fe New Mexican

Nuclear bill bombs: A bipartisan proposal to add nuclear power facilities to the state’s definition of renewable energy resources was shot down Tuesday in the Senate Conservation Committee.

Democratic senators’ concerns expressed during the hearing on Senate Bill 78 centered largely on nuclear waste and where it Read More