Catch Of The Week: When The Watchers Get Watched – Cybersecurity Firm F5 Confirms Nation-State Breach
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
When a cybersecurity company gets hacked, it feels a bit like hearing your locksmith’s house was broken into. This week, F5—one of the world’s largest providers of network security and load balancing technology—confirmed that it had been breached by a nation-state actor, according to federal officials. Yikes!
The firm reported that while some internal systems and source code were accessed, its operations and customer-facing products remain unaffected.
Still, both U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity agencies issued urgent alerts Read More
LAHS Football Hosts Quarterfinals State Tournament Game
The Los Alamos High School Football team will play Gadsden High School in the quarterfinals of the NMAA State Football Tournament this Saturday at Sullivan Field. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The #3 ranked Los Alamos High School Football team will host #6 Gadsden High School in the quarterfinals of the NMAA State Football Tournament this Saturday, Nov. 15, at Sullivan Field. The Game time is noon. Gates will open at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Hilltoppers finished the regular season with a 10-0 record and were repeat District Champions.
Tickets are $12 for adults, and $8 for students (K-12), military Read More
NMED Provides Free Filters And Tests For La Cieneguilla And La Cienega Residents Impacted By PFAS Plume
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is offering free private well water testing and private water well filters to residents of La Cieneguilla and La Cienega impacted by PFAS after a recent report identified a widespread plume of these toxic chemicals in the communities’ groundwater.
The PFAS groundwater plume was recently discovered west of the Santa Fe Regional Airport. A report by research firm INTERA found that one in three parcels in La Cieneguilla and La Cienega showed PFAS contamination in the underlying groundwater, with 169 parcels showing contamination Read More
American Flags Shine At Elks Lodge Honoring Veterans Day
American flags shine in the sunlight on Monday afternoon in front of the Los Alamos Elks Lodge on Trinity Drive in honor of Veterans Day 2025. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
New World Screwworm Is On The Move And State Asks New Mexico Hunters To Be On The Lookout
New World Screwworm Fly. Courtesy/NMSU
NMWF News:
New World Screwworm is on the move and New Mexico officials are asking hunters to be on the lookout for any sign it has infested the state’s wildlife populations.
Dr. Sean McCartney, a veterinarian with the New Mexico Livestock Board, will give a free presentation on the screwworm, its lifecycle and the threat it poses to wildlife Nov. 12 in Albuquerque. His talk is the latest presentation under the New Mexico Wildlife Federation’s (NMWF) “Wildlife Wednesday” series, held on the second Wednesday of each month.
“We think that wildlife will be Read More
Pueblo Food Experience With Roxanne Swentzell Nov. 15
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Public Library is excited to host Roxanne Swentzell of Santa Clara Pueblo for a talk on her book The Pueblo Food Experience from 3-4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, at Mesa Public Library as part of the library’s celebration of National Native American Heritage Month.
Swentzell’s “The Pueblo Food Experience” is a book of recipes and history that details the foodways of northern New Mexico’s that have been tradition for centuries. Swentzell built a home garden over the last many decades that incorporates traditional growing techniques, reviving seed varieties, and Read More
Mexican Wolf Captured North Of Interstate 40
A Mexican wolf. Courtesy/Endangered Wolf Center
NMGF News:
SANTA FE — Male Mexican wolf 3065 was captured Friday, Nov. 7, north of Interstate 40, north of Gallina.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMGF) captured the wolf by helicopter. Afterward, he was returned to the wild in the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area (MWEPA) in the Gila National Forest in Grant County.
The decision to capture and transfer M3065 was made in accordance with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) current recovery permit, which states that “authorized permittees may capture and Read More
Daily Postcard: Pair Of Friends Meet Up At Local Water Bowl
Daily Postcard: A pair of friends meet up at a water bowl Saturday in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
ABLE Accounts Expand To Serve More New Mexico Veterans With Disabilities Starting Jan. 1, 2026
State Treasurer Laura M. Montoya
From the State Treasurer’s Office:
SANTA FE – This Veterans Day (Nov. 11), and as we conclude National Family Caregivers Month, the New Mexico State Treasurer’s Office is highlighting critical upcoming changes that will significantly expand access to financial security for veterans and other Americans with disabilities.
The New Mexico State Treasurer’s Office worked with Rep. Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson to draft legislation that would align state law with the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Age Adjustment Act, passed by Congress in 2022. Read More
Canes & Canines Low Vision Support Group Meets Nov. 12
Acting Governor Howie Morales Signs Bill To Extend State Food Assistance For New Mexicans
Acting Governor Howie Morales today signed House Bill 1, providing up to $20 million per week to extend state food assistance for New Mexicans, ensuring continuity of food benefits only if federal funding fails. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Acting Governor Howie Morales today signed House Bill 1, providing up to $20 million per week to ensure New Mexicans continue receiving food assistance amid ongoing federal uncertainty over SNAP benefits under President Donald Trump’s watch.
“The Trump administration’s chaotic approach to SNAP funding during the shutdown demonstrates Read More
Fearey: Congratulations And Thanks!
By BRYAN LEO FEAREY
Former Candidate
for UNM-LA Advisory Board
Congratulations to the UNM-LA Advisory Board election winners (David Hampton, Conner Tharp, and Andrew Wright). I look forward to your success in shepherding UNM-LA’s future.
Thanks to everyone who voted for me, and for their support of my campaign. I enjoyed the opportunity to speak to all of my new friends — the Los Alamos members of the public.
I really loved spending time visiting throughout the community discussing the unique roles that UNM-LA plays in Los Alamos and working to advocate for its future.
I got to meet and spend Read More
United States Marine Corps Marks 250th Anniversary
The United States Marine Corps marks its 250th anniversary today. A special Oorah to all Devil Dogs. Photo taken in May 2025 in Washington, D.C. by Bernadette Lauritzen
Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps
Source: www.history.com
During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and adopted in Philadelphia on November 10, 1775, created the Continental Marines and is now observed as the Read More
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service To Speak At UNM-LA Career Talk On Nov. 13
UNM-LA News:
The next UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) “A Day in the Life Of …” speakers are Elizabeth “Liz” Ortega, ADN, RN, and Susie Edwards, DNPc, RN. The talk will take place from 2–3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, on the UNM-LA campus in room 203 as well as via Zoom. Community members are welcome to attend. Los Alamos High School students are encouraged to participate during their WIN time via Zoom.
Elizabeth “Liz” Ortega, ADN, RN, is a home health and hospice executive director with extensive background in emergency, med/surg, skilled and geriatric nursing and more than 14 years of healthcare experience. Read More
NM Supreme Court Affirms Murder Conviction Of Deming Man For Killing His Son-In-Law
COURT News:
The state Supreme Court today affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of a Deming man, Ezequiel Ricoy, for the fatal shooting of his son-in-law in 2022.
Click here to read the Court’s nonprecedential decision in State v. Ricoy, S-1-SC-40471. Read More
Local Kids And Teens Make Thank You Cards For Veterans
Local teens from the Los Alamos Teen Center and “Little,” from Big Brothers Big Sisters have been making Veteran’s Day Cards to celebrate our Veteran this week. Photo by Misty Suazo
Photo by Misty Suazo
One special “little,” thanks Veterans by sharing some special fish. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Read More
Planning & Zoning Committee To Meet Nov. 12
Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 9, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Game and Fish Department stocked Nov. 5 a total of 7,160 Gila trout in the East Fork, Middle Fork and West Fork of the Gila River. The fish averaged four inches in size.
Gila trout are raised at the Federal Fish Hatchery in Mora. They are one of two species of trout native to New Mexico. The other is the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. Gila trout inhabit the Gila River drainage in Southwestern New Mexico.
At one time, Gila trout were considered an endangered species due to habitat loss and interbreeding with rainbow trout. Limited angling Read More
Pig & Fig, Sugar & Cream, Beef & Leaf Open Regular Hours On Veterans Day
BUSINESS News:
Pig & Fig, Sugar & Cream, and Beef & Leaf will be open regular hours on Tuesday, Nov. 11—Veteran’s Day.
Pig and Fig Cafe: 7 a.m.–3 p.m.
Sugar and Cream: 7 a.m.–7 p.m.
Beef & Leaf: 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
We offer a 10% military discount every day at all locations for all active and former military members. Thank you for your service. Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Oct. 29, 2025
BRIDGE News:
Jenny Sprinkle played for the first time in one of our games on Nov. 3. Julie Goltz played for the first time here on November 5. John Courtright played for the the first time in a long while, also on November 5. Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st overall in the Monday game.
In flight B both days, the winners were Alan Wadlinger and Randy Baker. In the open game on Wednesday, there was a 3-way tie with Helen Butler-Joyce Goltz, Martin Cooper-Sam Borkowsky, and Jerry Morzinski-Beth Schaefer.
This was an amazing game in that 5 slam hands were possible!
This is one of them, Board 14. South Read More