LWV Lunch With A Leader To Feature Marcela Diaz April 16
Marcela Diaz
LWV News:
The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos (LWV) will host its monthly event, Lunch with a Leader, for the community from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall on Sage Loop.
The speaker will be Marcela Diaz, founding executive director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, a statewide immigrant-based organization that works to promote racial and worker justice.
Following the presentation, LWV members will meet privately for their annual meeting.
Diaz will focus her presentation on the last legislative session with an update on immigration legislation Read More
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Lands On Buckman Mesa
Daily Postcard: A rainbow lands on Buckman Mesa Tuesday, viewed from Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Laurel Roberts Read More
Santa Fe Children’s Museum Selected For STEM Education Partnership With Cummins Inc.
SFCM News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Children’s Museum (SFCM) has announced its selection as one of 20 children’s museums to participate in a STEM education initiative funded by Cummins Inc. and administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM).
Through this partnership, Santa Fe Children’s Museum will receive $10,000 to develop and deliver innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programming (STEM) designed to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers and innovators in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.
This initiative supports Cummins READY™, Read More
Rainbow Forms Above Downtown Los Alamos
A rainbow forms early this evening above downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Op-Ed: Anti-Predatory Lending Law Working As Intended, But Threats Are Looming
By KATIE GUTIERREZ
Tax, Budget, and Economic Reform Director
Think New Mexico
Despite the success of the anti-predatory lending law in keeping credit accessible to low-income New Mexicans at dramatically lower interest rates, threats to the law are looming.
In 2022, Think New Mexico worked with Representative Susan Herrera, Senator Bill Soules, and members of the Fair Lending Coalition to win passage of legislation reducing the maximum annual interest rates of small loans from 175% to 36%. The law is worded to prevent charges over 36% for any small loans made in the state—including interest Read More
LALT Auditions For ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ April 8, 10, 12
2026 International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers State Powerlifting Championships April 10–11
NMAA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Activities Association would like to highlight the following important information regarding the upcoming 2026 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers State Powerlifting Championships.
Event details:
- Tickets can be purchased online only via GoFan (no cash sales, credit card only).
- Day Pass (allows re-entry privileges): $17.00 (Re-Entry Allowed)
- Adults: $12.00 (No Re-Entry)
- Students (K-12) / Seniors (65+) / Military: $8.00 (No Re-Entry)
- Location: Rio Rancho Events Center
- April 10-11, 2026
- Schedule of Events can be found here.
- Souvenirs:
Sow, Share, Grow At Coronado Historic Site Starting April 15
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NMDCA News:
Join staff at Coronado Historic Site at Kuaua Pueblo for a gardening series that shares various methods of planting in New Mexico. The series will take place from 10:30–11:30 a.m., on the third Wednesday of month, beginning April 15.
Ranger Anthony will lead the first program in a monthly gardening series. Each month he will focus on a different aspect of garden care and maintenance. This month he’ll talk about the different types of plants planned for this year’s garden at Coronado and will begin planting seeds. You will be able to take home seeds saved from last year’s Read More
LAFD Wildland Division Chief To Present Wildfire Preparedness Program At White Rock Library April 16
LAFD Wildland Division Chief Van Leimer
COUNTY News:
The White Rock Branch Library will host “Discover! Wildfire Preparedness 101,” a free program for adults, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2026, in the branch library’s multipurpose room.
The event is part of the library’s adult Discover! program series and will provide an overview of wildfire risk in Los Alamos County, along with practical steps residents can take to safeguard their homes and families.
The presentation incorporates principles such as defensible space, ignition-resistant construction, and community-level Read More
Los Alamos County’s April Sustainability Newsletter Is Live!
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Sustainability Newsletter for April is now published.
To subscribe to the newsletter, visit https://www.losalamosnm.gov, and select News Articles from the menu bar. Then simply provide all the requested information to start receiving the newsletter. Read More
New Mexico Governor Departs For Official Trip To Spain
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham left Monday for a trip to Madrid, Spain, to participate in an educational and business outreach summit hosted by the Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino.
The delegation will examine more than 500 years of shared history between the United States and Spain, especially the role of Spanish history in shaping the American story — from Santa Fe, New Mexico, the nation’s first capital, to St. Augustine, Florida, the nation’s oldest city. The governor will also meet with Spanish business leaders to discuss opportunities for Read More
LAFC: Youth Activity Center Registration Is Still Open
View inside the Los Alamos Family Council’s Youth Activity Center in White Rock. The White Rock Branch is next to the White Rock Branch Library and is open for after school fun. Video games, pool tables, and plenty of supervised activities keep young minds learning and growing while waiting for parents to get off work. Courtesy/LAFC
View inside the Los Alamos Family Council’s Youth Activity Center in Los Alamos. The Los Alamos Branch is in the Community Center Building basement next to Ashley Pond Park. With a snack bar, video game consoles, pool tables, and plenty of art and activities going on Read More
Op-Ed: Veterans Are Leading The Way In Healing—Again
By ROB LEWIS
National Communications Director
Disabled American Veterans
By any honest measure, veterans have long been unintended pioneers in the advancement of medicine.
The unique realities of war and military service have forced innovation that later benefits civilians for generations. Modern triage systems emerged from battlefields where medical personnel had to decide, in seconds, who could be saved. Medevac transportation by helicopter increased survival rates in conflicts like Vietnam and later became a staple of civilian emergency medicine. Advances in trauma surgery, Read More
Ancient Skies, Modern Eyes: Museum Of Space History, Jornada Research Institute Present Free Archaeoastronomy Program On Creekside Village Great Kiva
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NMDCA News:
ALAMOGORDO — New Mexico Museum of Space History, in collaboration with Jornada Research Institute, will host a special free public presentation “Astronomical Associations of the Creekside Village Great Kiva and the Agricultural Cycle” at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, April 12, 2026, in the New Horizons Dome Theater as part of the museum’s annual Archaeoastronomy outreach program and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Archaeologist David H. Greenwald, President and Director of Jornada Research Institute, will demonstrate how the Creekside Village Read More
Taos County Sheriffs Recover Body Of Los Alamos Man Beneath Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Staff Report:
The Taos County Sheriff’s Office reports that it recovered the body of Chad Maestas, 19, of Los Alamos, on Sunday beneath the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.
The report indicates that Maestas jumped from the bridge.
Taos County Sheriff Steve Miera said that Maestas made two passes, circled around, and when security tried to intercept him, he got out of his vehicle and jumped over the bridge railing.
The Taos County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this death. Read More
New Mexico Supreme Court Rejects Prosecution Arguments For Change In Legal Tests In Double Jeopardy Cases
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COURT News:
SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court today reaffirmed the legal framework followed in New Mexico to determine whether a defendant’s convictions violate constitutional double jeopardy protections against multiple punishments for the same crime.
In a unanimous opinion deciding an appeal of a criminal case, New Mexico’s highest court declined “to take the drastic step of overruling decades of our own precedent” and explained that state prosecutors in the Colfax County case “might have obtained multiple convictions under our current approach without violating Read More
Senate Republicans Urge Interim Tax Committee To Consider Real Tax Relief For Hard-Working New Mexicans
NMSR News:
SANTA FE — Republican members of the Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy (RSTP) interim committee recently sent a letter proposing much-deserved tax relief for New Mexico taxpayers.
Specifically, the letter asks that the committee consider providing a ‘Citizens Tax Rebate’ to every New Mexico taxpayer, funded by excess tax revenues the state collects. Instead of returning these dollars to the hard-working New Mexicans who contribute them, these excess revenues have instead been used to grow the state budget from $6.3B in FY19 to $11.4B for the upcoming FY27, a growth of nearly Read More
Sheep Shearing Day Celebrates Northern New Mexico Traditions At Los Luceros April 12
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NMDCA News:
Los Luceros Historic Site is hosting its annual Sheep Shearing Day in conjunction with Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area’s Cultures and Creators festival.
Visitors can watch shearer Kerry Mower use traditional double-bow shears to remove wool from the site’s Navajo-Churro sheep from 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Sunday, April 12. As the wool is sheared, visitors can help clean and skirt the wool and learn from site staff about the importance of these sheep in New Mexico. Bags of fleece will be available for a small donation.
The event is held in conjunction with the Northern Read More
Update On Summer Operations At Pajarito Ski Hill
PAJARITO News:
The Jemez Mountain Fire Protection Project is in full swing this summer—and the work happening on our mountain right now is the reason next winter is going to look very different around here.
New snowmaking infrastructure. More days on the hill. A Pajarito that’s built to last.
To keep crews safe and the project moving, we’re suspending all summer mountain operations.
- Lift served mountain biking is fully suspended
- Hiking is welcome — just stay clear of active construction and maintenance areas
- Lodge is closed and locked (no bathrooms on site — plan ahead)
- Dogs on
Blue Bus Announces Service Improvements To Start April 13
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NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) Blue Bus will implement a series of service enhancements across its Blue Bus system beginning Monday, April 13, 2026, impacting 13 routes and two MyBlueTM rideshare zones throughout north central New Mexico.
These updates reflect NCRTD’s ongoing commitment to continuous improvement, guided by rider feedback and community engagement across the region. Service changes within public transportation agencies are crucial to providing improved, reliable and efficient service. The Blue Bus typically conducts Read More