People & Community

Los Alamos Middle School Students Explore Engineering And Technology At UNM College Of Engineering Field Trip

Los Alamos Middle School student Cassie Salazar on the tour of the UNM College of Engineering. Courtesy photo

LAMS students Gabriel Hamilton, Daniel Yampolsky and Witness Awuzing on the UNM College of Engineering tour. Courtesy photo

LAPS News: 

Forty students from Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) recently had a hands-on opportunity to explore the frontiers of science and engineering during a field trip to the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Engineering. The trip was designed to connect the concepts taught in LAMS’s computer science, robotics, and engineering classes with Read More

RPLA Announces April 2026 Events

By LISA SHIN
Chair
Republican Party of Los Alamos

Dear Friends: 

We had a wonderful time with NM Rep. (District 63) and NM CD-3 Candidate Martin Zamora on March 28.    

According to the most recent National Community Survey in Los Alamos County, over 97 percent of residents would like local businesses, fiscal stewardship, and communication and engagement to be prioritized in our community. However, the lowest performing areas continue to be the vibrancy of downtown/commercial areas, cost of living, shopping opportunities, and overall quality and variety of business and service establishments.  Read More

County Council Directs Staff To Probe Four-Way Stop At Urban Street And North Road

Los Alamos County Council unanimously approved directing the County to investigate and research the possibility of installing a four-way stop at the intersection of North Road and Urban Street during its regular meeting Tuesday night. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Over the years, a wide range of people have spurred Los Alamos County Council to act on various issues. During the regular council meeting Tuesday night, council was again moved to act due to a citizen’s petition.

Council voted 7-0 to direct staff and/or Read More

Battle Tested Fitness, Nutrition & Body Contouring Opens At 555 Oppenheimer In Los Alamos

Battle Tested Fitness, LLC, owners Orlando and Gina Martinez, with Dexter, in their business at 555 Oppenheimer Dr., Suite #103. Courtesy photo

SBDC-Los Alamos News:

A new local wellness business, Battle Tested Fitness, Nutrition & Body Contouring, has officially opened in Los Alamos, offering fitness coaching, nutrition support, non-invasive body contouring, and fresh meal prep options—all designed to help people build healthier, more sustainable lifestyles.

Gina Martinez, a long-time local fitness trainer, and her husband Orlando Martinez, started the business to help people Read More

DEA To Host 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

DEA News:

EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide.

Twice a year, DEA joins forces with local law enforcement and community groups to host DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, giving the public a safe and anonymous way to dispose of expired and unused prescription medications.

By getting rid of unnecessary medications in the home, families can help prevent prescription drug misuse and reduce the potential for accidental poisonings. Read More

Los Alamos Community Ceramics Opens New Location, Invites Public To Open House May 13

Courtesy photo

LACC News:

After more than a decade of bringing people together through ceramics, the Los Alamos Community Ceramics (LACC) is beginning a new chapter with its move from its longtime home at Fuller Lodge to a new studio at 2101 Trinity Drive, Suite Q1, Los Alamos. LACC is grateful for the many years at Fuller Lodge, where members of the community first envisioned creating a clay cooperative, and for Little Studio on the Mesa where a satellite White Rock Studio was housed for the past year. In those spaces, creativity blossomed and many lasting friendships were formed. That spirit Read More

From Moscow To The Main Stage Red Elvises Guitarist Yury Krivoshein Brings His Journey To New Mexico

Yury Krivoshein on stage with the Red Elvises. Courtesy image

Yury Krivoshein’s first band out of school – country music. Courtesy image

By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Yury Krivoshein grew up in a musical suburb of Moscow, picked up a guitar at 12, and spent his formative years obsessing over Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, and Pink Floyd. By the time he was a working musician, he was playing in Russia’s oldest rockabilly band, doing session work for film and radio, and living what he describes as a successful career. Then, Feb. 24, 2022 changed everything.

“On the Read More

Los Alamos Photo Club’s 30th Annual Exhibit Now Open

Peter LaDelfe discussing photos with exhibit visitors. Courtesy photo

Exhibit visitor viewing photos. Courtesy photo

By DIXON WOLF
LAPC Member

Los Alamos Photo Club’s 30th annual exhibit opened Monday, April 6. The display includes a special display of photographs by the late Hal Davis, a long-time member who passed away last year. 

The Los Alamos Photo Club (LAPC) is devoted to photography topics in general. Meeting topics have included the gamut of techniques for taking photos, “post-processing” them, and printing them. LAPC is open to all who are interested in photography, Read More

Sunday Forum ‘Beyond Depression: Understanding Serious Mental Illness, Supporting Individuals And Families’ April 12

COMMUNITY News:

Most people today are familiar with depression and anxiety, but there is far less public understanding of more severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder with psychosis, and borderline personality disorder – conditions that can profoundly affect individuals, families and communities.  Because these illnesses often begin in young adulthood and can alter a person’s sense of reality, families frequently find themselves navigating confusion, stigma and complex systems of care.

This presentation, offered by NAMI Santa Read More

UNM-Los Alamos To Host My Favorite Lecture: The Continuing Relevance Of The Federalist Papers

UNMLA News:

The UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) My Favorite Lecture Series 2026 is hosting The Continuing Relevance of the Federalist Papers: The Science (and Art) of Politics from 4:30-6 p.m., Monday, April 13. at SALA Event Center in Los Alamos. The lecture will be presented by Brent Pickett, Ph.D., who is dean of instruction at UNM-LA.

Pickett attended Wichita State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Then, he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, earning a master’s and Ph.D., also in political science. He served as assistant professor at Chadron State College Read More

Three Candidates Participate In LAPS School Board Forum

LAPS Board candidates Elisa Baker. left, and Stephanie Galvez listen as LAPS Superintendent Jennifer Guy speaks during Monday night’s school board forum. Candidate Katie Mussack attended virtually. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

From left, LAPS Board President Sondra Wyman, Vice President Lauren Coupland, Secretary Melanie Colgan and member Antonio Jaurigue ask questions to applicants seeking the open board seat in District 1 during a forum Monday night in the board meeting room. Applicants for the seat previously held by Margie Serrato, include Elisa Baker, right, Stephanie Read More

LANL Invites Community Participation In Spring Food Drive … Drive Up & Drop Off At Immaculate Heart Of Mary April 10

Joyful LANL employees prepare food bags for distribution. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Spring Food Drive benefiting The Food Depot runs now through April 16.

New this year, the Laboratory invites community members to contribute, too. Friday, April 10, community members may drop off food donations at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. Participants can drive through the parking lot and drop off their donations. Lab volunteers will help unload.

Needed items:

  • Canned protein, healthy snacks, baby food, ground coffee,
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New Mexico Actors Lab Opens 2026 Season With Eureka Day

NMAL News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Actors Lab (NMAL) will open its 2026 Season April 30 with EUREKA DAY by Jonathan Spector.

Directed by Robert Benedetti, this play explores one of the central questions of our time: How do you build consensus when no one can agree on the truth?

The production will run through Sunday, May 17.

Winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and called “the funniest and the saddest play of the season” by the New York Times, EUREKA DAY is the story of the Eureka Day School in Berkeley, Calif., a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, and social Read More

UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board To Meet April 13

View of the UNM-Los Alamos campus at 4000 University Drive. Courtesy/UNM/LA

UNM-LA News:

The UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Advisory Board is holding a board meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 13, in the Building 2 Lecture Hall (Room 230) on the UNM-LA campus at 4000 University Drive.

The meeting will also be virtual via Zoom. To join the meeting, follow this link: https://unm.zoom.us/j/93628197575.

Agenda items include review and adoption of the upcoming year’s budget.

The board generally meets on the Monday preceding the second Tuesday of each odd calendar month except in July, unless otherwise Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: April 10-16, 2026

PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.

For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.

PAC 8 Television schedule for April 10-16, 2026:

April 10, 2026

  • 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 4-07-26
  • 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
  • 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce “Los Alamos County Manager Update”
  • 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media Classes
  • 8 p.m.
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Daily Postcard: Double Rainbow Spans Barranca Mesa

Daily Postcard: A double rainbow spans Barranca Mesa following Tuesday’s brief rain shower. Photo by Arrin Arensman

Another view of the double rainbow that spanned Barranca Mesa following Tuesday’s brief rain shower. Photo by Arrin Arensman Read More

Film Series ‘Indigenous Cinema’ Hosted By St. John’s College With IAIA July 20-24

Filmmaker Chris Eyre

From St. John’s College:

For years, St. John’s College has opened its doors to lifelong learners.  There are in-person and online seminars throughout the year. The pinnacle of this program is Summer Classics, which takes place on the beautiful Santa Fe campus, as well as online.

For the most part, these classes, which are beloved by all the people who attend every year, deepen attendees’ knowledge of and delight in classic works. 

But the seminars are not confined to the written word, and this year the college is highlighting an examination of Indigenous Cinema, July 20-24, Read More

Rojas Top Predictor In First Pace Race Of Season

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ACRR News:

Aurea Rojas was the best predictor in the first pace race opening the 52nd season held on the Canyon Rim Trail.  She was 4 seconds off her predicted time. Other accurate predictors were:  Felix Candia recording a 6 second difference; 4-year-old Robin Bujack at 8 seconds off; Edith Acosta coming in at 27 seconds off; and tied at 29 seconds was Roxana Bujack who also was the first finisher in the 2-mile distance at 22:03 and Lynn Bjorklund the best 3-mile female finisher with a time of 24:16.

On the 1-mile course 7-year-old Ivana Velechovsky was the top finisher Read More

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