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Scenes From Friday Summer Concert Featuring Gonzalo

Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Headliner Gonzalo was born and raised in Las Vegas, N.M. He has earned his place in New Mexico Music having performed for decades and he has received six Los 15 Grandes De Nuevo Mexico Awards and 24 New Mexico Hispano Music Awards. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Headliner Gonzalo Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park with headliner Gonzalo. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

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SFCC Opens UNHOUSED Exhibition With Event June 11

Scene of a 2025 Santa Fe Community College opening reception for the unhoused community. Courtesy/SFCC

Scene of a 2025 Santa Fe Community College opening reception for the unhoused community. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Art on Campus will open UNHOUSED, an exhibition of artwork made by members of Santa Fe’s unhoused community, with a festive opening reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday, June 11, in the Dean’s Gallery, in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center on campus at 6401 Richards Ave.

The opening is free to the public. All artwork in the exhibition is available Read More

SFCC Art On Campus To Host Free Lecture ‘The Bed As A Universe: Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Spaces’ Friday June 26

Art historian and professor Carlos Rovelo will present a lecture as part of Frida Fest and will talk about the commemorative bed art installation created at SFCC, noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 26. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Art on Campus will host a free lecture, “The Bed as Universe: Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Spaces” presented by art historian and professor Carlos Rovelo from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 26, in the Jemez Rooms on campus at 6401 Richards Ave. The lecture is part of the Second Annual Frida Fest, June 26-28.

Rovelo’s lecture will explore Frida Read More

Local Author Octavio Ramos To Hold Book Signing Today

Local author Octavio Ramos, center, appears on the radio with Mike Trujillo and radio personality TJ Trout to discuss his new graphic comic book ‘Cuentos Infernales’. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 30, Ramos will hold a book signing at Don’s Paperback Book Exchange in Albuquerque. Illustrator Paul Ziomek will join Ramos from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the signing. Courtesy/Mike Trujillo

Local Author Octavio Ramos at a recent book signing at Scum Pit Comics in Albuquerque. Photo by Gloria Ramos Read More

Still Time To Register For Los Alamos Elks Lodge Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Los Alamos Elks Lodge News:

There’s still time to register for the annual Los Alamos Elks Lodge #2083 Charity Golf Tournament. This year’s tournament will be held on Friday, June 12 at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Golf will start at 9 a.m., followed by a luncheon and other festivities at the Elks Lodge, 1601 Trinity Drive.

Player registration is $130/player or $520/team and includes entry into golf scramble, greens fees, golf cart and lunch.

Go to www.bpoe2083.org to register or click the QR code above.

Proceeds will fund a local child’s wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Mexico, with Read More

Pinon Park Pool In White Rock Closed Until Further Notice

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Aquatic Division is sad to announce that the Pinon Park Pool will be closed until further notice, due to a lack of hot water for showers, which is a state requirement for the facility.

Staff would like to encourage patrons to visit the Leisure Lagoon from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Saturday, May 30 at the Aquatic Center.

Los Alamos County is dedicated to getting this situation resolved as quickly as possible. For further updates and information, please visit the Los Alamos County Website or contact the Aquatic Center at 505.662.8170. Read More

County: Construction To Begin June 1 On Phase 3 Of Jemez Mountain Fire Protection Project

An excavator digging a water line trench during Phase 2 of the JMFPP. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County has announced that construction will begin Monday, June 1, on Phase 3 of the Jemez Mountain Fire Protection Project (JMFPP).

This final phase will involve heavy machinery moving large equipment for the construction of four water booster stations.

The County asks motorists to avoid using Camp May Road from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The County thanks the community for its cooperation as the work continues toward completion of the JMFPP. Read More

Determan Endorses Katharine Clark For Secretary Of State

By ANDREA DETERMAN
Former Chair
Los Alamos Democratic Party

The choice in New Mexico’s Secretary of State race is clear—competence or chaos.

Secretary of State is an operations job. It requires judgment, transparency, preparation, and leadership when pressure is highest.

On Monday, a State Auditor-directed special audit documented governance and transparency failures in Doña Ana County government, including findings involving the Clerk’s Office. Auditors identified incomplete official records, missing supporting documents, and transparency failures that reduced the public’s Read More