Prosecutors are seeking to hold Jorge Montoya, 55, without bond in connection to the alleged kidnapping and assault of a woman in Ranchos de T…

COUNTY News: Los Alamos County Information Management reports that the network provider, REDINet, restored services at 11:38 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10. REDINet began experiencing downtime on Wednesday morning, following a hardware failure. The two County networks affected included “LAC Public” at all County facilities, and “Discover LA”, the free Wi-Fi

NMEDD News: SANTA FE — New Mexico’s Economic Development Department awarded grants to 19 tech startups – more than double the previous high — as the state ramps up efforts to boost its homegrown tech sector. The Science and Technology Business Startup grant awardees span high-growth sectors including advanced computing,

Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard, center, celebrates with her State Land Office staff the 2025 Fall Top Workplace Awards. Courtesy/SLO STATE News: SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office is a recipient of the 2025 Fall Culture Excellence Awards, winning the Top Workplaces 2025 Culture Excellence

Española City Police officer may have arrested a man on drug possession charges in violation of a state law meant to prevent overdose deaths.

FBI News: ALBUQUERQUE — A Shiprock woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter killing her daughter. According to court documents, Oct. 24, 2022, Maylene John, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation at the time of the offense, stabbed her 7-year-old daughter in the heart with a knife, causing her

Los Alamos Daily Post News: Have questions about generative AI? Wonder where it gets its information or why it can get things confidently wrong? Scroll through the cards below for a quick breakdown of what Large Language Models (LLMs) are, why data sources matter, and how misinformation (hallucinations) can creep

COUNTY News: The Los Alamos County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will host a virtual Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting focused on the winter weather outlook and Red Cross programs from 9 to 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, via Zoom. This quarterly session of the LEPC will support ongoing

Hanukkah menorahs during a previous holiday celebration. The community is invited to gather Tuesday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. to light candles, sing some Hanukkah songs, and distribute a few Hanukkah trinkets. Also on Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Los Alamos Jewish Center, starting at 5:30

The Interfaith Coalition on Homelessness (ICOH) is holding its Winter Collection Drive between now and Feb. 1. They are seeking food and clothing donations to help unhoused and those at risk of losing housing in the community.

After more than 20 years of service, Town of Taos Chief of Police Mark Archuleta announced his retirement during the regular town council meet…

After a three-day trial, a Rio Arriba County jury convicted Kevin Martinez on Dec. 5, of voluntary manslaughter for the 2022 killing of his neighbor, Elmer Sanchez Jr. in Hernandez.

Taos youth and suicide prevention advocates have released a “community mandate” and “road map” outlining actions they believe state officials …

When nobody showed up to light hundreds of "luminitos" in and around Taos County Plaza park Tuesday evening (Dec. 9), Deputy Taos County Manag…

Bandit wears a perfect black mask, but he’s not hiding — he’s simply grieving. After losing the human who loved him for a lifetime, this 5-year-old soft-furred gentleman arrived with a trembling heart and a suitcase full of confusion. Approach him gently and you’ll watch the fear loosen. His…

New Mexico's Early Childhood Education and Care Department teamed up with Paso a Paso Network to facilitate an expert led community conversati…

A district judge sentenced a Littleton, Colorado woman on Dec. 1 to 30 years in prison, after she was convicted a year ago on two charges of vehicular homicide caused by driving under the influence for the 2020 deaths of two people.

The deadline for nominations to be considered for Induction into the International Space Hall of Fame is Jan. 15, 2026. Courtesy/ISHFF NMDCA News: ALAMAGORDO — The International Space Hall of Fame Foundation (ISHFF) is now accepting nominations for induction into the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico

Stray Hearts Animal Shelter reopened Dec. 1 with new intake limits, updated policies and a renewed request for funding from the Town of Taos a…

COUNTY News: The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Customer Care Center will be operating in a limited capacity from 12:30–2:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12, for an employee appreciation luncheon. The Customer Care Center will be processing payments at the window and answering general questions. However, email and phone

The following is a condensed list of reports made to Taos Central Dispatch within the town of Taos from Dec. 2-6. Dec. 2 9 a.m. Public Affray,…

NMED News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board this week adopted a state plan and air quality regulations to reduce pollution in New Mexico’s national parks and wilderness areas under the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze Program. “People from all over the world visit New Mexico to

Courtesy photo PAJARITO News: We know you’ve been waiting for Dec. 12, and we’re just as eager as you to get those lifts spinning. If we could make winter happen today, we absolutely would. Nobody wants to see you back on our slopes more than we do. Here’s where things

Rendering of Ice Age muskox relative Speleotherium logani. This new species was identified from fossils collected in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Courtesy/NMMNHS Speleotherium logani gen. et sp. nov., holotype skull, USNM 598576, Muskox Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico in (A) dorsal, (B) ventral, (C) right lateral,

Christine Kane of Dixon Elementary School, center, is the 2025 NMAITC Teacher of the Year. Courtesy/NMAITC NMAITC News: DIXON — New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom (NMAITC) announces Christine Kane of Dixon Elementary School as the 2025 NMAITC Teacher of the Year. The annual award honors a K-12 educator who

Daily Postcard: Crisp December morning on the Valles Caldera, view from the Cabin District webcam. Courtesy/NPS Read More

Carmelina Hart of LANL’s Communications and External Affairs Office and LANL Director Thom Mason at the final virtual town hall of the year on Dec. 3. Hart served as moderator while Mason provided an end-of-year recap of the laboratory’s operations and took questions from attendees. Courtesy/LANL By KIRSTEN LASKEY Los

Representatives from the collective Valley Skates addressed the Española City Council on Thursday regarding the long-standing issues with the city’s only skate park.

NMHR News: SANTA FE — Republican members of the New Mexico House of Representatives have formally requested that the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico initiate a federal investigation into the state’s Developmentally Disabled Waiver program after continued inaction at the state level. In February 2024, a bipartisan

NMHED News: SANTA FE — New Mexico’s higher education budget sustains tuition-free college programs driving statewide enrollment growth while adding new investments in adult education and loan repayment for teachers and health professionals. The New Mexico Higher Education Department budget recommendation maintains funding for the Opportunity Scholarship and introduces initiatives

Jeramay Martinez By JERAMAY MARTINEZ Health Care Specialist Los Alamos County Most of us know how the adoption and foster care system works, but kinship care is somewhere in the middle. It’s when grandparents, extended family members or even family friends take in, become legal guardians, and care for the

An Española man was ordered to be released from jail after prosecutors lowered the charge against him from second degree murder to involuntary manslaughter and he waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Volunteers Teri Nixon and Traci Sowers at the counter assisting Small Business Saturday shoppers at the Lobby Shop inside Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com CHAMBER News: Enterprise Bank & Trust is again sponsoring the annual Blue Bucks “Shop Small” Promotion through Dec. 13, which is spearheaded by

The Jaramillo family has a puppy.

Mayor-elect Michael Garcia slammed Mayor Alan Webber while City Manager Mark Scott criticized Garcia during a contentious meeting.

Our dogs will get us through the next month of holidays, if we pay attention.

TAOS — A sharp rise in overdose deaths across Taos County and Northern New Mexico has prompted a coordinated push among local behavioral healt…

The infrastructure improvement would enable UNM to double its medical school enrollment, expanding class sizes from about 100.

Española Humane will have adoptable puppies from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Bishop’s Lodge, 1297 Bishops Lodge Road, at an annual Farolito Tree Lig…

The department still says not to drink untreated surface water and recommends watching pets and kids and rinsing fishwith clean water.

Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills and other needs.

The $250 stipends mark $130,000 in distributions to families since 2021, according to a Tuesday news release.

In question was whether the company’s 98-year lease with Lea County for use of the land under the prison is still valid.

Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, accepted the prize, expressing hope that Machado will return to Venezuela soon.

The Saturday event is designed to encourage people to support Guadalupe Street-area businesses, which have been struggling.

The city held the project's sixth community input meeting on the issue Tuesday evening, unveiling renderings and plant options.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Holiday markets, farolitos, tree lightings, a pastorela and more season celebrations.

In Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, quintessential grump Ebenezer Scrooge fancies himself haunted by food gone rancid.

Video posted to social media by Attorney General Pam Bondi shows people fast-roping from a helicopter to the deck and later moving around with…

Lawmakers criticized the spending plan, citing expected leaner state budgets and a lack of communication about universal child care.

Wednesday’s cut reduced the rate to about 3.6%, the lowest it has been in nearly three years.

A story on Page B-5 published Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, about a food hall planned for downtown Santa Fe incorrectly reported that another food ha…

Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah.

New Mexicans with developmental disabilities previously waited years to receive services, but there currently is no waitlist.

A pastor at First Presbyterian Church called on prosecutors to seek pretrial detention for a man accused of burglary.

The walls of his office distinguished by weathered cowboy hats and a “Tierra o Muerte” poster — "land or death" — Don Martinez hunched over a …

A private planning firm hired by the state has released three conceptual proposals for redeveloping the New Mexico State Fairgrounds and Albuq…

The New Mexico Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Office of the Governor, named 14 high school students as the 2025–2026 La…

Developers behind Project Jupiter, the controversial campus of data centers slated for Doña Ana County, have asked state environment officials…

The Dec. 3 regular meeting of the Holy Cross Medical Center board of directors began with a memorial for Ernest Romero, a former board member …

The program is meant to replace EB-5 visas and is aiming at attracting top talent and generating federal revenue.

During their Nov. 8 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Joaquín del Río del Chama Land Grant/Merced announced a landmark appointment, selecting a mayordomo for the first time in more than 100 years.

The administration said the Guard was still needed to protect federal personnel and property.

The judge Wednesday joined two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late…

At a nighttime event in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, although the issue couldn't …

The city is asking for a $3 million transfer into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund after discovering unspent allocations were not accumulatin…

Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in renewed fighting, forcing tens of thousands to flee border areas.

Some criticized the agency's failure to request more for recruiting foster families or to address the problem of office stays.

A federal judge in New York has granted the Justice Department’s request to publicly release grand jury transcripts and other material from Gh…

Frustrated by the city’s slow progress in painting crosswalks at intersections they believe are unsafe, activists in Los Angeles have been pic…

Police went to First Presbyterian School and Church after a caller reported seeing a man in the basement via a Ring camera.

Darius Sandoval, of Las Vegas, N.M., faces counts of kidnapping and aggravated battery, among others, after a weekend incident.

Tim Keller had won 59% of the vote, ahead of challenger Darren White's 41%, according to unofficial results as of 10 p.m.

The Park County prosecutor handling the cases did not return multiple inquiries about the case involving Charles MacKay.

The Justice Department has challenged a court order that complicated efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey …

The company filed for bankruptcy in October and said its focus is on building a stronger and more sustainable future.

In an about-face, the board voted 3-2 to approve the demolition of the four casitas in the 400 block of Don Gaspar Avenue.

A ghost seems to have entered New Mexico's U.S. Senate race. He has a bogus address and springs from a fictitious political party.

IAIA seniors debut personal projects as PBS series "Craft in America" spotlights the school’s role in shaping Indigenous artistry.

For years, the lab had hoped to relieve the pressure on the containers, fearing a flammable mix of gases had built up.

Happy Wednesday! The biggest politics news of the day is the Albuquerque mayoral runoff, in which incumbent Mayor Tim Keller has defeated chal…

A study found 11 metals at elevated levels in samples from private wells, with four above federal drinking water standards.

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More than $900,000 from the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund has been made available through a state conservation program.

Texas has launched its new cryptocurrency reserve with a $5 million purchase of Bitcoin as the state continues to embrace the volatile and con…

It's a tough time for CNN, which looks like it will be in management limbo for some time with Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of its…

While the state had projected $484.8 million in total new money for the next fiscal year, that has been revised downward to $105.7 million.

Ransom Canyon, a Netflix Western series now filming its second season, and The Chaperones, an independent film from A24, will shoot at various…

A political stunt involving Albuquerque's homeless population has become a central controversy in the runoff election, which ends Tuesday.

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Española Valley.

The Taos Municipal Schools District is celebrating a year of significant growth in student outcomes. Data from the 2024-2025 NM Vistas report …

Town of Taos staff began removing "Kit Carson Memorial Park" signage this week from the public park that was recently renamed Red Willow Park.…

Taos County shared an update on 10,000 acres of wildfire risk reduction and watershed protection work completed in the last five years. The pr…

The Rio Arriba County Health and Human Services Department is using what it learned from a study earlier this year to help more people access Naloxone throughout the community.

After an Abiquiú man allegedly kidnapped his girlfriend with the help of his stepdaughter, beat her viciously with his fists and a gun, and threatened to kill her, prosecutors are seeking to have him held without bail pending trial.

The mother of a man stabbed to death in the parking lot of the Ohkay Laundromat earlier this year, is suing the owner for her son’s death, alleging they did nothing as the man who became his alleged killer harassed customers for seven hours.

Charlie, a 3-year-old, 57 lb. sweetheart has overcome a tough past — clipped ears and a heartworm battle — and come out healthy, trained and full of love. Through the shelter’s Paws in the Pen program, he spent eight weeks learning basic training alongside two devoted inmate partners and is