Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News

Chess, Cards and Catnaps in the Heart of America’s Nuclear Weapons Complex

by Alicia Inez Guzmán/Searchlight New Mexico This story is published in conjunction with The Nation.  A few days after beginning a new post at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jason Archuleta committed a subversive act: He began to keep a journal. Writing in a tiny spiral notebook, he described how he and his fellow electricians were […]

Posted inPlacitas

Placitas Speaks Against Mineral Mining on Its Public Lands

The topic on Tuesday was gravel mining, but along the way the standing-room-only crowd at the Placitas Community Library vented on money in politics, wild horses, million-dollar homes and grievances involving the federal government and local elected officials. Taking it all in were staff from area offices of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) there […]

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Signpost Community Briefs

Bee Smart The Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce proudly announces the launch of the 2024 National Civics Bee®, an initiative aimed at encouraging more young Americans to engage in civics and contribute to their communities. Organized in partnership with The Civic Trust™ of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the competition in Rio Rancho […]

Posted inCommunity Content, Sandoval County

First Responder Spotlight

The Sandoval County Optimist Club highlights a first responder each month, highlighting their community contributions. Vincenzo Jaramillo always wanted to be a fireman. As a youth, with both his mother and step-father being firefighters, most family activities centered around the fire station. He took his emergency medical technician training (EMT) as a class in high school. Upon graduating […]