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Minesh Bacrania, Ryan Lowery, Megan Hesselink, Becca Louden, Emily PiltchOriginal, independent news and information for the Los Alamos community, for less than the price of one green chile cheeseburger a month.
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Election results for 2026 primary
Photo by Minesh Bacrania
The following results were provided by the New Mexico Secretary of State and can be viewed in full here. All ballots have been counted, but the results are unofficial until they are certified by the Los Alamos Coun...
Everything becomes a fuse at 10,000 amps
Boomtown sat down with Dennis Astley, the deputy utilities manager for Los Alamos County, to learn more about the townsite power outage that happened in early May. Here’s what he told us.
Linemen from the Los Alamos Department of Public Ut...
Early voting in Los Alamos ends Saturday
Saturday, May 30 is the last day to cast an early vote in the 2026 primary election. This is the first New Mexico primary election using the “semi-open” primary format, which allows independents (a.k.a. decline-to-state, or DTS) to vote usi...
Reports shed light on investigation into crash that killed local educator
Los Alamos police officers responding to the intersection of North Road and Urban Street on a Sunday morning in mid-March found 68-year-old Brian Easton lying in the roadway and a man in his thirties beside him trying to help. Easton had be...
New LAPS board member appointed and a possible solution for internet troubles
Superintendent Jennifer Guy requested approval from the school board to engage an outside contractor to evaluate the long-standing connectivity issues plaguing school facilities in the district.
“I’ve heard recently that [staff] feel like...
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