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July 2026

Man who raped LAHS student to serve probation as part of plea deal
The man who raped a Los Alamos High School student after taking her off campus in December accepted a plea agreement last month that will require him to…
 • Ryan Lowery
Bears responsible for multiple recent home invasions in Los Alamos
Bears broke into two Western Area homes during the night of July 28, a week after two similar incidents happened in Quemazon.
 • Minesh Bacrania
Your support built this newsroom
Nearly three years ago, we started Boomtown with a simple idea: create a newsroom that looks beyond the headlines, follows the evidence wherever it…
 • Minesh Bacrania
Man convicted of raping child to be sentenced for probation violation
Police arrested 37-year-old Shawn M. Cavasos earlier this year on charges of raping a child. He’s now set to be sentenced for violating the terms of a…
 • Ryan Lowery
Local man bitten by rattlesnake on Quemazon Trail
A Los Alamos man in his mid-thirties suffered a rattlesnake bite to his left ankle while hiking on Quemazon Trail above Western Area this morning.
 • Minesh Bacrania
Bears behaving badly, but they're not entirely to blame.
Story by Eliana Padilla
Gas leak calls explode in Los Alamos
New Mexico Gas Company has shut down the main gas pipeline that supplies Los Alamos and many of the communities between Albuquerque to Taos for…
 • Minesh Bacrania
Fireworks? No thanks.
The July Fourth weekend is almost here, and nearly everyone knows That One Neighbor who believes their Ph.D.
 • Minesh Bacrania
Construction set to begin (again) on Trinity Drive next week
What's happening and how to stay updated.
 • Maya Price

June 2026

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