Happy New Year from Boomtown

A look ahead

Dear Boomtown readers,

Happy New Year! We thought we’d start 2026 with an update on where Boomtown is going over the next 12 months.

Boomtown’s origins are rooted in long-form investigative stories, and our goal is to publish between 6 to 10 of those this year. (We’re actively working on three of them right now, and we’ve lost count of how many more are on the list.) We know these stories are important to our readers, and are what make Boomtown unique.

We also see a need to bring our readers timely and verified information about the day-to-day issues in our community. We learned from our reader survey last fall that you’re most interested in local business and the economy, county governance, and community health and well being. We’re going to increase our short-form coverage, particularly on these issues.

And of course, we’ll still cover breaking news as it happens.

Since we started in 2024, we’ve had immense financial support from both individual readers and larger grants, but in the current economic climate, the latter have been increasingly harder to come by. We’ve decided that this year access to most of our stories will require a paid Boomtown membership ($12 / month) to read. This money goes directly toward paying our team of journalists (even the interns!) without compromising our ability to be independent and free of advertising.

We know everyone’s circumstances are different and changing, so if you can’t (or don’t want to) pay for a membership, drop us a line and we’ll give you a complementary membership, no questions asked. You can also cancel your membership any time and get a pro-rated refund, no questions asked.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback, please feel free to to e-mail us at editors@boomtownlosalamos.org.

Thanks for being a part of Boomtown, and for helping us to build a stronger community.

– Minesh, Megan, Ryan, Becca, and Emily (a.k.a. the Boomteam)