Today's News

This morning, I watched a recording of an unusual reunion.

Back in 1969, two men adopted a lion cub. Within a year, the cub had outgrown the furniture store in which it had been living in downtown London, so the men contacted a lion specialist in Kenya to help integrate Christian, as they called their pet, into the wild.

It worked. Within several months, the lion had adapted completely. But the men hadn’t. They missed Christian, and came for a visit nine months after his release.

Det. Shari Mills of the Los Alamos Police Department has inspired her daughter, Paige Early, to enter the law enforcement field.

Early, 30, is a participant at the San Juan College Police Academy in Farmington and intends to return to the LAPD as a patrol officer following her graduation just before Christmas.

White Rock Junior All-Stars 12, Espaola Valley Junior All-Stars, 9(Game 1)

Good hitting and star pitcher Monika Teter iced the win for the White Rock Junior All-Stars Saturday, despite a commendable fifth inning comeback by Espaola Valley.

White Rock came out swinging, almost cycling through its entire batting line-up in just the first inning.

The streak began with a textbook bunt by Aimee Gutierrez, and opened the doors for a 2 run double by Rachel Anaya and a run-scoring single to give White Rock an early 3-0 lead.

A former member of Pierotti’s Clowns, Jose Noe Lujan, died at his home in Los Alamos July 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 77.

Lujan, who was born in Española, was a catcher on the nationally-famous five-man softball team from Los Alamos in the late 1950s, catching games for star pitcher Bernard L. “Bun” Ryan.

The team’s founding member, Lou Pierotti, often got together with Lujan to play golf or partake in other activities when they weren’t on the softball field.