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Today's News

  • Que Pasa - August 1, 2012

    UPCOMING & ONGOING
    EL PORVENIR
    • New Mexico Territorial Brass Band in concert, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3 at Plaza Park (rain location Traveler’s Cafe, 1814 Plaza).
    • 2012 Las Vegas Relay for Life, starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3 to noon on Saturday, Aug. 4 at West Las Vegas High School. There will be live performances, entertainment, and activities for the whole family. Open to the public from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday. This is a non-alcohol and non-smoking event.

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  • Time to sue Makwa?

    Highlands University is in a jam. After having terminated “for convenience” the contract with Makwa Builders LLC and hiring Franken Construction to step in and complete the new student center, Highlands may have bitten off more than it can chew. Makwa is demanding the university pay it $3.2 million for work it and its subcontractors did and for the profits it would have made if allowed to complete the job.

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  • Editorial Cartoon - August 1, 2012
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  • Work of Art - If this is Wednesday ...

    OSLO, NORWAY — A 1969 romantic comedy with almost the same title as this headline (should be Tuesday instead of Wednesday), humorously depicts the whirlwind nature of European travel itineraries.

    Never having been this far north, we opted to tack on an Atlantic coast week of travel to our customary two weeks in Denmark, where we visit our son Stanley Adam and his family, in July.

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  • A rodeo legacy: Highlands standout keeping tradition alive — and kickin’

    By Margaret McKinney
    New Mexico Highlands University

    New Mexico Highlands University marketing major and rodeo team member Chelsea DeMott has received an academic scholarship for her success as an entrepreneur in organizing youth rodeos.

    The Galesburg Business & Technology Center in Illinois awarded DeMott the $1,000 scholarship. The 20-year-old is from Rio, a small rural community near Galesburg.

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  • Clutch win
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  • Cougars claw closer to crown

    The softball Kim Baros drilled Monday evening, off a pitch from Loretta Abreu-Martin, took on a life of its own once it jumped off the bat.

    The ball seemed intent on leaving the ballpark, slicing crisply past the second baseman and making an improbable bee-line across the bumpy outfield all the way to the fence in right center field.

    The Vida Encantada Cougars’ outfielders ultimately retrieved the ball, but not before Baros had darted all the way around for an inside-the-park home run.

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  • Sounds win via walk-off; Sands honored by PCL

    In the bottom of the ninth inning Monday, Khris Davis scored from third off a single by  Nashville teammate Edwin Maysonet for a walk-off 4-3 win over visiting Albuquerque.

    The Isotopes (64-46) and Sounds (49-61) were to close their series on Tuesday. Albuquerque swept Nashville in a Sunday doubleheader 4-2 and 11-0.
    The Isotopes return to The Lab for a home set with the Las Vegas 51s Wednesday through Saturday. The ‘Topes then host Tucson Aug. 5-8.

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  • Fired contractor wants $3.2M

    The construction company that had been overseeing the building of the New Mexico Highlands University student center until regents fired it in February is demanding payment of $3.2 million from the university.

    Makwa Builders LLC submitted its payment request on April 30, according to documents released to the Optic in response to a request under the state’s open records law.

    One of the key issues is the fact that the university fired Makwa by exercising the “termination for convenience” clause in the contract.

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  • Rough Rider Rally 2012
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