Today's News

By Margaret McKinney
Highlands University

The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education has regained its speciality accreditation nearly four years after losing it.

The accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, or NCATE, is for seven years, the maximum time allowable.  

The U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation recognize NCATE  as a professional accrediting body for teacher preparation.

With Stage IV water restrictions still in effect, the city of Las Vegas has once again received permission from the state Environment Department to sell effluent to area residents to water their lawns and other vegetation.

City Utilities Director Ken Garcia said a number of restrictions have been imposed by the state, and as a result, the city is requiring anyone who wants to use effluent to sign an agreement promising to abide by the restrictions.

The Associated Press

RIO PUERCO, N.M.  — Authorities say a stuntman has been injured during filming of “The Lone Ranger” at a movie set in northwestern New Mexico.

Bernalillo County Sheriff’s officials said details weren’t immediately available Wednesday afternoon. The name of the stuntman wasn’t released.

They say a small locomotive was involved, but it was only capable of travelling 5 mph. Authorities say a medical helicopter was launched as a precautionary measure to the movie set.

McGarrity book signing this Sunday

Michael McGarrity, author of the Kevin Kerney crime novels, will be at Tome on the Range, 158 Bridge St., at 3 p.m. this Sunday to sign his new book, Hard Country: A Novel of the Old West. The book is the first in a trilogy, chronicling the tragedies and triumphs of the fictional Kerney’s ancestors from 1875 through World War I as they settled New Mexico.