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  • Preserving History

    By Don Pace and Martín Salazar
    Las Vegas Optic

    Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the E Romero Hose & Fire Co. building on Bridge Street was home to a hook and ladder team that relied on horses to get to fires.

    In an attempt to preserve some of that history, E. Romero Hose & Fire Co. volunteers have agreed to transfer the historic building to the city under the condition that it be used for a firefighters memorial and museum.

    From 1884 to the 1970s volunteer firefighters manned the E. Romero Fire Co. on Bridge.

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  • Ex-sheriff’s charges dropped

    The criminal charges against former Mora County Sheriff Roy Cordova and another man he allegedly got into a roadside fight with in January have been dropped.

    Both Cordova, 39, of Rainsville, and John Gonzales, 34, of Guadalupita had been charged in Mora magistrate court with aggravated battery, public affray and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.

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  • Recycling center reopens Saturdays

    By Margaret McKinney
    Highlands University

    The New Mexico Highlands University Recycling Center has reopened on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is also open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    The recycling center has received heavy use since the university opened it to the public and campus community in November 2010. The center is at Ninth and Reynolds, west of the university’s Wilson Complex and behind the tennis courts parking lot.

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  • Looking Back

    In 1968
    Monday, Nov. 11 —  The Las Vegas Daily Optic became a member of The Associated Press starting with today's edition, Publisher Stuart R. Beck announced. The AP is a nonprofit organization controlled by its membership of more than 1,700 publications and 2,500 radio and television stations in the U.S. It also serves newspapers and broadcast stations overseas. The New Mexico AP staff includes veteran news teams in Albuquerque and Santa Fe as well as newsmen on all members staffs in the state.

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  • Looking ahead

    Public meeting on water this Thursday

    A public input meeting on the city’s water supply will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the council chamber at the Las Vegas municipal building on Grand Avenue. Meeting topics will include limited permission to draw water, insufficient aquifer and storage capability, reduced river flows, inadequate equipment and decayed facilities, and citizens are urged to attend.

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  • Weather

    Wednesday
    Sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 10-15 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 27. Southwest wind 5-15 mph.

    Thursday
    Sunny, with a high near 63. Windy, with southwest wind 10-15 mph, increasing to 25-30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Mostly clear and breezy at night, with a low around 33.

    Friday
    Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high near 63. Partly cloudy and breezy at night, with a low around 31.

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  • FYI

    New Mexico has retained its place as the most Hispanic state in the union — and Hispanics were responsible for most of the state’s growth between 2000 and 2010. U.S. Census figures show that the state grew to 2 million, and 78 percent of the increase was among Hispanics. Hispanics made up more than 42 percent of the state’s population in 2000. That’s now more than 46 percent.

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  • High-speed chase leads to charges

    A Las Vegas man was arrested and jailed after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase Friday night.

    Paul S. Trujillo, 23, of the 300 block of Moreno Street, is charged with aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, false imprisonment, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, reckless driving, driving with a suspended or revoked license and seven counts of failure to stop.

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  • Optic moving online content behind paywall

    The Las Vegas Optic is moving toward a subscriber-based website, beginning Monday.
    Visitors to lasvegasoptic.com will need to buy a subscription to have full access to all content on the website. Free limited access options will also be available.

    The change will have no impact on Optic readers who get their news, advertising and information only from the newspaper’s hardcopy editions. Subscribers who wish also to have full online access to the Optic’s content need only to register for the service.

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  • City water fight rages on

    The ongoing fight between the city of Las Vegas and the acequias over water rights on the Rio Gallinas rages on, and the battleground right now appears to be the court of public opinion.

    Acequia users in recent weeks have used the radio airwaves and the newspaper opinions page to spread their message. Wednesday evening, they went a step further, showing up at the City Council meeting and appealing to the city’s governing body to settle the dispute through mediation rather than litigation.

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