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  • Weather - Nov. 21, 2012

    Wednesday
    Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 10-15 mph. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 10 mph.

    Thursday
    Sunny, with a high near 62. West wind around 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 25.

    Friday
    Sunny, with a high near 50. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 27.

    Saturday
    Sunny, with a high near 59.

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  • FYI - Nov. 21, 2012

    Magistrate judges in San Miguel County will only handle traffic citation cases from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The new schedule was implemented earlier this month.

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    The offices of the Optic will be closed Thursday and Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The Optic will reopen on Monday.

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  • In Brief - News - Nov. 21, 2012

    The Associated Press
    Sanchez won’t seek top spot
    SANTA FE — Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez says he has decided not to seek the chamber’s top job, president pro tempore.
    The Belen Democrat told the Albuquerque Journal on Monday that he is happy in his current position as senate majority leader and hopes to return.
    Sanchez is the sole survivor among top Senate Democrats targeted by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and her political allies.

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  • Chances slim for winter moisture

    By Susan Montoya Bryan
    Associated Press

    ALBUQUERQUE — Weather forecasters and state and federal water managers on Monday painted a grim picture of the chances drought-stricken New Mexico has to make up any ground this winter.
    It’s early, but officials said the state is already starting off with half of the average snowpack for this time of year.

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  • No iPad, but plenty of pot

    City police officers investigating a burglary last week stumbled upon a large amount of marijuana and ended up arresting two men on felony drug charges.

    The next day, according to police, friends of the men arrested confronted the people who reported the burglary to authorities, calling one of them a rat and assaulting him. Those men are now in hot water themselves, facing felony charges.

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  • Search warrants sealed

    State police investigators working the case of a missing Las Vegas woman said Friday that they have spent countless hours on the matter, and they confirmed that they have executed search warrants.

    “Interviews have been conducted and more interviews are pending,” the investigators said in an email sent through Lt. Robert McDonald, the statewide spokesman for state police.

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  • Luring tourists - Sign a hit, except for location

    Most agree that the large new sign off the Interstate 25 University exit is beautiful, its shiny stainless steel lettering popping against the rustic Corten steel background.

    The sign directs motorists to the city’s historic Plaza, to Highlands University and to downtown.

    But is it in the right place?

    Mayor Alfonso Ortiz and City Councilors Tonita Gurule-Giron and David Romero say absolutely not.

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  • City gas customers to pay less this winter

    Finally, some good news for city utility customers.

    The city of Las Vegas has announced that its natural gas customers can expect to see lower bills this winter due to lower market prices and decreases in unaccounted for gas related to its leak detection and repair program. The city estimates that the savings will be about $6.80 a month or $82 a year for it average residential customers and $30.78 a month or $369 a year for the average commercial customers.

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  • Looking Back - Nov. 19, 2012

    In 1962
    Monday, Nov. 19 — A surprise anniversary and birthday dinner was held Saturday night honoring Larry Finch, publisher of the Optic and Springer Tribune, as 31 staff members of the two newspapers gathered at the Flamingo to observe the occasion of his 25 years in the newspaper business and his November birthday. Mrs. Audrey Simpson, Optic Women’s Page Editor, presented an engraved watch to the publisher. Also honored at the dinner was Fritz Broeske, who has also been in the newspaper business for 25 years.
     

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