Today's News

In response to “Proposed wind rules called ‘one sided’”: It is important to note the amendments to the San Miguel Ordinance is designed to protect all citizens of San Miguel County per the San Miguel Comprehensive Plan that states “rural lifestyle, small farms and large ranches, traditional historic villages, cultural heritage and extraordinarily scenic setting of San Miguel County should be celebrated, honored and preserved.”

Shoveling your walk in late May?

That’s what happened for many in Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon after a hailstorm hit town around 1:30. It lasted more than an hour, and some areas of town were harder hit than others.

The marble-sized hail took down with it many leaves on local trees, and it’s likely that many gardens suffered severe damage.

Particularly hard hit were the the downtown areas of Old Town and New Town. Meanwhile, much of north Las Vegas was largely unaffected.

Las Vegas athletes won four state championships in individual events Friday, day one of the two-day Class 3A state track and field championships hosted by the University of New Mexico.

West Las Vegas' Chris Ellis-Phillips regained the state title in the high jump with a leap of 6-2, two inches better than Lovington's Saul Guevara, the runner-up.

For Gerda Zimmermann, born in Germany in 1927 and raised in Hamburg from the age of 3, World War II hit hard, as fire-bombs exploded the world of her early teens.

“Life changed drastically,” the Las Vegas resident recalled, saying that the devastation transformed “children into workers, boys into soldiers ... so life was always work, work, work. The Nazis put us to work when there were air raids. We had to find places or even dig ditches for children to take cover. We had to go to the train stations to help refugees, feed them, carry their baggage.