Today's News

“Change” is a key word during my administration as mayor of the beautiful city of Las Vegas. In early 2008, the citizens voted for that change, with new leadership and new direction. My administration continues to move forward in a proactive direction to effectively ensure the citizens of Las Vegas a quality city government. Today, we have implemented several initiatives to improve our city for the betterment of all Las Vegas residents.

They’ve got options aplenty on the offensive end, but the Highlands Cowboys really got their spark from the defensive end Tuesday night in a 90-70 dismantling of West Texas A&M.

Highlands is 3-0 for the first time in years, and if there havebeen any questions about how dramatically this team has turned things around since Joe Harge took the helm, the Cowboys answered them Tuesday.

Against a team that had outclassed them a year earlier, the Cowboys deliberately defeated the Buffaloes.

Five months ago, the city let go six of its directors. Now one of those positions is filled.

Last week, the City Council approved the hiring of Robert Pacheco as housing director. He previously served as the director of the Tucumcari housing authority for 14 years.

Pacheco, who is coming out of retirement, told the council that the Tucumcari authority increased its annual budget from $200,000 to $1.2 million on his watch.

The community was in fear earlier this year after a 6-year-old girl was shot while sleeping, but detectives worked hard to apprehend the suspect, an official said.

As such, Police Chief Gary Gold recognized his department’s four detectives during a City Council meeting last week.

He also honored those officers who helped with the effort to evacuate people from two homes engulfed in flames a few weeks ago on Douglas Avenue.

In his memo to the detectives, Gold wrote that the killing of Jasmine Garcia in her bed was “no ordinary crime.”