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Today's News

  • Friends remember fallen Vatos player

    While many will associate Mike Esquibel’s name with the horrific way he died this past Thursday, those who knew him are remembering him as a good friend who loved the adventure of new experiences yet stayed fiercely loyal to the people and places of his hometown.

    Esquibel died after his pickup truck was struck by a train on a crossing north of Las Vegas.

    Funeral services were scheduled this morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, followed by a gathering of his friends at the Plaza Hotel.

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  • COLUMN: It's in the Cards

    The headline for the sports pages of Feb. 2 has already been written: Cardinals Defeat Steelers; Arizona Breaks 61-Year Drought.

    Well, the headline is written, at least for a slew of area folks who predict an Arizona victory. Why? The key reasons are “They deserve it” and “They’re closer.”

    Super Bowl XLIII is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 1, in Tampa, Fla.

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  • LETTER: Mil Gracias

    Thank you for sharing the partnership information about the West Las Vegas High School Website Design Class, NMDOH, Mora and Guadalupe County Health Councils with Mr. Don Pace.

    The article Mr. Pace wrote gave the community a clear picture of the students’ ability and willingness to provide services to the two health councils by creating their websites. Your efforts in expressing the interest in this partnership were greatly appreciated.

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  • WLV opens district by holding off Braves; RHS loses lead at Pojo

    Adrian Rivera scored 29 and Fabian Varela 15 as West Las Vegas held off visiting Santa Fe Indian 65-61 Wednesday night.

    Meanwhile in Jacona, Pojoaque chipped away at Robertson’s lead and pulled away with a 60-53 decision. Clint Brayfield (12 points) and Justin Bustos (11) led RHS scoring.

    It was the District 2-3A opener for the four schools.

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  • The flapper and her song

    Virtuoso song-and-piano team Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne will present “I Want to Be Bad: The Flapper and Her Song” at the Kluge Auditorium of United World College-USA in Montezuma, New Mexico, on Friday, January 23rd, at 7 p.m. 

    This free concert-lecture is part of the New Mexico Chautauqua and is made possible by the New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Ex-RHS football players will stand trial

    SANTA FE -- Five former Robertson High football players will stand trial on charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and conspiracy for their roles in alleged attacks during a preseason camp.

    The five young men, who were juniors at RHS before getting booted from school due to the camp scandal, are accused of holding several underclassmen against their will and sodomizing them with a broomstick. The alleged attacks took place Aug. 12 and 13 during a preseason "team-building" event at Western Life Camp in the Gallinas Canyon.

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  • EDITORIAL: From this day forward

    Today, reality sets in. Washington D.C. in no longer a celebratory center, it’s back to being the nation’s political hub — beginning with executive orders that will undoubtedly stir the fires of discontent among the new president’s loyal opposition.

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  • Problems found at regional authority

    The state auditor’s office last week revealed that the Albuquerque-based Region III Housing Authority was a “center of abuse and management.” But State Auditor Hector Balderas said the state’s other regional housing agencies also had big problems, including the one in northeastern New Mexico.

    His office’s report showed that the Albuquerque authority reimbursed board members and employees for such things as flowers, booze, a Las Vegas trip, a private club membership and a designer briefcase.

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  • He's a Fort Union soldier and it's Hell!

    It’s the windy and freezing cold. It’s the constant drills. It’s the continuous monotony of buildings needing repair and animals needing care and feeding.

    There are perhaps 500 dogs wandering around the fort.  Soldiers number as many as 1,600. With civilians the total human population rises to 3,500. Food is so bad that when the soldier threw his dinner meat to a dog, the dog just turned away and left it. The officers steal from the men and the men steal from each other. 

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  • RHS wins big at competition

    Robertson High School students took home the bulk of awards handed out at the annual Mathematics Engineering Science and Achievement regional fair at Wilson Complex last week.

    The regional fair featured 16 schools from the state’ northeastern district and three school districts from the north central part of the state. Projects that place first, second and third will compete at state in Albuquerque. After that the top three will go on to the national competition.

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