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Today's News

  • Las Vegas man arrested in stabbing

    A Las Vegas man is accused of stabbing another at an east-side house.

    Larry Saiz, 48, 1208 Pecos St., was arrested in the stabbing of Joseph Herrera, 43, of Las Vegas.

    According to city police, Saiz and Herrera were at Saiz’s house drinking with others Saturday night. Saiz is married to the mother of Herrera’s girlfriend, police said.

    Tensions were building between Herrera and Saiz, who was allegedly making  sexual advances toward Herrera’s girlfriend, Police Chief Gary Gold said.

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  • City staff: Return money to HU

    The city of Las Vegas’ staff is recommending that the city return more than $600,000 to Highlands because of overcharges on natural gas bills.

    The City Council will take up the issue at its meeting today.

    In its documentation, the staff doesn’t say how the city would pay back the money. But Mayor Alfonso Ortiz said Monday that it wouldn’t be in a lump-sum payment.

    “The city can’t afford that kind of money,” he said. “We’ll work out something, making a payment arrangement.”

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  • Avalanche begin Triple Crown bid

    It’s a familiar refrain — an Avalanche rolling through the heart of the Rockies.

    The Las Vegas Avalanche 14-and-under traveling baseball team is playing in the 2010 Triple Crown World Series this week in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

    Managed by Diego Trujillo, the club posted a fifth-place finish in the USSSA Rio Rancho league and won its AABC Santa Fe league.

    “This will be the fourth consecutive World Series berth for the majority of the kids in our club” Trujillo told the Optic.  

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  • Big hitters boosted LV 10-11 softball

    Offensive fireworks helped Las Vegas Little League’s 10-11 All-Star softball team make this a July to remember.

    The team finished as state runner-up to Petroglyphs in the recent state tournament held in Santa Fe, falling to that defending champ in a best two-out-of-three series for the championship.

    Earlier, LVLL’s girls — managed by Gary Sanchez —  had brought home the District 4 title.

    All along, the team hit well and put up a bunch of runs on the boards.

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  • Two schools get new principal

    Martha Johnsen has been named the new principal at Sierra Vista and Los Niños elementary schools.

    She will be leaving her post as a West Las Vegas principal to take the job on the other side of the river with the Las Vegas City Schools.

    Johnsen is currently the principal at the Family Partnership School, West’s alternative school, and Don Cecilio Elementary. She has been with West for a decade.

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  • Letter: Martinez did great job running fiestas

    I would like to comment on the fiestas this year.

    There are 15 couples from Denver, Colo., who stay at the Sunshine Motel and there are four couples who stay at the Best Western motel for the fiestas. This was our 17th year in a row going to the fiestas.

    I would like to let you know that we had a great time this year. We especially like the fact that the tree was not closed off this year for some of the elderly to sit and watch the entertainment you had.

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  • Biker bash

    The fifth annual Rough Rider Motorcycle Rally brought participants from all over the United States.

    Pete Martinez and his wife, Michelle, cycled down from Aurora, Colo.

    “I’m enjoying the rally. This is my second year here. We left Aurora at 6 a.m. and when we got here, it poured on us, but it’s lovely now,” Martinez said.

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  • As It Is: Mathew and Matt

    With all of the publicity lately about the Fiesta Council, some are getting confused about who council President Mathew Martinez is.

    Some have mixed him up with Matt Martinez, who runs radio station KNMX and is a former mayor.

    I can see why some are confused because Mathew Martinez used to have a morning radio show on KNMX and still does some work for the station.

    Also, both men lead local groups that have seen considerable controversy in recent times.

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  • Baseball team qualifies for Triple Crown World Series -- again

    For the fourth straight year, the Las Vegas Avalanche 14-and-under baseball team has qualified for the Triple Crown World Series.

    The team plays in the national tournament, which gets under way Monday and continues through Saturday in Steamboat Springs, Colo.  

    The Avalanche, managed by Diego Trujillo, has concluded its 2010 regular seasons with a fifth-place finish in the USSSA Rio Rancho league and first place in the AABC Santa Fe League.

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  • Architect refutes allegations

    The West Las Vegas school district’s former architect contends that he has provided all of the requested documents to the new architect, saying that criticism to the contrary is without merit.

    Recently, the new architect, Antonio Ortega of Ortega, Romero and Rodriguez in Santa Fe, told the school board that the old architectural firm, Van H. Gilbert Architects in Albuquerque, has hindered his efforts to create a new master plan.

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