Today's News

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• Wagon Mound celebration “Bean Days 101” continued until Sept. 5 in Wagon Mound. Numerous activities planned including dances, a parade, music in the park, food, kids events and the traditional free beans and barbecue lunch. Parade at 9:30 a.m.; followed by street races, free barbeque at noon, music in the park starting at noon, bingo at 2 p.m. and a rodeo at 2 p.m. For more information, visit www.BeanDay100.com or call 575-666-2697.

On this day to celebrate the hardworking men and women who keep this country going, we  can’t help but wonder what’s in store for this great nation. Is the American economy teetering, as some are suggesting, on collapse? Normally, we’d consider such a view to be hyperbole — spoken by fearmongers with a vested interest in the illusion of catastrophe — but this time there seems to be ample evidence that America is indeed in dire straits.

If you are a working stiff, sweating away eight or more hours a day for someone who’s making the “big bucks,” there’s a good chance that you feel unappreciated.

Offense, defense and special teams all looked healthy for West Las Vegas in Friday night’s 40-14 romp against shorthanded Española Valley out of Class 4A.

Nicholas Maestas and Julian Martinez were among the Dons who shined on defense, holding the Sundevils scoreless until early in the fourth quarter.

George Martinez and Jordan Lopez, who hooked up for West’s only score in week one vs. Socorro, opened the evening with a 37-yard touchdown strike.