Today's News

A top Mora school district official calls a planned multipurpose sports complex “much anticipated.” Now it looks as if the anticipation will last longer than expected.

Dora Romero, who will become the Mora district’s superintendent starting next week, said in a statement that the first phase of the project, which will include a football field and track, was stopped in early June.

Former Fire Chief Andrew Duran, one of six city officials fired last week, is trying to get a job with the Fire Department, an official said Wednesday.

City Manager Sharon Caballero said Duran has asked to become deputy fire chief for the city. The department already has a position for assistant fire chief, but not one for deputy chief, she said.

Sometimes archaeological treasures turn up in unexpected places. Such is the case with items from a traveling exhibit titled “Outhouse Archaeology” that is displayed at the Las Vegas City Museum this summer.

The exhibit’s contents come from a historic outhouse located on New Mexico Highlands University’s campus. Expansion of the Donnelly Library in 1995 led to the discovery of a house foundation and outhouse. Highland’s Anthropology Laboratory, under direction of Robert Mishler, excavated the site.

This musical and cultural extravaganza will light up the night with Mariachi Music. Old music will find new voices as members of Mariachi Cardenal Infantil, Mariachi Cardenal Juvenil, Mariachi Pantera, Mariachi Sol del Valle, Mariachi Luna de Plata and Mariachi Paisano del Valle present their favorite songs for a concert at the Memorial Middle School Gym this Saturday, June 28, starting at 7 p.m. Baile Ilusion will dance to their set of traditional Mexican folklore songs.