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Today's News

  • Utility defends cutting off gas during storm

    By Barry Massey
    Associated Press

    SANTA FE — Natural gas service was cut off to thousands of New Mexicans last week because utility officials feared losing control over the company’s distribution system and having potentially dangerous uncontrolled outages across the state, lawmakers were told Monday.

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  • Program would put farm food in restaurants

    Submitted to the Optic

    A farm-to-restaurant program is coming to Las Vegas. The program, a project of MainStreet Las Vegas, is made possible by a  grant from the New Mexico Community Foundation.

    The project’s mission is to network local food producers such as farmers and ranchers with local restaurants, and to market and promote local restaurants that demonstrate a commitment to purchasing directly from local food producers.

    Many such programs are cropping up across the United States, from New Hampshire to California.

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  • College Night rescheduled

    Submitted to the Optic

    College Night 2011 is rescheduled to Feb. 28 due to a winter storm forecast for Feb. 9.

    New Mexico Highlands University and Luna Community College will sponsor the 12th annual College Night 2011 from 5 p.m to 7:30 p.m. at the Abe Montoya Recreation Center on North Grand  in Las Vegas.    

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  • Que Pasa - Feb. 9, 2011

    TODAY HOY

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  • Level 5 leadership

    Have you ever heard of Level 5 leadership? It’s a concept that was first advanced by business consultant and author Jim Collins in his book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap And Others Don’t. And while the Las Vegas City Schools district isn’t a business, the concept is a good one to consider when hiring the district’s next superintendent.

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  • Work of Art: Don’t go there

    By Art Trujillo

    As a student at Immaculate Conception School in the late ‘40s, I recall social studies units on The Great Depression, the Stock Market Crash of ‘29, and the concomitant suffering that ensued.

    Well in those days, we were a lot closer to the tumultuous times of the early 20th century, and the biggest lesson I took home — and into my adulthood — was the fact that many people lost their fortunes. “Many millions of people lost everything they had,” intoned Sister Macarena, our fifth-grade teacher.

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  • Crespin title fight is Saturday

    Meadow City fighter Amanda “Boom Boom” Crespin is hours away from her first championship bout as a professional.

    Crespin (4-2-1, one knockout victory) is set to box Brittany Cruz (7-4-1, one KO) as part of a card Saturday at Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio, Colo.

    Tickets are available from the casino box office.

    Up for grabs in the six-round Crespin-Cruz matchup is the vacant Women’s International Boxing Association youth featherweight division title.

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  • Cowgirls nab win No. 11

    Five Cowgirls reached double figures Monday night as New Mexico Highlands broke the century mark for the first time this season in a 100-85 shootout against visiting Johnson & Wales University.

    The non-conference victory moves Coach Tiffany Darling’s Cowgirls three games within .500 at 11-14 overall. NMHU has won five of the last seven.

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  • Rangers keep up the pace

    Submitted to the Las Vegas Optic

    Homecoming activities combined with a road trip to West Las Vegas on Jan. 27 and to Monte Del Sol in Santa Fe the following day for their district opener did not seem to affect the focus of the Mora Rangers (19-2).

    After defeating the Class 3A Dons of West Las Vegas 79-67, the Rangers traveled to the Genoveva Chavez Community Center in Santa Fe to open District 2-2A play against the host Dragons of Monte Del Sol. The Rangers prevailed 57-45 after overcoming a sluggish first quarter start.

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  • Fourth award for Manzano

    For the fourth time this basketball season, New Mexico Highlands junior Thomas Manzano has been named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Week.

    Manzano played a key role in helping the Cowboys climb into third place in the league standings by beating the Central Region’s top-ranked Fort Lewis Skyhawks 82-64 on Saturday, one day after they dropped Adams State 90-81. Both teams, NMHU rivals in the RMAC West, had defeated Highlands in January on their home courts in Colorado.

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