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Today's News

  • Duo All-American in javelin

    Before the recent Junior Olympics national track and field competition in Baltimore, Nicholas Gurule had never boarded an airplane.

    By the time he returned to the Meadow City from the big meet, Gurule was flying high in more ways than one.

    The 14-year-old West Las Vegas student earned a national runner-up finish in the javelin, youth division (13-14), defeating 45 other throwers and securing All-American honors.

    Oh, and he also got to ride in a plane for the first time.

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  • Cougar town - In photo finish, Vida Encantada team tops Bud for city league title

    Tuesday’s city league championship game came down to the final at-bats for the Vida Encantada Cougars, who had to claw and scratch back from a rare deficit against a battle-hardened Budweiser-Dick’s-Night Owl club for a 9-8 win.

    With young Jacklyn Alarcon pitching some of her best softball of the summer, the Bud team held their offense-minded counterparts well below their previous tournament average of 22.5.

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  • Fun run to benefit youth initiative

    Area runners can look forward to another opportunity to test themselves this coming weekend — and it’s all for a good cause.

    A 5-kilometer Fun Run benefitting the New Mexico Youth Foundation and Alliance is scheduled for 7 a.m. Saturday at the Gene Torres Golf Course.

    Runners ages 5 to 70-plus are welcome to take part. Those 12 and younger are free, while those older than 12 are asked to make a $25 donation that constitutes the race fee.

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  • FYI - Sports - August 3, 2012

    Las Vegas’  Young American Football League will hold a coaches’ meeting for all new and returning YAFL coaches at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Abe Montoya Recreation Center.

    All seventh and eighth grade girls from West Las Vegas Middle School who are interested in playing volleyball are asked to attend an organizational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 at West Las Vegas’ Gillie Lopez Gymnasium. If you have any questions, please call Mary Bustos, 429-0597.

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  • 9-10 All-Stars shine
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  • ‘Topes tripped by 51s to begin 8-game stand

    In Wednesday night’s series opener, the Las Vegas 51s did all their damage over two innings, and the Albuquerque Isotopes’ late-game rally fell just short in a 7-6 defeat.

    Albuquerque (64-48 as of Wednesday night) held on to its narrow lead in the Pacific Coast League American Southern Division. Oklahoma City (62-48) was just a game back, with New Orleans (61-51) and Round Rock (50-62) trailing.

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  • Go Fish - August 3, 2012

    FISHING REPORT,
    JULY 31
    Charette Lakes: Fishing was slow to fair using Power Bait for trout. We had no reports on other species.  
    Cimarron River: Trout fishing was good using brassies, Cimarron specials, red copper John Barrs, tricos, small gold Panther Martins, salmon eggs and worms. Water flow below Eagle Nest Lake as of Monday was 36 cfs. Fishing at the Gravel Pit lakes was fair to good using salmon eggs.

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  • Jail Log - August 3, 2012

    The following individuals were booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center July 24-30:

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  • In Brief - New Mexico News - August 3, 2012

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  • Slaughterhouse gets support

    By Jeri Clausing
    The Associated Press

    ALBUQUERQUE — A group of horse owners and clubs is urging the governor to support a proposed horse slaughterhouse in Roswell, saying the closing of domestic facilities five years ago has caused “needless suffering under the cruelest of conditions.”

    The New Mexico Horse Council, which represents more than 200 horse owners and 30 horse clubs, sent the governor a letter, saying an informal survey of its members showed 94 percent favor humane slaughter.

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