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Obama reacts to mounting controversies

By Julie Pace
AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following revelations that the agency targeted conservative political groups. The moves were aimed at halting a perception spreading among both White House opponents and allies that the president has been passive and disengaged as controversies consume his second term.

Cowgirls third in RMAC outdoor meet

GOLDEN, Colo. — Michelle Traynham’s stadium record javelin throw of 41.75 meters helped New Mexico Highlands to a third-place finish in the 2013 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships this week.

Adams State (178 points) and Western State Colorado (156.5) were the only teams ahead of NMHU in the women’s standings.

Drilling ban pushed by outsiders

I see that everybody from Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Farmington, just to name a few, are more than willing to pledge Mora County’s resources (hello-what resources) to a legal battle challenging state and federal constitutions. Why don’t these people stay home and put their efforts into persuading their own counties to take up this losing fight?

Ed Littleton
Ojo Feliz
 

Thumbs Our high country lowdown on the news - May 10, 2013

THUMBS UP! HIGHLANDS MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA

Train Robbers in training
Looking Ahead - Sports - May 17, 2013

Wednesday
Baseball
• Las Vegas Train Robbers at Roswell, 7 p.m., Roswell
• Class 2A state tournament quarterfinal: Pecos vs. Cobre, 1 p.m., Cleveland High, Rio Rancho
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games
Softball
• Class 2A state tournament quarterfinals: Mora vs. Estancia, 10 a.m., Rio Rancho field 3; Pecos vs. Cobre, noon, Rio Rancho field 4
Tee-ball
• La Plaza Little League games
• Las Vegas Little League games

Thursday

All-RMAC baseball: Six from NMHU

Six New Mexico Highlands University baseball players were selected to the All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams this year.  

The Cowboys, led by head coach Steve Jones, finished the season with a 29-24 record. As a No. 3 seed in the 2013 RMAC Tournament, they went 1-2, losing to eventual runner-up and national powerhouse Colorado Mesa in an elimination game Saturday.

Primos

A year ago, they were rivals, wearing different colors, battling it out for a district championship.

This spring, they are the most successful doubles partnership in New Mexico high school tennis.

Cousins David Romero and Amadeo Lopez mowed through the opposition in the Class 1A-3A boys’ doubles bracket over the weekend in Albuquerque to add a state championship to the district title they’d won a week earlier in Taos.

Looking Back - May 15, 2013

In 1963

Oil and Gas Issues - Impacts on emergency response, roads

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles addressing issues associated with oil and gas development in San Miguel County. The articles were written by participants in PROTECT San Miguel county, a local all-volunteer grass-roots organization. The group has been working with the county’s oil and gas task force for three years, has toured several existing oil and gas producing facilities, and has been collecting extensive research on the issues. More information is at http://PROTECTsmc.org

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