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Today's News

  • Another Perspective: New Mexico needs new ideas for job growth

    By Fred Nathan/Think New Mexico

    Prompted by a large decline in federal spending, New Mexicans are now engaged in a healthy and useful dialogue about how best to diversify our economy.

    Think New Mexico would like to offer two ideas that we believe could propel private sector job growth in our state – and that gubernatorial and legislative candidates from both parties should be able to embrace.         

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  • RHS tennis dominates prelim

    SANTA FE — Home matches have been a rarity of late for Robertson and West Las Vegas tennis teams, and this past weekend’s pre-district tournaments — technically a Las Vegas event on the calendar — were no exception.
    District teams gathered on the campus of Capital High School, which has a dozen courts (double that of the RHS campus), in order to sort out seeding for the district tournaments.

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  • NMHU clinches Plains division

    By Matthew Lofton
    NMHU Sports Information

    PUEBLO, Colo. — It is not often a team gets outhit 11-5 but wins. The Cowboys did exactly that Friday night at Colorado State-Pueblo on their way to clinching the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Plains Division.

    The New Mexico Highlands baseball team (26-16, 23-9 RMAC) saw six of its runs score after reaching on a walk or hit by pitch in the game and recorded 14 free bases for the night in a 11-9 comeback win over CSUP (23-19, 19-12).

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  • Going halfers
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  • Clippers owner under fire for comments

    By Antonio Gonzalez
    AP Sports Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling tells his girlfriend not to bring black people to games.

    NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement Saturday that the league is in the process of authenticating the validity of the recording posted on TMZ’s website. Bass called the comments “disturbing and offensive” and said the league would have no further comment.

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  • FYI - Sports - April 28, 2014

    Racquetball fest coming

    The Abe Montoya Recreation center is hosting the Meadow City Racquetball Tournament this coming week, May 2-4. For more information, those interested may contact Lucas Sanchez 426-3207, or Gary Mazaroff, 505-321-1110.
     

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  • Looking ahead - Sports - April 28, 2014

    Monday
    Baseball
    • Las Vegas Little League games, Keyes Park
    • La Plaza Little League games, Rodriguez Park

    Tuesday
    Baseball
    • Las Vegas Little League games, Keyes Park
    • La Plaza Little League games, Rodriguez Park
    • Robertson at Raton, 4 p.m., Raton
    • West Las Vegas at Taos, 4 p.m., Taos

    Softball
    • Las Vegas Little League games, Keyes Park
    • La Plaza Little League games, Rodriguez Park• Robertson at Raton, 4 p.m., Raton

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  • Highlands hikes tuition

    By Dave Kavanaugh and Martín Salazar
    Las Vegas Optic

    New Mexico Highlands University has long had a reputation as being one of the best bargains in the nation for students seeking a college degree.

    Over the years, President Jim Fries and regents have discussed the benefits and drawbacks of that distinction, with Fries often pointing out that in our society, cost is often equated with quality.

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  • Slain man’s family upset with judge

    The family of a man who was shot to death and then burned last May is upset that one of the men charged in the case remains out on bond despite twice being accused of violating his conditions of release.

    “He violated, and the judge let him go twice,” said Willie Bachicha, the victim’s father.

    “We want fairness,” said Floribal Bachicha, the victim’s brother. “We’re not asking for favoritism.”

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  • Vegas bridge gets a brief makeover

    If you happened upon University Bridge between Pecos Street and Grand Avenue earlier this week, you might have been a little confused.

    The bridge was closed from Monday through Wednesday, and, if you looked closely enough, you may have spotted the black truck with sirens and lettering on the side that spelled out “Policía Federal.” Then there were the Mexican flags flying above the bridge.

    No, you didn’t sleep through a revolution. FX Network was filming the bridge as a double for the bridge between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico.

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