16+ hour, 34+ min ago  (258+ words) The West Las Vegas High School softball team poses with its blue trophy after defeating Cobre 2-1 in the state championship game on May 15." The only two runs in that game also came courtesy of Satete, though they were partially the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (500+ words) Front page of the May 10, 1989 issue of the Las Vegas Optic. O. O. Graham, principal of the Normal University high and elementary school announced today that the school will be conducted for a nine weeks term this summer instead of a six…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (386+ words) Traffic stop leads to drug trafficking charges and recovery of fentanyl pills lasvegasoptic. com Rue following the May 7 traffic stop on drug trafficking and possession charges During a search of the vehicle, agents with the San Miguel Drug Task Force…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (842+ words) Kathleen Kingsley Baez gets a serving of amaranth atole at the United World College in Montezuma on May 7. The atole was part of a ceremonial amaranth planting event on campus. Originally from a small village in Guatemala, Mar'a Aurelia Xitumul…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (377+ words) Steven M. Johnson born in Sacramento, Calif. on Nov. 2, 1949 & Passed onto Heaven in Las Vegas, N. M. on May 11, 2026. It is with profound sadness and overflowing gratitude that we say farewell to Steven, a soul whose life was nothing short of extraordinary. In…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (433+ words) It's 22 feet tall and covered head to toe, literally, with gold leaf. Costing nearly a half million dollars, it was paid for by supporters of the cryptocurrency $PATRIOT's meme coin. Nicknamed "Don Colussus," it now proudly stands in Donald Trump's…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (995+ words) Daniel Valdez, 12, a sixth-grader at Valley Middle School, gives his reasons for why the school should not close during a special meeting conducted by the West Las Vegas School Board on May 6 at the WLV High School cafeteria. A teary-eyed…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (239+ words) Dora C. Valdez, 89, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2026, in Albuquerque, N. M. She was born in Rainsville (La Jara), N. M. to Manual Cordova and Reyes Doloritas Vigil on 30 March 1936." A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, her life was defined by unconditional love,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (205+ words) Our beloved Joe Horacio Lucero was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven on April 30, 2026. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Julie Martinez Lucero, their two sons, David Roy Lucero and Joe "Okie" Lucero, his brother Cruz Lucero…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (862+ words) Ambrose Castellano, who is running for his former seat as state representative, has been charged with a felony and a misdemeanor due to his alleged involvement in a physical fight at a Santa Fe golf course last year. The incident…...