From the Las Vegas Optic The West Las Vegas Board of Education received details of a 90-day improvement plan for Don Cecilio Martinez Elementary, Union Street Elementary and West Las Vegas High School at its regular board meeting Thursday night. New Mexico schools are issued yearly grades from the state’s Public Education Department using an…
From the Las Vegas Optic A 26-year-old Las Vegas man is scheduled to appear in San Miguel Magistrate Court next week to face several charges resulting from a police chase late last month. The most serious charge is aggravated fleeing of law enforcement, a fourth degree felony. According to an arrest affidavit, the morning of…
From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico Highlands University is set to celebrate its homecoming next week, along with its 125th anniversary. With a theme of “Celebrating 125 Years – Highlands Strong,” the nine-day event will begin today and run through Sunday, Oct. 21. The Homecoming Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct.…
From the Idaho Business Review One of the first things Josh Miles learned at Oregon State University was that he didn’t want to be an accountant. “I took my accounting courses and recognized that I hated that,” Miles says. “But then I took a finance course and it totally lit me on fire. I just…
From the Idaho Business Review For over three and a half years now, Reed Brimhall has been the Chief Financial Officer for Scentsy, Inc. But the journey that brought him to the Meridian-based fragrance product manufacturer began in the 1970s. “It’s an old story,” Brimhall says. “My dad was an accountant, and I actually had…
From the Idaho Business Review Renee Avram began her career as a receptionist at a credit union in California. Today, she is the Vice President Manager of Zion Bank’s Twin Falls Canyon Park Financial Center. “I worked my way from the very bottom,” Avram says. “I did everything from reception, to teller, head teller, new…
From the Las Vegas Optic The NMHU Vatos have begun the 2018 fall / spring 15s play with their sights set on returning to nationals. With three national titles in five years, the Vatos fell short of adding another championship title last season when the team finished eighth in the National Small College Rugby Organization…
From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico State Police recently arrested a man and a woman on charges of child abuse after finding two children in a van with drug paraphernalia. Yvonne Rubio-Martinez, 29, and Aaron Newman, 44, were arrested in Pecos on Sept. 28 when an NMSP officer found them sleeping in a minivan…
From the Las Vegas Optic A 26-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged with two felonies and multiple other charges after an early-morning traffic crash, and, days later, a search of his jail cell. Antonio Goke-Martinez was arrested by Las Vegas police in the early morning hours of Sept. 23 after a rollover crash at…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas residents who wish to recycle materials like plastic bottles or newspapers must continue to haul these items to a recycling center for the foreseeable future. While larger cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque offer collection of recyclable material as part of regular solid waste pickup, it seems for…
