Teamwork starts with vision. And vision starts at the top. If everyone doesn’t know why we’re doing what we’re doing, then nothing happens and progress comes to a halt.

Now that high school basketball is a done deal, awards season is upon us. And not surprisingly, the local prep basketball players pulled in quite a few honors:

ALBUQUERQUE – Things didn’t quite work out the way the Española Valley cheer squad hoped Saturday during the state cheer competition at The Pit, but the Sundevils, as well as other local teams, Pojoaque Valley and McCurdy, all saw significant improvement from a year ago.

The numbers may not exactly look grand right now, but Española Valley softball coach Kourtnie Polanco knows better days are not far off.

In Northern New Mexico, the name Fulgenzi essentially means tennis.

A district court judge ordered a Coyote man to be held without bail pending trial in a case where he allegedly backed into a police cruiser, pushed it 30 to 50 feet, then led police on a pursuit, “nearly” hitting a school bus as he allegedly fled.

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A Hernandez man received a conditional discharge following four-and-a-half years of supervised probation, after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault against a household...

An Española Police officer alleged in a memo addressed to city Human Resources Director Sally Baxter, that he is being retaliated against by Police Chief Mizel Garcia for reporting misconduct within the department and reprimanding officers for policy violations.

Building for now and into the future is the name of the game for the Pojoaque Valley cheer squad, which enters Saturday’s state spirit competition at The Pit in Albuquerque, looking to gain experience.

Capping what Mesa Vista girls coach Jesse Boies called, “a wild couple of days,” the victorious Trojans girls basketball team received a 30-mile escort into town on Sunday.