Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has named longtime New Mexico water official Mike Hamman to serve as the State Engineer, the governor s office announced Wednesda.
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Hannah’s roots with the Lobos don’t stop there.
As a middle schooler, Hannah did individual training sessions with former Clovis High and UNM women’s star Antiesha Brown, whom she credits for helping to expand her basketball skill set.
“I went to a lot of UNM games and Antiesha Brown was my favorite player,” Hannah Robbins said in a phone interview. “I admired her game and I learned a lot from her. We worked on shooting and she taught me the Euro-step, which is something I use a lot.”
Brown, who played professionally in Europe after graduating from UNM in 2015, laughed when told of the glowing review. A 1,000-point scorer in college, Brown now works in real estate sales in Albuquerque.
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Nate Hasberry, who helped lead Cleveland High to the Class 5A state title in May, has signed to play for New Mexico Highlands, saying it was a ‘perfect fit’ for him. (Anthony Jackson/Journal File)
Although Greg Villareal is moving from Miami to Albuquerque, this will be a move of comfort.
The 40-year-old, who graduated from McCurdy Charter School in Española and who is the nephew of Volcano Vista girls basketball coach Lisa Villareal, has been named as Sandia High School’s new volleyball coach.
Villareal has spent most of the last 20 years coaching in south Florida, most recently as the boys volleyball coach at Braddock High in Miami.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Editor’s note: The Journal continues “What’s in a Name?,” a twice a month column in which staff writer Elaine Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names.
According to the Navajo mythology, it’s a place “Where Big God’s Blood Coagulated.”
In modern day, El Malpais is a place of mystery, danger and beauty.
At this ice cave, in El Malpais National Monument south of Grants, temperatures stay below freezing all year round. (Amanda Schoenberg/Albuquerque Journal)
It also happens to be a national monument and protected conservation area.