Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Stan Rounds explains the extensive renovations scheduled for Las Cruces High School starting this summer to former LCHS biology teacher Barbara Hubbard and LCHS class of 1959 alumna Libby Pruett during a reception inside the LCHS lobby Wednesday, May 22. The first phase of renovations will cost $56 million from local school construction bonds.
Las Cruces Bulletin photo by Steve MacIntyre
By Todd G. DicksonLas Cruces Bulletin
Doņa Ana County residents will decide July 30 on bond issues for a variety of projects – one set that officials say won’t raise property taxes, but another set that would increase the gross receipts taxes (GRT) by .25 of a percent.
The standard general obligation bond election would raise $7.8 million, and county officials said this would replace existing bonds, so property owners should not see a tax increase if those items are...
By Todd G. DicksonLas Cruces Bulletin
New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Research Park has completed a feasibility study of a proposal to create more work opportunities for returning veterans, finding that it makes a lot of sense, according to local lawyer Tim Chelpaty.
The idea is to create Veterans Office Solutions centers – or VOS centers – where veterans could work on remanufactured furniture that would be sold to the government. Chelpaty would like to see the...
By Jim HilleyLas Cruces Bulletin
For Las Cruces area high school sports fans, the highlight of the May 16-18 spring sports championships has to be the 5-A champion softball team from Las Cruces High School. Given the top seed going into the tournament, the Bulldawgs sailed past the competition with relative ease, defeating Atrisco Heritage Academy (14-2), Valley High School (11-0), Volcano Vista High School (14-3) and Carlsbad High School (10-1), before shutting out Cibola High...
By Alta LeCompteLas Cruces Bulletin
A 26-year-old Texas law student’s company made a gun from resin with a simple printer and posted the plans online in early May.
He took the information down immediately in response to an order from the State Department two days later. However, Forbes reported, before the files went dark online, they had been downloaded 100,000 times.
The genie was out of the bottle.
News of the incident – and awareness of the technology called 3-D...
By Zak Hansen
Las Cruces Bulletin
Memorial Day is once again upon us, and in the Mesilla Valley this much-loved but wholly unofficial start to summer vacation (or just summer, for those of us sadly out of academia) means one thing – the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds will come alive with thousands of visitors from around the country sampling the best wines New Mexico has to offer during the Southern New Mexico Wine Festival.
Sponsored by the New Mexico Wine Growers...
