Top Stories for Friday, February 5th, 2010:
BYNATISHA HALES
The Las Cruces Bulletin
Filmmaker Charlie Minn, doing the “most emotional thing he’s ever had to do,” is opening up old wounds with his film “A Nightmare in Las Cruces.”
The documentary graphically tells the wrenching story of Feb. 10, 1990, when two men robbed and shot seven people at Las Cruces Bowl, killing four.
Though he was a college student in Chicago and his only connection to the crime before the film was viewing its feature on “Unsolved...
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BYTODD G. DICKSON
The Las Cruces Bulletin
As booths were being set up in the main lobbies of the Roundhouse for Las Cruces Day in Santa Fe Monday, Feb. 1, local officials were busy on the second and third floors making their cases to lawmakers.
There’s no doubt that somehow every level of government that depends on state dollars will take a hit as lawmakers try to shore up a $600 million shortfall, but how much of a hit they can take is the argument at the session’s...
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BYGABRIEL VASQUEZ
The Las Cruces Bulletin
More than 200 delegates – a mix of business owners, local and regional legislators and philanthropists – traveled to the state’s capital Saturday, Jan. 30, through Monday, Feb. 1, to lobby for local projects and issues as part of an annual event put on by the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce.
Las Cruces Day in Santa Fe (LCDSF) is an event planned by the chamber’s Conquistadores, or goodwill ambassadors, that allows Las...
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BYKRISTINE SANDRICK
The Las Cruces Bulletin
Every other Friday there’s a cozy place in town where you can take your guitar, poem or song and perform for a very friendly crowd. All you need is the gumption to show up, sign up and give voice to your talent. Bob and Melody Burns will provide all the encouragement you need.
The place is the Howling Coyote – also called just Coyote – an open mic café that’s a throwback to the coffee houses of the 1960s. It comes to life at 7...
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BYBETH SITZLER
The Las Cruces Bulletin
Near the base of the Organ Mountains, off of Dripping Springs Road, lies a Southwest-inspired home with a contemporaryflare. Sandra and Chris Mount hired Davie Salas in 2005 to build their spacious abode on a 1-acre lot at 8803 Silk Oak Court.
“You have some elbow room out here,” Chris Mount said. “I grew up on the west side of town and I always liked this area. The view from (this lot) is what sold me. … The mountains change colors...
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BYBETH SITZLER
The Las Cruces Bulletin
In September, the Building Industry Association of Southern New Mexico (BIA-SNM) will open its Green Street to the public, the first in the Street of Dreams series that will be held each year to replace the Fall Parade of Homes.
Green Street is a single-site showcase that will feature eight new homes built to New Mexico Green Build (NMGB) silver standards and will include active solar technology. BIA-SNM Executive Director David Roewe...
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