Las Cruces Bulletin photo by Nicolas Bañales
Las Cruces High School students and staff descended onto the gymnasium floor during a pep assembly, Friday, Feb. 10, revealing their “Team Shearin” T-shirts and presenting teacher Janet Shearin with a $2,250.70 check, money that several students secretly raised to help with Shearin’s battle against stage-four breast cancer. See page D1 in Health & Well Being for full story.
By Todd G. Dickson
Las Cruces Bulletin
Valentine’s Day was the filing deadline for statewide races with two candidates dropping out Tuesday, Feb. 14, for New Mexico’s open U.S. Senate seat.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be an active primary campaign leading up to June. Two candidates each are vying for their parties nomination to run for the Senate position being vacated by Democrat Sen. Jeff Bingaman, who is retiring.
On the Republican side is former U.S. Rep. Heather...
By Todd G. Dickson
Las Cruces Bulletin
While the Jemez Pueblo’s attempt to open a casino in southern New Mexico has received a lot of local attention and debate, an Oklahoma-based tribe also is trying to get a casino approved on trust land it owns in Luna County.
Located in Akela Flats about halfway between Las Cruces and Deming on the north side of Interstate 10, the Fort Sill Apache tribe has a store and a casinoready 6,000-square-foot building, which sits on 30...
By Jim Hilley
Las Cruces Bulletin
When the New Mexico State University Aggies host the Drake University Bulldogs in a Sears BracketBuster game at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, something will happen that has never happened before.
The Aggies will start three players with more than 1,000 career points on their résumés.
Early in the second half of NMSU’s 100-68 victory over Northern New Mexico Tuesday, Feb. 14, center Hamidu Rahman became the 30th men’s basketball player in...
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Las Cruces Bulletin
After four months of operations, Red Hawk Golf Club is running smoothly and ready for expansions.
“Everything has gone really well,” said Joey Castanada, Red Hawk Golf Club golf professional. “Through word of mouth and a little bit of marketing, our tee times are filling up.”
The club and golf course opened Oct. 5, 2011, off Sonoma Ranch Boulevard.
When Las Cruces Country Club closed its doors, members were invited to Red...
By Amanda Green
Las Cruces Bulletin
Black History Month, celebrated each February, is a time of reflection. It is a few weeks dedicated to remembering and celebrating the contributions made by African Americans to the country and our local community.
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated,” said Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr., arguably the most famous martyr of the 1960s civil rights...
By Rachel Christiansen Las Cruces Bulletin Las Cruces High School teacher Janet Shearin may have had a hunch something was brewing in the halls of the school the morning of Friday, Feb. 10, but she had no idea what she was in for. The gig was up when fellow teacher Amy Ewing stood on the gymnasium floor during a pumped-up pep assembly and asked all of “Team Shearin” to join her for the surprise. One by one, hundreds of students and staff descended from the risers,... By Beth Sitzler Las Cruces Bulletin As with every year, the 2010 Spring Showcase of Homes presented curious consumers with a bevy of finely crafted houses created by several of the area’s builders. One such visitor was Debbie Waller, in town to search for a new home in a warmer climate to replace her then North Dakota residence. “I was driving around town looking for a place to live,” Waller said. “I had looked around at several homes for weeks.” Waller said after...
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