Hospital could help ‘mental health crisis’ By Mike Cook Las Cruces Bulletin Doña Ana County Commissioner Wayne Hancock told a joint work session of the commission and the Las Cruces City Council Tuesday, Oct. 13, that a feasibility study is now under way to determine the cost, location, potential funding sources and other factors related to the possible construction of a mental health hospital in the county. Reports dating back as far ...

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Laughin’ it up! Professional rodeo clown Relay, left, entertains guests at the 33rd annual Cowboys for Cancer Research Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction, Friday, Oct. 9 at the las Cruces Convention Center. The group raises money for cancer researchers at New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico. To read more about C4CR and about NMSU’s Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign, check out the Bulletin’s TETWP special section which publishes Tuesday, Oct. 20 and will be ...

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Talking to strangers My parents owned a small luncheonette in New Jersey. This luncheonette was on the bottom floor of a 12-story building containing all sorts of businesses such as a computer school, and various professional offices. As a 9-year-old, I would sit at the old fashioned stools next to the soda fountain and since people knew that my mother and father were the owners, they would ask me questions about school and ...

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Council adopts Amador blueprint By Mike Cook Las Cruces Bulletin During a more than four-hour meeting Monday afternoon, Oct. 5, the Las Cruces City Council adopted the Amador Proximo neighborhood blueprint and the city’s arroyo management plan. Amador Proximo is located in west Las Cruces, north of Amador Avenue, east of Valley Drive, south of Hadley Drive and west of the railroad tracks. The blueprint will make the neighborhood “more walkable ...

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