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A sign captured outside of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority on Dec. 19, 2023
New CRRUA arsenic violation prompts NMED to evaluate taking emergency action
A troubled Southern New Mexico utility scrutinized for recent arsenic violations has just logged yet another one, prompting state environmental officials to evaluate taking rare emergency action. …
OMHS photo: Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Ruiz’s visited Organ Mountain High School  to congratulate educators during a staff meeting.
Three Las Cruces schools improve graduation rates
Three Las Cruces Public Schools, Arrowhead Park Early College High School, Rio Grande Preparatory Institute and Organ Mountain High School, improved graduation rates in 2024. The New Mexico …
A City Council meeting turned heated when the city and petitioners disagreed over the number of signatures gathered for a petition intended to halt the city’s new zoning ordinance, Realize Las Cruces, from going into effect
Petition to stop new zoning ordinance fails
Tensions flared during the City Council meeting on Monday, May 19 th , when the city disagreed with petitioners over the number of signatures a group obtained trying to halt the city’s new …
The students are, left-to-right: Garrett Viera of Centennial High School, Antonio Torres of Mayfield High School, Alyjah Lara of Mayfield High School, Eleanor Krizek of Las Cruces High School, Alexandra Morales of Las Cruces High School, Mia Villegas of Centennial High School, Cole Foster of Mayfield High School and Teagan DeArmand of Centennial High School.
The Las Cruces Host Lions Club gave scholarships to local high school students
The Las Cruces Host Lions Club, which is a service-oriented organization, honored local high school students on May 13, 2025, In recognition of their outstanding dedication to community service with …
Alma d'Arte founder honored
Alma d’Arte Charter High School honored and feted Irene Oliver-Lewis, the founder of the school, on Friday, May 8 th , 2025, during its gala event by naming its building the Irene Oliver-Lewis …
Fish with a cop June 7 at Young Park
The Las Cruces Police Department and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish invite kids of all ages to Fish with a Cop June 7 at Young Park.   The free event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon …
Bishop Peter Baldacchino, the third bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces, leads the procession around the grounds at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum as he blesses the animals and the fields.
Blessing of the Fields
It’s that time again - time to honor the land, the water, the animals and the plants of the desert we all call home. New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., …
Las Cruces City Hall, Dec. 7, 2024.
Las Cruces City Council discusses $610 million city budget
The Las Cruces City Council will decide on May 19 th whether to approve a proposed budget of nearly $610 million. The council held a work session on April 28 to outline the budget proposal for …
Travel appears back to pre-pandemic levels, city tourism experts say
Visit Las Cruces staff said during the Monday, May 12, 2025, city council work session that the many travel industry professionals believe travel is back to pre-pandemic levels of tourism, according …
Arts & Entertainment
Mendoza novel gets audiobook treatment
Las Cruces artist and writer George Mendoza has added another entry to his growing list of accomplishments with the release of his Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel “Journey of the Spirit …
Coming Up
Friday, May 23 City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department hosts Hiking Trails in the Southwest: “A” Mountain, 9 a.m., Dripping Springs Road Parking Lot, just east of Sonoma …
Arts Roundup - May 23 - 31
Silver City Blues Festival The Mimbres Regional Arts Council presents one of the premiere blues festivals in the Southwest, featuring the brightest rising stars of the Blues genre, alongside …
LOCAL SPORTS
Nick Ellis .New Mexixo State's Pascal Siakam dribbles as CSUB's Math Smith defends in the first half Saturday night at The Icardo Center in Bakersfield.

From the Las Cruces to the Lights of the NBA

Two former New Mexico State University alumni basketball players are competing for the highest basketball honor, to call themselves an NBA champion. The race for the NBA Larry O’Brien …
Emma Kaisa Bunch of Denmark plays a stroke on the Par 3 course during a practice round for the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club, Friday, April 04, 2025

NMSU’s golfer Emma Bunch makes history

Emma Bunch, a New Mexico State University junior golfer, was one of 72 competitors in the rare Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She tied for 11 th place last week in Augusta, Georgia. …
High School Sports

Beyond the buzzer with Coach Maya's philosophy on winning

When George Maya took over the Mayfield girls’ basketball team, he did not just aim for historic win records and state championships.  He wanted to prove he could lead a successful …

Star athlete looks to future, on and off the track

Goals are a part of everything Kaselle Davis does. They are the beginning. What follows is mostly expected. As the 2024 New Mexico High School state track and field championships approached last …
BUSINESS

Author and bookstore owner Denise Chávez declared to the universe she would write

There aren’t many places where you can walk into a bookstore and meet a best-selling author and icon who has won national awards and even has her own Wikipedia page. In Las Cruces, that …

April Real Estate report puts the brakes on home sales

April's housing report shows a significant shift from last year's dynamics.  After an impressive first quarter for 2025, April's report represents a decline of 18% from last year in overall …
: Didi Ramando, manager at Kohl's Las Cruces and Mike Binns, a member of Las Cruces Rio Grande Rotary Club, pose for photos after Binns gives Ramando an award from the Rotary Club.

Kohl’s named Rotary Club Business of Quarter

The Rio Grande Rotary Club named Kohl’s of Las Cruces the Rio Grande Rotary Club’s Business of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2025. The Rio Grande Rotary Club’s Business …
Casa for a Cause celebrated its 10-year anniversary at a dinner hosted at the Las Cruces Convention Center on April 17.

Casa for a Cause celebrates 10-year anniversary

New Mexico Construction Alliance handed out donation checks totaling $235,000 to 32 local nonprofits at an awards ceremony at the Las Cruces Convention Center and announced the lead builder for 2025 …
Health & WELL BEING
Nurse Conducting Ultrasound Examination
Infant and maternal healthcare gains funding in Southern New Mexico
The United Health Foundation awarded $1.5 million to La Clinic de Familia and another $100,000 to the New Mexico Doula Association to expand prenatal and gynecological health services in Southern New …
Mammos to Answers
One of the worst things a woman can hear is that a doctor has found a suspicious lump in her breast. Las Cruces businesswoman Marci Dickerson learned in the fall of 2022 that she had a …
Colon cancer is on the rise among young adults
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. With colon cancer on the rise in young adults, local medical centers are trying to do their part to warn people of the growing risk of the disease …
Inside
OPINION
New Mexico’s kids - not billionaires - should be the beneficiaries of the natural resources that belong to us all. Yet, under Congressional Republicans' current budget proposal, oil companies …
New Mexico just accelerated our path forward to build a cleaner, more sustainable future for everyone. With the passage of the Community Benefit Fund (Senate Bill 48) and the Innovation in State …
Whether it is international trade, immigration enforcement or health care, New Mexico has much more to lose from the policies of the new administration than most states. Then-Gov. Susana …
Popular PGA Tour player Justin Thomas hit his drive into a “waste” bunker on a long par 5 in the third round at the RSM Classic tournament on Harbour Town golf links in South …
UP COMING EVENTS
Friday, May 16 Pop-up Food Distribution, 8 a.m., at Apodaca Park, 801 E. Madrid, Las Cruces. Info: RRFB.org City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department hosts Hiking Trails in the …
Dwight Yoakam The legendary Country music singer/songwriter/actor hits the road with the Mavericks for the Cosmic Roundup & Rodeo Tour in support of his latest release Brighter Days, his …
Al Pacino, who needs no introduction, stars in an upcoming film produced by Las Cruces filmmaker Ross Marks. The film, called “The Ritual,” opens at Allen Theatres Cineport 10, 700 …
Heartfelt music by master musicians never goes out of style. Virtuoso guitarist Marc Yaxley has initiated a bimonthly event at The Hearth Community Center, 1915 North Swan, Silver City. Formerly a …
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