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Davin Bowse, 10, prepares to release the ball while bowling. Davin participates in the Las Cruces United States Bowling Congress Youth Scholarship Bowling League, which gives young bowlers opportunities to compete and earn scholarship money.
Aiming beyond the pins
Ten-year-old Davin Bowse already knows who he wants to beat on the bowling lanes.   I want to be better than my mom,” Davin said.  Davin, a fifth grader at White Sands Elementary School, got interested in the sport through his mother,...
Adam Damante with the give to TJ Washington.
Aggies drop weekday clash in Miami
Playing in its second midweek game of the season, the NM State football team returned to action on Wednesday night, taking on the FIU Panthers as part of Weekday CUSA. Behind a trio of giveaways, the Aggies recorded their lowest scoring output of...
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The build-up to success
The Organ Mountain girls soccer team has spent much of this season scoring goals. Lots of them. There have been games with 18, 10, nine and seven. Through its first 14 matches, Organ Mountain had scored 86 times while allowing just two...
    • Amanda Lopez Askin

      Democrat candidate for Secretary of State.Click above to read the questions and answers from Amanda Lopez Askin for Secretary of State.

    • Ramona Goolsby

      Republican candidate for Secretary of State.Click above to read the questions and answers from Ramona Goolsby for Secretary of State.

    • More than art on display

      Donna Popky has had art as a lifelong companion, beginning with childhood drawing lessons in New York City and continuing through a career that …

    • A house that keeps filling

      A fall brought a man to Las Cruces for medical care. What his wife expected to be treatment for an injury became something neither had …

    • Filling up the empty bowls

      A large crowd joined the Potter's Guild of Las Cruces at its annual Empty Bowls event to raise funs in support of El Caldito Soup Kitchen. The …

Super Section Stories
Santa Clara’s newest park feature wasted little time drawing a crowd as children were trying to ride the new pump track before its grand opening had even begun.  The Village officially opened the bike park June 26 after years of planning,...
A choir begins with a single voice. One person breathes, opens a mouth and makes a sound. It’s an unusually vulnerable act, Diane Schutz believes, because singers have nowhere to hide. There is no clarinet or flute between them and the...
For Marietta Patricia Leis, color can hold an entire place.  The deep blue of Crater Lake, the endless green of northern Thailand and the darkness of an Icelandic winter have followed the New Mexico artist into a body of work spanning...
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OPINION
A 2024 survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that about 35 percent of adults report they or someone in their household have been part of a legal case in a local or state court. That means more than six out of every 10 adults voting in the...
At 2 a.m., laptops covered the table alongside research articles, financial spreadsheets, state statutes, and endless draft pages. After completing our full-time jobs, our founding team met night after night, hoping to build a school where...
A few years ago, I wanted to run for office. I was thinking about it very seriously until I did the math. Serving in the New Mexico Legislature would mean missing one to two months of paid work every year for as long as I remained in office, as...
New Mexico voters have many important decisions to make this fall, with key statewide races, funding questions, and constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot. One measure that we hope our citizens will support is general obligation bond...

 

SkyFiesta brings high-speed excitement to Las Cruces High-speed air racing, spectacular aerobatics and family entertainment will fill the skies at Las Cruces International Airport on Saturday, Oct. 17, during SkyFiesta 2026. The aviation...
Centennial student wins design contest for LCPS’ first food truck When the LCPS food truck pulled onto the Centennial High School campus, junior Carlos Lozano had no idea he was about to see his own design come to life. Carlos’ award-winning...
‘Pandemonium’ in Las Cruces New Mexico continues to inspire Icelandic director Anton Sigurdsson, who traveled to Las Cruces to film two productions in the past year: “A Better Place” in 2025, which is in post-production and is set to be released...
MONEY MATTERS
Kids Can Youth Business Spotlight

A business with beads

What started as making perler beads for fun when he was younger has grown into a business with a purpose for Centennial High School junior Bradley Francis. At just 16 years old, Francis is turning a childhood hobby into a growing business....

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Maria Lupe Hernandez-Muniz

Still bringing people together

Piñatas, goodie bags, and cake. Getting the kids organized and making sure everything was where it was supposed to be. Maria Lupe Hernandez-Muñiz might use those simple terms to explain what became a career in event strategy, marketing and...

 

    • Stay one step ahead of cybercriminals

      Your financial security is only as strong as your digital security. A single stolen password, convincing scam or fraudulent investment offer can …

    • Simple budgeting tips that fit real life

      If you've just started managing your own finances, recommitted to doing it well or noticed your spending isn't making you as happy as you'd …

    • A business to help her mom

      Big ideas can come from young entrepreneurs, and fifth grader Nadia Herring is a great example. A student at Desert Hills, Nadia started Nadia's …

Living Well
The people of Three Crosses.
From survival to growth with an unexpected leader
When Three Crosses Regional Hospital was being planned in Las Cruces, Denten Park wanted no part of it. More precisely, he didn’t want it built. Park was CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center at the time, and he believed the city’s health...
Jason Call, MD
Prevention, symptoms and diagnosis
September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Memorial Medical Center is shining a light on the most common cancer diagnosed in men, after skin cancer. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer-related death, after lung cancer. The...
Decoding your plan
If you have ever opened an Explanation of Benefits after a medical visit and felt like you were trying to read a foreign language, you are not alone. Between deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and network restrictions, navigating healthcare can...
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