Local, regional information on COVID for April 10

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The below information is current as of 12:45 p.m. Friday, April 10, prior to the update of New Mexico’s numbers and the national numbers. Links to those figures are below. As we know, the news regarding Coronavirus and responses is changing by the minute. We will work to update as needed.)

Lin Bentley Keeling: Weaving ‘as a form of visual music’

“I think I was always interested in art, not as a practitioner at first, but I always gravitated to art images,” said weaver Lin Bentley Keeling.

Weary of self-isolation? Take a hike!

Editor’s note: If you hike or enjoy any outdoor activity, be sure to follow all New Mexico Department of Health guidelines for social distancing and other practices to reduce the spread of …

Las Cruces musician sets sights on New York City

“Starting in eighth grade at Picacho Middle School under the instruction of Tony Montaño, I began my formal music training and fell in love with the saxophone,” said Las Cruces …

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El Paso Electric contributes to COVID-19 relief fund

El Paso Electric has donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico’s TogetherLas Cruces fund. The donation is intended to bolster the fund that assists non-profits …

COVID-19 relief checks coming, but property taxes due

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Arts & Entertainment

Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand

Stitch together a collection of some of the greatest character actors in movie history. Put them in a sweaty, Southern prison setting …
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Film Las Cruces has launched the “At Home! Movie Contest"

With everyone encouraged to stay at home during the Coronavirus, Film Las Cruces has launched the “At Home! Movie Contest” …
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We asked artists to inspire us, and they did

Las Cruces is home to some incredibly talented artists. What better way to inspire all of us as we cope with the public health …
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‘Marriage Story’

“Marriage Story,” (2019) is full of pain, angst, regrets and anguish, but it’s also full of moments that reach into the heart …
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‘The Sum of Us’ aims for the heart

In 1994, before Russell Crowe was a box-office superstar, he played one of the lead characters in an Australian film costarring Jack …
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Local sports

Despair not, homebound hackers, Golf Doc has ideas

As I shelter-in-place at my computer, I’m glancing out the window noticing the bright sunshine and warm temps, wishing I were on the golf course.

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Business

Las Cruces could soon be a producer of PPEs

A very cool thing is happening in Las Cruces, but the person working to put it all together doesn’t want any recognition. We’ll call him Saint. Saint saw a recent news story about a …

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Obituaries

WILLIAM HART

God chose to call his son home on March 18, 2020. William Scott Hart was born at home in New Franklin, Ohio, on August 11, 1946. He served in the United States Army as a crew chief on a Huey helicopter in the Vietnam War, returning home in March 1969.

GARY LYN GUSS

Gary Lyn Guss, age 71, passed away in Las Cruces on February 28, 2020 from complications from sepsis. Gary was born on February 27, 1949 in Roswell, NM. He was preceded in death by his parents …

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Campaigning amid COVID-19: a challenge Since 2015, Connie Chapman has been involved in political races in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County.Her first gig was working on the campaign for then-city council candidate Kasandra Gandara, …

NM numbers rise by 124; Governor reiterates efforts (EDITOR’S NOTE: The below information is current as of 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 9. As we know, the news regarding Coronavirus and responses is changing by the minute. We will work to update as …

Physical and behavioral services plow forward The county’s three largest hospitals are open, running and bracing for what comes next. MountainView Regional Medical Center (MVRMC) is continuing to meet the needs of other non-COVID …

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In the past

COVID-19 cases updated; NM expands closures (EDITOR’S NOTE: The below information is current as of 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 7. As we know, the news regarding Coronavirus and responses is changing by the minute. We will work to update as …

City council to allocate funds to help ease virus impact During a special meeting held entirely by teleconference Monday afternoon, March 30, the Las Cruces City Council discussed options for providing financial support to city residents most in need because of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Solid-waste protocols shift during pandemic To ensure continued functionality of solid-waste system, the following restrictions have been instituted at solid-waste facilities in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County.

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Letters to the Editor

Engineer deans established student-centric culture at NMSU Feb. 16-21 was National Engineers Week, with the theme “Engineers: Pioneers of Progress.” Throughout its century-plus history, the New Mexico State University College of Engineering …

Letters to the editor Political correctness, make is simple, strongarm tactics, moral compasses, a life for a life and blame the president, all addressed by our readers this week.

Protests were not about WWII To the editor: In his latest opinion entertainment piece [Bulletin, June 28], Baxter Black asks why Londoners protested President Trump on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and why Britons dislike …

Popular vote disenfranchises New Mexico To the editor: I’m going to get right to the point, if you’re a NM voter then you’ve been disenfranchised. How? The recent NM Legislature passed House Bill 55, Agreement to Elect President …

First-rate response To the editor: Thank you, Mayor Miyagishima and the Las Cruces City Council, for the first-rate handling of the current asylum seekers situation in our city. It is the first duty of any government …

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