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Las Cruces, NM
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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Las Cruces International Film Festival
Kelsey Grammer to be honored at 2027 LCIFF
New chapter for Meerscheidt
NMSU’s Military and Veterans Appreciation Week begins Nov. 7
DACC grant puts humanities to work
Realtor prepared to tell Southern New Mexico's stories
For the fourth-straight year, official enrollment numbers at New Mexico State University have grown, with the main Las Cruces campus showing a 3.7% increase over 2025 – the largest percentage increase among all of New Mexico’s four-year state...
Visitors walk through the renovated gaming floor at Sunland Park Casino on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. The $2 million renovation included new carpeting, updated lighting and a redesigned layout with wider aisles between gaming machines.
Sunland Park Casino is entering a new chapter following a $2 million renovation that has transformed its gaming floor and brought new attractions to the longtime entertainment destination.  The improvements include updated interiors, a...
The bedroom door was open just a crack. Light spilled through the narrow opening into the darkened hallway, creating a scene that most people might have walked past without a second thought. But Eugenia “Jean” Conway stopped. Something about the...
 Election brings new leadership, wider margins in Southern New Mexico
The campaigns are over, the ballots have largely been counted, and Southern New Mexico's voters have delivered a series of decisions that will shape government from the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office to the halls of Congress. Tuesday's general...
Another trophy for the Royal Knight Regiment
In its third major competition in the past three weekends, the Organ Mountain High School marching band, the Royal Knight Regiment, won the 49th annual Tournament of Bands, hosted by New Mexico State University on Saturday, Oct. 31. The...
Food donation brings story of generosity full circle
There were times during Samuel Hernandez's childhood when his parents worked long hours, made sacrifices and still struggled to put enough food on the table. Hernandez remembers helping care for his two sisters while his parents worked. He...
Pecan Grill & Brewery, located at 500 S. Telshor Blvd. in Las Cruces, will close after nearly 17 years in business. The restaurant will remain open during regular business hours through Nov. 1.
The final pour
After nearly 17 years in Las Cruces, Pecan Grill & Brewery is preparing to close its doors, ending a chapter that owners Tom and Jeanine Springer say was shaped as much by the people they met as the meals they served.  The restaurant,...
Las Cruces Fire Station 3.
The legacy of Fire Station 3
For more than half a century, firefighters rushed out of a station on Valley Drive to answer emergencies across Las Cruces. They fought fires, responded to accidents and watched the city grow around them. One firefighter even rode his horse to...
A promotional flyer advertises Mall-O-Ween, a free, all-ages Halloween celebration scheduled for Friday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Mesilla Valley Mall in Las Cruces. The event will feature a haunted house, costume contests, music from DJ Black, giveaways and trick-or-treating.
Halloween takes over the mall
Halloween festivities are coming a day early to Mesilla Valley Mall, where families can trade door-to-door trick-or-treating for an evening of candy, costumes and a haunted house under one roof.  Mall-O-Ween will take place Friday, Oct. 30,...
Vanessa and Analia.
The sister she never had
Growing up with four older brothers, Analia Cruz knew plenty about being someone's little sister. What she didn't know was what it would be like to have a big sister of her own. Vanessa Alfonso grew up in a family with four sisters. When a...
A year of celebrating history
The Taylor-Mesilla Historic Site on the historic plaza in Mesilla is celebrating its first anniversary in November at the Taylor home, the Reynolds Store Visitor Center and The Barela Store, which are all part of the historic site. A reception to...
A Comfort Keepers caregiver talks with an older woman on a porch swing. Companionship is among the services in-home caregivers provide to help older adults remain in familiar surroundings.
The distance between care and home
Growing older doesn't always mean leaving home. But for seniors in rural southern New Mexico, getting the help they need to stay there can be difficult.  Long distances, transportation costs and limited staffing can complicate in-home...
Max Rascon, known professionally as $HMAX, displays two recognitions for his YouTube channel inside his recording studio at Collective Co. in downtown Las Cruces. Rascon is a co-founder of Juarez Music Group, an independent record label.
Building a beat in Las Cruces
Max Rascon knows what it takes to make a beat. Getting that music heard, however, is another challenge entirely.  It's one he hopes to make easier for aspiring musicians through Juarez Music Group LLC, an independent record label and...
The music is only part of the lesson
The trophies are nice and the championships are worth celebrating, but Shawn Silva’s greatest reward from nearly three decades of teaching high school band has little to do with where his students finish in a competition. It's what they learn...
Albert and Caleb.
A friendship that grows beyond the game
The thunderstorm arrived while Albert Casillas and Caleb Rey were hiking, turning an outdoor adventure into an unexpected race for safety. Caleb was still a boy, perhaps 10 or 11, and the two were exploring a trail when the weather suddenly...
The library GO bond presentation board provides a look at the master plan for the renovation.
A library expansion 25 years in the making
The Thomas Branigan Memorial Library has books, of course. But it also has sewing machines, 3D printers, laser cutters, baking pans and enough activities to fill a calendar with 30 programs every week. What it doesn't have is enough space. That...
Haylee Chavira, left, La Semilla Food Center's farm education assistant, stands with a volunteer beside wheelbarrows of compost at La Semilla Community Farm in Anthony on Oct. 13, 2026.
A hand in the harvest
At La Semilla Community Farm in Anthony, residents don't have to be experienced farmers to get their hands in the soil. Every Tuesday, volunteers can help grow crops, care for the land, and learn how fresh food makes its way from the farm to the...
A rainbow stretches over La Academia Dolores Huerta's new campus at 2020 S. Solano Drive in Las Cruces. The charter middle school celebrated its grand opening Oct. 16 after years of operating at different locations.
A new home for La Academia Dolores Huerta
For students at La Academia Dolores Huerta, the question was no longer where they would attend classes next, but when they would finally have a school of their own.  After years of changing locations and beginning this school year in...
Frank Williams keeps making waves
Frank Williams spent his professional career solving mathematical problems, but at age 86, the retired New Mexico State University professor has found something he's even better at — swimming. And it’s not just recreational swimming. Williams is...
The second floor at the old Amador Hotel.
Ghosts and haunted houses
Every city has a haunted house that “caters” to ghosts and spirts. This is indeed the month of ghosts and other apparitions lurking around with Halloween just around the corner. Las Cruces and nearby Mesilla feature several famous haunted...
Eric Ferré, NMSU geological sciences department head, professor and principal investigator for a $2.85 million geothermal research grant from the New Mexico Energy Conservation and Management Division, holds up a sample of a mantle xenolith. It's a piece of the Earth’s deep mantle that was ripped away by rising magma and brought to the surface during a volcanic eruption. Ferré and his team will study rocks like these and use other methods to determine the viability of geothermal energy in the area around Las Cruces.
NMSU receives nearly $2.85 million state funding for geothermal energy project
Think of the Earth as a giant, natural slow cooker. Deep underground, the Earth’s mantle and crust generate about 47 Terawatts of energy – an immense amount of heat. Geothermal energy can be tapped from the upper layers of the Earth and converted...
Pablo Jaramillo (left) visiting the Catholic Church in Chimayo, called El Santurio de Chimayo, that his family helped build in 1816.
From a Las Cruces pool hall to the royal courts of Spain
Ever played pool at Munson Senior Center in Las Cruces? You might be surprised to know that Jose “Pablo” Jaramillo, holding the pool stick beside you, is descended from royalty. Born in Chimayo, New Mexico, Pablo has an ancestry richly woven into...
A painful path to a promising dental career
Tyler Parsons had no intention of becoming a dentist. In fact, after a couple of painful experiences with dentists while serving as a missionary in Peru, he wasn't particularly fond of the profession. He had always planned to become a physician....
There is something special about the bond between people and their pets. They greet us at the door, keep us company, make us laugh, and become an important part of our everyday lives. The Schumacher Grant is helping celebrate and strengthen that...
SkyFiesta is Las Cruces' own air race and airshow — a full day of pylon air racing, world-class airshow performance, historic warbirds, and hands-on family activities at Las Cruces International Airport. Presented by the Sport Air Racing Council,...
Golfers gather in front of the new Red Hawk Golf Club clubhouse, ready to head out in their carts for the Progress Club.
The GFWC Progress Club of Las Cruces hosted its 12th annual GFWC Progress Club Golf Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Red Hawk Golf Club. The tournament is the club's largest annual fundraiser at which it raises money for scholarships, veterans,...

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