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Fifty bowls, endless possibilities

Natalie Pappas begins working on Empty Bowls months before anyone walks through the door. By the end of March, the Las Cruces potter aims to have 50 bowls finished — each thrown, trimmed, decorated, glazed and fired from her home studio....

From field to fall tradition

A backpack sprayer, some dye and a clipboard are still enough to turn a field in Anthony into a 13-acre maze. La Union Maze does not use drones or GPS-guided tractors to map its paths. Longtime employee Martin Medrano walks the field, marks...

Mural with a message

At a mural unveiling Thursday, Sept. 17, at Mesquite Art Gallery are, left to right, Carlos Melendres, curator of Murals With a Message; internationally acclaimed sculptor Cliff Fragua (1955- ) of Jemez Pueblo, creator of the Po’pay statue in...

Las Cruces provides more than the film venue

The abandoned courthouse in downtown Las Cruces offers filmmakers almost everything they need to turn it back into a prison. It has old jail cells, worn walls and the institutional feel needed for “Solitary,” an independent feature film about five...

Dina D’Argo’s Howl, an acrylic-on-canvas work, is among the pieces featured in the 2026 Las Cruces Space Festival art show.

Space takes center stage

From student artwork and telescope viewing to trivia and a trip inside Spaceport America, the Las Cruces Space Festival is returning with events designed to show just how deeply the region is connected to what lies beyond Earth. The...

Public comment at county commission meetings has been a major part of the Project Jupiter discussion.

Jobs, resources, and trust: the debate over Project Jupiter

Construction continues on Project Jupiter in southern Doña Ana County, but the argument over the massive data center has increasingly become less about whether it will be built and more about what New Mexico will gain, and what it will give up in...

First official flag raising at the new White Sands Proving Ground on Sept. 29, 1945. The public was invited to attend on what turned out to be a chilly, blustery morning. Note all the coats and jackets for late Sept. The ceremony started at high noon with the Ft. Bliss band playing music beforehand

More than a missile range

Measuring the impact White Sands Missile Range has had on Las Cruces is difficult at best. Prior to 1980, White Sands would occasionally publish statistics. For instance, in 1951, there were 1,862 people working there. By 1957, the...

At the Southwest Center on Aging & Friends Golf Tournament with Community Foundation and Serving Seniors of Southern New Mexico .

Serving a bit of independence to seniors

A wheelchair can help someone move around the house. A ramp can help someone get out of it. For Dr. Jesus Roberto Duran, those relatively simple needs illustrate a much larger challenge facing older adults in Southern New Mexico. It’s why he...

Shaping more than clay

Clay is remarkably forgiving. That’s something Jan Archey learned a long time ago. Put your hands in the wrong place or make something that doesn't turn out quite the way you imagined, and the clay lets you know. But that doesn't necessarily mean...

Cancer Warriors yoga at Memorial Medical Center.

Take a breath; you’ve got this

Jo Hime was undergoing a medical test she wasn't particularly eager to endure when two familiar voices showed up. Kendra Johnson and Margo Sorum weren't actually in the room, but Hime could hear them anyway. “Okay, take a slow breath,” she...

A hiker watches the moon rise over the gypsum dunes at White Sands National Park during an evening program.

White Sands after dark

The sun going down usually signals the end of the day at White Sands National Park. On a few nights each year, it marks the beginning of an entirely different experience. Moonlight Hikes take visitors along the Dune Life Nature Trail after...

Cast members perform a scene from “Dracula” at Las Cruces Community Theatre. The production uses lighting, sound and practical effects to create an unsettling atmosphere on stage.

Dracula takes a darker turn at LCCT

Before Dracula ever steps into view, Las Cruces Community Theatre wants audiences looking over their shoulders. Breathing, whispers and other recorded sounds will replace the usual music as patrons take their seats, while low lighting helps...

Freed from fear of the unknown

She had spent years as a physical therapist working with cancer patients, including women dealing with lymphedema after breast cancer treatment. Julie Gustafson knew the procedures, the surgeries and the treatment options. So, when a routine...

Orange barrels ahead: major Spruce project starts Monday

For weeks, the signs have been hard to miss. Electronic message boards around the Spruce Avenue intersections with Telshor Boulevard and Triviz Drive have warned drivers that construction is coming and given them a date: Sept. 21. What's been...

Influencer prescription: Why TikTok and AI can’t replace sports medicine expertise

If you spend any time scrolling through TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, you have probably seen them: confident creators demonstrating the “one exercise” that fixed their knee pain or eliminated their back pain. When you are frustrated by an...

Christopher Robin brings tech to Tents to Rents

Christopher Robin has been dealing with homelessness since 2018 when he lost his job and was going through a divorce. He has a background in computers and technology, and for many years he climbed very tall cell towers to install the equipment,...

Navigating breast health

Many women wonder: When should I start breast cancer screening? Early detection is the single most effective tool for survival. However, the screening schedule isn't the same for everyone. Age, family history, and personal risk factors...

Fall through spring garden of greens, herbs and vegetables

We are so lucky to have fairly mild winters in the Mesilla Valley, which allow us to grow vegetables year-round — no greenhouse required. I think winter gardening is easier and more productive than summer gardening — especially during the last few...

Colorful hot-air balloons rise among the gypsum dunes at White Sands National Park during the White Sands Balloon Invitational.

Above the gypsum

It all started with a bet. More than three decades ago, Ed Brabson and a group of Alamogordo community leaders were looking for ways to draw visitors to the area when someone floated the idea of hot-air balloons. Brabson thought balloons...

The spiral garden is one of the central features of Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. Pueblo members helped shape the design and plant selections throughout the space.

Tortugas takes root at Farm & Ranch

For years, visitors to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum could move through the region’s agricultural past without seeing much of Tortugas Pueblo’s continuing role in that history. That changes Sept. 19, when the museum opens...

Newly planted trees line the grounds at Sierra Middle School as part of DASWCD’s NeighborWoods program. The district plants drought-tolerant trees and later monitors their growth and condition.

Conservation takes root

Trees appearing in neighborhoods across Las Cruces are part of a conservation effort reaching well beyond city streets. The Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District works with residents, farmers and ranchers on projects ranging from...

‘Perfect Arrangement” comes to NMSU

It’s 1950. As McCarthy’s Red Scare is proving to be unsuccessful, the U.S. State Department begins a side quest – to identify sexual deviants within the ranks – historically coined, The Lavendar Scare. Perfect Arrangement gives us Bob and Norma...

The current home of both Rio Grande Preparatory Institute and Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy in Mesilla.

Navigating public education small school options

For now, a hallway helps define the boundary between two schools sharing the same building in Mesilla. Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy students have their own wing, bell schedule and lunch. Rio Grande Preparatory Institute students have theirs....

The journey of an iconic song

Spencer Proffer was a student at UCLA, just beginning law school, when he first heard Don McLean’s “American Pie” on the radio. About three minutes into the song, he pulled over. The song kept going, and Proffer kept listening. McLean, he...

Beyond the treatment

Janet Acosta didn't know she needed different shampoo. There were considerably bigger things to worry about after she was diagnosed with breast cancer — doctors, chemotherapy, hospitals and the frightening uncertainty of what came next. Shampoo...

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...

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