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Thursday, January 28, 2021
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Las Cruces, NM
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Black History Month is the shortest month in the year, but its significance has never loomed larger than in 2021. Repeated attempts to undermine the will of the people, frivolous lawsuits aimed at overturning the election results and an insurgence at our U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 could not impede progress.
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By Bobbie Green, Ph.D., President
Doña Ana County NAACP
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1/27/21
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New cases (one day): Jan 25-26: Doña Ana County 68, N.M. 494; El Paso County 654; U.S. 129,527Jan 20-21: Doña Ana County 144, N.M. 884; El Paso County 531; U.S. 185,070Jan 18-19: …
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1/26/21
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Doña Ana County Manager, Fernando R. Macias has announced the appointment of Shannon Cherry as Doña Ana County Fire Chief.
Most recently, Chief Cherry …
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1/26/21
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When they meet in special session later this year, New Mexico legislators will use cutting-edge computer programs -- along with basic math, history, geography and politics -- to redraw the state’s electoral districts based on the 2020 census.
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By Mike Cook
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1/22/21
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Thomas Branigan Memorial Library has created a Healing Library Box for families, which is now available, the library said in a news release.
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Bulletin report
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1/22/21
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As the United States rolls out an ambitious campaign to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, a new study co-authored by a New Mexico State University researcher examines American attitudes toward COVID-19 immunization.
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By Carlos Andres Lopez
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1/22/21
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By the end of January, the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) will have paid out more than $3 billion in unemployment benefits since last March, when public health orders closed businesses around the state in response to COVID-19. New Mexico’s total annual budget is about $7.2 billion.
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By Mike Cook
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1/22/21
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The Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico (CFSNM) Wellness Fund has awarded a second round of funding to assist southern New Mexico nonprofits deal with the pandemic, CFSNM said in a news release.
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Bulletin report
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1/22/21
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This is the second in a Bulletin series about Las Cruces’ award-winning high school performing groups. This week, we recognize the Las Cruces High School Wind Symphony, which was selected as the 2021 New Mexico Music Educators Association’s (NMMEA) state honor band.
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By Mike Cook
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1/22/21
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Normally a beehive of activity on the Opening Day of the legislative session, the New Mexico State Capitol building was quiet behind fencing and streets blocked by State Police and National Guardsmen Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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1/22/21
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Hakes Brothers, a regional homebuilder headquartered in Las Cruces, has donated $18,000 to three local nonprofits: El Caldito Soup Kitchen, Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission, Inc. and La Casa, Inc., a …
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By Mike Cook
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1/21/21
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According to a Humane Society of the United States Press release a lawsuit filed Jan. 14 in the federal district court in Maryland charges the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with violating …
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By Elva K. Österreich
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1/21/21
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“We’ve come a long, long way but we have a long, long way to go,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said during a March 12, 1961 speech at Temple Emmanuel in Worcester, …
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By Mike Cook
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1/21/21
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As the number of people and communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic grows, so do the scams associated with it. Scammers use public health emergencies as opportunities for new fraud schemes, and …
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1/21/21
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Update: 8:36 a.m. MST Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
New cases (one day): Jan 20-21: Doña Ana County 144, N.M. 884; El Paso County 531; U.S. …
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1/21/21
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The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Youth Services Section still has spots available for tutoring services beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, through the Out-of-School Time Program.
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City of Las Cruces News Release
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1/19/21
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Doña Ana Community College (DACC) is pleased to announce Joe Butler as Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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Doña Ana Community College News Release
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1/19/21
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The New Mexico Legislative Session opened Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Despite a lot of new legislators, and despite much of the session being held remotely via computer links, the work of the people will go on.
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1/19/21
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Update: 8:20 a.m. MST Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
New cases (one day): Jan 18-19: Doña Ana County 48, N.M. 628; El Paso County 496; U.S. 142,587
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Bulletin Report
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1/19/21
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Picacho Hills Property Owners Association members Janis Paul, Mary Dohm and Lis and Paul Migliore during the association’s partnership with Picacho Hills Country Club on a recent food drive that benefited Roadrunner Food Bank in Las Cruces.
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1/15/21
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