The movies and the movie stars just keep coming. Netflix completed shooting the feature film “Chupa” in Mesilla Saturday, Nov. 13, using hundreds of Las Cruces extras and generating … more

There are so many ways to help people in need during this holiday season here in Las Cruces and throughout Doña Ana County and the border region. A financial donation in any amount is greatly appreciated, and so our donations of other items and volunteering. more

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed an executive order expanding eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to all New Mexico adults as part of the state’s strategy to address rising case numbers and hospitalizations, a trend being seen nationwide. more

From a blessing and visits with vendors setting up Friday evening by Piro-Manso-Tiwa cacique and tribal members to historical notes shared on the main stage on Sunday, the “Bridging Cultures” theme was very much in evidence at the 50th Renaissance ArtsFaire. We thank everyone who contributed to the respect shown to all cultures. more

The Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD) is expected to hire a crossing-guard supervisor and additional crossing guards in the next few months. more

The City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department will host a free, three-day, “Thanksgiving Break Day Camp” that will fill the Thanksgiving holiday break with creative and innovative opportunities for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. more

The Doña Ana County Bar Association (DACBA) is making a comeback. After several years of inactivity, DACBA has begun regular monthly meetings for legal professionals throughout the county, said Robert Lara, an attorney associate with the Third Judicial District Court in Las Cruces who is also a member of the State Bar of New Mexico Board of Commissioners. DACBA had 35 people at its August meeting in Las Cruces, Lara said. It was the first organized meeting of the local bar in several years, he said, as members elected officers and began discussing the services the association wants to provide to its members and to the community, he said. more

The nonprofit Asombro Institute for Science Education (AISE) of Las Cruces was among 25 organizations around the state to receive a trail development grant from the Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) of the New Mexico Economic Development Department. The $20,000 grant, announced Nov. 1, is for the institute’s “Gateway to the Desert” project, which “will increase and improve the public’s access to outdoor recreation and education opportunities at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park (CDNP),” ORD said in a news release. “The project will include an entry kiosk, new parking area, new trail, interpretive signs along the trail, a restoration project, interactive photo monitoring sites, benches and fencing.” more

After a two-year delay, Fabián García, a Mexican immigrant whose research at New Mexico State University helped influence agriculture nationwide, was inducted into the National Agricultural Center’s Hall of Fame in Kansas Oct. 23, becoming the first Hispanic and first New Mexican inductee. García (1871-1948), who was originally slated to be inducted into the hall of fame in fall 2019, joins the ranks of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Eli Whitney, among other notable contributors to agriculture. The first ceremony was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances, and the second ceremony was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. more

Prasanna Pai of Las Cruces bought one of the city’s oldest houses a few years ago, but discovered that the structure, which dates to the 1840s, could not be saved. The Mendoza House, located at the corner of Campo Street and Court Avenue in Downtown Las Cruces, was torn down as a result. Pai is constructing a new building on the site that will bring the small house back to life “exactly the way it was,” Pai said, “from the ground up.” The plan will “reuse character-defining elements” of the original home, City of Las Cruces Historic Preservation Specialist Troy Ainsworth, Ph.D., said. more

With 561 new cases over the weekend in Doña Ana County, Covid-19 is regaining a foothold. On Thursday, Nov. 2, there were 226 positive cases confirmed in the county, the highest single-day total since January 2021. Vaccinations in the county were at 76.9% through Monday, Nov. 8. more

Hardt Bergmann, a graduate student in New Mexico State University’s Geography Department, is asking for help from Las Cruces photographers for his desert hydrologies project. more

The STEM Outreach Center at New Mexico State University has been awarded a five-year $26.5 million grant to continue and expand support for after-school programs in school districts in Doña Ana, Grant and Hidalgo counties and beyond. more

Barnes & Noble at the Mesilla Valley Mall, 700 S. Telshor Blvd., is inviting customers to give the gift of reading to people in need during Barnes and Noble’s annual holiday book drive, which began Nov. 1 and continues through Sunday, Dec. 5. more

As you walk through the front doors of Las Cruces Public Schools’ newly renamed Dr. Karen M. Trujillo Administration Complex, 505 S. Main St., you will find a dazzling display of colors used to decorate an ofrenda paying homage to LCPS staff members who have passed away in 2021. more

As of Oct. 15, Doña Ana County has paid out $4.6 million in rental and utilities assistance to 793 households and encumbered another $80,000, which will be paid out by mid-November for a cumulative total of $5.47 million, the county said in a news release. more

Mayor Ken Miyagishima said the Las Cruces City Council is very pleased with the performance of City Manager Ifo Pili. more

Boo! The staff at Willow & Blaine Bistro, 118 N. Mesquite St., carved a variety of jack-o-lanterns to celebrate Halloween. more

Optimist Club of Las Cruces President Len Hampton recently presented a club donation of $250 to Marci Dickerson, owner of The Game and Game II and Dickerson Catering, for her Revolution 120 nonprofit. more

The NMSU Academy for Learning in Retirement (ALR) will host four presentations in November about the development of New Mexico’s built environment, ALR member Jeffrey Brown said in a news release. more