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On arriving at the barren courtyard of a mental asylum named Punto Zero on the west edge of Juárez, the first person to greet me was an older woman mental patient named Socorro. She was wearing a wool cap tied around her head and a thick fleece jacket. She stood motionless next to my car and seemed completely oblivious to the 109 degrees heat.
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By Morgan Smith
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9/7/23
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Las Cruces’ original townsite lies within the Mesquite Historic District just east of downtown, where residents know many stories about their neighborhood and about the nearly 175-year history …
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By Mike Cook
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9/7/23
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The Las Cruces Fire Department is now recruiting for its next fire academy, which starts in March 2024, Fire Chief Jason Smith said. With a total strength of 193 full-time, sworn firefighter …
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By Mike Cook
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9/7/23
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Virgin Galactic’s Galactic 03 flight window opens Friday, Sept. 8, continuing a monthly cadence of spaceflights. This would be the Company’s fourth spaceflight in four months. The …
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Bulletin report
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9/7/23
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The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC) will host public meetings Sept. 8-23 in Las Cruces, Hatch and Anthony, New Mexico, to provide more information and answer questions about its Lower …
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9/5/23
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Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson died Friday night, Sept. 1, at his summer home in Chatham, Massachusetts at age 75. No cause of death given.
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9/5/23
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The New Mexico Butterfly Monitoring Network (NMBMN) was created in 2020 to help monitor and track the conservation needs of butterflies throughout the state. In March, the network added a survey …
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Bulletin report
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8/31/23
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A new gate has been installed inside an historic Las Cruces cemetery to protect graves that in some cases are more than 160 years old. St. Genevieve’s Catholic Church Facility and Cemetery …
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By Mike Cook
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8/31/23
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Editor’s note: This is the next in a series about residents of the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope’s Camp Hope tent city and the 2023 Tents to Rents fundraising campaign, which began …
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By Miriam Chaiken, Mesilla Valley Community of Hope Volunteer
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8/31/23
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The City of Las Cruces Suicide Prevention Task Force (LCSPTF) will host its seventh annual Southwest Recovery and Suicide Prevention Summit Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 7-9. Thursday, Sept. 7: …
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Bulletin report
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8/31/23
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Competing against others twice her age in the 2023 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Youth World Championship Show in July and August, 10-year-old Kaycee Younker of Las Cruces placed in three …
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By Mike Cook
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8/31/23
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The Mesilla Valley Iris Society has been hosting an iris show and a rhizome sale in Las Cruces more than 50 years. The community has supported the MVIS through the sales of iris in the fall and the …
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Bulletin report
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8/31/23
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The theme of the 2023 Dress the Child fundraising dinner is “Yacht Party-2: Mexican Riviera.” It will begin at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Amador Live, 302 S. Main St. Tickets are …
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By Mike Cook
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8/31/23
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Las Cruces City Councilor Johana Bencomo, left, and Mayor Ken Miyagishima, right, honored guests at the Las Cruces City Council’s Aug. 7 regular meeting, issuing a proclamation declaring July …
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8/31/23
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The Las Cruces Marine Corps League El Perro Diablo Detachment 478 earned multiple first-place honors at the 14th annual Military Honors Burial Conference at Albuquerque’s Veterans Memorial …
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Bulletin report
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8/31/23
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More than 180 dogs (and their owners) from a half dozen states came to Las Cruces to compete in the North America Diving Dogs Southwest Regionals Aug. 25-27 at Burn Lake.
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8/31/23
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Our license plates say “Chile Capital of the World,” and we know the epicenter of the capital is Hatch, New Mexico. Friday, Sept. 1, through Sunday, Sept. 3, Hatch will celebrate the …
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Bulletin report
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8/31/23
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Since people heard about the today’s closing of Day’s Hamburgers everyone, it seems, has a story about the restaurant that’s been a fixture in Las Cruces since 1932. …
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By Richard Coltharp
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8/31/23
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A total of 63 candidates filed Tuesday, Aug. 29, to run in nearly 40 local races across Doña Ana County, including the mayors, city and town councilors and trustees, school board members and …
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By Mike Cook
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8/31/23
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
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8/29/23
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