This year is New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory’s (PSL) diamond jubilee, or 75th anniversary, a major milestone for what NMSU Chief of Staff Leslie Cervantes calls one of southern New Mexico’s “hidden gems.” more

Police are warning merchants and Las Cruces area residents of movie prop money that is being passed as actual currency. Over the last weekend, the Las Cruces Police Department received two … more

Mayfield High School will meet up with Las Cruces High Friday, Sept. 17. The longstanding rivalry game – one of the biggest in the nation since 1965 – … more

Two of America’s most iconic national symbols celebrate anniversaries in September. Tuesday, Sept. 14, is the 208th anniversary of Francis Scott Key’s “Defence of Fort M'Henry,” which would become “The Star-Spangled Banner.” (It became the national anthem March 3, 1931.) Key (1779-1843), then a 35-year-old Maryland and Washington, D.C. attorney, wrote the poem as he watched the British Royal Navy’s bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Sept. 13-14, 1814 Battle of Baltimore, five months before the end of the War of 1812. Key was being held prisoner aboard ship by the British until after the battle because he knew of British plans for the attack on Baltimore. Key had been meeting with British officers about a prisoner exchange. more

The Las Cruces Home Builders Association’s (LCHBA) 48th annual Showcase of Homes will be held Friday through Sunday, Sept. 17-19 and 24-26. Hours are Fridays, 4 to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. A twilight tour is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24. A total of 11 homes will be on this year’s tour, LCHBA Executive Officer Nicole Black said. That’s about half the usual number because homes are selling so quickly, she said. Currently, about 95 percent of the homes built by LCHBA-member contractors are pre-sold, Black said more

The City of Las Cruces will conduct several events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks at the World Trade Center, in New York City; Flight 93 in Pennsylvania; and the Pentagon, in Washington, D.C. more

New Mexico State University ROTC cadets held a 24-hour vigil to remember the 13 service members killed in the Kabul, Afghanistan. more

Lighting renovations for the Women Veterans Monument at the Veterans Memorial Park are complete, the City of Las Cruces said in a news release. more

The Animal Services of the Mesilla Valley (ASCMV) will provide limited, low-cost spay and neuter surgery for people who provide care to feral cat colonies inside the Las Cruces city limits. more

Four Peaks Brewing Co.’s nonprofit, Four Peaks For Teachers, distributed 200 free school-supply kits to Las Cruces teachers during a mid-August event at the Pic Quik store on Don Roser Drive in Las Cruces. more

“It’s all about the people of southern New Mexico,” Memorial Medical Center (MMC) Chief Executive Officer John Harris said in a recent interview. more

Here are additional comments from Doña Ana County and the City of Las Cruces 20 years after 9/11. more

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, New Mexico State University’s Chicano Programs invites all campus members and the public to come together starting this week to join festivities honoring the Latinx community and its cultural contributions to NMSU. more

As it has done in years past, the Las Cruces Fire Department and the LCFD Honor Guard will conduct a vigil and bell ringing ceremony “to mark the events of that day,” Las Cruces Fire Chief Jason Smith said. more

American Airlines flight No. 11, which had taken off from Boston Logan International Airport, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) at 6:46 a.m. MDT. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. more

High school is that place where people stop being children and form into adults, thinkers, movers and shakers. How do those growing children know the events of Sept. 11, 2001? What have they learned? What sticks in their minds? more

Forty-eight members of the Picacho Hills Property Owners Association (PHPOA) visited the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 555 hangar on Wingspan Drive at Las Cruces International Airport Aug. 11, association member Janis Paul. more

Community members gathered Friday Aug. 27 for a Chamber of Commerce-organized event to update Doña Ana County residents about military operations in the area. more

Lucia Isabel Palacio and Valerie del Plain recently received $500 Soroptimist International of Las Cruces (SILC) Dream It, Be It (DIBI) scholarships. more

The Western New Mexico University Office of Veteran Affairs will observe the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with a memorial event on campus Saturday, Sept.11, 2021. more