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On Sept. 19, the Doña Ana County Commission approved an eye-popping $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds for Project Jupiter’s new data center. Buried in that deal is $15 billion for a massive natural gas power plant—a facility that would emit...
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Philip Simpson
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11/4/25
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As a mom and as someone who’s worked with children and families in Doña Ana County for over a decade, I know what it looks like when kids are hungry, and I know what it feels like when parents are doing everything they can to keep that from...
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Maribel SalmonSenior Associate, Family Engagement, Save the Children Action Network
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11/4/25
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Who among us has reached out to a city official or elected representative, requesting nothing more than a simple response to a benign question, only to be met with, at best, silence, and at worst, ridicule?
“I know better than you” is the theme I...
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Shawna Pfeiffer Guest Columnist
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11/4/25
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Ever wonder about luck? I mean the role luck, good and bad, plays in sports, politics, careers, wars and even life.
Winning a big lottery prize is good luck; going down in an airplane crash is bad. We have no control over it, or so it seems. As...
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Charlie BlanchardColumnist
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11/4/25
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I’ve set foot in Mayfield High School exactly once, in approximately 2010. It was already well past its prime.
In the ensuing 15 years, Las Cruces Public Schools opened Centennial High School, which optimists say resembles a small college campus,...
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Richard Coltharp
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11/4/25
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As a teacher in Las Cruces Public Schools for over a decade, I am a proud mother of an LCPS student, and I have served as president of NEA-Las Cruces since March 2024. As a member of NEA since 2014, I have seen firsthand how strong, steady...
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Julie WojtkoNEA-Las Cruces President
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11/4/25
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To me, the Kentucky Derby really is the most exciting two minutes in sports. Twenty horses fire out of the gate, each trained precisely for this moment and willing to give every drop of energy to be first to the finish, a mile and a quarter...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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11/4/25
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The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico believes the U.S. healthcare system should provide all U.S. residents with a basic level of quality healthcare at an affordable cost. To that end, the League, at the local, state,...
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Lynda St. ClairLeague of Women Voters
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10/21/25
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As the state representative in House District 52, where a land exchange is being proposed between the Mescalero Apache and the State Land Office, I have been receiving many phone calls, emails, and text messages from my constituents who are...
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Dorreen GallegosNew Mexico State Representative, District 52
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10/21/25
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I am a very proud graduate of Mayfield High School (class of 1981). The Green and Gold family stretches back multiple generations, and like thousands of other MHS graduates and families, I am very happy to see millions of dollars earmarked for the...
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Eric EnriquezMayor of Las Cruces
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10/21/25
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New Mexico may not become the nation’s nuclear dump site after all. I suppose that’s a good thing.
Holtec International spokesman Patrick O’Brien announced last week that it is giving up on plans to build a nuclear waste storage facility near...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/17/25
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Tragically, the U.S. Ryder Cup team failed to deliver a win on home soil at the legendary Bethpage Black golf course in New York, in the 45th playing of the Ryder Cup matches. With 55,000 fans walking the fairways and in corporate hospitality...
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Charlie BlanchardLas Cruces Bulletin
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10/14/25
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Build My Future program in Las Cruces. The time is here for teachers and school staff to start planning to attend this year’s event. Recall, this year, the Build My Future skilled trades expo will happen on...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/10/25
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Health care continues to be the issue that has vexed the president and his party since the Obama administration.
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/10/25
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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, when communities unite to acknowledge the pervasive impact of abuse and rally around survivors.
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Marcie Davis
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10/2/25
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So many folks feel befuddled by the peculiar language of golf. Still others get confused as to the real meaning of a variety of golf terms, with misinterpretation and...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/2/25
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I feel like we just got suckered into buying a timeshare based on the sales pitch that it’s a one-day-only deal and if we don’t act now, we’ll never have this chance again.
I don’t know enough about Project Jupiter, an AI data center campus to be...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/2/25
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Las Cruces is not a sanctuary city, but rather a “welcoming city”, as deemed by City Council Resolution 18-075, enacted on Dec. 18, 2017. This resolution provided certain protections for our immigrant community, and contains rather robust verbiage...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/2/25
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“A Modern-Day Visit from St. Nick,” verse by Algernon D’Ammassa/Las Cruces Bulletin.
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By Algernon D'Ammassa
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12/22/23
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