Saturday Jun 13 | Las Cruces Sun-News
Stimulus process frustrates officials
Some DoA a Ana County officials say they're concerned the county doesn't appear to be in line to receive much federal economic stimulus money for infrastructure.
Passing biogas: R-Qubed project converts cow manure to methane
Some locals sarcastically joke that the stretch of dairy farms along Interstate 10 south of Las Cruces should be re-named "Buenos Aires" . It's a reference to a less than aromatic sector of I-10 in southern New Mexico, not a reflection on the capital of Argentina.
Two more drive-by shootings Thursday
Two drive-by shootings were reported in Dona Ana County on Thursday, and four men were taken into custody following a vehicle pursuit, investigators said.
Do a Ana County sheriff's investigators look into drive-bys
No arrests have been made following two drive-by shootings last week that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old Las Cruces man and the hospitalization of an 18-year-old Berino man.
Is cockfighting alive and well in New Mexico?
When the New Mexico Legislature was debating a bill to ban cockfighting, supporters of the brutal blood sport argued that the new law would simply drive the cockfighters underground, not end the activity.
6 drive-bys in 5 days reported in Dona Ana County
Law enforcement in Dona Ana County are on high alert after six drive-by shootings in the past five days.
Teen recovering after drive-by shooting
A teen is recovering in the hospital following a drive-by shooting in Berino, NM Saturday afternoon.
Authorities seize 500 birds in cockfighting raid in Las Cruces
Authorities raided seven properties suspected of being cockfighting sites in Dona Ana County, seizing about 500 birds and charging four Berino men.
Second drive-by shooting in three days lands Gadsden High student in critical condition
In the second drive-by shooting in Dona Ana County in three days, a young Berino man was shot once in the chest in his front yard Saturday afternoon in Berino.
Bullets Fly In Berino Saturday
A man suffered a gunshot wound in Berino, N.M., and was brought to El Paso for treatment.
Police: Weekend Shooting May Have Been Gang-Related
A man was shot in a possibly gang-related incident in Dona Ana County, police said.
Dona Ana County Sheriff's deputies respond to Sunday shooting in Berino
A shooting early Sunday morning in Berino sent one man to the hospital. According to Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department investigators, deputies responded to Memorial Medical Center around 7:45 a.m. Sunday in response to a shooting victim who was driven to the hospital by a neighbor.
Bill to merge South County water systems
A bill moving through the Legislature would merge five utility systems in the southern part of Dona Ana County, a move the groups say could improve service for customers and in some cases help address arsenic ...
County asks for $80 million from federal government
The Dona Ana County Board of Commissioners on Friday OK'd asking the federal government for $80.4 million to build projects ranging from an arsenic treatment facility in Santa Teresa to flood control ...
Deportation of father has been obstacle for wife, kids
Times have been tough for the Alvarez family of Berino, N.M. Since her husband was arrested a year ago by U.S. Border Patrol agents for living in the United States illegally, Lorena Alvarez has been struggling ...