Dona Ana News

A 21-year-old man has been charged for an alleged assault on a detention center guard, the Dona Ana Sheriff's Department said.

A second south county parent in just four months has been charged with child abuse resulting in death.

People look forward to several things during the summer ice cream, pool parties, vacations and the Fourth of July.

The Las Cruces City Council will be considering a resolution Monday to create a regional recycling program.

Four fireworks citations have been issued in advance of the Fourth of July holiday, according to Dona Ana County sheriff and fire officials.

According to the most recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, both the city of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County have seen an increase in population.

Bernalillo County residents will soon be able to get a free discount card for prescription drugs.

A boy with Down syndrome has been returned to the Mexican Consulate after being found alone at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry on Wednesday.

A Dona Ana County Detention Center inmate and cancer patient escaped from a nursing home for five hours Friday morning, causing some residents to wonder about an intense police presence in the neighborhood.

Existing laws in New Mexico state that every school child will say the Pledge of Allegiance, but a federal court ruling in 1949 may change how the New Mexico Department of Education words its rule currently on the books.

Western New Mexico University-Deming Summer Session II begins Monday, July 6. One new course to be offered is "Construction Technology 128" -- which will cover the fundamentals of concrete, reinforcing, foundation and flatwork.

Artifacts have been found near White Sands Missile Range of the Jornada Mogollon, who lived mostly in the Tularosa Basin more than 650 years ago.

Hundreds gather in Las Cruces on Thursday to celebrate construction of Spaceport America, which starts today with a groundbreaking ceremony With contentious debates about how to fund Spaceport America behind them, government officials gathered at New Mexico State University Thursday evening for the first of three celebrations of the facility's ...

A 4-year-old boy killed Tuesday apparently attempted to climb the side step of a truck while the driver, his uncle, drove off, Dona Ana Sheriff's deputies said Wednesday.

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the person they say was involved in an armed robbery Friday.

Imagine a future in Southern New Mexico where flights into space are a common occurrence.

Some Dona Ana County officials say they're frustrated by the lack of federal economic stimulus money heading their way.

Jake's CafA1 2 owner Jacob Harkness, and his mother, the artist known as -the maggie cat- work together Friday in the kitchen plating up a hamburger order, one of the restaurant's signature dishes.

Las Cruces police arrested a Dona Ana man Wednesday morning after he reportedly carried a loaded handgun into a popular nightclub.

A Dona Ana County special election wrapped up Tuesday night, and turnout was not high.