Las Cruces News

New Mexico State University student Lidia Avina, 22, works with a toothbrush on Saturday to clean and polish the bronze Bataan Death March Memorial Monument at Veterans Park.

The Japanese "Hell Ships" during World War II are described by American POWs as among the worst ordeals of their long imprisonment in "Never the Same."

LAS CRUCES >> A Dona Ana County-based group that's aiming to combat a problem of aging flood control structures throughout the Mesilla Valley will ask county voters for a property tax increase in an April 8 referendum.

Silver City gourd artist Pierre Nichols shows off one of his unique pieces of art on Saturday during the 4th annual Arts Fair, which continues at 10 a.m. today at the Las Cruces Convention Center.

LAS CRUCES >> Las Cruces City Councilors will vote Monday on an overhauled business registration ordinance as the result of a recent lawsuit they settled with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

LAS CRUCES >> More than $5 million will be on its way to southern Dona Ana County for water infrastructure projects.

Job Fair 2014 is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 18 at the Dona Ana Community College's East Mesa Campus, in the commons area.

LAS CRUCES >> The community is invited to a free screening of the documentary, "Stolen Education," with a keynote address by documentarian Enrique Aleman Jr. from 1 to 4 p.m. March 22, at the NMSU Dona Ana Community College East Mesa Campus Auditorium.

Tony Pennock stands Friday in front his most recently completed water tank mural following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the corner of Sedona Hills Parkway and Pagosa Hills Avenue.

LAS CRUCES >> There will be 6,210 participants in this year's Bataan Memorial Death March on March 23 at White Sands Missile Range.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. >> With the jury unable to reach a verdict, a Stafford County, Va., judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case against an FBI agent accused of murdering his estranged wife, according to the Free Lance-Star.

Sun-News file photo by Shari V. Hill A large group of spectators watches as Paul Tomicek carefully maneuvers his Jeep YJ up a 90-degree cliff on the Patzcuaro's Revenge trail in the Robledo Mountains during the 2008 Chile Challenge.

LAS CRUCES >> The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department offers a Group Bicycle Riding Program.

Las Cruces firefighters gathered Friday morning for a traditional "Push In" ceremony for the fleet's newest pumper at Station 5. Members of the station's crew, located at 5998 Bataan Memorial East, backed the pumper into the parking bay by hand.

LAS CRUCES >> A woman suffered multiple injuries in a rollover crash that closed a portion of Interstate 25 north of Las Cruces late Thursday afternoon.

Las Cruces RodRunners president Ralph Gonzales and Cindy Torres, the group's secretary, show off Cindy's 1969 Camaro SS 396, fully restored and gifted to her for Valentine's Day by her husband Sam Torres.

Staring in "Women of Lockerbie," opening today at the Black Box Theatre, are, from left, Nancy Cline Tafoya, Yvette Crawford, Karen Caroe, Virginia Ostendorf and Norah Brown.

Courtesy Photo Artist Karen Phillips gourd piece is titled, "Morning Singer." This is one of many pieces that will be on exhibit at the fourth annual Las Cruces Arts Festival today through Sunday at the Las Cruces Convention Center.

Robin Zielinski Sun-News Misha, a 1-year-old domestic short-haired cat, peeks out of her cage Wednesday at the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley, where she waits to be adopted.

A lottery jackpot is catching eyes again, with Mega Millions reaching 353 million after no winning ticket was drawn Tuesday.