Las Cruces News

LAS CRUCES >> Onate High School will present a free evening of star gazing for the public from 7 to 9 p.m. April 24 behind the school.

Between April 10-13, Las Cruces police received 26 auto burglary reports, according to daily incident logs.

This is a surveillance image taken during a robbery Monday at a store on Dona Ana Road.

LAS CRUCES >> The second young man suspected of breaking into and burglarizing vehicles last Wednesday evening was arrested Monday, according to a Las Cruces Police Department news release.

The April 15 total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Las Cruces and occurred approximately at 1:46 a.m. Because of the red tint, it's often referred to as a "Blood Moon."

LAS CRUCES >> Dog and cat adoptions are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Farmer's Market in downtown Las Cruces and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at PetCo, 3050 E. Lohman Ave. Adoption fees are $75 for dogs and $50 for cats, including the first set of vaccinations, spaying or neutering and microchipping.

Jackson Hewitt tax adviser Susan Bustamante prepares Cliff Hoffmann's taxes in Las Cruces on Monday.

I appreciate the editorial by the Las Cruces Sun-News on April 6 asking President Obama to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.

We're not in position to criticize the state Attorney General's Office for its decision last week not to pursue further charges in the housing authority scandal of the last decade.

Courtesy Photo New Mexico State University History Assistant Professor Isabela Seong Leong Quintana is presenting a talk, "Bodies and Borderlands: Mexicans and Chinese in the Los Angeles Riots of 1871," at NMSU's Center for Latin American and Border Studies on Thursday.

LAS CRUCES >> Facing a Monday deadline to have a deal in place for a Las Cruces civic plaza, developer Bob Pofahl told city councilors he's got the major terms worked out with Bank of the West for the land where its drive-through sits.

The family-fun Natural Grocers has opened its fifth New Mexico location in Las Cruces at 3970 E. Lohman Avenue.

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that helps them identify a man who pulled off a daring armed robbery Sunday morning.

LAS CRUCES >> Yappy Hour for dogs and their people will be held from 6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Clair Winery & Bistro, on the outside lawn & patio.

The civil rights group says the 85th Annual New Mexico LULAC State Convention will be held May 23 to 26. The group says it will discuss issues around education and the U.S. Justice Department investigation into Albuquerque police.

LAS CRUCES >> Professor Enrico Pontelli has received a $5 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation's Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology to launch research that will focus on intelligent technologies for smart grids and develop a broad culture of smart grids at New Mexico State University.

Courtesy Photo Daniel Vega-Albela is one of the featured musicians for the New Horizons Symphony free concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 11, at the New Mexico State Universiy Atkinson Recital Hall.

LAS CRUCES >> The village of Hatch has hired a planner with the Truth or Consequences-based South Central Council of Governments to replace a former clerk-administrator who was fired in late February.

Consider this a good news/bad news scenario. Good news ... a new minimum wage rate goes into effect! Bad news ... your employer's business is forced to close because it can't afford to pay you.

Singer, songwriter and musician Ash Soular hopes to raise enough to finish production of her first album with a Kickstarter campaign that ends April 15. LAS CRUCES >> Innovative singer-songwriter and musician Ash Soular is working to meet an April 15 deadline.