Las Cruces News

LAS CRUCES >> Author Charlotte Tallman will read from her book, "Legendary Locals of Las Cruces," at 1 p.m. Saturday in the NMSU Barnes & Noble bookstore, 1400 E. University Ave., next door to Panda Express.

LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University regents on Wednesday approved a measure, endorsed by the Faculty Senate, to rasie the university's admission requirements.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. >> New Mexico State University's concrete canoe team placed 13th of 23 other universities that competed at the American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition.

Interstate 10 traffic travels under the Mesquite overpass on Tuesday while construction continues to force east and westbound traffic into one lane each.

Courtesy Photo Employees of Smith and Aguirre Construction Company in Las Cruces are near completion of the Safe Routes to School project at Ruben S. Torres Elementary School.

LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico is no longer last in the nation in child well-being, though it hasn't moved far up the list.

LAS CRUCES >> Las Cruces police arrested a man suspected of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and beating her Saturday night.

Las Cruces Police have arrested a physician and operator of a private school who they say failed to report child abuse and neglect that ultimately led to the death of 7-month-old Shania Smith.

LAS CRUCES >> A Las Cruces physician and operator of a private school is suspected of failing to report child abuse and neglect that ultimately resulted in the death of 7-month-old Shania Smith, according to a Las Cruces Police Department news release.

LAS CRUCES >> Mayor Ken Miyagishima has joined forces with a filmmaker and other mayors from Santa Fe, Texas and Arizona to fight bullying.

It is with great pleasure that Gail Larkin and John Deck, of Las Cruces, announce the marriage of their daughter, Jessica Teresa Larkin to Taylor Wenzel Byron, son of Nancy and Jerry Byron of Weseca, Minnesota.

LAS CRUCES >> Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea admits he likes a proposal that would allow some Sunland Park city employees to switch to a four-day work week.

Tessa Holtzman: Holtzman, of Las Cruces, was named to the 2014 fall semester dean's list at Bates College, Lewiston Maine.

LAS CRUCES >> Ramon Ibarra smiled Monday as he banked a shot off of a pool table at Munson Senior Center.

LAS CRUCES >> The man shot by authorities this month is facing new charges for scuffling with a sheriff's deputy and later biting a police dog, according to recently filed court documents that divulge new details of the fight but not the shooting.

New Mexico's anemic economy is showing a few signs of recovery from what some call a "double-dip" recession.

The Strangeluvs rehearse backstage before a recent performance in Las Cruces at the West End Art Depot.

Gordon Ramsay, left, discusses changes with owner Cali Szczawinski when he travels to Las Cruces, N.M., to revamp the Meson De Mesilla Hotel and Restaurant on "Hotel Hell."

Today: Partly cloudy and hot with a 20% chance of thunderstorms. Record high temperatures possible, old record 102 set back in 1981.

NMSU photo by Tiffany Acosta Through a community garden project in Vado, Maria Gurrola, associate professor in the School of Social Work at New Mexico State University, worked with adults and adolescences to erase stigmas about mental health.