Las Cruces News

Nashville might be the last place to look to for indie rock, but New Mexico native Nick Britt and his band Black Market Research broke through.

Wearing o' the Green is 7 p.m. Monday at the Peace Lutheran Church, 1701 Missouri Ave. Celestial Sounds, a choir of Las Cruces women who love to sing, will perform classic and modern Irish songs.

LAS CRUCES >> Renay Scott of Owens Community College in Ohio has been named the next president of Dona Ana Community College.

LAS CRUCES >> Wanda Bowman and Ana Mangino from Las Cruces have been re-appointed to the Youth Conservation Corps Commission, according to a news release.

Search and rescue service dog Layla jumps over a hurdle during training at American Services Dogs' facility.

Lisa Vernon with Tinsley Hospitality Group said there is a tentative opening date of March 25, but that could change.

LAS CRUCES >> Las Cruces police issued more than 120 citations in February to drivers who violated the city's cell phone ordinance, according to a news release.

LAS CRUCES >> The Las Cruces chapter of the Green Chamber of Commerce's Sustainable Communities Series will feature Lucas Herndon, the executive director of the Friends of the Organ Mountains.

Brook Stockberger/Sun-News New Mexico Secretary of Economic Development Jon Barela speaks at MVEDA's monthly luncheon on Tuesday at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces.

While it may not sound like breaking news to some of us, researchers are forever looking at our eating habits and buying patterns to better understand why we choose one food over another, particularly why, sometimes, we make the wrong choices.

Courtesy Photo From left are Bill Madden, Richard Dean and Fritz Wagoner laying out survey plans for the historic First Aero Squadron Army airstrip in Columbus, NM.

LAS CRUCES >> More than 1,300 city workers will be required to take an ethics course after several employees were recently charged with various offenses involving city property, officials announced.

Sun-News Gert Wolschon, 94, reacts on Tuesday after receiving hugs and a Hershey's chocolate bar from Jaelyn Juarez, 9, left, and other Valley View Elementary School students who interviewed her for a living history project at the Munson Senior Center.

Courtesy photo Resident Nancy Simmons shows a sample of glass cullet at a recent SCSWA glass recycling sub-committee meeting.

LAS CRUCES >> The 4th annual Welcome Home Day for Vietnam veterans will be held starting at 8 a.m. on March 29 at Las Cruces Veterans Park, 2651 N. Roadrunner Parkway.

LAS CRUCES >> "A Nightmare in Las Cruces," the documentary film about the 1990 Bowling Alley Massacre, will be shown for a week at Video 4, starting Friday.

Las Cruces' own Diane Basler-White is set to compete in CMT's reality competition series "TATTOO TITANS" at 9 p.m. March 15. The series features four of the country's best tattoo artists competing each week in challenges that are meant to test each artists' abilities.

LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University officials are upping efforts to retain students while enrollment continues to fall across the school's five campuses.

Parking lot sale: La Casa Domestic Violence Shelter parking lot sale will take place from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. March 31 at 800 S. Walnut, St. The sale includes appliances, furniture, collectibles, dishware, household items, books, lots of electronics and many other quality items.

LAS CRUCES >> An audit of the Mesilla Marshal's Department found no wrongdoing related to the law enforcement agency's recent spending of federal grant money.