Las Cruces News

For the Sun-News Las Cruces Special Olympian Andrew Kegel, right, with Las Cruces Codes Enforcement Officer Mary Ann Telles, show Sabrina Briener, left, Garett Briener, Shelby Briener, Melissa Welch and Hunter Briener the gold medal Kegel won for swimming in the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai.

LAS CRUCES >> A 67-year-old man was airlifted to an El Paso hospital following a Thursday afternoon motorcycle crash downtown.

A byproduct of treated wastewater is Class "A" compost, sewage sludge turned into high-quality fertilizer, according to a city news release.

A man accused of manufacturing, possessing and distributing child pornography is now behind bars.

LAS CRUCES >> Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in Wednesday evening's crash on Spruce Avenue as 21-year-old Dominic Phillips of Las Cruces.

LAS CRUCES >> The Bureau of Land Management plans a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area near Las Cruces this morning.

Nationally recognized comedian, Jeff Dunham, and his beloved cast of characters will return March 13 for his third performance in Las Cruces since 2009.

Pulse offers Las Cruces-area restaurant listings each week free of charge. Some may be omitted due to space limitations.

LAS CRUCES >> Dona Ana County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Tuesday who was wanted on charges of federal postal theft following a lengthy investigation in Los Angeles County.

Robin Zielinski Sun-News New Mexico State University student Mykola Novak of Ukraine poses in his apartment Wednesday with a painting he made over the weekend.

Robin Zielinski Sun-News Smith & Aguirre Construction workers assemble a covered bus stop along North Roadrunner Parkway near Stagecoach Drive on Wednesday.

LAS CRUCES >> On Tuesday Radio Shack announced it expects to close up to 1,100 of its 5,200 stores.

LAS CRUCES >> Gov. Susana Martinez is scheduled to be in Santa Teresa today to announce six new companies coming to the area as well as new aviation legislation to attract more business to the state, reports Jerry Pacheco, executive director with The International Business Accelerator.

LAS CRUCES >> A federal law enforcement agency has added $5,000 to the existing Las Cruces Crime Stoppers reward for information on armed robbery last month that left a hotel clerk shot in the leg.

Physicians from Carrie Tingley Hospital at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will examine patients at the Las Cruces Public Health Office, 1170 N. Solano Drive.

LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University's Engineering Without Boundaries will have a fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Picacho Hills Country Club, 6861 Via Campestre, to raise funds for a summer service trip to Queretaro, Mexico.

LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University is hosting a "Salt of the Earth" Film Festival next week to honor the 60th anniversary of the film and the life of Angelina G. Sanchez.

According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, research shows social, emotional and health factors play a role in the foods we choose to eat, but it also shows the foods we enjoy are the ones we eat most.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. >> Just in time for Peter Cottontail, NuMex Easter, an ornamental chile pepper plant bred by New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute, has been named an All-America Selections winner.

The Rev. Scott Ruthven holds a bowl filled with ashes Tuesday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Las Cruces in preparation for Ash Wednesday services today.