Las Cruces News

LAS CRUCES >> Renowned Russian-born pianist Ilya Yakushev will join the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra for a pair of concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at New Mexico State University's Atkinson Music Center Recital Hall.

A new exhibit exploring Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Constitutional issues opens today at the Branigan Cultural Center.

Michael Maese, a McDonald's employee, flanked by his fiance Brittany Lindsay, speaks to a crowd of protesters outside the McDonald's on Lohman Avenue about the hardship making ends meet while making minimum wage.

Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Delano Lewis sits in his Las Cruces home June 3. Pieces of South African art hung on the wall behind him and decorate many parts of his home.

FBI spokesman Frank Fisher says 46-year-old Matthew Duke Maley of Tucson is in FBI custody after being apprehended Wednesday night in the Las Cruces area.

If the recent weather spurred some holiday spirit, then a whole host of activities coming to the Main Street and the Alameda area on Friday will give residents the opportunity to celebrate local vendors and long-standing community traditions.

Taste of Dance: 7 p.m. Thursday at the Rentfrow Gym on the NMSU campus. This is a presentation of work by the fall dance classes with the NMSU Dance Program.

LAS CRUCES >> Just four years ago, Las Cruces was a Top 10 small city on the Milken Institute's Best Performing Cities list.

"They are very generous partners that they put Las Cruces on their route on this tour and part of the educational outreach," said executive director of the Dona Ana Arts Council, Kathleen Albers.

Wednesday December, 4th 2013 Las Cruces Public Schools held a press conference to discuss the 50th Meeting Between the Las Cruces Bulldawgs and the Mayfield Trojans.

Located at the corner of Rinconada Boulevard and Northrise Drive - near the newest Walmart - the store will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, with extended hours during the two weeks leading up to Christmas, the company reports.

LAS CRUCES >> A local group has set its sights on raising the minimum wage in Las Cruces by 33 percent -- from $7.50 to $10 an hour -- and is using a national movement to promote the effort.

Las Cruces Police have arrested a man for allegedly ripping a purse off the shoulder of a 71-year-old woman who was shopping on Thanksgiving evening.

A small leak, dripping just once per second, can result in a loss of 1,825 gallons of treated water per year, according to the city of Las Cruces Utilities Department.

They're hiring for every position from back office service representatives and supervisors to managers and trainers.

Dona Ana County Federated Republican Women continues to donate dictionaries to schools in the Las Cruces Area.

Las Cruces >> Las Cruces city councilors OK'd on Monday a distance waiver that will allow a downtown restaurant to get a liquor license, pending a final state approval.

LAS CRUCES >> Gunshot wounds to the back and chest caused the October death of a Las Cruces man, an autopsy report released Tuesday revealed.

NMSU Photo College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences dean Lowell B. Catlett, left, renamed the dairy chair after Lewis Topliff, right, who is the dairy committee chairman.

LAS CRUCES >> A Las Cruces man Tuesday admitted to murder and other crimes that unfolded during and after a heated car chase in April 2012.