Las Cruces News

Christian Lira holds a meeting to announce that he will be running for state representative for District 34 while maintaining his seat as Sunland Park City Councilor on Friday, March 7, 2014, at City Hall in Las Cruces, NM.

Colorful Jewells of the Desert, performing at the Dona Ana Arts Council's Renaissance ArtsFaire, will be among more than 200 dancers expected to join for We Are One Dance and Drum event Saturday at the Rio Grande Theatre.

LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University Regent Kari Mitchell was honored as a 2014 Woman of Influence by Albuquerque Business First.

A sign pointing the way to nearby Tierra Blanca Ranch, which occupies a 30,000-acre area surrounded by the Gila National Forest in rural Sierra County south of Hillsboro.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. >> Dona Ana County veterans who served in the military during the Vietnam War will have an opportunity to meet with staff from the Las Cruces Vet Center during the fourth annual Welcome Home Vietnam Vets event in Las Cruces.

An ancient metal ax is embedded in the skull of a Spanish conquistador from the late 1600s, found in Northern New Mexico, in a new exhibit, "The Skull Beneath the Skin: Forensic Anthropology of the Human Cranium" at NMSU's University Museum in Kent Hall at University Avenue and Solano Drive.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. >> The New Mexico State University College of Education, Service Learning for Educational Distinction Office and Creative Media Institute are partnering to host the "Salt of the Earth" Film Festival Monday through Friday.

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.