Las Cruces News

LAS CRUCES >> A Las Cruces baby girl is dead and her mother has been charged after she allegedly used blankets to muffle the infant's cries.

Starring in the Starlight Children's Theatre production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience," are, from left, John Paul Andersen, May Harrington and Jacob Darmata.

Combination plate No. 3 offers a little bit of everything: a folded taco, flauta, chile relleno, chile con carne, rolled enchilada and beans and rice.

LAS CRUCES >> A couple of adults suspected of shoplifting at Kmart were also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor because the woman's young daughter accompanied them.

LAS CRUCES >> A Las Cruces man has been arrested on charges of shoplifting and trying to elude officers inside a Walmart store.

LAS CRUCES >> El Paseo Road near Las Cruces High will be closed from 5 a.m. Friday through noon Saturday while crews install a walkway connecting the school with new construction across the street.

LAS CRUCES >> A Mescalero man was sentenced in Las Cruces federal court Wednesday to more than four years in prison for a sexual abuse conviction.

LAS CRUCES >> Deputies arrested a La Mesa man Tuesday after he allegedly chased his brother and nephew with a knife and threatened to kill them.

LAS CRUCES >> Though the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority might have made progress over the last decade toward resolving a long-standing feud between Dona Ana County and the city of Sunland Park over new development in the southernmost end of the county, the utility provider is now involved in a smaller-scale dispute with county officials.

The Las Cruces Fire Department battled an attic fire Tuesday evening at a duplex on the 2300 block of Dr. King Way.

Headlight Photo Jimmy Herrera, a former Deming High graduate and now a deputy fire chief in Las Cruces, presented the Rachel Herrera Female Scholarship to graduate Alexa Chumpitaz during the DHS Scholarship and Awards Night held in May at the Deming Public Schools Auditorium.

Music lovers didn't pay a dime Friday to see legendary singer/songwriter Don McLean in concert at the Field of Dreams.

Timothy Baeza, left, a Western New Mexico University-Deming student, explains his poster presentation "Sample Acquisition and Processing for Natural Product Studies in Wasps" at the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium on Thursday, June 26. Baeza was one of 12 Summer Community College Opportunity for Research Experience students ... (more)

Sam and Abby Solomon go for a swim at Hotel Encanto on Tuesday. The Solomons, from Oregon, stopped in Las Cruces on their monthlong road trip.

Egan will give a talk titled "The Big Burn Teddy Roosevelt & The Fire That Saved America," based on his book of the same title.

I saw tears in the eyes of ranchers. These were tough men; men who could scrape a good living out of the rock and tumbleweeds in the harsh New Mexico deserts.

Two career-readiness workshops are being held this month to help improve chances for would-be workers in DoA a Ana County.

With temperatures in the 90s, residents and visitors alike went out to enjoy the summer at Young Park and at venues from throughout Las Cruces, from the NMSU golf course to the local pools.

Students honored: Three students were honored with prestigious Vista College graduate awards at the college's commencement ceremony on June 13. The New Horizon Award was given to Christian Casillas, of Las Cruces, for heating, ventilation and air conditioning program.

The Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge #2081 of Las Cruces donated $3,000 to each of these Las Cruces programs: El Caldito Soup Kitchen, Casa de Peregrinos emergency food program and the Gospel Rescue Mission, said Moose Lodge trustee and past governor Enrique Maestas, who delivered the checks to the organizations earlier this year.