Organ News

Bruce King will surely be missed. Although a lifelong Republican, I have admired his honesty and straight forwardness over the years.

U.S. District Judge Robert Brack navigated his way through piles of construction materials on the third-floor landing of the new federal courthouse in Las Cruces.

With Gov. Bill Richardson considering a possible veto of action taken last month during a special session to address a $650 million budget shortfall, plans to form a working group to recommend possible tax hikes have temporarily been put on hold.

New Mexico has "revenue problems, not spending problems," Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for Gov.

The City Council gave moral support Tuesday to a proposal that would protect thousands of acres of wilderness and other scenic areas in Southern New Mexico.

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE With the landing of a freshly painted Tornado, the German Air Force Flying Training Center completed 55,555 Tornado flight hours here Tuesday, and a reception commemorating the accomplishment shortly followed.

Columbus Day means closures Most government offices and public schools are closed Monday in observance of the Columbus Day holiday, though the state Unemployment Insurance Call Center will be open for calls.

Support for the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act continues to grow, as the Obama administration has now offered its support to the legislation intended to protect the mountain range just east of Las Cruces and other scenic areas in Dona Ana County.

A rescue attempt is under way for an elderly hiker who was injured during a fall Thursday morning in the Organ Mountains.

Late last week, U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall introduced the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act to gain permanent federal protection for 359,000 acres in Dona Ana County.

For some three decades now, the most pristine areas of the Organ Mountains and other natural treasurers just outside Las Cruces have been regulated under a federal designation that was intended to be temporary -- a wilderness study area.

Late last week, U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall introduced the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act to gain permanent federal protection for 359,000 acres in Dona Ana County.

There are few times in a person's life where one is able to be a part of something truly historic.

DoA a Ana County commissioners on Tuesday decided to back a federal measure that would create 259,000 acres of wilderness in the county.

Unobserved by most in the media, Senator Jeff Bingaman and Senator Tom Udall introduced into the Senate yesterday a bill that would protect 400 thousand acres of wilderness in Dona Ana County and southern New Mexico.

New Mexico's U.S. senators on Thursday announced a plan to create thousands of acres of federally designated wilderness in Do a Ana County, including protection for the Organ Mountains.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNIVERSITY PARK...LAS CRUCES... * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 417 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

Located down Sonoma Ranch Boulevard in the Golf Course Community is a home that provides residents with not just one view, but three of the Organ Mountains, the valley and the city lights.

You can already support the Aggies, the military, cancer awareness or organ donation - now, city residents can show off their hometown pride on their bumpers.

Artist Jackie Clark has never forgotten what she felt when she created her very first stained glass window and saw it installed in her Las Cruces home.