Vado News

It's why meteorologists call them isolated showers. Depending on where you live in Las Cruces, Friday's storms varied from a heavy deluge to just a few sprinkles.

At National Truck Stop in Vado, N.M., if you want to get the price of $4.58 per gallon of diesel, you have to pay with cash, otherwise it will cost you more.

Dona Ana County residents reported few problems from storms that swept through the area Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

White Sands Missile Range's "Wolf Pack" plans to do a little howling today along 100 miles of southern New Mexico roads.

It was a fast-moving storm on Wednesday, but one that found drivers on I-10 near Vado having to slow to a near standstill.

An early-morning fire Thursday in Las Cruces is being investigated as a possible arson and break in by authorities.

County animal control officers anticipate charges will be filed against the owner of a dog that was being eaten alive by maggots.

A wildfire charred about 400 acres of federal and military land by Saturday night and firefighters were trying to keep the flames from some historic structures in Soledad Canyon.

The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help to locate a missing woman last seen on Saturday at a Fiesta store in Vinton.

Las Cruces Mayor Pro Tem Dolores Archuleta said Wednesday she hasn't been given details yet about her appointment to a task force that will recommend where a state veterans museum should be located.

Sharon Olsen, 58, left, and her husband, Bill Burrell, 44, traveled from Vado to place flags and flowers on the grave of Burrell's father, an Air Force veteran, and mother Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Gov. Bill Richardson on Tuesday appointed 20 people to serve on a task force to select the best site for a state veterans museum.

“As you know, I've long been a critic on the progress and cost of this project, this is the largest project undertaken by the county with the exception of the dams at El Vado and Abiquiu.”

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