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Third Judicial District court in Las Cruces.
Judge orders man held following Circle K stabbing
A Las Cruces judge ordered a man accused of killing an unhoused man to be held in jail after prosecutors argued he presented a threat to other unhoused residents. At the hearing on July 10, …
Departing Desert Exposure editor reflects on two decades of news
It’s going to be hard, acknowledged long-time reporter, photographer and editor Elva Österreich, to simply move on from journalism after more than two decades in the craft. But she …
Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department headquarters in Las Cruces.
County man accused of killing child while intoxicated
A Doña Ana County man stands charged after sheriff’s deputies said he killed his young son on July 7. Joseph Isaiah Parra, 31, stands charged with abuse of a child resulting in …
Las Cruces Police Department units are seen in an undated file photo.
Details emerge in shootings that injured two
The Las Cruces Police Department announced they arrested two people they believe responsible for two recent high-profile shootings that injured two people. Both defendants were arrested and …
Crash near Hatch kills two over Fourth of July weekend
Two people are dead following a fatal crash on Interstate 25 near the Hatch exit, according to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety. DPS said two vehicles – including a semi-truck …
Police Seeking information about shooting that injured 18-year-old
The Las Cruces Police Department is seeking information from the public regarding a shooting that hospitalized an 18-year-old man on July 7. Police said in a news release that they received a …
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Arts & Entertainment
Actors record a passage from the audio book, “Roamers,” by Constance Hasapopoulos in Las Cruces.
Bringing the world of ‘Roamers’ to life
Creating imaginative worlds is nothing new to Constance Hasapopoulos. An award-winning screenwriter and actress who makes her home in Las Cruces, Hasapopoulos has made a career of bringing projects …
Las Cruces Symphony ready for 66th season
The Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for its 66th season, which begins in September and continues through spring 2025 with live performances in Las Cruces of beloved popular and classical …
Coming Up This Month
Saturday, July 13 Farmers & Crafts Market of Las Cruces, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Main St. Info: 575-201-3853 ArtVenturous – Sculpture, 10 a.m. at at the Museum of Nature & …
LOCAL SPORTS
Noah Apocada, an incoming senior at New Mexico State University, will intern at the NBC Sports hub office on the east coast to cover the summer Olympics.

NMSU student to intern with NBC Sports for 2024 Olympic coverage

The New Mexico State University Journalism and Media Studies Department announced that student Noah Apodaca was selected for an internship with NBC Sports covering the summer Olympics.   …
Shunn Buchanan is seen during his days as an Aggie student-athlete. Buchanan played for a basketball team that saw 84 wins from 2017-20.

Shunn Buchanan to coach Aggie basketball

This month, Shunn Buchanan made it official that he will be back in crimson and white, but in a different role.  Buchanan returns to Las Cruces after two years as a graduate assistant at …
High School Sports

Las Cruces student-athletes receive Gatorade’s Players of the Year nods

Two student-athletes from Las Cruces High School and Organ Mountain High were selected as Gatorade Players of the Year

Centennial girls’ softball recognized by county

The student-athletes of the Centennial High School girls’ softball team were honored with a proclamation during a meeting of the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners this month. …
BUSINESS
Memorial Medical Center is pictured on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Las Cruces.

Lawmakers, industry plan fresh look at hospital bill

On May 1, a law took effect in New Mexico giving an appointed state executive oversight powers over mergers, acquisitions or any change of ownership of hospitals in the state. Senate Bill 15 , …

Direct cash assistance lifts up families

Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico is a primary support organization for the Success Partnership, which shares a common commitment to uplifting families in the region. One such …
A sign directs pedestrians around a construction project in Las Cruces, where a massive overhaul of development codes is in the works.

Overhaul of development rules sparks mixed reaction in Las Cruces Council

A massive overhaul of Las Cruces’ development codes received a mixed reaction during a council meeting on June 24. Several groups lauded the proposed changes for creating safer streets and …
Chad Lozano addresses the Las Cruces City Council on the issue of U.S. Border Patrol seizures of cannabis at its checkpoints, during the June 17 council meeting.

Cannabis providers speak out against Border Patrol seizures

Several business owners in Las Cruces spoke out against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s continuing seizures of cannabis at southern New Mexico checkpoints during a Las Cruces City …
Health & WELL BEING
The reason BOA Holistic smells so good.
CannaCopia
When you walk into the BOA Holistic Pot Lounge, 2140 Highway 180 E. in Silver City, it takes a few minutes for your eyes to adjust. The low light cavernous space could be the depths of a medieval …
Attendees and performers at Las Cruces’ first Grief Party gather for a photo at the late February 2024 event, which took place at Woody’s Gift Gallery in the Mesquite Historic District.
Las Cruces ‘grief party’ lightens the load of heavy emotions
This story includes mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.
Las Cruces Public Libraries invites residents to join us from 2- 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8 for a presentation about hiking safety and preparedness at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave.
Take a hike
Hiking 101: Beginning Adventure Las Cruces Public Libraries invites residents to join to a presentation from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8 about hiking safety and preparedness at Thomas Branigan …
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OPINION
A recent town hall meeting in Las Cruces hosted by the Foundation for Open Government focused on the need for greater transparency at the Legislature during the budget-making process. There is, …
The Catholic Church stumbled badly. In the dark of night, Father Peter Chudy Sixtus Simeon-Aguinam and his accomplices removed beloved paintings from St. Joseph Apache Mission on the Mescalero …
Louisiana passed a law last week requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom in an act of performative religiosity. It is “performative” in …
For the past five decades or longer, the state Legislature has been planning for what we will do when the oil runs out. We’ve set up permanent funds to ensure we’ll be able to keep our …
UP COMING EVENTS
Isabel Deroy-Olson and Lily Gladstone in Fancy Dance
‘Fancy Dance’ addresses missing Indigenous women
Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, the first Native American to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar (for “Killers of the Flower Moon”), stars in a 2023 drama to be screened July 5-11 …
Dark Circles Contemporary Dance brings “Ten-Gallon” by Joshua L. Peugh to the screen at the Fountain Theatre
Dance film premieres at Fountain Theatre
Dark Circles Contemporary Dance is offering a special screening of “Ten-Gallon,” a groundbreaking queer western romance, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, at the Fountain Theatre in …
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