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    • Cuban cuisine, dressing children

      "The 35th Annual Dress the Child charity dinner gala exceeded all expectations," said Dress the Child Program Chairman Doug Boberg. The …

    • Agriculture up close

      For hundreds of Doña Ana County students, a trip to the Southern New Mexico State Fair will come with more than a day away from the …

Aven Benavente at Mayfield High with David Gallegos.
A respect earned through hard work
They were just the kids with the water. At least that was how Melanie Trevino remembers some athletes looking at the student athletic trainers when she was just starting out at Las Cruces High School. Then she learned and she watched and she...
James Jones breaks loose for some good yardage Saturday against UNM.
NM State stumbles in 116th Rio Grande Rivalry
With 25,024 in attendance, NM State concluded its non-conference schedule on Saturday afternoon at Aggie Memorial Stadium as it hosted New Mexico in the 116th playing of the Rio Grande Rivalry. After a competitive first half, the Aggies fell to...
NM State records strong performances at Cowboy Jamboree
NM State made its first trip to the Cowboy Jamboree since the 2011-12 season on Saturday morning, competing with some of the best talent in the nation. Thomas Croshaw made his season debut, taking 11th after crossing the line with a time of...
    • Art association finds a home

      After more than six decades in Las Cruces, a longtime arts organization finally has a gallery to call its own.  The Las Cruces Arts …

    • Pride takes the plaza

      Downtown Las Cruces will fill with color, music and crowds Saturday as Southern New Mexico Pride brings its annual celebration back to the heart …

    • Fifty bowls, endless possibilities

      Natalie Pappas begins working on Empty Bowls months before anyone walks through the door.  By the end of March, the Las Cruces potter aims …

    • From field to fall tradition

      A backpack sprayer, some dye and a clipboard are still enough to turn a field in Anthony into a 13-acre maze.  La Union Maze does not use …

    • Mural with a message

      At a mural unveiling Thursday, Sept. 17, at Mesquite Art Gallery are, left to right, Carlos Melendres, curator of Murals With a Message; …

Super Section Stories
The abandoned courthouse in downtown Las Cruces offers filmmakers almost everything they need to turn it back into a prison. It has old jail cells, worn walls and the institutional feel needed for “Solitary,” an independent feature film about five...
Friday, September 25, 2026 íChuchulucos! Hispanic Heritage Month Crafts-Mas !Piñatasmania! Join us for Mas !Piñatamania! A mini piñata workshop in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. …
What an incredible evening celebrating 10 years of Laser 360 MD Med Spa & Skin Clinic! Ten years ago, we began with a vision — to create a place where medicine, aesthetics, and personalized care come together to help people feel confident in their own skin…
Inside
OPINION
New Mexicans disagree about plenty of things politically. But one frustration that crosses party lines and reaches from Albuquerque and Santa Fe to Las Cruces, Farmington, Roswell and our rural communities is that Washington is not working as well...
Let’s revisit the city’s Strategic Plan. Recall, the city recently called for feedback on its drafted Strategic Plan, the plan they will use to prioritize funding for the next five to 10 years to ensure resident needs are being met. The plan...
The battle earlier this year to successfully wrangle a bill capping awards on malpractice lawsuits through a Senate Judiciary Committee led by a malpractice attorney highlighted the state legislature's many conflicts of interest. An advisory...
Emotional regulation is the latest term used to describe a person’s ability to manage and respond to an emotional experience. People use a variety of strategies, many of which are unconscious, in their attempt to cope with difficult situations...

 

‘Pandemonium’ in Las Cruces New Mexico continues to inspire Icelandic director Anton Sigurdsson, who traveled to Las Cruces to film two productions in the past year: “A Better Place” in 2025, which is in post-production and is set to be released...
Acoustic music Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in downtown Las Cruces, continues with its third and final live musical performance of beautiful acoustic music in the three-concert “For the Love of the Black Box Acoustic Music Series” series...
The Gila comes to the Rio Grande Thursday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. at the Rio Grande Theater The Gila river meets the Rio Grande this month in downtown Las Cruces, in a one-night only film screening of “Journey Down the Gila” on.   Four years and...
MONEY MATTERS
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Maria Lupe Hernandez-Muniz

Still bringing people together

Piñatas, goodie bags, and cake. Getting the kids organized and making sure everything was where it was supposed to be. Maria Lupe Hernandez-Muñiz might use those simple terms to explain what became a career in event strategy, marketing and...

Kids Can

A business to help her mom

Big ideas can come from young entrepreneurs, and fifth grader Nadia Herring is a great example. A student at Desert Hills, Nadia started Nadia's Creations with one simple goal—to help her mom. What began as a thoughtful idea has grown into a fun...

 

Living Well
Influencer prescription: Why TikTok and AI can’t replace sports medicine expertise
If you spend any time scrolling through TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, you have probably seen them: confident creators demonstrating the “one exercise” that fixed their knee pain or eliminated their back pain. When you are frustrated by an...
Navigating breast health
Many women wonder: When should I start breast cancer screening?  Early detection is the single most effective tool for survival. However, the screening schedule isn't the same for everyone. Age, family history, and personal risk factors...
Understanding peptides: the science of cellular communication in modern health
If you have spent any time scrolling through fitness forums, wellness blogs, or medical news lately, you have likely encountered a word taking the health world by storm: peptides. From claims about accelerated injury recovery and anti-aging to...
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