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Aggies on the road after winning conference opener
For at least one night, New Mexico State found a formula that worked. James Jones ran for 155 yards. The Aggie defense piled up six sacks. Adam Damante, making his first start of the season, directed the offense without turning the ball over, and...
James Jones breaks free for a scoring run during the Aggies' win over Western Kentucky.
Aggies shine in all three phases to defeat WKU
The NM State football team put together a complete performance as it earned a commanding 34-13 win over Western Kentucky on Thursday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium. The Aggies were fueled by 155 rushing yards from James Jones in addition to a...
Aggies rally past Sam Houston in five sets
The New Mexico State volleyball team tallied its first Conference USA victory of the 2026 season on Saturday afternoon, defeating Sam Houston in five sets inside Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum. Maggie Lightheart paced the team with a season-best 17...
    • November 2026 voting information

      Early voting starts Tuesday. Oct. 6, for the 2026 general election. New Mexico voters will choose a new governor and lieutenant governor this …

    • Spaceport America expands its reach

      Spaceport America may be best known for human spaceflight, but much of the work taking place at the southern New Mexico facility happens outside …

    • Finding space to breathe

      For Marietta Patricia Leis, color can hold an entire place.  The deep blue of Crater Lake, the endless green of northern Thailand and …

    • More than precision

      Three rifle volleys broke the quiet outside San Albino Church in Mesilla on Sept. 25 as members of the El Perro Diablo Honor Guard carried out a …

    • Local filmmaker's work seen in Silver City

      Nadia and James are caught in the midst of a strict anti-immigration America that has brought devastation upon their little family as they seek …

Super Section Stories
One of the images on the ceiling of the Mark and Stephanie Medoff Theatre in the ASNMSU Center for the Arts in Las Cruces is a little barefoot girl in pink. That’s Ruth Cantrell, the one-time head of the NMSU Theatre Department, founding director...
The laptop doesn’t come out until most of the day's work is already done. Tanishia Womack has put in her hours as a paralegal. Her sons, Michael and Gabriel, have made it through school and whatever else the day demanded. Mixed in somewhere is law...
After more than six decades in Las Cruces, a longtime arts organization finally has a gallery to call its own.  The Las Cruces Arts Association will celebrate the grand opening of its new gallery Friday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 221 N....
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OPINION
A 2025 poll by Research & Polling, Inc. for the Albuquerque-based Garrity Group found that only 19% of New Mexico residents trust state government officials, a record low and down from 31% just five years earlier. (National trust in government...
For families and farmers across the Mesilla Valley and southern New Mexico, managing water and weathering extreme heat have always been part of daily life. But in recent years, the pressures on the region have intensified. Prolonged drought along...
I crossed the street alongside a grandfather who just wanted to watch his 6- or 7-year-old grandchild play soccer on a Saturday morning. The game was at the High Noon soccer facility near Mayfield High School and the Field of Dreams. We arrived...
What do you do when you realize you don’t have your a-game for an important golf match? You know it’s your B game, and maybe your C game that will show up. We’ve all been there, feeling like you need to go back to square one and re-learn a golf...

 

Centennial student wins design contest for LCPS’ first food truck When the LCPS food truck pulled onto the Centennial High School campus, junior Carlos Lozano had no idea he was about to see his own design come to life. Carlos’ award-winning...
‘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...
MONEY MATTERS
Kids Can Youth Business Spotlight

A business with beads

What started as making perler beads for fun when he was younger has grown into a business with a purpose for Centennial High School junior Bradley Francis. At just 16 years old, Francis is turning a childhood hobby into a growing business....

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...

 

    • Stay one step ahead of cybercriminals

      Your financial security is only as strong as your digital security. A single stolen password, convincing scam or fraudulent investment offer can …

    • Simple budgeting tips that fit real life

      If you've just started managing your own finances, recommitted to doing it well or noticed your spending isn't making you as happy as you'd …

    • 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 …

Living Well
Jason Call, MD
Prevention, symptoms and diagnosis
September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Memorial Medical Center is shining a light on the most common cancer diagnosed in men, after skin cancer. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer-related death, after lung cancer. The...
Decoding your plan
If you have ever opened an Explanation of Benefits after a medical visit and felt like you were trying to read a foreign language, you are not alone. Between deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and network restrictions, navigating healthcare can...
The blessing of hospice transport
“We are the only hospice we know of who is able to arrange our own transportation,” Mesilla Valley Hospice Chief Operating Officer Mario Prieto said Sept. 24, after MVH’s first ever non-emergency transport vehicle received a blessing and became...
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