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Adam Damante with the give to TJ Washington.
Aggies drop weekday clash in Miami
Playing in its second midweek game of the season, the NM State football team returned to action on Wednesday night, taking on the FIU Panthers as part of Weekday CUSA. Behind a trio of giveaways, the Aggies recorded their lowest scoring output of...
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The build-up to success
The Organ Mountain girls soccer team has spent much of this season scoring goals. Lots of them. There have been games with 18, 10, nine and seven. Through its first 14 matches, Organ Mountain had scored 86 times while allowing just two...
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...
Super Section Stories
For Marietta Patricia Leis, color can hold an entire place.  The deep blue of Crater Lake, the endless green of northern Thailand and the darkness of an Icelandic winter have followed the New Mexico artist into a body of work spanning...
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 their way through the struggle.    Will their love surpass the pain that’s ripping their family...
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...
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OPINION
At 2 a.m., laptops covered the table alongside research articles, financial spreadsheets, state statutes, and endless draft pages. After completing our full-time jobs, our founding team met night after night, hoping to build a school where...
A few years ago, I wanted to run for office. I was thinking about it very seriously until I did the math. Serving in the New Mexico Legislature would mean missing one to two months of paid work every year for as long as I remained in office, as...
New Mexico voters have many important decisions to make this fall, with key statewide races, funding questions, and constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot. One measure that we hope our citizens will support is general obligation bond...
When it comes to work ethic on the PGA Tour Ben Hogan was a legend in his own time. Those who knew Hogan and wrote about him described his practice routine as highly organized and on the verge of obsessive. That dedication to perfection was...

 

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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