Las Cruces, NM
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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Las Cruces, NM
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Doña Ana County is home to some of the greatest plant diversity in New Mexico and renowned for its beautiful Chihuahuan Desert context. Many of us want to bring that beauty into our own gardens instead of importing plants from other climate types.
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By Joan Woodward
Las Cruces Chapter, New Mexico Native Plant Society
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4/14/21
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The Boys and Girls Club of Las Cruces (BGCLC), served more than 1,500 young people in 2020, amassing some impressive statistics despite the pandemic, and CEO Ashley Echavarria wants to do even more going forward.
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By Mike Cook
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4/14/21
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The capital outlay bill signed last week by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham includes more than $28 million in funding for projects in Dona Ana County, as well as millions for other projects in southern New Mexico.
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By Walter Rubel
Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative
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4/14/21
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Receiving a New Mexico EMS award, Las Cruces’s Dr. Ben Diven has been recognized for his amazing contribution to the state’s emergency medical services.
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By Elva K. Österreich
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4/14/21
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Memorial Medical Center (MMC) delivered its first dose of COVID-19 vaccine last Dec. 16, and surpassed the 20,000-delivery mark Thursday morning, April 8.
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By Mike Cook
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4/14/21
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The Parks & Recreation Department’s Keep Las Cruces Beautiful and New Mexico Clean and Beautiful programs will host this year’s Great American Cleanup from 8 a.m. – noon on Saturday, April 17, 2021.
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City of Las Cruces News Release
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4/13/21
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The New Mexico State University Art Museum (UAM) will host “Syn-2021 Thesis Exhibition,” featuring the work of MFA candidates Ger Xiong and Cierra Redding, Friday, April 23-Saturday, May 15.
Also April 23-May 15, UAM will host “Dispositions,” featuring work by bachelor of fine arts candidates Jesus Del Rio, Jiyong Kim and Blanca Martinez.
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By Mike Cook
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4/13/21
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That’s the goal for Downtown Desert Yoga (DDY) owner Colleen Boyd (it’s also her quote) as she and two others launch a new Las Cruces nonprofit to help all segments of the community understand the importance of wellness and have access to it.
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By Mike Cook
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4/13/21
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This year the Southwest Environmental Center (SWEC) is raffling off a 2021 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid.
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By Mike Cook
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4/13/21
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Update: 8:25 a.m. MDT Tuesday, April 13, 2021
COVID-19 NEW CASES: ONE-DAY COUNTS
Current: Doña Ana County 83, NM 647; El Paso County 99, Texas 1,444; U.S. 72,286
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Bulletin Report
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4/13/21
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Citizens Bank opened in April 1970, 51 years ago. The bank had 50th anniversary plans slated for 2020, but just as so many other activities, they were postponed by the pandemic.
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/8/21
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The Western Sky Community Care Micro Grant Fund has supported many nonprofits in Dona Ana, Luna, Hidalgo, and Sierra counties. The fund, housed at the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, supported eight nonprofits in 2020 with micro grants ranging from $1,000 to $2,500.
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CFSNM News Release
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4/8/21
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Update: 7:45 a.m. MDT Thursday, April 8, 2021
COVID-19 NEW CASES: ONE-DAY COUNTS
Current: Doña Ana County 38, NM 222; El Paso County 223, Texas 3,285; U.S. 73,200
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Bulletin Report
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4/8/21
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“Pandemic” is just one of the thousands of words third graders can look up in the new dictionaries they received from the Rio Grande Rotary Club, along with words like “generosity,” “service” and “compassion.”
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By Mike Cook
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4/7/21
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In honor of long-time Las Cruces educator Clarence Fielder, the Community Foundation of Southern Mexico (CFSNM) will match donations up to $2,500 to its new Equity and Inclusion Scholarship .
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By Mike Cook
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4/7/21
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The 32nd annual Bataan Memorial Death March will be hosted virtually for the first time in event history. Marchers will be able to participate anytime Friday, April 9-Sunday, April 18.
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From bataanmarch.com
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4/7/21
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New Mexico State University has been selected to receive a NASA Early Stage Innovations grant to conduct game-changing space technology research.
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By Tiffany Acosta
NMSU News
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4/7/21
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In early March, members of P.E.O. Chapter I in Las Cruces worked with the Salvation Army of Las Cruces to donate family food boxes as part of the P.E.O. chapter’s “Year of Giving.”
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Bulletin report
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4/7/21
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The New Mexico State University Board of Regents bid farewell March 23 to one of its members and welcomed two new board members.
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By Carlos Andres López, Communications Specialist
NMSU News Team
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4/7/21
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Citywide spring/summer water restrictions began April 1, the City of Las Cruces said in a news release.
With the restrictions in place, watering outside vegetation is prohibited 10 a.m.-6 p.m. every day.
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Bulletin report
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4/7/21
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