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Las Cruces Events Featured

Mayor’s Jazz Fest returns to downtown Las Cruces with Lao Tizer Band concert

The City of Las Cruces will kick off its 2026 Music in the Park series with the free Mayor’s Jazz Fest concert featuring the Lao Tizer Band on May 24 downtown.

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Children play soccer on a grassy field during a youth outdoor league game in Las Cruces while spectators watch from the sidelines.
City of Las Cruces Featured

Las Cruces opens registration for youth outdoor soccer league

Las Cruces Parks and Recreation will open registration May 26 for its youth outdoor soccer league for children ages 4 to 10, with games beginning in July.

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Composite image showing campaign advertisements for New Mexico House candidates Marian Matthews, Ambrose Castellano and Joseph Louis Sanchez.
Elections Featured

New ‘dark money’ group backs array of New Mexico House Democratic candidates

A newly formed political group is spending money to support several New Mexico House Democratic candidates while disclosing little information about its leadership or funding sources.

Patrick Lohmann
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Public Lands Featured

Interior Department oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico, Texas generates more than $4 billion

A federal oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico and Texas generated more than $4 billion as the Trump administration pushed expanded domestic energy development on public lands.

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DACC EMS students practice emergency response techniques on a medical training mannequin during a classroom exercise.
DACC

DACC marks EMS Week by recognizing emergency medical services students, staff

Doña Ana Community College is celebrating EMS Week by recognizing students, faculty and local emergency medical professionals involved in its accredited EMS training program.

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Exterior wall of César E. Chåvez Elementary School in Las Cruces before the campus is renamed Desert Bloom Elementary.
LCPS

LCPS board approves new name for former César E. Chåvez Elementary

The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted to rename former César E. Chåvez Elementary as Desert Bloom Elementary following a community feedback process.

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Dry New Mexico desert landscape with sparse vegetation, reddish soil and mountain ranges under a partly cloudy sky.
Climate

Gov. Lujan Grisham declares statewide drought, severe fire conditions in New Mexico

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared statewide drought and severe fire conditions as New Mexico faces record low snowpack, worsening wildfire danger and declining river flows.

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Graphic stating nearly 30,000 New Mexicans may qualify for unemployment debt relief or refunds, with cash beside a laptop displaying unemployment relief information.
News

Nearly 30,000 New Mexicans may still qualify for unemployment debt relief, refunds

Tens of thousands of New Mexicans may still qualify for unemployment debt forgiveness or refunds tied to a class-action settlement over pandemic-era overpayments.

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Promotional image for the film “I’ll Be Gone in June” showing a young woman in a desert landscape with Cannes Film Festival and Luxbox logos.
Film

Las Cruces-shot film ‘I’ll Be Gone in June’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival

“I’ll Be Gone in June,” a feature film shot in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County, premiered May 17 at the Cannes Film Festival.

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City of Las Cruces

Las Cruces announces Memorial Day closures, holiday facility hours

The City of Las Cruces announced Memorial Day closures and holiday hours for city offices, pools, transit services and solid waste operations ahead of the May 25 holiday.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michelle Ferrari smiles beside her son, U.S. Army Spc. Nicolas Ferrari, during a reunion while both were deployed in East Africa.
Holloman Air Force Base

Separated by generations and branches, reunited in service

A Holloman Air Force Base airman reunited with her Army son during separate deployments in East Africa after months of uncertainty and coordination between military leaders.

Michelle Ferrari
Zahn McClarnon, wearing a Navajo police uniform, sunglasses and cowboy hat, sits inside a Navajo Police vehicle in a scene from AMC’s “Dark Winds.”
Film

‘Dark Winds’ season five filming in New Mexico, bringing nearly 900 jobs

The fifth season of AMC’s “Dark Winds” is filming in New Mexico through July, employing nearly 900 New Mexicans in cast, crew and background roles.

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Economic Development

New Mexico opens applications for trade hub districts tied to logistics and manufacturing growth

New Mexico has opened applications for Trade Port District designations aimed at supporting logistics, manufacturing and industrial development projects across the state.

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A newly constructed multi-story apartment building stands beside a curved driveway under a clear sky in Las Cruces.
Housing

Las Cruces to celebrate opening of Peachtree Canyon Apartments Phase 1

Las Cruces officials will hold a ribbon cutting May 21 for the first phase of the Peachtree Canyon Apartments affordable housing development.

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Books

WNMU professor examines how Silver City avoided becoming a ghost town

A new book chapter by WNMU history professor Scott Fritz examines how Silver City survived economic downturns that turned many nearby mining towns into ghost towns.

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Steve Pearce speaks during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., with attendees seated behind him.
Government

U.S. Senate confirms former NM GOP congressman Pearce to lead federal land management agency

The U.S. Senate confirmed former New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management in a narrow party-line vote Monday.

Patrick Lohmann
Graphic promoting a May 20, 2026 public meeting in Las Cruces about the University Avenue widening project between Avenida de Mesilla and South Main Street.
Roads

Final public meeting set for University Avenue widening project in Las Cruces

NMDOT will hold a final public meeting May 20 on the University Avenue widening project in Las Cruces, with updates on completed work and remaining construction items.

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Community

Las Cruces to host ‘Chalk the Walk’ event May 20 during National Public Works Week

The City of Las Cruces will host a free “Chalk the Walk” sidewalk art event May 20 outside City Hall during National Public Works Week.

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