Doña Ana Community College is celebrating EMS Week by recognizing students, faculty and local emergency medical professionals involved in its accredited EMS training program.
The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted to rename former César E. Chávez Elementary as Desert Bloom Elementary following a community feedback process.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
New Mexico has opened applications for Trade Port District designations aimed at supporting logistics, manufacturing and industrial development projects across the state.
Las Cruces officials will hold a ribbon cutting May 21 for the first phase of the Peachtree Canyon Apartments affordable housing development.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Mexico is investing more than $13 million in projects aimed at turning brackish underground water into a future drought-resilient water supply, including work involving NMSU.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Daisy Maldonado in the Democratic primary race for Doña Ana County Commission District 1, citing her opposition to Project Jupiter.
The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Lalo Anthony Castrillo IV in the 2018 death of 2-year-old Faviola Rodriguez, known locally as “Baby Favi.”
Doña Ana County will provide free summer lunches for children and teens ages 1 to 18 at Community Resource Centers across the county beginning May 26.
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