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Public Lands Featured

BLM fuelwood permits available in Las Cruces and online

BLM personal-use fuelwood permits are available year-round through the Las Cruces District Office and online for the Pinos Altos Fuelwood Area.

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Exterior of La Nueva Casita Cafe on Mesquite Street in Las Cruces, featuring its colorful facade and mariachi mural.
Business Featured

La Nueva Casita gets beer-and-wine approval under new ownership

Las Cruces approved a beer-and-wine license for La Nueva Casita Cafe, where new owner Israel Chávez says the goal is to preserve the longtime Mesquite Street restaurant.

Damien Willis
A student sits in front of a laptop during an online lesson.
LCPS Featured

LCPS budgets $65,500 for software that flags student safety threats

LCPS is budgeting $65,500 for Linewize Monitor, software used across all K-12 schools to flag potential threats, bullying and other student safety concerns.

Damien Willis
A Village of Hatch Police Department patrol SUV parked outside the Hatch Valley Regional Public Safety building.
Crime Featured

Hatch man accused of robbery, ramming victim’s car over $50 debt

A Hatch man is accused of robbing and assaulting a man over a $50 debt before intentionally ramming the victim’s Camaro and fleeing, court records show.

Damien Willis
Two surveillance cameras mounted on a utility pole against a clear blue sky.
Public Safety

Las Cruces councilors push for stronger oversight of Flock surveillance cameras

Las Cruces councilors are calling for stronger oversight of Flock surveillance cameras, including city-level rules, audits and a public data transparency portal.

Damien Willis
Pile of discarded computer circuit boards, graphics cards, fans and other electronic components stacked together.
LCPS

LCPS replaced 11,000 devices this summer. Now it’s figuring out what the old tech is worth

LCPS replaced about 11,000 devices over the summer, generating roughly 200 pages of property dispositions as the district determines what its old technology is worth.

Damien Willis
Commercial building at 901 E. University Ave. where Santa Fe Brewing Co. plans to open a Las Cruces taproom near NMSU.
Business

Santa Fe Brewing clears city hurdle for Las Cruces taproom near NMSU

Santa Fe Brewing won Las Cruces approval for a taproom near NMSU that will include Fusion Taco, patio service and up to a dozen new jobs.

Damien Willis
Map of the proposed Green Chile Project pipeline Energy Transfer submitted in its January 2026 application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Project Jupiter

Proposed gas pipeline for Project Jupiter data center delayed to 2027, filings show

Federal filings show a natural gas pipeline planned to serve Project Jupiter has been delayed until February 2027 as Energy Transfer pursues a larger Southwest pipeline expansion.

Joshua Bowling
Las Cruces City Councilor Johana Bencomo speaks during the Aug. 17 City Council meeting while discussing the proposed Industrial Revenue Bond policy.
Economic Development

Las Cruces delays tax-break safeguards as Bencomo says city is tired of being ‘taken advantage of’

Las Cruces delayed action on new industrial revenue bond safeguards as Councilor Johana Bencomo called for stronger protections against companies that fail to deliver promised benefits.

Damien Willis
Las Cruces police vehicles with red and blue emergency lights at night near a residential area.
LCPD

Las Cruces man accused of threatening girlfriend with rifle while intoxicated

Las Cruces police arrested Treyvon Stigler after investigators say he threatened his girlfriend with a rifle while intoxicated and later refused to come out for officers.

Damien Willis
Construction crews work on the two-story Amador Crossing supportive housing development on West Amador Avenue in Las Cruces.
Homelessness

Las Cruces approves Amador Crossing manager after sole-bid questions

Las Cruces approved High Desert Housing to manage Amador Crossing after residents raised questions about the sole bid, security and neighborhood impacts.

Damien Willis
Valero gas station and convenience store at 3101 N. Main St. in Las Cruces, where police say an attempted armed robbery occurred Sunday.
Crime

Man accused of second knife-point robbery attempt on North Main in six months

Las Cruces police say Aaron Padilla tried to rob a North Main Street Valero with a knife Sunday while already facing another attempted armed robbery case from February.

Damien Willis
Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office patrol SUV parked outside under a clear blue sky.
Crime

Man accused of attacking same Las Cruces woman weeks after prior domestic violence arrest

A Las Cruces man is accused of attacking the same woman he allegedly strangled five weeks earlier while already facing charges in another felony case.

Damien Willis
Exterior entrance to Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, with the school name displayed across a curved white facade under a clear blue sky.
LCPS

LCPS plans new changing facilities after athletes resorted to changing in cars

LCPS plans new portable changing facilities at three high schools after officials said some student-athletes have had to change in their cars.

Damien Willis
Composite image of Kimberly Ann Skaggs’ booking photo beside the New Mexico Supreme Court building in Santa Fe.
New Mexico Supreme Court

State asks New Mexico Supreme Court to reject Skaggs bid for release

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is asking the state Supreme Court to deny Kimberly Skaggs’ challenge to her pretrial detention in a fatal Las Cruces hit-and-run case.

Damien Willis
Exterior of Las Cruces City Hall with flags, desert landscaping and public art in front of the building.
Economic Development

Las Cruces proposes clawbacks for companies that fall short on economic promises

Las Cruces City Council will consider a proposed industrial revenue bond policy that includes tax abatements, performance requirements and clawbacks for projects that miss economic targets.

Damien Willis
Traffic lights and a South Solano Drive street sign near Missouri Avenue in Las Cruces, where police say a father and son were injured in a drive-by shooting.
Crime

Las Cruces man accused in drive-by shooting that injured father, 11-year-old son

Las Cruces police arrested Jesus Angel Cortez, 26, after a drive-by shooting Sunday injured a 34-year-old man and his 11-year-old son near Solano Drive and Missouri Avenue.

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Map shows the planned Project Jupiter natural gas pipeline route through a patchwork of land ownership in southern New Mexico.
Project Jupiter

Project Jupiter critics call foul over hearing officer’s discovery denial

Project Jupiter opponents say a hearing officer’s decision to deny discovery puts them at a disadvantage ahead of a Sept. 14 air-quality permit hearing.

Julia Gentin
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