The feature film “A Better Place,” a dark comedy thriller shot in and around Las Cruces, wrapped production in May. The project hired more than 100 New Mexico residents and featured local businesses and landscapes.
Las Cruces police issued 72 citations during a one-hour Solano Drive traffic operation, including speeding, no registration and no proof of insurance.
A federal court struck down Trump-era rules tying FEMA and DHS funding to immigration enforcement. Attorney General Raúl Torrez says the ruling protects billions in emergency preparedness and disaster relief dollars for New Mexico.
The remains of 38 unclaimed individuals will be interred Oct. 8 at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Las Cruces. Doña Ana County invites the public to attend the ceremony honoring them.
At a Las Cruces roundtable with patients and health leaders, Rep. Gabe Vasquez said the expiration of ACA premium tax credits could raise health costs by $578 a month for 51,000 New Mexicans.
“Coppers,” a feature thriller filmed entirely in New Mexico, has wrapped production in Socorro. The project employed dozens of New Mexico actors and crew and stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Eric Roberts and Steven Michael Quezada.
NMSU will celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with music, lectures and cultural events beginning Sept. 16 on campus. Carlos Carrillo López, New Mexico State University LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University will kick off its celebrations for Latin Heritage Month later this month. Latinx Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15
The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico will host two nonpartisan candidate forums in September for contested school board and city council races ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
Rep. Gabe Vasquez and other border-state Democrats are pressing DHS for accountability in how it will use $150 billion in new funding, calling for technology, training and safeguards against waste and abuse.
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