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Brice Wrye and Cache Wrye work on a fence on a farm in Los Lunas, New Mexico.
Agriculture

New Mexico offers ag businesses up to $15,000 to hire interns

New Mexico agricultural businesses can apply for reimbursement funding to hire paid interns through the state’s Agricultural Workforce Development Program.

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NMSU computer science students Logan Flowers, Tom Chatto, Hailey Hudson and Tiffany Monarco stand in front of research posters in New Orleans.
NMSU

NMSU research program helps computer science students picture a Ph.D. path

NMSU computer science students joined a national undergraduate research program that helps students explore research careers and prepare for graduate school.

Minerva Baumann
Side-by-side portraits show Jorge Calderon, left, smiling in a red cap and black jacket, and Jeremy Bruggemann, right, wearing glasses and a suit outdoors at sunset.
Economic Development

NMSU Hunt Center helps Borderplex startups prepare for investors

NMSU’s Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship concluded its 2026 Borderplex Fundraising Sprint, a six-week accelerator program aimed at helping regional startups navigate fundraising and prepare for investors.

Alejandro Najera-Acosta
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez stands outside the U.S. Capitol.
Agriculture

Vasquez introduces bill to fight New World screwworm threat

Rep. Gabe Vasquez introduced a bipartisan bill to help ranchers respond to New World screwworm after confirmed cases in New Mexico and Texas.

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Aerial view looking east over desert, roads, golf course and neighborhoods near “A” Mountain in Las Cruces.
Courts

Judge orders detention for Las Cruces man accused in bomb-materials case

David Curtis remains held without bond after a judge granted prosecutors’ pretrial detention request. An eyewitness who says she was at the scene disputes parts of the police account.

Damien Willis
Composite image showing a marked map of Zorro Ranch beside an aerial photo of the former Jeffrey Epstein residence in Santa Fe County.
State

New Mexico’s Epstein commission announces 9 more subpoenas to federal prosecutors, state agencies

The legislative subcommittee investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s activities in New Mexico announced nine additional subpoenas to federal prosecutors and state agencies.

Joshua Bowling
A staff member walks with a group of boys in green shirts through a hallway at the Youth Diagnostic and Development Center.
CYFD

New Mexico lawmakers propose splitting CYFD in two. Is that a good idea?

Searchlight New Mexico reports that some lawmakers and public officials want to split CYFD into two agencies, with one focused on child protective services and another overseeing juvenile justice.

Esteban Candelaria
City parking lot at North Campo Street and East Hadley Avenue in Las Cruces, with cars parked beside a blue building.
City of Las Cruces

City Hall-area parking lot to close June 22 for pothole repairs

A city parking lot near Las Cruces City Hall will close June 22 for pothole repairs and is expected to reopen June 23.

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Nevaeh Lopez participates in a room-clearing drill at the New Mexico State Police Academy.
NMSP

Former Mesilla Marshals intern graduates from State Police academy

Nevaeh Lopez, a former criminal scene investigator intern with the Mesilla Marshals Office, graduated June 17 from the New Mexico State Police Academy as part of the 107th Recruit Class.

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