Governor appoints Susie Kimble to fill vacant Doña Ana County commission seat
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Republican Susie Kimble to the Doña Ana County Commission, filling the District 3 seat through the end of 2026.
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County offices to open two hours late Tuesday; commission meeting to proceed
Doña Ana County administrative offices will open two hours late Tuesday because of weather conditions, though the Board of County Commissioners meeting will proceed as scheduled.
County records detail Project Jupiter water plans, but no binding commitments yet
Doña Ana County records outline Project Jupiter’s projected water use and proposed mitigation measures, but documents reviewed by Organ Mountain News show no water-related commitments were legally binding as of mid-September 2025.
Anthony police chief Vanessa Ordoñez to depart at end of year
Anthony Police Chief Vanessa Ordoñez will leave her position at the end of the year, Mayor Diana Murillo announced, with the city planning a transition as a successor is selected.
Anthony man sentenced to life in federal prison for child exploitation offenses
A federal judge sentenced an Anthony man to life in prison after a jury convicted him of multiple child exploitation offenses involving minors between 2018 and 2022.
Final design completed for long-planned NM 139 border connector
State transportation officials have completed the final design for the NM 139 Border Highway Connector, a planned roadway linking NM 136 and NM 273 to support freight movement and cross-border development.
Data center Project Jupiter’s greenhouse gas emissions could rival NM’s largest cities
Developers behind Project Jupiter, a massive data-center campus planned near Doña Ana County, say the site could emit more than 14 million tons of greenhouse gases annually — a level that would rival the combined emissions of the state’s two biggest cities.
$4M federal grant funds new express bus service between Las Cruces and El Paso
A $4 million federal transit grant will fund a new express bus service linking Las Cruces and El Paso, aiming to improve cross-border access for commuters and transit-dependent residents.
‘An open graveyard’: Skeletal remains lie unrecovered in New Mexico’s borderlands
This republished Searchlight New Mexico investigation looks at the challenges of locating, identifying and recovering the remains of migrants who die in New Mexico’s borderlands.
