The City of Las Cruces named Hector Terrazas as the new Deputy Director for Natural Gas and Energy in early December. Terrazas began his public service career in 2007 as a roadway inspector with the New Mexico Department of Transportation and later joined the City of Las Cruces in 2008 as…
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The Las Cruces Police Department graduated six cadets from its 54th Academy on Friday, Dec. 20. The six cadets who graduated are Vincent Montoya, Viridiana Porras, Juan Prieto, Alan Ramirez, Eric Reynolds and Jannette Soto. Montoya will work for the New Mexico State University Police Department while the remaining five…
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Have you ever wondered how the City’s traffic lights are controlled; who takes care of the City’s ballfields; or who organizes City Council meetings? Here’s your chance to find answers to these questions! The City of Las Cruces invites residents ages 18 and over to join the 2025 Neighborhood Leadership Academy. This 12-week…
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Have you ever wondered how the City’s traffic lights are controlled; who takes care of the City’s ballfields; or who organizes City Council meetings? Here’s your chance to find answers to these questions! The City of Las Cruces invites residents ages 18 and over to join the 2025 Neighborhood Leadership Academy. This 12-week…
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Las Cruces City Councilors met Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, and approved the precommitment of funds for the Paseos Verdes housing development near the corner of Colorado Avenue and south Campo Street. Paseos Verdes is a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit multi-family affordable housing development at 905 S. Campo St. The Paseos…
READ MORE The City of Las Cruces is seeking input on projects, goals, and strategies to revitalize the neighborhoods and corridors between Downtown Las Cruces and New Mexico State University. The El Paseo Road and S. Solano Drive Metropolitan Redevelopment project area represents a pivotal opportunity to transform this section of the…
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The Las Cruces Police Department will graduate six cadets from its 54th Academy on Friday, Dec. 20. The graduation ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Council Chambers at Las Cruces City Hall, 700 N. Main St. Attendance for the graduation ceremony is limited to…
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The City of Las Cruces is working on a plan to reimagine and revitalize the neighborhoods around El Paseo and S Solano corridors between Lohman and University Avenues. The project represents a pivotal opportunity to transform these sections of our city into thriving, pedestrian-friendly communities with a renewed focus on…
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Las Cruces City Councilors met in a work session Monday, Dec. 9, and received an update on progress made in the final review and refinement of the Realize Las Cruces development code update. Realize Las Cruces, initiated in the spring of 2021, is intended to update the land development codes…
READ MORE Las Cruces police are reminding drivers to the dangers of automobile warm-up thefts. Vehicle warm-up thefts can happen when, during cold weather months, an automobile is started and left unattended to warm the cabin or defrost the windshield. While many newer-model vehicles have remote-start capabilities, that option has its own…
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Las Cruces police arrested the man suspected of Friday’s crash into a motel that injured a man and caused the death of a 55-year-old woman. About 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, 22-year-old Alan Leyva-Vasquez reversed a Chevrolet Suburban into a room at the Imperial Sky Motel at 1865 W….
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A vehicle crash Friday morning into the Imperial Sky Motel on west Picacho Ave has resulted in the death of one person. At about 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, Las Cruces police and fire were dispatched to the crash at 1865 W Picacho Ave. Investigators learned a Chevrolet Suburban was…
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Portions of the parking lot at 2240 E. Lohman Avenue (the lot behind Sally-Beauty Supply, Top Crop Cannabis, Nails – Elegant Nails, and Batteries Plus) will be closed between Thursday, December 5, and Monday, December 23, 2024, for work associated with the Griggs-Walnut Ground Water Plume Superfund Site. The Contractor,…
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Las Cruces City Councilors met in regular session on Dec. 2, 2024, and approved the City’s legislative priorities for the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session. The City of Las Cruces legislative capital outlay priorities include: Continuation of the East Mesa Recreation Complex master plan: $5.9 million. Renovation and expansion of…
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Las Cruces Public Libraries invites residents to join the “What Have You Been Reading?” book discussion. This book discussion group brings participants together on Thursday, December 12, 2024, to talk about whatever they’ve been reading. This is a light, informal conversation about the books we’re reading and recommending that others…
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