The City of Las Cruces has extended the deadline for accepting applications for its Oversight Committee. The deadline to submit applications has been extended to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Applications are available on the City’s Website. The Oversight Committee is a management advisory committee and not a public board. City Council…
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City Councilors held a work session on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, and received an update on fiscal year 2025 first-quarter economic data and an economic outlook for the upcoming year. Monica Torres, economist with the City’s Economic Development Department, said business and household investment decisions could be impacted by inflation…
READ MORE Las Cruces Utilities will temporarily close for business on Nov. 1 for a departmental safety and team building event. The temporary closure will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at all LCU offices: City Hall location, 700 N. Main St. East Mesa location, 5195…
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Las Cruces firefighters extinguished a blaze that caused significant damage to a parked travel trailer on the East Mesa Monday morning. About 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28, firefighters were dispatched to the report of an outside fire that was possibly impacting a structure on the 1600 block of Joshua Court….
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Las Cruces Public Libraries is hosting a First Saturday Movie Marathon featuring three Madea family-oriented films in advance of the holiday season. Three Tyler Perry “Madea” films will be shown on Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, in the Kiva Room at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave on Roadrunner Transit Route 1. The movie…
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The number of stolen Hyundai and Kia automobiles continues to be high in Las Cruces, so police are again reminding owners of those cars to update manufacturer suggested security software that will help prevent the vehicles from being stolen. So far in 2024, 70 Hyundai and 38 Kia automobiles have…
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The 28th annual Las Cruces Veterans Day Parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, in downtown Las Cruces. The theme for this year’s parade is, “Honoring Veteran First Responders.” The parade will stage at the corner of Main Street and Lohman Avenue, travel north on Main Street to the…
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City Councilors met in regular session Monday, Oct. 21, and approved a resolution adopting a master plan for the Las Cruces Public Libraries that sets goals for the next 20 years. The Library first presented a master plan 24 years ago, in 2000. Carol Brey, Director of the Quality of…
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Branigan Cultural Center will open its newest exhibition, The Dinner Party: Multicultural Crossroads in Clay, which will be on view Nov. 1, 2024, through Jan. 18, 2025. An opening reception and awards ceremony, featuring artists and juror John Rawlings, will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Branigan Cultural…
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The City of Las Cruces’ Quality of Life Department is seeking artists to submit proposals for a free-standing, outdoor art piece to help beautify La Buena Vida Park, 3000 Buena Vida Circle. The Las Cruces Public Art program seeks a local and regional artist, or an artist team, to create an art piece to…
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The City of Las Cruces will be making changes to our Dog Park Rules. We would like your input. Take Survey
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The pilot who died Sunday, Oct. 20, during the second day of the 2024 Las Cruces Air and Space Expo has been identified as Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman who was based out of California. “Unfortunately, we had a tragic ending to our Air and Space Expo this weekend,” said Las…
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Mayor Eric Enriquez will be guest speaker during the Las Cruces Police Department’s Oct. 29 Bridging the Badge livestream. Enriquez, in his first year as mayor, previously served as an Assistant City Manager and, before that, as Chief of the Las Cruces Fire Department. Enriquez will answer questions from the…
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The City’s new Shopping Cart Ordinance is now being enforced and Las Cruces Codes Enforcement is asking for help locating carts that may have been abandoned or are still being used, contrary to the ordinance, off premises. The new Shopping Cart Ordinance, adopted by City Council in August 2024, makes…
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The Las Cruces Fire Department sent a five-person Swift Water Rescue Team and a two-person EMS team to Roswell, N.M., after torrential rains caused flash flooding over the weekend. Both teams left about 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, and arrived in Roswell at 2 p.m. The Swift Water Rescue Team,…
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