The OIR Group, the firm the City of Las Cruces hired in 2021 to audit the police department, will host a community outreach meeting on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Council Chambers at City Hall, 700 N. Main St. The meeting is set to begin at 4 p.m. or 30…
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The City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department will celebrate the grand opening of the East Mesa Recreation and Sports Complex, 4660 Sonoma Springs Ave., by offering an adult pickleball tournament on Sept. 14-15, 2024. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, and will remain open until the…
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The Las Cruces Fire Department is now accepting applications for its next training academy that’s set to begin in February 2025. The fire academy will begin Feb. 24, 2025. If enough qualified applicants are received, the pool of candidates may be used to fill a second fire academy that’s tentatively…
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Daytime high temperatures are expected to be at or above 100 degrees for the next several days, so the City of Las Cruces will open cooling stations Friday, Aug. 16, through Thursday, Aug. 22, to allow some relief for residents who wish to escape the heat. Cooling stations are places that…
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Las Cruces police arrested a shoplifting suspect Tuesday who had an active warrant for murder out of Colorado. Oscar Martinez, 48, from Denver, Colo., was arrested by Las Cruces police shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, near the intersection of Roadrunner Parkway and Foothills Road. Police were looking for…
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The City of Las Cruces is hosting an open house to present a draft of the proposed updates to the Development Code: Realize Las Cruces. This event aims to engage the community in the process of revising the regulations that govern land use and development within city limits. The remaining…
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The sixth annual Las Cruces Space Festival returns Sept. 6-14, 2024. The festival is an annual celebration of space-related activities and history that the area is renowned for. Established in 2018, the festival provides activities for all ages with the intention of, ‘Making Space for Everyone’. The festival is free and…
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Las Cruces City Councilors received updates from the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance and the Downtown Las Cruces Partnership, and the annual report from the Historic Preservation Commission, during a work session held Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. The two economic development updates were both positive with each sharing signs of…
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Work on a high-pressure natural gas pipeline will temporarily close a portion of Las Alturas Drive beginning Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. The work, being done by a Las Cruces Utilities’ Natural Gas Operations and Maintenance crew, begins Thursday, Aug. 15, and is anticipated to be completed on Aug. 30. Traffic…
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Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) is sponsoring students for their education and career in Utilities related technology degrees and operations in service to the Las Cruces community through an in-house internship opportunity. Applicants were interviewed at the beginning of June, and three new interns were selected to receive educational scholarships. Interns…
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A Santa Fe, N.M., murder suspect was arrested Saturday evening in Las Cruces but not before he and an accomplice allegedly committed an armed robbery at local fast-food restaurant and carjacked a Chevrolet Impala from a woman. Zachary Ryan Babitz, 38, was booked in the Dona Ana County Detention Center…
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Madero Road and Parker Road residents, on Madero Road, will experience a water outage from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.13, 2024. This outage will enable the City of Las Cruces Water Department/MVH to replace two main line water valves at the intersection of Sixth Street and Madero…
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Attention high school students! Would you like to know what makes our city tick? If you’re curious about the various City departments and how they impact your daily life, here’s your chance to dive deep into the inner workings of the City of Las Cruces and discover the roles that different City…
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Las Cruces police will conduct at least one sobriety checkpoint and a saturation patrol within city limits before the end of August. Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols are intended to reduce and eliminate the number of motorists who drive while intoxicated or impaired. Las Cruces Police encourage those who plan…
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The new City ordinance, commonly called the Shopping Cart Ordinance, will go into effect Friday, Aug. 16, but Las Cruces police will delay enforcement for 60 days, in part, so retail establishments can submit a plan and application. LCPD also wants to allow time for all parties to become educated…
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