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The City of Las Cruces will hold a Shopping Cart Ordinance Overview Meeting to help local businesses navigate through the compliance components of the Shopping Cart Ordinance. Las Cruces City Council recently adopted the Shopping Cart Ordinance to make the removal of shopping carts from the premises of a business establishment…

The City of Las Cruces will hold a Shopping Cart Ordinance Overview Meeting to help local businesses navigate through the compliance components of the Shopping Cart Ordinance. Las Cruces City Council recently adopted the Shopping Cart Ordinance to make the removal of shopping carts from the premises of a business establishment…

Artist finalists for the proposed art project at the new East Mesa Public Recreation Complex will present their design concepts to the Quality of Life/Las Cruces Public Art selection committee on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. The presentations begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in Conference Room 2007-A at City…

Note: Las Cruces Police Department is sharing this news release issued by New Mexico State Police. Alamogordo, NM – On August 29, 2024, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving the Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD). Investigations Bureau agents learned that at…

At a news conference Friday morning, Las Cruces City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau addressed a Notice of Material Breach that was delivered to Memorial Medical Center and LifePoint Health on Thursday, August 30, 2024. Taumoepeau expressed that the City would hold itself and its partners accountable to their commitments. Other speakers…

Correction Note: Day of week has been corrected to Thursday, highlighted below. Police have arrested the suspect believed to be responsible for Thursday morning’s stabbing death of a 30-year-old man in Las Cruces. Selena Carrillo, 28, was arrested Thursday and is charged with murder. At approximately 11:45 a.m. Thursday, August…

Join us for a multi-day workshop, where we we’ll be envisioning the future of the El Paseo and S. Solano MRA area. During this workshop, we’ll be exploring various design options, reviewing feedback and designing catalytic projects to improve public spaces, housing and local amenities. Visit the Metropolitan Redevelopment Area…

In a landmark initiative to enhance regional emergency response capabilities, Doña Ana County and the New Mexico State University Fire Department, the City of Sunland Park, the City of Las Cruces, the NASA/White Sands Test Facility and the Town of Mesilla have signed an Automatic Aid Agreement for fire services….

Las Cruces City Council received updates on the City’s Strategic Plan and from the firm that audits complaints against the Las Cruces Police Department during a work session held Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Srijana Basnyat, City Innovation and Strategy Administrator, and Mark Miller, Interim Lead Planner, provided the City’s Strategic…

The Las Cruces Police Department’s next Bridging the Badge livestream, scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 27, will focus on youth services provided by the City of Las Cruces. Ryan Steinmetz and Sofia Hughes, both from the City’s Parks and Recreation Department, will join LCPD hosts to discuss the many services provided…

CAPER The City of Las Cruces Housing & Neighborhood Services section has prepared a report of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) activities and status of funds for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. This report is known as the…

The City of Las Cruces invites residents to participate in a two-day interactive design workshop for the El Paseo Road and south Solano Drive Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan. The workshop gives participants the opportunity to share ideas and directly influence the future of the community. Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas are designated…

Las Cruces Police Department identified and arrested David Alan Leonard, 32, for shoplifting after a video posted to social media showed a theft at a local retail store. With the assistance of Retail Asset Protection partners, the Community Outreach Unit of LCPD identified Leonard as the masked individual responsible for…

A construction project within Las Cruces City Hall will force the temporarily relocation of utility payment cashiers to the Building Permits office of City Hall. During the past 60 days, the cashiers have been located at the Information Desk in the Lobby of City Hall. On Friday, August 23, 2024, they will once again be relocated….

“Dunes & Dreams: A Portrait of White Sands National Park,” stunning collection of photography from Emmitt Booher, will be exhibited at the Branigan Cultural Center Sept. 6 through Oct. 19, 2024. Booher’s photographs capture the majestic gypsum dunes at White Sands National Park. An opening reception for the exhibit, with…