Las Cruces City Council met in a regular session Monday, March 17, 2025, and approved a resolution identifying four new Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas. The new MRAs are the Amador Proximo and South Area, the Apodaca and Lift-Up Area, the East of Solano Neighborhood Area and the Mesquite District Area. In…
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Branigan Cultural Center is accepting proposals for exhibits, with themes of cultural and historical significance relating to the Borderlands and the U.S. Southwest, to be presented in 2026. The Cultural Center is particularly interested in submissions that consider the 250th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Submissions…
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Charles T. Tucker Jr., the City’s Inspector General, will be guest speaker during the Las Cruces Police Department’s March 18 Bridging the Badge livestream. Tucker’s primary focus as Inspector General is investigating complaints of fraud, waste and abuse of City resources. The IG is authorized to investigate municipal matters that…
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The City of Las Cruces will hold three separate hour-long interactive workshops (two this week and one next week) to help job seekers navigate the job search and application process for the City. Human Resources staff will guide participants through the online process and further offer tips for a successful interview. The workshops…
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Las Cruces Public Libraries hosts a monthly Video Game Club for teenagers at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library. The next Video Game Club is from 4-6 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2025, in the second floor Computer Training Room at Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave. The Video Game Club is for…
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The Las Cruces Police Department will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 20, to provide information on the Officer Involved Shooting that occurred Thursday, March 13 on the 800 block of south Main. The news conference will be held in Council Chambers at Las Cruces City Hall, 700…
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A vacant home on the 1300 block of N. Alameda Boulevard was damaged by fire early Friday, March 14, 2025. The Las Cruces Fire Department responded to the reported structure fire shortly after 2 a.m. Friday morning. The fire was well involved in the home upon arrival. Crews were able to safely apply…
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March is National Ladder Safety Month and the Las Cruces Fire Department wants contractors and do-it-yourselfers to consider their wellbeing when using ladders and other elevated platform. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, nearly half a million people are injured in ladder-related accidents each year across the U.S. Most…
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Las Cruces police and the Officer-involved Incident Task Force are investigating a shooting that injured an armed man shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 2025. Information is limited for now as the investigation is in its infancy. Police were called to the report of a man armed with a…
READ MORE Registration for the Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department’s Lil’ Sluggers T-ball and coach-pitch youth baseball league, for children ages 4-10, will begin Thursday, March 27. The Lil’ Sluggers and coach-pitch youth baseball league is open to all genders. Online registration for individual participants begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 27, 2025, until…
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The purpose of the Lush and Lean program is to help residents of Las Cruces make the best use of the limited water resources available by developing and maintaining gardens and landscapes that are also water-wise. Each year the Water Conservation Program hosts a series of workshops on water-wise landscaping,…
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The City of Las Cruces reminds owners of short-term property rentals they are required to pay lodgers tax. Lodgers tax is a 5% occupancy tax for revenues generated within lodging establishments. The tax is used for advertising, publicizing and promoting the city and some recreational and tourist facilities, and the…
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The Las Cruces Police Department’s Community Outreach unit will help tackle some of the issues plaguing local businesses during a six-hour operation planned for Thursday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 2025, Community Outreach will be working with Las Cruces businesses to ease or help eradicate some…
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Fire damaged a shed behind a medical facility on south Telshor Boulevard early Tuesday morning. About 4 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Las Cruces firefighters were dispatched to the report of a structure fire behind a medical facility on the 1200 block of south Telshor Boulevard. Crews arrived to find…
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Las Cruces City Council met Monday, March 10, 2025, in a joint work session with Dona Ana County Commissioners to receive updates on ambulance services and opioid settlement funds. Councilors and commissioners heard from Stephen Lopez, assistant county manager, and Brad Douglas, city attorney, about the ambulance service provided by…
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