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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The Las Cruces Public Libraries is offering computer literacy classes – from managing files and digital images to using social media – during the month of November. Las Cruces Public Libraries offer a variety of computer literacy classes throughout the month to help people become more comfortable using the technology….
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Just in time for your Dia De Los Muertos altar, Las Cruces Public Libraries invite you to watch the Disney Pixar movie “Coco,” a heartwarming animated film that celebrates Mexican culture, family and the power of music. “Coco” will be shown at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, in the Roadrunner…
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The Las Cruces Fire Department encourages tenants and homeowners to check smoke alarms and install new batteries this weekend when setting clocks to ‘fall back’ to daylight saving time. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, and the fire department urges residents to install fresh batteries in…
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Las Cruces Public Libraries is hosting a series of Paper Flowers Workshops, making paper hemlock and pinecones, for adults in November. Identical sessions of hemlock and pinecone making will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Friday, Nov. 8 and Friday, Nov. 15. There will also be a weekend session at 2…
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Jose Vargas, Human Resources Manager for the City of Las Cruces since 2022, has been promoted to the position of Deputy Director of Human Resources. Vargas joined the City in 2019 as an HR Analyst and was promoted to Senior HR Analyst in July 2021, serving in that role for…
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Paul Ford, Coordinator of the Las Cruces Fire Department’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program, was recently honored with the 2024 New Mexico Emergency Medical Services Bureau Provider of the Year/EMT-Paramedic Award. The award was presented during the 11th Annual New Mexico Fire and EMS Expo held Oct. 23-27, 2024, at the…
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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…
READ MORE 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 Parks and Recreation Department is offering step-by-step paint classes on Nov. 13 and Dec. 11. The instructor-led classes provide a fun and interesting format using a step-by-step tutorial while painting. Supplies and instruction are provided for $20 per person, per class. Two classes are scheduled. Classes will be…
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In observance of Veterans Day, most City of Las Cruces offices will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. However, all emergency services, including police and fire will operate as usual. City offices and facilities closed on Veterans Day include: A Fielder Memorial Safe Haven City Hall Castaneda Service Center (Parks…
READ MORE 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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