Las Cruces City Councilors met Feb. 10, 2025, in a work session where they were introduced to a proposed new franchise agreement with the El Paso Electric Company. In 2000, City Council adopted Ordinance 1790 that granted El Paso Electric a seven-year franchise agreement, with a two-year extension, with the…
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On Sunday, for the second time in four days, the Las Cruces Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team was called to help find a lost or stranded hiker in the Organ Mountains. About 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, five members of LCFD’s Technical Rescue Team were activated to help locate…
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Las Cruces police are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday evening and left a man in critical condition. Officers responded to reports of a shooting about 10:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, on the 600 block of west Picacho Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered a man in his mid-20s who had been…
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Feb. 11, 2025, marks a solemn and sorrowful anniversary for the Las Cruces Police Department, for the City, and especially for family and friends of fallen patrol officer Jonah Hernandez who was killed in the line of duty one year ago. “Not one day has passed that Jonah is not…
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Las Cruces Public Libraries invites you to participate in the new monthly board game day from 1-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 16, 2025, in the Roadrunner Room, at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, located at 200 E. Picacho Avenue on RoadRUNNER Transit route 1. We’ll have a selection of games to…
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The Las Cruces Police Department is seeking technicians for its Real-Time Crime Center that’s set to begin operations this spring. The RTCC will use real-time information and technology to help law enforcement personnel better respond to priority callouts. RTCC technicians will monitor live-feed cameras, radios and data systems on calls…
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Las Cruces police detectives are investigating allegations of a fentanyl-laced drink that allegedly caused a 20-year-old man to be hospitalized on Tuesday. About 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, police received a report that a 20-year-old Las Cruces man became sick after consuming a drink allegedly delivered from a local…
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The Las Cruces Police Department gained five experienced officers after an abbreviated four-week academy that was completed Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. The five officers – three who previously retired from LCPD and returned to duty and two who are lateral hires from other agencies – completed an abbreviated four-week academy…
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Registration for the Parks and Recreation Department’s two-week Spring Break Camp, to be held during the Las Cruces Public Schools’ intercession, begins Feb. 10, 2025. The camp will be held at two locations: Fairacres Elementary School and Jornada Elementary School. Programs at both sites offer similar fun indoor and outdoor…
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Las Cruces City Councilors met Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, and approved resolutions transferring ownership of five dispenser liquor licenses. By law, the New Mexico Alcoholic Beverage Control Division requires local government entities to conduct a public hearing for each liquor license transfer. Council held five consecutive public hearings, as part…
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Feb. 10, 2025, marks the 35th anniversary of one of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Las Cruces – the 1990 mass-shooting of four children and three adults at a local bowling alley. Four of the victims – three of them children – were killed that day while one…
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Las Cruces police have arrested the man believed to be responsible for Tuesday’s fatal stabbing of Lawrence Patrick Rubio near the intersection of Seventeenth Street and Picacho Avenue. James Michael Melendrez, 31, is charged with an open count of murder and is initially being held without bond at the Dona…
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Las Cruces police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred Tuesday near the intersection of Seventeenth Street and Picacho Avenue. Shortly before noon on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, police were dispatched to the report of an altercation resulting in a stabbing on north Seventeenth Street, just south of Picacho Avenue….
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The City of Las Cruces will be recognized at this year’s National Community Development Association (NCDA) conference in Washington, DC for the role it played in the expansion of the Casa de Peregrinos Food Pantry using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The City will receive the Audrey Nelson Award…
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Las Cruces Public Libraries invites teen residents to participate in the monthly Video Game Club from 4-8 p.m., Monday, February 24, 2025 in the second floor Computer Training Room of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, located at 200 E. Picacho Avenue, on RoadRUNNER Transit route 1. Come and play video…
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