A retail crime operation conducted by Las Cruces police, the Department of Homeland Security and retail store investigators resulted in one arrest and the recovery of more than $8,000 in stolen merchandise from multiple locations. The coordinated effort between law enforcement and retail stores led to the arrest of a…
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Mandy Leatherwood Guss, Communications Director for the City of Las Cruces, has been selected by Women We Admire as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of New Mexico for 2024. The acknowledgement was published in the Aug. 19, 2024, online issue of Women We Admire. Guss has been Communications…
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With daytime temperatures expected to remain high over the next few days, the City of Las Cruces will keep its cooling stations open through Saturday. Daytime high temperatures are expected to be at or above 100 degree for the next several days. The City of Las Cruces will keep cooling…
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Las Cruces City Councilors approved resolutions to hire an airport consultant and to enter four-year contracts with 10 temporary employment services during a regular meeting held Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The airport consultant, Dubois and King Inc. of Randolph, Vt., will be hired on a five-year contract to help with…
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The Las Cruces Police Department’s Community Outreach Team hosts its Lunchbox Lemonade season finale Friday at the Unidad Park Splash Pad. The Lunchbox Lemonade series encourages Las Cruces residents of all ages to have lunch, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the Community Outreach Team at an area splash…
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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…
READ MORE 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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