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 MORELas 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…
READ MORELas 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…
READ MOREIn 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 MORELas 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….
READ MORELas 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…
READ MOREThe 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…
READ MORELas Cruces Parks and Recreation and the Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Program are continuing to work on the community mural near the north end of the Triviz Drive multi-use trail. Work on the mural will be done Monday, Oct. 28, through Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. The mural is on the Outlet…
READ MOREThe 28th annual Las Cruces Veterans Day Parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, in downtown Las Cruces. The theme for this year’s parade is, “Honoring Veteran First Responders.” The parade will stage at the corner of Main Street and Lohman Avenue, travel north on Main Street to the…
READ MORECity Councilors met in regular session Monday, Oct. 21, and approved a resolution adopting a master plan for the Las Cruces Public Libraries that sets goals for the next 20 years. The Library first presented a master plan 24 years ago, in 2000. Carol Brey, Director of the Quality of…
READ MOREBranigan Cultural Center will open its newest exhibition, The Dinner Party: Multicultural Crossroads in Clay, which will be on view Nov. 1, 2024, through Jan. 18, 2025. An opening reception and awards ceremony, featuring artists and juror John Rawlings, will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Branigan Cultural…
READ MOREThe City of Las Cruces’ Quality of Life Department is seeking artists to submit proposals for a free-standing, outdoor art piece to help beautify La Buena Vida Park, 3000 Buena Vida Circle. The Las Cruces Public Art program seeks a local and regional artist, or an artist team, to create an art piece to…
READ MOREThe City of Las Cruces will be making changes to our Dog Park Rules. We would like your input. Take Survey
READ MOREThe pilot who died Sunday, Oct. 20, during the second day of the 2024 Las Cruces Air and Space Expo has been identified as Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman who was based out of California. “Unfortunately, we had a tragic ending to our Air and Space Expo this weekend,” said Las…
READ MOREMayor Eric Enriquez will be guest speaker during the Las Cruces Police Department’s Oct. 29 Bridging the Badge livestream. Enriquez, in his first year as mayor, previously served as an Assistant City Manager and, before that, as Chief of the Las Cruces Fire Department. Enriquez will answer questions from the…
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