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Las Cruces City Council met in regular session on Monday, Sept. 16, and accepted a New Mexico Department of Transportation grant for bicycle and pedestrian trails, voted to reimburse a developer for a new park in Metro Verde and denied an appeal to a Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to…

An 11-year-old student has been charged for allegedly posting a threat on social media that suggested gun violence would occur Tuesday at Sierra Middle School. The 11-year-old girl, who police will not publicly identify because of her age, was charged with making a threat of a school shooting. She received…

Las Cruces police have arrested two students suspected of making online threats to carry out shootings at local schools. A 13-year-old boy was arrested for making online threats to carry out a shooting at Camino Real Middle School. A 15-year-old girl was arrested for making a similar threat directed toward…

The Las Cruces Fire Department will host three practice Physical Ability Tests designed to provide valuable insight into what is required, physically, to become a firefighter. The practice tests, open to the public, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on three consecutive Saturdays: Sept. 28, Oct. 5 and…

Thank you to all who attended the Griggs Walnut Ground Water Plume Superfund Open House on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 153 N. Cottonwood St., near the intersection of Griggs Avenue and Walnut Street. Get More information on the Griggs and Walnut Ground Water Plume Superfund: https://www.donaanacounty.org/departments/administration/legal-risk-department/superfund-site

The Meerscheidt Recreation Center, at 1600 E. Hadley Ave., will modify or cancel adult sport sessions during the upcoming Las Cruces Public Schools’ fall break closure. Modifications and cancellations will be observed beginning Monday, Sept. 23, and run through Saturday, Oct. 5. Adult Sport Sessions will be as follows: Monday,…

The City of Las Cruces will break ground Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, on Fire Station 9, a $9.4 million project approved by voters in 2022 through a General Obligation Bond and intended to service the fast-growing neighborhoods north of Highway 70 on the City’s East Mesa. The groundbreaking will take…

The City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation department will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2024, to mark the opening of the pickleball courts at the East Mesa Public Recreation Complex located at 4582 Sonoma Springs Avenue. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take…

Las Cruces City Councilors met in a Work Session Sept. 9, 2024, and received an update from staff on how funds received from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act have benefited the City. Leeann DeMouche, the City’s Director of Finance, said Las Cruces received two tranches of $12.4 million each…

Las Cruces firefighters will recognize the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S. with the raising of a Garrison Flag and a commemorative bell ringing ceremony. Beginning at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, firefighters will hold silent watch at Fire Station 1, 201 E. Picacho Ave….

Las Cruces residents who have a bicycle are invited to join Las Cruces Mayor Eric Enriquez for the 2024 Mayor’s Bike Ride. The Mayor’s Bike Ride begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at the south trail head of La Llorona Trail. Parking access is available off Calle de Norte…

Las Cruces police will host a Town Hall Meeting Sept. 12 to discuss how drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine are affecting the community. The Town Hall Meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in Council Chambers at Las Cruces City Hall, 700 N. Main St. The meeting is anticipated…

Las Cruces police will conduct at least one sobriety checkpoint and one saturation patrol within city limits before the end of September. Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols are intended to reduce and eliminate the number of motorists who drive while intoxicated or impaired. Las Cruces police encourage those who plan…

Operation Not in Vain, a months-long crime reduction project in memory of fallen Las Cruces Police Department Officer Jonah Hernandez, has generated 77 felony arrests, 50 misdemeanor arrests and more than 320 traffic citations in its first month of operation. “Although we have many challenges to tackle, the first month…

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library hosts a Romance Book Discussion Group that meets the first Thursday of every month. The September Romance Book Discussion will feature books by Hispanic authors. The discussion will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library. Each month will feature a…