Month: June 2024
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DAILY DIGEST: Thursday (6/27/24)
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Las Cruces Fire Department to Graduate 20 Cadets
The Las Cruces Fire Department will graduate 20 cadets from its 37th Fire Academy on Friday.
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Las Cruces Tikes N’ Spikes Flag Football Registration on July 11 (online) and July 13 (in-person)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department will offer individual registration for Youth Flag Football.
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Lunchbox Lemonade Series Continues Friday
The Las Cruces Police Department’s Community Outreach Team invites residents to participate in its second Lunchbox Lemonade to be held Friday, June 28, at the Metro Verde Splash Pad and Park.
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Supporting Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Olmstead v. L.C. that people with disabilities must be afforded the freedom to live and receive services in their communities.
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NM Economic Develpment Department Announces Launch of New Mexico SSBCI Technical Assistance Program
The New Mexico Economic Development Department under its Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Office is launching a new initiative aimed at assisting small, disadvantaged businesses with technical assistance so they can better succeed, Acting Cabinet Secretary Mark Roper announced today.
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Sage Cafe Expansion Phase One in Las Cruces
Construction will take place at Sage Café, 6121 Reynolds Drive, for the expansion of the building.
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DAILY DIGEST: Wednesday (6/26/24)
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New robotics club empowers NMSU students
Maria Adeliz Ordoñez, former New Mexico State University Robotics club president, works on a robot in Jett Hall.
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June 30: Mesilla Valley Wine Tour [REGISTRATION REQUIRED]
This ticketed event includes visits to three charming wineries (tasting fees not included), offering a perfect escape from the weekend crowds.
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Police, ATF, Investigate Gun Shop Burglary [UPDATED 1:11 PM, June 25]
Las Cruces police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are investigating Sunday morning’s theft of 30 firearms from a local gun shop.
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Lane Closures Planned for Foothills Road
The installation of underground infrastructure will force temporary lane closures for portions of Foothills Road, near Nacho Drive, beginning Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
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Downtown Plaza Grass Replacement
The Parks & Recreation Department is replacing the grass near the splash-pad area at the Downtown Plaza de Las Cruces, 151 N. Church Street.
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Totally Cool, Inc., Recalls All Ice Cream Products Because of Possible Health Risk
Totally Cool, Inc. of Owings Mills, Maryland is recalling multiple brands of ice cream products, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
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Local Fishing Report for June 25
This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish in cooperation with Dustin Berg of www.gounlimited.org (“supporting disabled anglers”), has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers.
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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Bimbo Bakeries Over Food Allergen Labeling Concerns
On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. because, during two inspections in late 2023, FDA found that some of the company’s bakery products included ingredients that are or contain major food allergens on their labels, but those ingredients were not included in the product…
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Boy, 2, Drowns in Backyard Swimming Pool in Las Cruces
A 2-year-old Las Cruces boy drowned Monday evening in a backyard swimming pool.
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Las Cruces Police Seek Suspect in Telshor Shooting
Las Cruces police are asking for the public’s help locating 30-year-old Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez who is believed to be responsible for a shooting that critically injured a man Sunday afternoon on Telshor Boulevard.
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Avenida de Mesilla Intermittent Lane Closures – Extended Closures
Avenida de Mesilla (between S. Main Street to Martin Street) will continue to have intermittent lane closures from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
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Police ID Four Killed in Separate Double-Homicides
Las Cruces police are continuing to investigate Sunday’s double-homicide on the East Mesa while an arrest has been made in the double-homicide that occurred on Wofford Drive.
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DAILY DIGEST: TUESDAY (6/25/24)
Daily Weather Report: 4 o’clock HIGH Sunny thenIsolatedT-storms OVERNIGHT LOW ScatteredT-storms thenPartly Cloudy Detailed weather information can be found at forecast.weather.gov Reported Events Reminder: Daily Driver Traffic Report: Check the New Mexico Department of Transportation website (NMRoads.com) for more. Events from the City of Las Cruces Calendar of Events for Tuesday, June 25, 2024: The…
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Friends of the Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks–Screens Film (Free and Open to the Public, RSVP Requested)
Filmmaker Mary Patierno’s lyrical documentary “Requiem for a River” poses some fundamental questions about the iconic Rio Grande: Is it still a living river?
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Business and Community Safety is Topic of “Bridging the Badge” Livestream by Las Cruces Police
The Las Cruces Police Department’s next Bridging the Badge livestream, scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, will discuss what local businesses are proactively doing to improve safety at their properties and for their customers.
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Leftover draw licenses on sale June 26 (Corrected)
A total of 630 deer licenses left over from the 2024-2025 big-game draw will go on sale at 10 a.m. MDT June 26, through the Department’s Online License System.
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Lane Closure Planned for Sonoma Ranch Boulevard
A portion of northbound Sonoma Ranch Boulevard, between Camino Coyote and Bella Sierra Drive, will experience an intermittent lane closures beginning Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
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Water Outage Planned for Tuesday at Munson Senior Center
Munson Senior Center will experience a water outage on the evening of Tuesday, June 25.
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El Paseo Road Lane Closure Planned
Motorists who utilize the northbound lanes of El Paseo Road, between Idaho Avenue and Wyatt Drive, will experience a lane closure for the next two weeks.
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Cooling Stations to be Reactivated Beginning Monday, June 24, 2024
Triple-digit temperatures are expected to return to Las Cruces’ weather forecast for several days this week.
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Las Cruces Police Investigate Two Separate Double-Homicides–PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT
Las Cruces police are investigating two separate double-homicides that occurred Sunday morning within a span of less than 11 hours.
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DAILY DIGEST: MONDAY (6/24/24)
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Where’s Xochitl, Now? Part Four
Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small visited two USDA Summer Food Service Program sites this week to see them in action serving meals, known as SUN Meals, to kids of all ages at no cost to families. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, she visited Bettie F. Williams Elementary School and in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, she and Representative…
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Volleyball Unveils Fall 2024 Roster Additions
Veteran Head Coach Mike Jordan brings in nine new Aggies.
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County Emergency Rental Assistance Program checks delayed
Weekly assistance checks that would normally be disbursed will be processed on Friday, July 12. Residents can expect to begin receiving them shortly thereafter. Eligible applicants may check on their application’s status by calling ERAP staff at 575-525-5898. Applications are still being accepted for the program and the approval process will continue to run smoothly…
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State Wildlife Action Plan for New Mexico topic of public meeting in Las Cruces
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is holding two public meetings to discuss the 10-year review and revision of the State Wildlife Action Plan for New Mexico (SWAP).
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NM State Adds Former Aggie Shunn Buchanan to Coaching Staff
Buchanan makes his way back to Las Cruces after a two-year stint at Mississippi State under Head Coach Chris Jans.
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NMSU’s STEM Mavericks brings interactive AI summer camp to local highschool students
In first three days of the STEM Mavericks program at New Mexico State University, students were introduced to raspberry pi hardware, Bash, Python, electrical components, sensors, transducers and actuators.