Month: August 2024
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Congratulations, Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy #28
Congratulations to 23 new law enforcement officers for choosing to protect our communities. They graduated from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy #28 on Friday, August 9, 2024, and received their badges, pinned by family members.
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USDA Updates Farm Loan Programs to Increase Financial Freedom, Resilience and Profitability for Agricultural Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces changes to the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Loan Programs, effective Sept. 25, 2024 — changes that are intended to increase opportunities for farmers and ranchers to be financially viable.
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Local Dairies Score High Marks as of July 2024
The IMS LIST SANITATION COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT RATINGS OF INTERSTATE MILK SHIPPERS is published quarterly
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El USDA anuncia los tipos de interés de los préstamos de Agosto de 2024 para los productores agrícolas (Bilingual Post)
El Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU. (USDA) anunció las tasas de interés de préstamos para agosto de 2024, que son efectivas a partir del 1 de agosto de 2024.
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Grocery Wars Part 1: What Was Up with Grocery Prices
The consumer price index for groceries has risen more than the overall price index since the start of the pandemic, with a particularly large jump in 2022.
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NMSU successfully completes critical incident response training scenario
New Mexico State University Police worked with several regional law enforcement agencies to conduct an active-shooter and suspicious-package training exercise at NMSU’s Branson Library Thursday.
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High School Football Starts in Two Weeks; Here is a District-Level Breakdown
Our local teams are spread out over five (5) different districts. Here is a breakdown of the districts teams in our broader community will be competing in.
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims: New Mexico had 799 New Claims with 10,000 still looking for work
Nationally, the advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending July 27, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate.
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Employment Opportunity Roundup: August 9, 2024
Over the course of the past week, Las Cruces Digest received dozens of announcements of open positions, and employers hoping to fill them. To be sure, these are not all local jobs; however, these employers are casting a wide net in hopes of finding help.
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FOR THE 1ST TIME EVER LAS CRUCES VS MAYFIELD WILL KICKOFF THE FOOTBALL SEASON
The Las Cruces High School vs Mayfield High School football game is widely regarded as one of the best rivalries not only New Mexico, but the entire country.
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Arrowhead Center at NMSU to host state’s first Startup World Cup competition in Albuquerque
New Mexico has been selected to join the 2024 Startup World Cup, a prestigious global competition organized by San Jose, California-based Pegasus Tech Ventures, offering a $1 million prize to the winner.
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Demographic Characteristics of Nonemployer Business Owners
This release also includes business owners’ urban and rural classification, receipt size of firm, legal form of organization (e.g., sole proprietorships and partnerships), and for the first time, tabulation of nonemployer business data by county.
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Trade liberalization reduces entrepreneurship rate
Entrepreneurship is an extremely important driver of economic growth and wealth creation. However, entrepreneurship opportunities may be significantly different in a globally interconnected economy relative to the past.
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The Anatomy of Labor Demand Pre- and Post-COVID
Has labor demand changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? The authors leverage detailed data on the universe of U.S. online job listings to study the dynamics of labor demand pre- and post-COVID.
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Las Cruces Utilities Program announces Three New Interns
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.
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Study shows NM outdoor recreation businesses expect growth–Grants Available
The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) Director Karina Armijo announced the opening of both the Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) and the Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant. Both grant programs opened for applications on July 1, 2024.
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Sherrif’s Academy #28 Graduation Ceremony– 1PM, August 9, 2024
New law enforcement officers will be sworn in after successfully completing the twenty-eighth class of the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy.
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LCPD Announces Enforcement Schedule for Recently Enacted Ordinances: Aggressive Panhandling, Street/Sidewalk Solicitation and the “Shopping Cart Ordinance”
The recently approved updates to Sections 21-62 and 21-63 of the Las Cruces Municipal Ordinance related to street and sidewalk solicitations will go into effect Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.
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Planned soundstage at NMSU expected to significantly boost local, state economies
The New Mexico State University Board of Regents in June unanimously approved an agreement between the New Mexico Economic Development Department, NMSU and Arrowhead Center Inc. to build a 36,400-square-foot soundstage complex in Arrowhead Park that will be used for film and television productions. NMSU and Doña Ana Community College creative media students will also…
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Las Cruces Reads about Money Tech: The DeFi Intermediation Chain
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is a rapidly growing ecosystem of financial applications built on blockchain technology, primarily on the Ethereum network.
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NMSU Women’s Golf Strengthens Staff: Coach Announces Addition of Alison Gastelum
Gastelum to serve as graduate assistant following five-year playing career with NM State.
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Three to Watch for the Next Three Days: Womens Golf in Paris
Golf in the Olympics is very similar to what we are used to in our broader community with two distinctions. 1) There is no “cut” after the second round of 18–all competitors play 72 holes. 2) There are sudden-death tie breaker rounds for all medals.
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Justice Department Statements on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s Decision in U.S. v Google
“This victory against Google is an historic win for the American people.”
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Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws
The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against TikTok Inc., ByteDance Ltd., and their affiliates (together, TikTok) for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations (COPPA) in connection with the popular…
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For the 29th time, NMSU’s Aggies Without Limits completes largest yet international community service project
New Mexico State University Aggies Without Limits volunteers set up six solar panels to power the pump transporting fresh spring water more than one mile to 81 spigots in the Guatemalan town of Unillá Pacalá.
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Office of Foreign Labor Certification Announces Final Decommission of the Permanent Online System
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is making this public service announcement to alert employers and other interested stakeholders the legacy Permanent Online System, which provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final determinations, will be fully decommissioned on December 1, 2024. Source: U.S. Department of Labor As part of the Department’s…
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LCPD Hosts Lunchbox Lemonade Friday at Metro Verde Splash Pad
The Las Cruces Police Department’s Community Outreach Team hosts its next Lunchbox Lemonade Friday at the Metro Verde Splash Pad.
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Department of Labor investigation of trench fatality finds El Paso contractor repeatedly, willfully failed to follow federal safety measures
An El Paso contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old employee from suffering fatal injuries in February 2024 by following federally required safety standards to avoid trench collapses, the same failure for which the U.S. Department of Labor has cited the employer six times since 2015.
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Los Alamos’ Chase Jackson is a TRUE, classical Olympian–she competes early Thursday morning
Competing naked is widely accepted as the only way the Greeks would perform in the original Olympic games.
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Police Investigate Death of Las Cruces Woman
The Las Cruces Police Department is investigating the death of an 80-year-old woman.
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US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDS $800K IN INITIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT DISASTER RECOVERY IN RESPONSE TO NEW MEXICO’S CONTINUING WILDFIRES
Grant supports disaster-relief jobs, training services in affected communities
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New Mexico reports first West Nile infection of 2024
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMHealth) has confirmed a West Nile virus infection in a resident of Union County. The individual was not hospitalized and is currently recovering at home.
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NMSU to conduct a critical incident response exercise Aug. 8
New Mexico State University Police will conduct a critical incident response exercise Thursday, Aug. 8 at the Las Cruces campus. The exercise is closed to the general public.
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BREAKING: Story Picked up by ‘US News & World Report’: NMSU study finds depression reduces survival among women with breast cancer
Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of public health sciences at NMSU, led a study to understand the long-term impacts of depression among American women with breast cancer.
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NMSU Extension diabetes awareness program awarded grant to expand
One of the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service diabetes awareness programs, On the Road to Living Well with Diabetes, has received a new grant from the Paso del Norte Health Foundation to continue its work to lower diabetes rates.
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Eating Well in Summer
Summer isn’t just about sunny days and school vacation. This season is also a good reminder to slow down and enjoy the bounties of nature.