20+ hour, 27+ min ago   (626+ words) When Ken Hoeksema first learned of the Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces, it wasn’t under the most positive circumstances. He read a 2008 article from a local news outlet sharing that the Club was having financial difficulties and that the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (893+ words) On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Laura Yribia was underground at the World Trade Center, headed to her second day of work, when the people in front of her suddenly turned and began running the other way. She had not heard…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (888+ words) Elsewhere this week, Las Cruces (3-0) travels to Hobbs (2-1) at 7 p.m. Friday, while Gadsden (3-0) hosts Mayfield (0-3) at 7 p.m. Centennial (1-2) welcomes unbeaten Carlsbad (3-0) at 7 p.m. Friday. Organ Mountain (3-0) hosts Eldorado (0-2-1) at 1 p.m. Saturday to round out the weekend slate. Mesilla Valley Christian (2-1) is off this week…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (540+ words) Gun violence is not a single problem with a single cause. It is a pattern, a predictable convergence of behaviors, access points, and environmental conditions. And because the pattern is predictable, the consequences are predictable. That means the solutions are…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (728+ words) Las Cruces has plenty of reasons to celebrate this September. Four milestones will meet downtown Sept. 12 when the Bureau of Land Management hosts its first Public Lands Palooza, bringing music, history, outdoor recreation and community organizations to the Plaza de…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (733+ words) Raising sheep doesn’t stop when school gets out for Parker Howard. His afternoons bring another set of responsibilities — feeding, leg care, conditioning and repeated practice with animals that depend on him. The eighth grader has grown up around livestock projects,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (332+ words) Las Cruces shouldn’t be like this. Last week, I was driving down Main Street by Albertson’s at lunch time and there was a guy stumbling down the sidewalk. I looked to see what was going on and made the mistake…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (578+ words) In 1950, Ralph Edwards, a nationally syndicated radio host, issued a challenge for a town to rename itself after his show, “Truth or Consequences.” New Mexico’s Hot Springs took the challenge. For 50 years after the town earned its new name, Edwards…...