A large crowd joined the Potter's Guild of Las Cruces at its annual Empty Bowls event to raise funs in support of El Caldito Soup Kitchen. The Oct. 10 gathering at St. Paul's United Methodist Church offered a locally-crafted bowl filled with soup...

Boarding a bus for the short ride to the largely closed-off construction site just north of the U.S.-Mexico border near Santa Teresa, I wasn’t sure what awaited us at the drop-off point. We passed a line of cars — construction workers headed home...

On July 16, 1945, people up early in Las Cruces witnessed a world-shattering event. At 5:29 a.m., they saw a bright flash in the northwest over the San Antonio Mountains. Those in the Tularosa Basin at the same time saw a bright cloud rise like...

Santa Clara’s newest park feature wasted little time drawing a crowd as children were trying to ride the new pump track before its grand opening had even begun. The Village officially opened the bike park June 26 after years of planning,...

The floodwaters have largely receded across Doña Ana County, but the cost of what they left behind is only beginning to come into focus. County officials put the preliminary damage estimate at about $17 million Tuesday as the Doña Ana County...

A choir begins with a single voice. One person breathes, opens a mouth and makes a sound. It’s an unusually vulnerable act, Diane Schutz believes, because singers have nowhere to hide. There is no clarinet or flute between them and the...

Across southern New Mexico, pieces of pottery or chipped stone scattered across the desert can hint at something much larger hidden beneath the surface. “Buried there, there may be an adobe pueblo,” said William Walker, a professor of...

New Mexico’s desert may look unforgiving, but for bees, it holds a remarkable amount of life.  Across the state, particularly in the Chihuahuan Desert, native bees occupy ecological niches, and researchers are still working to understand....

When most Las Cruces locals hear the name Emma Christiano, they associate it with the five-foot-three powerhouse that plays guard for NMSU women’s basketball. However, when you ask the Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces staff, they remember a...

When Three Crosses Regional Hospital was being planned in Las Cruces, Denten Park wanted no part of it. More precisely, he didn’t want it built. Park was CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center at the time, and he believed the city’s health...

The Organ Mountain girls soccer team has spent much of this season scoring goals. Lots of them. There have been games with 18, 10, nine and seven. Through its first 14 matches, Organ Mountain had scored 86 times while allowing just two...

Early voting starts Tuesday. Oct. 6, for the 2026 general election. New Mexico voters will choose a new governor and lieutenant governor this year, along with a new land commissioner. There are also races for other statewide offices as well as...

Spaceport America may be best known for human spaceflight, but much of the work taking place at the southern New Mexico facility happens outside the public spotlight.  Flight testing, rocket engine testing and other operations take place at...

For Marietta Patricia Leis, color can hold an entire place.  The deep blue of Crater Lake, the endless green of northern Thailand and the darkness of an Icelandic winter have followed the New Mexico artist into a body of work spanning...

Three rifle volleys broke the quiet outside San Albino Church in Mesilla on Sept. 25 as members of the El Perro Diablo Honor Guard carried out a ritual they have performed hundreds of times.  Weeks earlier, that precision earned the Las...

Nadia and James are caught in the midst of a strict anti-immigration America that has brought devastation upon their little family as they seek their way through the struggle. Will their love surpass the pain that’s ripping their family...

Attendees filled Main Street in downtown Las Cruces during National Night Out on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. The annual community-building event brought residents together with first responders and service organizations throughout downtown, with...

For at least one night, New Mexico State found a formula that worked. James Jones ran for 155 yards. The Aggie defense piled up six sacks. Adam Damante, making his first start of the season, directed the offense without turning the ball over, and...

September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Memorial Medical Center is shining a light on the most common cancer diagnosed in men, after skin cancer. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer-related death, after lung cancer. The...

The General Federation of Women’s Club Progress Club of Las Cruces is hosting its 12th annual fundraising golf tournament on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Red Hawk Golf Club, 7502 Red Hawk Golf Road on the East Mesa just north of U.S. Highway...

If you have ever opened an Explanation of Benefits after a medical visit and felt like you were trying to read a foreign language, you are not alone. Between deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and network restrictions, navigating healthcare can...

“We are the only hospice we know of who is able to arrange our own transportation,” Mesilla Valley Hospice Chief Operating Officer Mario Prieto said Sept. 24, after MVH’s first ever non-emergency transport vehicle received a blessing and became...

There are still things Cally Williams wants to try. After 50 years working with clay, she keeps a bulletin board in her Las Cruces pottery studio filled with pictures of pieces that intrigue her — things she has made, things she might make and...

The laptop doesn’t come out until most of the day's work is already done. Tanishia Womack has put in her hours as a paralegal. Her sons, Michael and Gabriel, have made it through school and whatever else the day demanded. Mixed in somewhere is law...

October comes in on a cool breeze. Mornings feel crisp, evenings call for a jacket, and leaves crunch along the sidewalk. At the market, pumpkins sit beside bales of hay while scarecrows watch over the last of the harvest. Gold and rust fill the...

There are meals that satisfy hunger, and then there are meals that stitch themselves into your memory. The kind you talk about days later, the kind that become part of your family’s story. Chef Creates at the Las Cruces Convention Center was...

"The 35th Annual Dress the Child charity dinner gala exceeded all expectations," said Dress the Child Program Chairman Doug Boberg. The fundraising dinner was held Sept. 24 at the Las Cruces Convention Center with more than 250 people in...

When Marci Dickerson learned she had breast cancer in 2022, she knew at least one thing she wasn’t going to do. “I’m not going to start pink again,” she remembers saying. “I’m not going to be the face of breast cancer. I’m not doing it.” It took...

For hundreds of Doña Ana County students, a trip to the Southern New Mexico State Fair will come with more than a day away from the classroom.  About 1,500 students are expected to participate in three days of AgXplorer programs centered on...

After more than six decades in Las Cruces, a longtime arts organization finally has a gallery to call its own. The Las Cruces Arts Association will celebrate the grand opening of its new gallery Friday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 221 N....

Downtown Las Cruces will fill with color, music and crowds Saturday as Southern New Mexico Pride brings its annual celebration back to the heart of the city. Pride on the Plaza returns Oct. 3, beginning with the fourth annual Pride Parade...