Fairacres, NM

LAS CRUCES - Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Munoz is the grand marshal for this year's Fourth of July Electric Light Parade. “Patriotic Spirit and American Dreams” is the theme of the 2022 parade, which will take place Sunday night along parts of Solano Drive and Hadley Ave. Munoz was born in...

LAS CRUCES - City Manager Ifo Pili announced an ambitious new initiative for alleviating poverty will launch in a month. The city manager’s comments came during a meeting of faith leaders on homelessness hosted by District 4 Las Cruces City Councilor Johana Bencomo on Thursday. Pili spoke about the new poverty-fighting program, called...

LAS CRUCES - People from community organizations called for "unity," increased collaboration and more affordable housing as ways to better serve the city's housing insecure and unhoused populations. The comments were made during a panel discussion at "Faith for the Unhoused," the second meeting of its kind. Local faith and...

LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State won’t play a basketball game for four more months, but don’t tell that to first-year head coach Greg Heiar. His intensity during the Aggies’ summer workouts is in midseason form. And with a team of almost entirely new players and...

LAS CRUCES, NM (KTSM) – Two-time Grammy nominated band, Plain White T’s, is performing in Las Cruces on the 4th of July at the Pat & Lou Sisbarro Community Park, located at 3205 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM 88003. Tickets can be purchased here. Plain White T’s are a band that comes from Lombard, Illinois, […]

LAS CRUCES – Former New Mexico State star and 2022 WAC Player of the Year Teddy Allen will join the Denver Nuggets for the NBA Summer League, according to multiple reports. KTSM's Colin Deaver was the first to report Allen would join the Nuggets before the team tweeted a photo of Allen with Nuggets head coach Mike Malone in team gear at its practice facility. 104.3 FM The Fan reported the Nuggets' Summer League roster Friday.

LAS CRUCES – El Patrón Café & Catering was supposed to be a “temporary venture,” owner Paul Tirre said. And it was, if temporary means 12 years. After more than a decade in business and national recognition along the way, El Patrón will close the doors to its Solano Drive location after Tirre and his wife decided to retire. ...

LAS CRUCES – Jake’s Café announced earlier this week that they will be closing their doors for good, but fear not foodies, the owner will be opening a burger joint on University Avenue this summer. The impending closure was announced on Facebook on Wednesday, June 29. Owner...

In the past 10 years, Las Cruces Utilities Natural Gas Compliance Inspector Ruben Garcia has had the privilege of working on many of the new natural gas lines installed as Las Cruces continues to grow. Starting as an LCU welder, Garcia explained how a high-pressure gas line versus a low-pressure gas line is installed.

LAS CRUCES - Hue McCoy started his foray into computer science in the 1960s. Even back then he had a number of high-paying job offers after graduation. In the mid-1970s McCoy began a career at White Sands Missile Range and also taught part-time at New Mexico State University. He joined NMSU’s computer science department’s full-time faculty in 1990 and retired from NMSU twice, the first time in 2001. Then he sat out a year and came back to NMSU and retired again in 2011.

LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University has selected alumna Ana López as the next director of Chicano Programs. Vice President for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Teresa Maria Linda Scholz announced the hire in a memo to the campus community on June 30. López will begin her role Aug. 1.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Aggies will be represented in the NBA. Rookie Teddy Allen will be playing with the Denver Nuggets during NBA summer league, while free agent guard Trevelin Queen agreed to a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. Allen entered the NBA draft...

LAS CRUCES – Former Carlsbad and Farmington head coach Gary Bradley has rejoined his brother, Michael, at Mayfield High School as the Trojans’ offensive coordinator. Mayfield head coach Michael Bradley officially added Gary to his staff as an assistant earlier this spring after Gary spent the last seven seasons as the head coach...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - The scene at Desert Hope Apartments is a very different one today than it was just 10 months ago. Drugs, crime, and violence are prevalent, as reported by residents of both the apartments and neighbors of the complex. It's a grim picture compared to the positive outlook that new residents had at the grand opening last year.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley announced in a Facebook post on Thursday that small dogs and puppies were at risk of euthanasia by the end of, Friday at 5 PM. "We’re at capacity right now with around 498 animals here at...

Brewer’s team picked Las Cruces, about 40 miles north of El Paso, because of its proximity to Texas. More than half of the states in the country already have or are likely to outlaw abortion after the high court’s ruling. Doña Ana County, home to Las Cruces in...

White Sands National Park is part the world's largest gypsum dune field which brings tourists and tourism dollars to Otero County communities. Since White Sands National Park's designation was changed in December 2019, the park has seen record visitation, even with COVID-19 regulations and restrictions. "In 2021, 782,000 park visitors...

LAS CRUCES – Former New Mexico State Aggie men's basketball star Trevelin Queen has signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to several media outlets. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report Queen inked a NBA contract after Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes reported this morning that the Houston Rockets had declined to...

CHAPARRAL- Southern New Mexico's first BMX Pump Track had its grand opening Thursday. Occupying about one acre outside the Dolores C. Wright Community Center, the asphalt track is laid on on dirt hills with no straightaways. Bike riders generate enough momentum on the downslopes to crest hills and go around steep corners without pedaling.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14) — The city of Las Cruces was named among the best-run cities in the United States according to a study from Wallet Hub. With local governments helping their cities transition out of the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub released its report on 2022’s Best- & Worst-Run Cities in America.