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Steven Milam receives invite to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Las Cruces native and Centennial High School grad Steven “Monster” Milam received an invite to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp, LSU announced on Friday. Milam will join a group of 56 premier non-draft-eligible college players for a two-game Stars vs. Stripes intra-squad series in Cary, N.C., on […]
Vanderbilt football: Diego Pavia brings experience, relentlessness to Commodores' QB room
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea says he has watched New Mexico State's upset win over Auburn from last year all the way through roughly seven times. That was part of the research process when Lea decided first to hire NMSU's Tim Beck as the Commodores' offensive coordinator this offseason — followed by a parade of Aggies to Nashville.
Man found shot to death near Valley View Ave. in Las Cruces
The Las Cruces Police Department is investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered Saturday morning in an undeveloped area off Valley View Avenue. According to a LCPD news release, 35-year-old Juan Diego Martinez died from at least one gunshot wound. Shortly before 7 a.m. on June 8,...
Doña Ana Arts Council announces appointment of new gallery manager
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Doña Ana Arts Council on Tuesday announced the appointment of its new gallery manager, Natalia Martinez, a Latina arts professional and activist from Santa Fe. According to the council, Martinez will oversee the gallery's daily operations, as well as exhibition coordination, artist...
Event for women addresses work opportunities, concerns
It’s a really great sharing of things and often people come with one thing in mind and leave with another.”. Making connections in communities, the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women wants to hear the concerns of local women and connect them to the resources they need. The current listening tour is coming to Las Cruces next week, Tuesday, June 11.
Death threats. Harassment. Intimidation. For New Mexico women, a life in politics can bring all three
This article was first published by Searchlight New Mexico. One Wednesday morning in April, Las Cruces City Councilor Johana Bencomo sat in a federal courtroom, watching with concern as a man was arraigned for making a death threat against her. “Stupid little bitch, get suicidal,” he had growled into her voicemail. “’Cause I will kill you.”
Cancer patients say this hospital turned them away
For almost three decades, Barbara Quarrell cared for patients as a nurse in Las Cruces, New Mexico, working for many years at Memorial Medical Center, a nonprofit community hospital owned by the city and the county. So when she received a devastating cancer diagnosis in 2022, she headed to Memorial...
Man killed in El Paso motorcycle freeway crash on I-10 near Spaghetti Bowl
A speeding motorcyclist weaving in-and-out of traffic was killed in a weekend crash on Interstate 10 near the Spaghetti Bowl, El Paso police officials said. Ramon Espinoza Torres, 43, of Anthony, Texas, died in the crash, which occurred minutes before midnight on Friday, May 31, on the westbound lanes of I-10 near the Copia exit, according to a police news release issued on Tuesday, June 4.
Las Cruces PD to conduct sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols during June
Video above: Las Cruces to conduct sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols during February EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Las Cruces Police Department will be conducting at least one sobriety checkpoint or saturation patrol within the city limits during June. The Police Department says sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols are intended to reduce and eliminate […]
Unofficial primary election results: Fernando Macias projected to edge out Shaharazad Booth for Doña Ana County District Attorney
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- According to the latest unofficial numbers from the New Mexico Secretary of State, Fernando Macias is projected to win the Democratic race for the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office in Doña Ana County. All 190 precincts in the county have reported. As of 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Macias has garnered The post Unofficial primary election results: Fernando Macias projected to edge out Shaharazad Booth for Doña Ana County District Attorney appeared first on KVIA.
Serial Las Cruces vehicle thief nabbed for the third time in five months
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A Las Cruces man who prompted school lockdowns after he stole a car and crashed it multiple times was arrested Sunday in connection with another stolen vehicle, marking his third arrest of 2024. Alexander Madrid, 32, was arrested by Las Cruces Police Department officers...
Doña Ana County expands efforts to divert people with mental health issues from jail
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The magistrate court in Doña Ana County is launching a new initiative to help individuals facing misdemeanor charges get mental health help rather than jail time. “The goal is to empower people to lead safer and more productive lives by connecting them to behavioral health treatment and community services for food, […]
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