News Flash

Water Outage on Purple Sage Drive

Purple Sage Drive from Baltic Green Avenue to the south end will experience a water outage on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. for the completion of water utility installations.

Adjacent areas may also be affected by the ...

2021-2022 Micro-Surfacing Maintenance Project Road List 3

As part of a Micro-Surfacing Maintenance Project throughout the City streets temporary lane closures will begin on Wednesday October 20, 2021, for the following streets:

• Sonoma Ranch Boulevard from La Camelia Drive to Safety Complex
• Paseo De Onate from Vist...

Great Pumpkin Candy Drop

From high in the sky, a Great Pumpkin will drop free candy!  

The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department, Weaver’s Welding, and Friends of the Community will hold the Annual Great Pumpkin Candy Drop! The event will begin at...

Virtual Fall Marathon

The City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department will offer a “Virtual Fall Marathon” starting November 1, 2021 and running through December 12, 2021. Get up and start moving by completing 26 miles in a six-week period! Participa...

Virtual Music in the Park Performances Available for Online Viewing

For the past 15 months, the City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department’s Music in the Park series hosted and recorded 46 Virtual Music Performances featuring area and regional country, rock, blues, Spanish, mariachi, folk, and jazz music...

State to Extend Indoor Mask Requirement Through November 12, 2021

Fire Damages Building on S. Mesquite Street

THIS IS A CORRECTED VERSION OF THIS WEB POSTING (as of 11:30 a.m. 10/15/2021).Original version mistakenly stated this occurred on S. Main Street.

Las Cruces firefighters extinguished a fire in a building on S. Mesquite Street late Thursday evening. &nb...

COVID-19 Vaccinations Offered at Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces

City Council to Meet Oct. 18, 2021

The Las Cruces City Council will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 in Council Chambers at City Hall, 700 N. Main St. for a regularly scheduled meeting.

City Council will consider adoption of a Resolution that would approve a Community Development Block ...

Water Outage Notice for Rose Gold Street and Meadow Sage Place

Residents near Rose Gold Street and Meadow Sage Place will experience a water outage between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 as part of the Sonoma Ranch North Phase 5 subdivision's tie in of new water lines into t...

2021-2022 Micro-Surfacing Maintenance Project Road List 2

As part of a Micro-Surfacing Maintenance Project throughout the City streets temporary lane closures will begin on Tuesday October 19, 2021, for the following locations:

• Las Collinas Drive from 200' west of Crystal Place to 100' ...

Road Maintenance on W. Amador Avenue

Streets Management will be conducting Road Maintenance on W. Amador Avenue between N. Archuleta Road and end of the City right of way. The work will begin at 7 a.m. Monday, October 18, and continue through Thursday, October 21. For the public's c...

Fire Station #3 Courtesy Noise Notice for October 14

A new Fire Station is currently being constructed in Las Cruces Council District #4 as part of the City's General Obligation (GO) Bond to replace the Fire Station 3 building. On Thursday, October 14 contractors will start work at 2 a.m. ...

Local Theater Companies Join Forces for Weekend of Broadway Music at the Rio Grande Theatre

Tickets are now on sale for All Together Now, a musical revue featuring music from some of the most popular shows on Broadway.

Blank Conversations Theatre Company, alongside the Rio Grande Theatre, Las Cruces Community Theatre, Alma d’arte Charte...

Suspect in Officer Involved Incident Identified

The Las Cruces Police Department and the Dona Ana County Officer-involved Incident Task Force are continuing the investigation of the officer involved incident that led to the death of 35-year-old Gustavo A. Esparza who is suspected of firing upon Las Cru...

2021-2022 Micro-Surfacing Maintenance Project Road List 1

As part of a Micro-Surfacing Maintenance Project throughout the City streets temporary lane closures will begin on Monday October 18, 2021, for the following streets:  Starburst Ridge Court from Del Rey Boulevard to cul-de-sac E...

Las Cruces Arts and Cultural District Open Call for Storytellers

The Las Cruces Arts and Cultural District invites the community to share holiday memories of downtown Las Cruces as part of Luminarias: A Downtown Holiday Memory Project.  Stories will be used to create digital luminarias of collective m...

Parks & Recreation Department's Adaptive Programs Places Third at Southern New Mexico State Fair

The City’s Parks and Recreation Department’s Adaptive Programs recently participated in the Southern New Mexico State Fair as a competitive exhibit group and placed third.  Projects are entered with Las Cruces Public ...

City's Economic Development Dept. and NM Workforce Connection Partner to Promote Job Fair

The City of Las Cruces Economic Development Department and the New Mexico Workforce Connection will partner to promote a free Job Fair.

The event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 4, 2021 at the Las Cruces Convention Cent...

Road Closures Beginning October 20

Motorists in the Metro Verde South and Sonoma Ranch East areas of Las Cruces may experience street maintenance work for ten days starting on Wednesday October 20. Maintenance work will also be scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 30.The sche...

State Continues to Encourage Individuals to Get Tested for COVID-19

• You have COVID-19 symptoms including cough, fever, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscl...

Fire Damages Home on Senna Drive

Las Cruces firefighters were dispatched to a fully involved residential structure just after 3:30 a.m. overnight on the 4000 block of Senna Drive to find the home engulfed in flames on arrival. Thirty-one firefighters from the Las Cruces Fire Department r...

Traffic Signal Work at University Avenue and Jordan Road Intersection

Traffic Signal upgrades will begin Wednesday evening (October 13) at 8 p.m. and continue through 6 a.m. Thursday (October 14) at University Avenue and Jordan Road. Work will resume again on Thursday evening (October 14) at 8 p.m. and continue through 6 a....

Master Watershed Conservationist Program Forum 2: Weather, Climate, Droughts and Flooding

The Master Watershed Conservationist (MWC) program continues with the next forum: Weather, Climate, Droughts and Flooding. The forum will be via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. MDT on October 26, 2021. The October 26 event will be via ZOOM (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83...

Police Investigating Officer Involved Incident

The Las Cruces Police Department and the Doña Ana County Officer-involved Incident Task Force are investigating an incident that led to the death of a man who is suspected of firing at least one round at officers.

Shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday, October...

Police Investigate Shooting Near Picacho Avenue and Valley Drive

Las Cruces Police are investigating a shooting that occurred near Picacho Avenue and Valley Drive Saturday evening.

Motorists should avoid the area between Picacho Avenue and Hoagland Road until the investigation is complete.

The scene was still active as o...

November STEM Programs at the Museum of Nature & Science

The Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science will offer in-person STEM programs for children and families this November. The programs are free but require registration in advance. To register please email education@las-cruces.org or call 575-522-3120 bef...

City Hall to be Lighted to Observe Breast Cancer and Diabetes Awareness Months

Let there be light outside of Las Cruces City Hall, and lights there may be!

The outside columns of the west edifice of City Hall, 700 N. Main St., will again be lit during October and November in observances of special causes th...

Healthy Holiday Baking with Lucinda Banegas-Carreon

Cookies! Cakes! Pies! Breads! Learn how to make all your favorite holiday treats just a little healthier.  

On Thursday, October 21 at 6 p.m., Lucinda Banegas-Carreon, MPH, CHES, the Fit Families Coordinator at NMSU, will talk about how to make yo...

Murderous Reads Mystery Book Group

Sadie Walela never thought she'd investigate a murder, much less four of them, but life can be surprising. Sadie must use the intuition and perseverance of her Cherokee ancestry to find answers, solve murders, and help her friends and neighbors i...

Fiction Writer Support Group

Authors alert! Thomas Branigan Memorial Library will be hosting a Fiction Writer Support Group on Saturdays in November, from 2 - 3 p.m. This program will be held in person in the library meeting rooms. COVID related restriction will be strictly enforced ...

Listen to Your Art with the Las Cruces Museum of Art

The next "Listen to Your Art" lecture will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 21. Tom Birkner will discuss the life and work of Latvian-American artist Vija Celmins. The lecture will take place at the Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., in...

"Teen Science Cafe - A.I. and Machine Learning" Online with the Museum of Nature & Science

The Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., invites all middle and high school students to join us online for a virtual “Teen Science Café – Super Volcanoes,” with guest presenter Frank Ramos, PhD.&nbs...

Branigan Memorial Library and Branigan Cultural Center Present the Big Read Las Cruces

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave., and the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., are pleased to present the Big Read Las Cruces, featuring An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo.  The Big Read begins Monday, October 11...

City Councilor Gill Sorg Seeking Projects Input from Public Through Series of Park Meetings

City Councilor Gill Sorg, representative for District 5, is hosting a series of public meetings with community members through October to gather input for projects that may qualify for the 2022 General Obligation (GO) Bond cycle for the City of L...

First-ever Bike Packing Summit to be Hosted Next Month in Las Cruces

The first ever New Mexico Bike Packing Summit will be in Las Cruces on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021.  Titled “Origins and Connections,” the summit hopes to bring together local, statewide, and out-of-state outdoor enthusiast...

National Arts and Humanities Month with the Las Cruces Museum of Art

The Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., will host several virtual and in-person programs throughout October to celebrate “National Arts and Humanities Month,” a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of art and ...