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4 hrs ago | Las Cruces Sun-News

Do a Ana County voting centers to debut in June election

Dona Ana County will showcase its first-ever at-large voting centers on June 5 - a change election officials say should benefit election-day voters.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Las Cruces Sun-News

Gun seller gets five years in border smuggling case

Despite an emotional appeal by the Chaparral gun store owner who admitted to selling nearly 200 weapons as part of a border gun-smuggling operation, a federal judge on Thursday issued the full penalty sought by prosecutors: five years in prison.

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Fri May 18, 2012

KFOXTV

Deputies arrest man in Chaparral stabbing

Dona Ana County Sheriff's deputies detained a man they said lunged at two men with a knife after an argument about an ex-girlfriend got out of control.

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Wed May 09, 2012

Las Cruces Sun-News

2 men arrested after allegedly raping, beating woman in Chaparral

Dona Ana County sheriff's investigators have arrested two men for allegedly holding a 22-year-old woman against her will, beating her and forcibly raping her, according to a DASO news release.

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Tue May 08, 2012

Las Cruces Sun-News

Weather Watch: It's all around us - rain headed our way, wind...

Balls of hail, about three-quarters of an inch, have begun falling in Chaparral.

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Mon Apr 30, 2012

Las Cruces Sun-News

Chaparral meeting set to discuss roundabout

A public meeting to discuss the roundabout project on N.M. 213 and N.M. 404 in Chaparral is set for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Betty McKnight Multi-Purpose Center, 190 County Line Road, in Chaparral.

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