Hatch News

New Mexico State Police have closed Interstate 25 between milepost 9, just outside of Las Cruces, and milepost 40, near Hatch after several accidents in the area.

While it's not the same as Santa's record of who was naughty and who was nice, if your name appears on a list released by the state of New Mexico, you may be in store for an early Christmas bonus.

There was the baby great horned owl with an infected eye living at Lowe's Home Improvement.

A recent National Safety Council shows conclusively that the use of cell phones and text-messaging devices while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk.

Late season rains and cool temperatures caused green chile crops to ripen early this year, leading to a flood of red chile on the market.

A 36-year-old Las Cruces man standing in the middle of Interstate 25 near Hatch on Monday night was killed when he was hit by a truck.

After so many years of walking because of low vision, I figured my knuckles would scrape the ground by age 65 just from holding onto the handles of heavy grocery bags.

Lisa Rossbacher, the third presidential search finalist to visit the New Mexico State University campus this week, already has one thing that any effective local leader must acquire: A green chile addiction.

Public school enrollment has reversed last year's downward trend - significantly in Las Cruces but just barely in the other two Do-a Ana County districts.

Viking knit bracelet, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, A Bead or Two, 703 N. Bullard St. Instructor Pam Bell.

DoA a Ana County resident ConcepciA3n "Chon" Bustamante, known for his dedication to improving conditions in the small colonia of Rodey, died this week after losing a battle with cancer.

The New Mexico Spaceport Authority on Wednesday backed an agreement that would establish the first of two visitors centers planned for the $200 million, state-owned spaceport.

Following an apparent flurry of activity a day earlier, Dona Ana County commissioners on Wednesday OK'd a revised agreement for spending the educational portion of a spaceport sales tax.

There is separate funding set up especially for the convention center. Even if the City Council wanted to, they could not spend that money on sending veterans to Washington, D.C. or money on those boys and girls clubs.

The City of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County will host the fourth round of Vision 2040 public input meetings the week of October 19th.

Hatch green and red chile are being picked and shipped to restaurants and grocers around the country.

The family of a 4-year-old Placitas boy who was accidentally run over by a vehicle and killed has threatened to sue Do-a Ana County, contending the ambulance service was negligent in its response.

Chile is a hot commodity this time of year, but little grows in Roosevelt and Curry counties.

Rain water rushes down the Alameda Arroyo on Friday just west of Sonoma Ranch Boulevard as it rapidly rises to the feet of Derek Sanchez, 23, left, and Courtney Thompson, 21.

Lines of customers eagerly awaiting their bag of kettle corn snaked around vendor booths, dogs of all breeds were surreptitiously tucked away under trucks and tables and hundreds of others walked, ate and shopped - seemingly carefree - at Saturday's Farmers & Crafts Market at the southern end of the Downtown Mall.