Las Cruces News

Mine tailings and an old mine access point near the Iron Giant/Cinco de Mayo claim await a decision on the future of the claim as Gulf Coast Mining seeks access to the site.

Investigators say they do not suspect foul play, but they are investigating the circumstances in which a 45-year-old man was found dead Tuesday morning at a local construction yard.

A former local school basketball coach and youth mentor will remain in federal custody until his trial on child porn charges.

In a June 25, 2008, file photo, five-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia takes his stance in the memorabilia room of his Las Cruces, N.M., home.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman is scheduled today to tour the damage from the massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest.

It's a whole new world in the cab of the trash truck now, moving your garbage pickup into the next generation.

Maybe the recession is loosening its grip. We're starting to see some new economic development prizes around the state.

A new smoke influx from what's expected to become the state's largest-ever wildfire is prompting officials to repeat health warnings to southern New Mexicans.

People who run marathons, scientists who live at the South Pole in winter, and even the firefighters in the Gila, have something in common.

Smoke from the uncontrolled Whitewater-Baldy wildfire burning in the Gila National Forest, located northwest of Las Cruces, has made its way to the Mesilla Valley and may have an effect on the quality of the air we breathe.

The Las Cruces Convention Center is hosting the first annual Las Cruces Community Garage Sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Pruning and topping help manage pecan tree size and improve orchard light penetration which can increase nut yields on lower branches.

The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department recently announced that animal control officers will step up enforcement of state laws regulating owners of vicious canines.

New Mexico State University has a dozen research-oriented agricultural science centers spread around the state, from Farmington in the northwest to Artesia in the southeast, Clayton in the northeast, and Las Cruces in the southwest.

While many Las Cruces families grilled outdoors or picnicked, there were others who spent at least part of the holiday at the cemetery, or at the river, or at the park recalling memories of loved ones who served in the U.S. military and have since passed away.

Individually, the poor are not all that tempting to thieves. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent.

In the last six months, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, and Scientific American have run articles about net-zero energy homes, reporting that the demand around the country for net-zero energy homes is beginning to take off.

For OA ate High School graduate Kevin Moore, the right people just happened to be a group of fellow inmates at Central New Mexico Correctional Facility.

The official portrait of former Las Cruces Mayor Albert N. Johnson, drawn with charcoal by a renowned artist, was unveiled to the public Saturday in a ceremony at City Hall that celebrated his legacy of service to the community.

Fortune teller Nasho'ba of Las Cruces said she'd foretold a very windy opening day for the 20th annual Southern New Mexico Wine Festival.